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2020-12-25 15:49
Iran calls for end to Saudi strikes against Yemen
TEHRAN — Ali Asghar Khaji, a special assistant to Iran’s foreign minister for special political affairs, has highlighted the importance of ending military strikes against Yemen in order to prevent the worsening of the humanitarian disaster in the war-torn country.
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2020-12-23 12:20
By Mohammad Mazhari
Yemen experiencing worst health catastrophe: Yemeni diplomat
TEHRAN – A Yemeni diplomat says that his country is facing the “worst health catastrophe” as a result of the Saudi-Emirate siege.
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2020-12-16 21:27
Iran rejects any sabotage act in the Red Sea
TEHRAN – Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, has said that Iran rejects any sabotage act in the Red Sea after a fuel tanker was hit by an explosion at the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah.
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2020-12-14 14:02
Iranian girls to participate in the World Weightlifting Championships for the first time
TEHRAN – Iran Weightlifting Federation will send junior girls to the 2021 IWF Junior World Championships for the first time.
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2020-12-11 17:46
Riyadh after disrupting U.S. return to JCPOA, says expert
TEHRAN — International affairs expert Sabah Zanganeh has said Saudi Arabia is seeking to disrupt the United States’ return to the 2015 nuclear agreement under the incoming administration of Joe Biden.
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2020-12-06 22:06
Do not go gentle into that night
TEHRAN – After more than three years of diplomatic tensions and media campaigns against each other, Saudi Arabia and Qatar seem to have ultimately decided to bury the hatchet, a move that prompted observers to ponder over what might have gotten the two archrivals to leave behind their differences and embark on a new policy of rapprochement.
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2020-12-05 18:10
FM Zarif welcomes Kuwait efforts to end Persian Gulf crisis
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has welcomed the Kuwaiti mediation efforts to bring an end to the three-year-long crisis between Qatar and the so-called Arab Quartet, which includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt.
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2020-12-04 19:53
Tehran: Every regional terrorist graduated from Saudi-funded Madrassas
TEHRAN — Tehran has reacted to recent bigoted remarks by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir, saying every terrorist group in the region has graduated from Saudi-funded Madrassas.
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2020-12-02 11:33
By Mohammad Ali Saki
G20 interests override Saudi rights violations: Canadian lawyer
TEHRAN - Edward C. Corrigan, a Canadian analyst, and the lawyer believes that Baroness Kennedy’s report about the condition of women's rights activists is a critical step in revealing “human rights violations and suppression of dissent” in Saudi Arabia.
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2020-12-01 13:17
By Mohammad Mazhari
Yemenis have become source of pride and inspiration for Arabs: Iraqi analyst
TEHRAN – An Iraqi political analyst describes Yemeni fighters as “a source of pride and inspiration for Arabs and Muslims” due to their resistance against the Saudi-led war.
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2020-11-30 13:08
By Mohammad Mazhari
Tel Aviv concerned that Yemeni missiles target Israel: Yemeni analyst
TEHRAN – A Yemeni analyst says that the missile strike on Aramco by Yemenis is meant to send a signal that Ansarullah can hit targets inside Israel. Hamid Rizq, a Yemeni journalist and analyst based in Lebanon, tells the Tehran Times that Tel Aviv considers the Saudi-led aggression on Yemen a “preemptive war”.
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2020/11/30
By Stephen Lendman
Saudi Arabia’s abominable human rights record
Like the U.S., Israel, and other rogue states, the Saudis operate by their own rules in flagrant violation of international laws, norms, and standards. It’s the world’s head-chopping/public whippings capital. Anyone can be targeted for exercising free expression, human rights activism, or other forms of dissent against despotic rule.
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2020-11-29 22:03
There will be no JCPOA 2: lawmaker
TEHRAN – Fada Hossein Maleki, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, responded on Sunday to recent remarks by Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat, saying Riyadh is not in a position to call for another nuclear deal on Iran’s nuclear program.
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2020-11-29 12:32
By Mohammad Mazhari
Saudis will pay high price for genocidal war on Yemen: analyst
TEHRAN – A political analyst says Saudi Arabia is well aware that it is paying a high price for its genocide in Yemen.
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2020-11-28 18:57
Iran beat Saudi Arabia at FIBA Asia Cup qualifier
TEHRAN – Iran national basketball team defeated Saudi Arabia 71-64 at the Window 2 of FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers on Saturday.
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2020-11-28 13:52
UK secretly deployed British troops to defend Saudi Arabian oil fields
The British government has deployed troops to defend oil fields in Saudi Arabia without telling parliament or the public.
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2020-11-25 12:10
By Mohammad Mazhari
Hamas advises Saudi Arabia not to stand at Israel’s side
Normalization agreements with Israel were a “free gift for Israel to continue its aggression against the Palestinian people,” says Hamas spokesman
TEHRAN – Hamas spokesman says that the normalization of ties with Israel harms the leadership in countries that support this process, calling on Saudi Arabia not to stand on the enemies’ side.
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2020-11-24 19:31
Senior MP rejects Saudi ‘JCPOA++’ offer
TEHRAN – Mojtaba Zolnouri, the head of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has rejected a Saudi offer to be a partner on any future nuclear deal with Iran.
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2020-11-24 12:40
By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh
Aramco rocket attack coincides secret talks in S. Arabia
TEHRAN – Saudi Arabia was surprised when Jedda’s ARAMCO distribution facilities were hit by rockets of Houthis on Monday morning a while after Pompeo, Netanyahu, and MBS were holding secret talks in the country.
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2020-11-24 10:58
Yemeni missile targets Saudi Aramco facility in Jeddah
Yemeni forces have launched a missile attack on a distribution station operated by the Saudi Aramco oil company in the city of Jeddah.
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2020-11-24 00:20
Saudi Arabia treading on dangerous ground as secret meeting revealed
TEHRAN – In a highly controversial move, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman held on Sunday a secret meeting with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Saudi city of Neom.
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2020-11-23 18:59
Iranian envoy, Yemeni FM discuss Saudi war on Yemen
TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to Yemen Hassan Irlou says he has discussed Iran’s stance with regard to the Saudi-led aggression against Yemen during a meeting with Yemeni Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf.
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2020-11-23 18:27
Riyadh thinks Iran will gain power if JCPOA survives: analyst
TEHRAN – A senior political analyst has said Saudi Arabia believes that a U.S. return to the 2015 nuclear deal will strengthen Iran and will boost Tehran’s influence in the region.
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2020-11-22 13:33
By M.A. Saki
One wonders why S. Arabia is so envious of Iran
TEHRAN - Tribal leaders in Riyadh have gone to the extreme in their envy of Iran.
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2020-11-18 17:43
Saudi interrogators forced jailed women's rights activists to perform sex acts
Women's rights activists are being forced to kiss and perform sex acts on their interrogators in jails in Saudi Arabia, according to a shock new report.
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2020-11-18 14:57
Tehran censures Riyadh for resorting to classic demagoguery methods
TEHRAN — Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has responded to Riyadh’s anti-Iran rhetoric, saying scapegoating and fearmongering are two common and classic methods used by demagogues.
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2020-11-16 18:09
Iran urges Saudi Arabia to avoid slipping into deeper isolation
TEHRAN — Tehran has slammed Riyadh for “baseless allegations and hate-mongering”, urging Saudi Arabia to change course to avoid becoming further isolated.
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2020-11-14 10:56
By Mohammad Mazhari
Riyadh, Abu Dhabi lost a valuable ally: American journalist
TEHRAN – An American journalist says that the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia lost Donald Trump as a “valuable ally” as he lost the November 3 presidential election to Joe Biden, a Democratic candidate.
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2020-11-13 19:50
Tehran says Saudi, Israeli nuclear activities must be ‘transparent’
TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Thursday that nuclear activities of Saudi Arabia and the Israeli regime must be “transparent”.
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2020-11-13 14:35
Saudi king has no right to accuse Iran: aide
TEHRAN - Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the special aide to the speaker of the Iranian Parliament on international affairs, responded on Thursday to the remarks by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who has recently called for a decisive stance against Iran.