By Fatemeh Mohammadipour

Resolving Qatar crisis is not easy: Murphy

TEHRAN - Richard W. Murphy, the former U.S. ambassador to Syria and Saudi Arabia, says “Washington has strong interests in keeping good relations both with Saudi Arabia and Qatar.”

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Yemen’s resistance achievements hurting Saudis

TEHRAN – The Yemeni army and popular committees continue to fight against the Saudi led-coalition and their mercenaries on various fronts, after passage of more than three and a half years of the Yemen war.

UAE and Bahrain are undermining their ‘legitimacy’ by ‘blindly’ following ‘dictated policies’, Iran laments 

Tehran dismisses as ‘worthless’ claims of interference in UAE, Bahrain 

TEHRAN – Claims that Iran interferes in the internal affairs of the UAE and Bahrain are “baseless”, “worthless”, and “illusory”, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said late on Sunday.

Ayatollah Khamenei pushes for ‘brotherly coexistence of Islamic sects’

Leader highlights political aspects of Hajj

TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic revolution in a Monday meeting with Hajj officials highlighted the political aspects of the Muslim pilgrimage, stressing that “Islamic truths and objectives” should be emphasized during the annual ritual.

IRGC fires ballistic missiles on Daesh positions in Syria in retaliation for Ahvaz terror victims

Iran fires missiles at Daesh positions in revenge for Ahvaz terror attack

TEHRAN – At the dead of the night the IRGC rained surface-to surface ballistic missiles on the positions of Daesh in eastern Syria which along with the al-Ahwazia terror group took responsibility for the September 22 terrorist attack in Ahvaz.

"Saudis fund terrorists"

Zarif says Trump succeeded in isolating U.S.

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says President Donald Trump has succeeded to isolate the United States.

Iran: Riyadh ‘most notorious’ sponsor of terrorism

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Saturday rejected the anti-Iran comments made by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, saying terrorism has its roots in the ideology promoted and sponsored by the regime in Saudi Arabia.

IRGC warns UAE, Saudis to ‘stop malice’

TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on Friday warned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia against venturing to create insecurity in Iran, advising them to “stop malice and conspiracy” against Iran.

By Javad Heirannia

Trump is a bully: ex-White House official

TEHRAN – Professor Frank N. von Hippel, former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology says that Trump is a bully, thinks that the United States as the strongest country should be free to bully other countries.

By Hanif Ghaffari

From defeat in Yemen to turmoil of the Saudi court

TEHRAN - Over the past few days, whispers were heard about the "vague future" of Bin Salman, the young Saudi prince, in regional and international sources. The fact is that Bin Salman is extremely afraid of his political future, because there is no guarantee that his physical or political removal will not come true in the near future.

By Payman Yazdani

Ahvaz attack is example of U.S., Saudi, UAE efforts to bring violence inside Iran: Geopolitical expert

TEHRAN - Referring to Ahvaz terrorist attack Anthony Cartalucci the West, Saudi Arabia and UAE have admitted interest in bringing armed violence to within Iranians borders, with Ahvaz being a crystal clear example of this interest materializing.

By Javad Heirannia

Qatar cannot bow to Saudi Arabia: Askari

TEHRAN – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that “There is a history of animosity between Qatar and Saudi Arabia and it will not disappear at Camp David.” Hossein Askari, who teaches at George Washington University, tells the Tehran Times that “Qatar cannot bow to Saudi Arabia.”

By Payman Yazdani

U.S., Israel, Saudi and UAE want to “Syrianize” Iran: Prof. Entessar

TEHRAN - Commenting on Ahvaz attack Prof. Entessar says U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia and UAE’s principal goal is to create chaos in Iran to disintegrate the country.

Riyadh investigating cases of Iranian hajj victims

TEHRAN – Saudi Arabia is taking legal action on the cases of Iranian pilgrims who were killed in Al-Haram Mosque as well as in a hajj stampede in September 2015 in the city of Mina, the Leader’s representative for hajj affairs has said.

Iran summons Dutch, Danish and British diplomats over terror attack in Ahvaz

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned ambassadors of the Netherlands and Denmark as well as the British chargé d'affaires to Tehran after terrorists with alleged links to the European countries carried out attacks during a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday.

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

The last breath of Al-Saud in Yemen

Today, many global media spoke of Saudi defeat in Yemen. This issue comes as Saudi Arabia continues to kill the Yemeni people. The killing of the Yemeni people is not only not condemned by the United States and its European allies (especially Britain and France), but we are witnessing the continuation of this trend.

Saudi Arabia was involved in embassy attack: Amir Abdollahian

TEHRAN - Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, has said that Iran’s Foreign Ministry has documents which reveal that Saudi Arabia was involved in attacks on its diplomatic missions in Tehran and Mashhad.

Iran rejects Arab quartet committee’s accusations as ‘delusive’ 

TEHRAN - The anti-Iran accusations raised in the final statement of the Arab quartet’s ministerial meeting is ill-founded, baseless, delusive and offensive, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday.

By Noha Aboueldahab

How can defend Human Rights while selling arms to Saudi Arabia?

YEMEN - Arms deals are not merely a financial transaction. They are a powerful expression of political support and partnership between two governments. When Stephen Harper signed the $15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia in 2014 – the largest contract in Canada’s history – he attempted to justify the controversial deal by pointing to Saudi Arabia as a partner in the fight against Islamic State. He also argued that cancelling the contract would unjustly punish the 3,000 Canadian workers who manufacture the weapons in London, Ont.

Iran’s priority is to minimize human casualty in Idlib

TEHRAN - It is Iran’s priority to minimize human casualties in Idlib, a former Iranian envoy to Syria has said.

Iran’s UN envoy: Saudis have armed Daesh and other terror groups

TEHRAN - Gholamali Khoshroo, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, said on Thursday that Saudi Arabia has armed and financed extremist terrorist group like Daesh, Al-Nusra Front and other Takfiri groups.

Attack on embassies is wrong: MP

TEHRAN - Alaeddin Boroujerdi, an Iranian lawmaker, has said that attack on foreign embassies is wrong.

Iran’s FM says door not closed for dialogue with Saudis 

TEHRAN – Tehran has not shut the door to political dialogue with Saudi Arabia, Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday. 

‘U.S., S. Arabia should stop support for terrorism’

TEHRAN – Kamal Kharrazi, director of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said on Tuesday that the U.S. and Saudi Arabia should end their support for terrorist groups in Syria.

Iran never opposed talks with S. Arabia and UAE: Zarif aide

TEHRAN – Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a top aide to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, says Iran has never opposed the idea of engaging in dialogue with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), urging the two Arab states to follow the path of diplomacy instead of warmongering.

Tehran, Riyadh might reach deal on Umrah hajj: report

TEHRAN – Given the desire of the Saudi side to receive pilgrims of Umrah al-Mufradah from Iran, authorities with Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization have said that such progress is subject to the acceptance of the conditions of Iran from the Saudi side, Fars reported on Monday.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

The human tragedy in al-Hudayda: From U.S. role to UN silence

TEHRAN - The Saudi-led coalition has once again committed a horrible crime in al-Hudydah. It was only two weeks ago that another human tragedy took place in the city of “Saada” in Yemen.

Iran’s human rights council criticizes Riyadh’s executions

TEHRAN – Iranian Judiciary’s High Council of Human Rights on Saturday voiced deep concern about a possible move by Saudi Arabia to execute five political activists, describing as “unacceptable” Riyadh’s policy to crack down on the “truth-seeking” activists.

Tehran denounces Saudi aggression against Yemeni civilians

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Friday strongly denounced the Saudi-led coalition’s Thursday airstrike in Yemen that led to the deaths of more than 30 civilians, mostly children, in the western province of Hudaydah.