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2017-08-13 19:38

Total's deal ‘breaks the ice’, Iran says

TEHRAN- Iranian Deputy Oil Minister for International Affairs and Trading Amir-Hossein Zamaninia has said that the deal with Total breaks the ice of foreign investment in Iran’s economy.

2017-08-04 04:00

Time for Stephen Bannon to start worrying?

These are dangerous days for Stephen Bannon, President Trump’s brain.

2017-07-26 12:35

By Negar Asadi

Neighbors should prioritize unifying topics: Turkish envoy

TEHRAN – “It is high time regional countries focused on things that unite us rather than divide us,” the Turkish ambassador to Iran told The Tehran Times on Tuesday.

2017-07-26 02:51

By Metin Gurcan

Turkey flexing military muscle in Qatar

One of the key agenda items during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s July 23-24 visits to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar is Turkey’s continued military presence in Qatar.

2017-07-17 09:01

By Anthony Harwood

How Saudi Arabia has slowly realized it can't play the Trump card on Qatar

The Saudis thought they had the Trump administration, especially the Republicans, on their side

2017-07-15 10:30

Iranian ambassador meets Qatari PM

TEHRAN – The Iranian ambassador to Doha on Thursday sat for talks with Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani.

President Rouhani officially welcomes Azerbaijani counterpart

2017-07-12 17:23

Threats against Qatar is wrong: Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday renewed Tehran’s opposition to the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar, saying threats and sanctions against Qatar is “wrong”.

2017-07-09 20:30

Saudi, U.S. foreign ministers discuss Iran, Qatar

TEHRAN – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said he had discussed in a “fruitful” meeting with his American counterpart the Qatar crisis and what he called “Iranian interventions” in the region.

2017-07-02 09:36

Qatari airplanes allowed to fly over Iran

TEHRAN – Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has granted Qatari airplanes permission to fly over the Islamic Republic as the planes are banned from Saudi, Egyptian and UAE airspaces.

2017-07-01 11:22

By Javad Heirannia

Mohammed bin Salman is architect of sanctions on Qatar: Mehran Kamrava

TEHRAN - Mehran Kamrava, a professor of the Middle East Studies in Georgetown University of Doha, tells the Tehran Times that Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is obviously the architect of sanctions against Qatar.

2017-07-01 01:55

By Doug Bandow

With new crown prince, Saudi Arabia doubles down on political repression and regional aggression

Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz has shaken his nation’s closed political system by making his youngest son his heir.

2017-06-28 06:10

There’s reason to doubt Saudi Arabia’s charming new crown prince

Mohammed bin Salman, the 31-year-old who last week was named crown prince of Saudi Arabia, has been working assiduously to win friends and influence people in Washington.

2017-06-26 03:22

Rouhani vows stronger ties with embattled Qatar

In a telephone conversation with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Sunday, Rouhani said the Iranian government and nation would stand by Qatar.

2017-06-23 21:43

Iran sends 1,000 tons of food to Qatar daily

Iran is shipping more than 1,000 tons of fruits and vegetables to Qatar every day.

2017-06-19 10:56

By Robert Fisk

Did Trump denounce Qatar as a ‘sponsor of terrorism’ due to failed business deals?

What on earth made President Donald Trump identify Qatar – with its longstanding relationship with the U.S. and host to 10,000 American military personnel on the biggest airbase in the Middle East – as a “funder of terrorism”?

2017-06-19 10:35

Iraq’s al-Abadi to visit S.Arabia, Kuwait, Iran soon

TEHRAN – Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will soon visit Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and then Iran as a reconciliatory effort as the Saudi-led political and economic boycott of Qatar is escalating, according to Iraqi media outlets.

2017-06-18 15:03

Qatar says received ‘verbal message’ from Iran’s Rouhani

TEHRAN – The Qatari Foreign Ministry confirmed on Sunday it has received a verbal message from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, giving no hint of the content.

2017-06-18 02:55

By Metin Gurcan

Turkish military will protect Qatari regime if necessary

In the deepening crisis between Qatar and a Saudi-led coalition, Ankara faces yet another test of its rhetoric versus its actual abilities.

2017-06-17 02:11

By Ishaan Tharoor

The crisis over Qatar highlights Trump’s foreign policy confusion

Just last month, a White House aide told the media that President Trump's attendance at a summit of Muslim leaders in the Saudi capital had “united the entire Muslim world in a way that it really hasn’t been in many years.”

2017-06-14 21:31

Iran to start exporting meat to Qatar in days

TEHRAN- Iran will start exports of 170 tons of meat per day to Qatar in coming days, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.

2017-06-14 20:11

Zarif says Iran will send food to besieged Qatar

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told former UN secretary general Kofi Annan on Tuesday that Iran will send food to besieged Qatar.

2017-06-13 21:31

Riyadh cannot live in peace with neighbors: Velayati

TEHRAN – A top foreign policy advisor to the Leader on Tuesday censured Saudi Arabia for not being able to coexist peacefully with its neighbors.

2017-06-13 13:29

Risk of coup in Qatar is real: academic

TEHRAN - A professor of political science at Georgetown University believes the possibility of a Saudi-engineered coup in Qatar is “real”.

2017-06-13 10:00

Iran urges Persian Gulf Arab states to show restraint

TEHRAN – Amid a simmering row between Qatar and some of its neighbors, the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday renewed its call on the regional countries to show self-restraint and resolve their disputes through negotiation.

2017-06-12 10:31

By Javad Heirannia

Scholar urges Iran to launch ‘Ramadan diplomatic offensive’ in Qatar row

TEHRAN - A professor of global thought and comparative philosophies says he thinks it is “essential” for Iran to launch a “Ramadan diplomatic offensive” to lessen the effects of the blockade on Qatar by Saudi Arabia and some other Persian Gulf Arab states and to “signal to Qatar full humanitarian and diplomatic support”.