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2020-10-19 22:51
For Iran, Biden is cut from the same cloth as Trump
Different, but just in details
TEHRAN – As U.S. election debates heat up, so does the speculation over which candidate will be better for Iran. While some foreign commentators claim that a certain candidate would be better for Iran, analysts and officials in Iran say there is no difference between the policies of Donald Trump and Joe Biden toward Iran.
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2020-10-13 18:38
By Payman Yazdani
Trump has shown his hand, nothing in his back pocket
TEHRAN– Caesar-Chavannes in an interview with MNA talked of challenges to U.S. democracy, approaches of Dems and Reps parties toward racism, the role of money in the country's power structure, and Trump's tactics to win the election.
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2020-10-12 15:21
By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan
U.S. goal to destabilize Iran's economy, political system
TEHRAN – Referring to U.S. sanctions amid Covid-19, a former Turkish diplomat said, "destabilizing Iran’s economy and political system is an integral part of the grand U.S. strategy for the Middle East" regardless of who wins the election.
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2020-10-10 18:38
U.S. on the edge of a civil war
As Trump spent the year warning about voter fraud, the Oath Keepers and other Trump’s supporters were listening.
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2020-10-10 15:59
By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan
Electoral college over-weights rural versus urban interests
TEHRAN – Stating that the electoral college was designed to protect the role of smaller states in US federal system, Prof. Joseph Samuel Nye says, "But it now greatly over-weights rural versus urban interests."
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2020-10-10 13:25
By Diego Vida
The number of homeless Americans is rising, while Trump and Biden are fighting for presidency
The American propaganda is still working well and widens its fandom base. Yet, you see some hilarious statements in-between the lines of that propaganda, like: come to America for the opportunity of a better life, or to get a well-paid job that appreciates your talent, buy home, car, dress, and other stuff, go to parties, make real money and you are likely to become rich too, and the list of these apparently nice words goes on and on.
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2020-10-10 11:53
By Ian Greenhalgh
Election 2020: Stakes never higher for Dis-United States
('Stand back, stand by': Trump prepares to declare victory)
The United States has not been so dis-united since the end of the Civil War a century and a half ago. The reason for the great divide that has opened up in U.S. society is clear and it is the presidency of Donald Trump. It is not by accident, but rather by design that the U.S. has been fractured and broken; for the reason, we merely need to recall the principle of ‘divide and conquer’.
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2020-10-09 22:56
By Mohammad Mazhari
A Biden administration will try to weaken Iran's defense system: political scientist
“Biden's conditions are first and foremost designed to weaken Iran's defense system and make Tehran more vulnerable to outside attacks.”
TEHRAN - If Joe Biden wins the November presidential elections he will set a number of conditions to join the nuclear deal (JCPOA), including “significant limit” on Iran’s defensive missiles program, an American political scientist says.
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2020-10-09 22:55
By Rodney Shakespeare
There is nothing democratic about America today
The original idea of the Founders was for all Americans to have Life, Liberty and Property (NB 'Property'). But the Founders then changed their minds because ensuring land and wealth for Native Americans and imported African slaves was certainly not what they meant to happen.
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2020-10-06 23:43
By Mohamad Kleit
The U.S. elections: The first round of political chaos
(Trump-Biden debate: Verbal strangles and disarray from the societal reality)
The first debate was a rage-fest of two old men ranting about useless matters while failing to tackle any serious matter in local or foreign U.S. affairs. It was mainly 90 minutes of criticism, accusations, and personal verbal attacks.
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2020-10-06 23:40
By M.A. Saki
Professor predicts Trump will refuse presidential election results if he loses
“Donald Trump's only interest is benefiting himself and his family”
TEHRAN – A professor of political science and international studies says Donald Trump has signaled that he will refuse to accept the results of the November presidential elections if he loses.
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2020-10-06 23:06
By Marvin Zonis
Many Americans believe their votes do not make a difference
Money has become the decisive issue in U.S. elections — to buy ads, especially on TV. But what has happened this year is that both major parties have been able to raise significant funds to advertise their candidates.
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2020-10-06 10:49
Biden and Trump are two sides of the same coin
TEHRAN – While Donald Trump and Joe Biden bitterly call into question each other’s Iran policy, a U.S. expert tells the Tehran Times that, in essence, there are no differences between the two candidates’ policies toward Iran.
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2020-10-06 10:45
By Charles Ortel
U.S. election and the challenge of potential voters
During 2020, there is heightened potential for interference many ways, but at core Americans across the political spectrum are free to register and to vote in secret, meaning the outcome, once tallied should reflect the will of a broad swath of eligible voters.
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2020-10-06 10:40
By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili
American voters only have the illusion of choice: geopolitical analyst
TEHRAN - Randi Nord, an American geopolitical analyst and content strategist, says elections in the U.S. are “all theatrics” and voters don't have a real choice.
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2020-10-06 10:35
By Stephen Lendman
Trump v. Biden: The evil of two lessers
Earlier I discussed the shame of the nation in America, a bipartisan conspiracy against peace, equity, justice and the rule of law. I noted Benjamin Franklin’s warning to the nation’s founders on the uncertainty of whether the newly created republic would last into “remote futurity.” Asked if a republic or monarchy was formed, he responded: “A republic if you can keep it.”
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2020-10-05 18:11
Tehran says not fixated on who occupies Oval Office
TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has said it does not matter who will be elected as the president of the United States in the November elections.
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2020-10-04 12:31
By Mohammad Homaeefar
U.S. foreign policy toward Iran is ‘institutionally hegemonic’, says professor
‘Biden is no Obama’
TEHRAN – Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, a professor in global thought and comparative philosophies, believes that the U.S. foreign policy toward Iran is “institutionally hegemonic”, and that a Biden administration would in some way continue the confrontational approach.
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2020-10-01 00:03
By Amir Miri
Why many political experts believe Biden is the next president
TEHRAN - In recent weeks some surveys show that Donald Trump, regardless of how much he is hated by some segments of the American society, he will win the November election.
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2020-09-30 18:41
‘Americans are stuck in difficult situation,’ Rouhani says after U.S. presidential debate
TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani has reacted to the Tuesday night presidential debate in the U.S., saying the Americans are stuck in a very difficult situation.
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2020-09-28 11:28
By Payman Yazdani
Neither Biden nor Trump bodes well for Turkey
TEHRAN – Faruk Logoglu says Biden has been consistently anti-Turkish throughout his political career and Trump doesn't see Turkey as an ally, so it is up to Turkey to review its outlook and policy toward the US.
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2020/09/27
By Mohammad Mazhari
A bizarre election: American democracy at dead end
U.S. election will be on the line this November, but what about the American democracy? Trump's policies and statements not only have dangerously made America's democratic health hang in the balance but also the country's integrity as a whole.
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2020-09-20 11:43
No difference between Trump, Biden: parliament speaker
TEHRAN — Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said there is no difference between incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden.
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2020-09-18 23:19
U.S. set to plunge into the unknown as election integrity questioned
TEHRAN – With the U.S. presidential election less than two months away, analysts ring alarm bells about possible political conflict over election results. A U.S. expert tells the Tehran Times that the U.S. faces an ambiguous future due to differences over electoral integrity.
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2020-09-18 14:41
By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan
Iran-Venezuela ties offering anti-unilateralism model: envoy
TEHRAN – Stating that the hegemony of the US is over, Venezuela's Ambassador to Tehran told Mehr News Agency that the Iran-Venezuela relations are conveying a message to other countries that they can counter the unilateralism too.
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2020-09-14 16:06
Trump’s Iran policy is a ‘dangerous failure’, says Biden
TEHRAN — U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s Iran policy, saying this past month has proven that Donald Trump’s Iran policy is a “dangerous failure”.
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2020-09-10 01:16
Democrats want to return to JCPOA, resume talks with Iran: Nourbakhsh
Trump achieved nothing by pressuring Iran, says professor
TEHRAN – An Iranian university professor says U.S. President Donald Trump has achieved nothing by putting pressure on Iran.
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2020-09-09 13:23
Macron's regional moves on behalf of U.S., Zionist regime
TEHRAN –Warning about suspicious French President's moves in the region, Sadr al Hosseini didn't reject the possibility of Zionist backed efforts to pave the way for construction of an energy pipeline from Iraq to Occupied Land.
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2020/09/07
By Mohammad Mazhari
Implications of a Biden victory for Iran?
Only about two months are left to the U.S. presidential election. According to opinion polls, the presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has a better chance of winning the November 3 elections.
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2020-08-22 00:01
Joe Biden hails Muharram amid doubts over his sincerity
TEHRAN - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden implicitly praised the martyrdom of Imam Hossein (AS) in what appears to be a bid to win the hearts of Muslim voters despite the fact that he, during his tenure as Barak Obama’s vice president, imposed sweeping economic sanctions on a country that is widely known for its love of the Imam.