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2019-11-13 19:30
Iran says will use all its energy to create atmosphere for regional dialogue
TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday that Iran will use all its energy to create atmosphere for dialogue and political talks in the region.
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2019-11-12 17:50
Military chief says Iran is greatest missile power in the region
TEHRAN – The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces announced on Tuesday that efforts made by martyrs, including Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, turned Iran into the greatest missile power in the strategic West Asia region.
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2019-11-09 08:58
Iran has tipped balance of effective force in Middle East to its advantage: IISS
John Chipman, director-general and chief executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, has written an article arguing that Iran has tipped the balance of effective force in the Middle East to its advantage.
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2019-11-08 17:24
Iraq, Middle East would be safer without U.S. interference: advisor
TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker, says Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries would be safer without U.S. interference.
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2019-10-30 08:58
*By Robert David Steele
Peace in the Middle East by 2024?
It has been a pleasure as well as an honor for me to be published by Tehran Times and the American Herald Tribune as well as the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
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2019-10-29 18:54
Iran’s Larijani: Unity, empathy to foil plots
TEHRAN – Facing resistance by regional nations, the enemies have resorted to hatching conspiracies, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday, suggesting that that unity and empathy will neutralize the foes’ plots.
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2019-10-23 18:35
Russia to present own Persian Gulf security doctrine till yearend
TEHRAN – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has said that Moscow is trying to offer its Persian Gulf security doctrine within the framework of a completely internationally-accepted document till the end of 2019, the Persian language service of the Sputnik news agency reported on Wednesday.
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2019-10-22 19:24
Commander suggests cooperation between Iran and Russia will stabilize Middle East
TEHRAN – Mehdi Rabbani, the deputy chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, has said cooperation between Tehran and Moscow will help the Middle East region enjoy durable security, Russia’s state-run Sputnik news agency reported on Tuesday.
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2019-10-20 18:57
MP: UAE has released $700m of Iran’s frozen assets
TEHRAN – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has released $700 million of Tehran’s frozen assets, an Iranian lawmaker announced on Sunday.
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2019-10-09 18:37
Swiss people know Iran for its ancient civilization: ambassador
TEHRAN - Swiss ambassador to Tehran has said people of his country know Iran for its ancient civilization and the significant role that the country plays in the Middle East.
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2019-10-06 11:34
Arbaeen March and rise of new Middle East
Recent regional and global developments are promising a new Middle East which is different from the one the great hegemonic powers once built.
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2019-10-02 20:38
Iran avoids any conflict with any country, says military chief
TEHRAN – Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, the Armed Forces Chief of Staff, has emphasized that the Islamic Republic seriously avoids any conflict with any country in any part of the region.
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2019-10-02 16:57
Interference is reason behind regional insecurity, Iran tells NATO chief
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday that foreign interference is reason behind insecurity and tension in the region.
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2019-09-29 10:30
By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan
‘Turkey might bring in Russia, China, Iran to team up in new regional energy corridors’
TEHRAN – Referring to EU and the US partial policy toward energy resources in Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East, Mehmet Ogutcu says Turkey might bring in Russia, China, and Iran to team up in the new energy corridors in this region.
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2019-09-28 13:10
How the Saudi Oil Field Attack Overturned America’s Apple Cart
For all their overwhelming firepower, the U.S. and its allies can cause a lot of misery in the Middle East, but still can’t govern the course of events.
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2019-09-22 19:00
U.S. Persian Gulf coalition aims to plunder the region, Larijani notes
Larijani says Iran is friend of regional states
TEHRAN – The armed forces of the Islamic Republic will not let the Persian Gulf to become a playground to create insecurity in the region, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday.
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2019-09-22 12:00
Iran ready to forgive neighbors’ past mistakes and extend hand of friendship to them: Rouhani
TEHRAN – In an indirect reference to Saudi Arabia, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Iran is ready to forgive the past mistakes of its neighbors and extend the hand of friendship toward them.
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2019-09-21 11:02
By Payman Yazdani
Middle East OSCE would be a major development to settle regional disputes: Logoglu
Turkish veteran politician says the creation of a Middle East OSCE, led by Turkey, Iran, and others of the region would be a major development to maintain regional security.
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2019-09-18 08:27
Merkel urges return to Iran nuclear deal to defuse tensions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called for a return to an international deal on Iran’s nuclear program as the only way to defuse tensions in the Middle East, Reuters reported.
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2019-09-17 19:37
Leader’s top aide calls for maintaining security, peace by regional states
(FNA)- Iranian Supreme Leader's top adviser for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati underlined the need for restoration of security and peace to the region by regional states themselves without any foreign interference.
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2019-08-28 16:00
By M.A. Saki
It’s shameful that Pompeo talks about JCPOA provisions
TEHRAN – Speaking at a United Nations Security Council Session on Middle East Peace and Security on August 20, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington is concerned about the approaching end of some of the UN arms embargo and other sanctions against Iran based on the JCPOA.
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2019-07-21 16:55
Senior Russian senator: U.S. seeks ‘advantage’ in Persian Gulf tensions
A Senior Russian lawmaker has said that the United States is “taking advantage” of tensions in the Persian Gulf in order to deploy more troops to the region, CNN reported on Saturday.
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2019-07-20 23:15
By Martin Love
Demand that the Mideast become a nuclear-weapon-free zone!
NORTH CAROLINA - Petty and small-minded is the sole way to describe the restrictions on Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s movements to a six-block area around the United Nations complex while he is in New York to address a UN group. This kind of action and mentality is the stuff of petty tyrants, not befitting the alleged leader or government of an “empire” that has any serious, responsible sense of itself or of others overseas or internally who don’t happen to be “Caucasian”. Or “Western” or whatever.
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2019-07-12 18:53
Iran will give crushing response to any aggressor: defense minister
TEHRAN - Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Friday that Iran will give a firm and crushing response to any aggressor.
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2019-07-09 19:39
Trump’s zigzags on Iran threaten U.S. alliance structure: Australian National University academic
In an article on The Strategist published on Monday, Ramesh Thakur, the director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at Australian National University, has written that U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy towards Iran is threatening the U.S. alliance structure.
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2019-07-09 16:49
By Martin Love
Iran will have the world’s respect, and prevail
NORTH CAROLINA - An outsider with just some knowledge about Iran can be easily whipsawed by the horrible dilemma the U.S. has dumped on the country over the past 14 months. Yes, Iran must do all it can to defend itself, if it is attacked military, and meanwhile must do all it can to circumvent, with assistance, the draconian U.S. economic sanctions.
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2019-07-08 12:45
By Mohammad Ghaderi
UAE evil plots against neighboring countries and the Arab world
TEHRAN - United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the name of a country that didn’t exist before 1971 when the area was called Emirates of Motesalehe or the Emirates of the Coast of Oman.
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2019-07-03 12:29
By Ruhollah Ghasemian
Why the Deal of the Century fails?
TEHRAN - These days, apart from the tensions between Iran and United States, another event in south west Asia has attracted the attention of the countries’ officials, nations, and the media from all over the world.
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2019-06-19 20:26
Iraqi stability hinges on Iranian security: top Iraqi MP
TEHRAN – The vice speaker of the Iraqi Parliament said on Tuesday that Baghdad sees its stability and security dependent on stability and security in Iran.
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2019-06-18 19:54
By staff and agency
Russia urges U.S. to drop Middle East troop plan and stop provoking Iran
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov urged the U.S. on Tuesday to drop “provocative” plans to deploy more troops to the Middle East and to cease actions that looked like a conscious attempt to provoke war with Iran.