By Martin Love

The loss of the American “empire” is baked in the cake

NORTH CAROLINA - So much going on round the world of note, and too few remarking at attempts to torture or waterboard free speech in the U.S., except this time if the subject literally drowns or dies, which journalist Jamal Khashoggi did in his own blood, no problem – that may be the intent anyway, to eliminate all dissenting voices that are, to one degree or another and maybe too loud about it, appalled by various rampant, overextended “isms”: Zionism, Neo-liberalism, run amok Capitalism, Communism, Nationalism, Nazism, Wahhabism, Americanism, and others. 

Senators accuse Saudi crown prince of complicity in Khashoggi murder

Senators emerged from a closed-door briefing with the CIA director on Tuesday and accused the Saudi crown prince of complicity in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Jamal Khashoggi's private WhatsApp messages may offer new clues to killing

In his public writings, Jamal Khashoggi's criticism of Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was measured. In private, the Washington Post columnist didn't hold back.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Bernie Sanders's hammer on the Trump's head 

TEHRAN - Bernie Sanders, the old American senator, and one of Democratic nominees for the 2016 presidential election, continues to oppose U.S. President Donald Trump. This confrontation started at the time Trump entered the White House (by early 2017).

By Saied Sobhani

Demonic Bin Salman in Buenos Aires

The crown prince’s nightmare is Khashoggi

TEHRAN – Buenos Aires hosted the 2018 G20 summit on Friday while the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi national journalist who was horrifically murdered in the Saudi embassy in Turkey, was expected to have an impact on the assembly. 

By Javad Heirannia

Murder of Khashoggi has hardened Congress resistance to nuclear agreement with KSA: Daryl Kimball

TEHRAN - Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association in Washington, says “I do not believe the Congress will approve a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia if it does not meet the “Gold Standard.”

Iran, Saudi Arabia and a history of American aggression

Tehran has repeatedly delivered on its promises, while Washington has fallen short and backed Riyadh’s disastrous regional adventures

By Hanif Ghaffari

Trump’s challenge on defending Bin Salman

TEHRAN - Many U.S. sources have recently condemned the position taken by President Donald Trump on Khashoggi’s murder by Mohammad bin Salman, calling for a White House appeal against the Saudi Crown Prince. Even some Republican senators such as Lindsay Graham asserted that they have been disappointed with Mohammad bin Salman, despite their initial optimism, and demanded his withdrawal from power.

Trump is defending Mohammed bin Salman’s lies. Congress must insist on the truth.

SAUDI ARABIA’S crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is brazenly seeking to lie his way out of accountability for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — and the Trump administration is helping him do so.

Trump is defending Mohammed bin Salman’s lies. Congress must insist on the truth.

SAUDI ARABIA’S crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is brazenly seeking to lie his way out of accountability for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — and the Trump administration is helping him do so.

Trump denies Mohammed bin Salman ordered murder of Khashoggi

On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump disputed findings by American intelligence agencies that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Turkey on October 2.

CIA concludes bin Salman ordered killing of Khashoggi 

The Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, ordered the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to American officials.

By Seyedeh Mahdieh Qoreishi

Saudi Arabia, a dilemma over ruling colonial or police state 

TEHRAN - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) announced the kickoff of Saudi Arabia’s massive Vision 2030 economic reform when implementation of these reforms required maximum stability and control of the country.

By Javad Heirannia

Bin Salman will step down: Hossein Askari

TEHRAN – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that with no doubt Mohammad bin Salman, ordered Khashoggi kidnapping, murder and disposal of the body. “I don’t believe that MBS can survive,” Hossein Askari, who served as special advisor to Saudi finance minister, tells the Tehran Times.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

U.S. and the end of Yemen War, Washington’s attempt to save Riyadh’s ruling family 

TEHRAN - Recently, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued his strongest statement yet on the war in Yemen, calling for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen under UN-led negotiations.

Turkey’s president says recording of Khashoggi’s killing was given to U.S.

WASHINGTON — Turkey said on Saturday that it had turned over an audio recording of the killing of a Saudi dissident to the United States and other Western countries, intensifying the pressure on President Trump to take stronger punitive measures against his allies in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia Quietly Revises Prince's Transformation Plan

Saudi Arabia has quietly revised its plan to overhaul its government and economy by 2020, lowering some targets as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitions bump up against the reality of implementation.

By Martin Love

The world prays for the wisdom and cool of Iranians

NORTH CAROLINA - An Iranian friend, a photographer known internationally for fine documentary work, asked plaintively last week when the U.S. might stop trying to sink Iran and Iranians. I had no ready answer, but the question was painful to hear because I could also hear concern, grief and empathy for others.

Khashoggi murdered for disclosing Saudi funding of anti-Iran TV channel: Guardian

Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed on Oct. 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, might have lost his life for disclosing Riyadh’s funding of an anti-Iran UK-based TV channel, the British daily Guardian suggests.

Khashoggi's sons appeal for return of his body, wish to bury him in Medina

The sons of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Sunday issued an appeal for the return of their father's body and said they wanted to return to Saudi Arabia to bury him.

By Roohullah Ghasemian

Khashoggi’s murder: the beginning of the Greater Middle East Project

TEHRAN - It's not the first time that the Al-Saud regime brutally treats opponents, but it is the first that Western countries react to its hostility. The West generally hides and rejects anti-humanitarian measures because of their dependence on Saudi’s oil, or the sale of billions of weapons or generous suggestions made by the ruling regime.

By Negar Asadi

Khashoggi’s murder questions anti-Iran approach of Trump: scholar

TEHRAN - Modjtaba Sadria, a prominent scholar, says that murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi questions the Trump administration’s tough approach towards Iran.

Turkey´s Erdogan says Khashoggi killing ordered by highest level of Saudi govt

ANKARA:  The order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi came from the "highest levels" of the Saudi government, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in an op-ed piece published by the Washington Post on Friday.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Probing Erdogan’s threat against Kurds amid Khashoggi’s case

TEHRAN - The east of Euphrates has the largest oil fields in terms of area and production. It is about one-third of Syria's land and is regarded as the food and economy source of Syria. It accounts for 90% of Syria's oil and gas revenues and more than half of Syria's wheat and cotton.

By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com

West and Saudi's Petro Dollars

TEHRAN - Although Western countries have condemned the murder of Jamal Khashoggi by Mohammad bin Salman, they are simultaneously trying to cover the unimaginable crime of the Saudis. 

By: Javad Heirannia

Justice for Jamal Khashoggi and his Loved Ones: Askari

TEHRAN – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that Khashoggi abduction, torture and murder was undoubtedly done on the orders of MBS.”

By Mohammad Fatemizadeh 

‘Smart’ missiles can change the region’s struggle for power 

TEHRAN - Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have achieved much in the past four years in their resistance against the Saudis crimes. On Sunday, Brigadier Yahya Saree, spokesman of Yemeni Armed Forces and Popular Committees addressed last week’s military operations and missile tests prior to unveiling Badr P-1 missile.

By Ryan Costello & Sina Toossi

Mohammed bin Salman is the next Saddam Hussein

In the 1980s, the United States embraced a brutal Middle Eastern tyrant simply because he opposed Iran. Washington should not repeat the same mistake today.