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2021-02-27 22:06
Khashoggi killing report: A test for Biden’s human rights claim
TEHRAN- Jamal Khashoggi was killed by a Saudi hit squad operating under the command of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), United States intelligence agencies have concluded.
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2021-02-27 21:45
Biden turns up the heat on MBS
Open Season
TEHRAN – The new U.S. administration has turned up the heat on Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in a bid to reign in his worst instincts.
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2021-02-21 12:01
By Mohammad Mazhari
GSA: Saudi-U.S. ties will face major challenges in the next four years
TEHRAN - Chief executive officer of Gulf State Analytics (GSA) says that U.S.-Saudi relations will witness major challenges in the upcoming four years over the Saudi-led war on Yemen, the Libya crisis, and Riyadh’s human rights record.
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2020-10-21 19:02
Khashoggi's fiancée, human rights group sue Saudi crown prince in U.S. for murder
The fiancée of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and a human rights group he founded has filed a lawsuit at a U.S. court against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), accusing him of ordering the dissident’s murder at Riyadh’s consulate in Turkey.
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2020-03-03 09:00
By Mohammad Homaeefar
Guardian reporter speaks out on Neda Agha-Soltan, Jamal Khashoggi, Iran International TV, Masih Alinejad
Saeed Kamali Dehghan: I was naive to believe the Western narrative on death of Neda Agha-Soltan
TEHRAN — Guardian journalist Saeed Kamali Dehghan has opened up about an HBO documentary film he co-produced about Neda Agha-Soltan, an Iranian woman who was shot dead in Tehran on June 20, 2009 during the post-election unrest, saying, “I regret making that documentary because I was naive to believe the Western narrative about her death.”
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2019-12-28 14:07
By Fatemeh Salehi
Riyadh scenario for closing a criminal case
The Saudi judiciary has triggered a controversy by issuing verdicts for the culprits in the assassination of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and acquitting the former consul-general in Istanbul.
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2019-12-25 14:09
By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan
Intl. reactions to Saudi scandalous verdict on Khashoggi murder
TEHRAN – Alongside the announcement of the Saudi court verdict over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkey, UK, and international rights groups and bodies condemned and criticized the court's conclusion.
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2019-09-30 11:29
By Hanif Ghaffari
According to the legal evidence, Bin Salman must be executed
TEHRAN - Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Bin Salman’s explicit confession about Jamal Khashoggi’s murder under his watch will have legal consequences and effects.
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2019-08-08 02:27
By Hamid Bayati
Desperate Bin Salman planning to down Turkey
TEHRAN – The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who has been hastily involved in various regional developments, in another regional adventurism is now reportedly trying to overthrow the Turkish government.
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2019-05-01 10:03
By Payman Yazdani
Saudi would be different if it faced consequences for its actions: expert
TEHRAN - Commenting on the reasons behind violation of human rights by Saudis, Anthony Cartalucci says the U.S. doesn't base its ties with other nations on human rights, but rather obedience and utility which Riyadh has both in abundance.
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2019-02-24 10:58
By Saied Sobhani
Analysis of MBS’s trip to three Asian countries
TEHRAN - Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Asian tour happens while still the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is a cloud hanging over him.
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2019-02-21 08:46
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
MBS tours South Asia, seeks to improve his battered image with petrodollars
TEHRAN - Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman is touring South Asia these days to brush up his battered image following the global outcry over diabolical murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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2019-02-13 21:02
By M.A. Saki
Warsaw meeting: Roots of the crises in the Middle East
TEHRAN - The U.S. is co-hosting a conference on the Middle East with Poland in Warsaw. It has claimed the aim of the conference is to address crises in the region.
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2019-02-10 10:55
NYT: Saudi Crown Prince said he would use 'a bullet' on Khashoggi
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told a top aide in 2017 that he would use "a bullet" on Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to a New York Times reportciting US and foreign officials with direct knowledge of intelligence reports.
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2019-01-21 09:56
By Mohammad Homaiefar
Khashoggi, Bin Salman’s nightmare
TEHRAN - While the Khashoggi case has recently subsided in the media and Mohammed bin Salman all along has been keen to overcome any challenge, but it seems that the American Senator Lindsay Graham has not been indifferent and has launched a blistering attack on the Saudi Crown Prince.
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2019-01-20 22:43
Larijani deplores U.S. mistreatment of Press TV anchor
TEHRAN – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has condemned the United States for the “illegal treatment” of Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi, likening the move to the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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2019-01-06 11:45
By Fatemeh Salehi
UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN - Britain is the second-largest exporter of arms to Saudi Arabia after the U.S., regardless of human rights violations of Saudi Arabia. After the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, UK military sales to Riyadh has not only declined, but surprisingly increased.
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2019-01-05 16:45
2018: Saudis made a play for regional hegemony and tripped over a single murder
The arrogant and impatient young Mohammed Bin Salman, who shouldered aside a raft of uncles and cousins to grab power as crown prince, is something new in Saudi history.
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2018-12-27 21:20
Saudi king demotes Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in reshuffle
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has appointed a new foreign minister as part of a major cabinet reshuffle, according to Saudi state media.
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2018-12-23 10:39
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Farce of ‘reforms’ in Saudi: extra-judicial executions double under MBS
TEHRAN - The grandiloquent talk of ‘reforms’ in Saudi Arabia had dominated the popular discourse in the West after crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) engineered an unprecedented purge of his own family late last year and seized control of the palace.
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2018-12-19 20:01
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
'Afghanistan deadliest country in world for journalists in 2018'
TEHRAN - Journalists in Afghanistan, where the foreign-imposed war has now stretched into its 18th year, continue to walk a tightrope, living dangerously while trying to report the daily incidents.
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2018-12-17 10:49
By Hanif Ghaffari
The U.S. Senate's role in the killing of Yemeni children
TEHRAN - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to end American military assistance for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. This was reported by the media as the strongest show of bipartisan defiance against Trump’s support for the Saudi family over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist who was against bin Salman policies.
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2018/12/16
By Samuel Oakford
Washington sends the Saudis a long-overdue bill
The Pentagon’s $331 million invoice to the Kingdom and the UAE was another blow after a difficult week
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2018-12-16 12:09
By Nicholas Kristof
So, I Asked People in Saudi Arabia About Their Mad, Murderous Crown Prince
The U.S. has leverage over Riyadh. Let’s use it.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — It’s awkward to find yourself in a police state interviewing people about their leader’s penchant for starving children, torturing women or dismembering critics.
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2018-12-14 15:06
By hamid Bayati
Trump impeachment and stigmatizing MBS; the fate in the Congress’s hand
TEHRAN - Perhaps Mohammed bin Salman failed to imagine that his credibility and royal reputation, or what’s left of it, would depend on U.S. Senate, which has become a nightmare for him.
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2018-12-13 10:04
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Person of the Year: Murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi
TEHRAN - As 2018 approaches its end, it is time to look back at the important events and happenings that shaped the year. The year would go down in history for many reasons – tragic incidents, hyperbolic remarks, political dramas, trade wars, downfall of dictators, rise of democrats.
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2018-12-11 16:43
by Eli Clifton
GOP Purse Strings Held by Saudi Lobbyist
Last month, Republican members of the House blocked a vote on legislation introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) to end the U.S. role in supporting the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
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2018-12-11 15:28
Corker to introduce resolution holding Saudi crown prince 'responsible' for Khashoggi's death
Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said on Monday evening that he is planning to introduce a resolution that would name Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman as "responsible" for the death of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.
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2018/12/05
By Mudasir Sheikh
Hypocrisy of U.S. and its Mideast allies
There is no denying the fact that the U.S. is using Saudi oil card to damage the oil-based economies of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela as they are unfailingly challenging Washington’s hegemony.
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2018-12-05 13:52
U.S. senator calls bin Salman ‘crazy’ and ‘dangerous’
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday that he had "high confidence" that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, was complicit in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.