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2019-09-18 12:31
By Javad Heirannia
U.S. Iran policy unlikely to change dramatically with Bolton ouster: Jahanpour
TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, a part-time tutor on Middle Eastern affairs in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, says “although Bolton led the most extreme stance against Iran in the Trump administration, he certainly was not the only person to hold such views towards Iran.”
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2018-11-20 09:54
By Javad Heirannia
Trump seems to have no concept of a multipolar world: Jahanpour
TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on Middle Eastern affairs in the Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, and a member of Kellogg College says that The main reason for the idea of forming a joint European army “has been President Trump’s unilateral and ultra-nationalist approach that puts America first and, by implication, ignores the interests of other countries and tries to impose his views on them.”
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2018-10-21 11:36
By Javad Heirannia
World needs broader and more tolerant interpretation of religion: Jahanpour
TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on Middle Eastern affairs in the Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, and a member of Kellogg College says that religion has always been associated with politics.
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2018-10-09 11:26
By Javad Heirannia
Most Middle East dictators owe their power to Western patrons: Jahanpour
TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on Middle Eastern affairs in the Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, and a member of Kellogg College says that current Middle Eastern leaders who serve Western interests, while lacking legitimacy in the eyes of their own people. However, once they are not needed any more or act against Western interests they will be toppled.
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2018-08-04 12:28
By Javad Heirannia
Arab NATO is not viable military alliance: Jahanpour
TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on Middle Eastern affairs in the Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, and a member of Kellogg College says that I do not believe that Arab NATO is “a viable military alliance.”
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2018-05-22 14:52
By Javad Heirannia
European countries can save JCPOA: professor
TEHRAN - Farhang Jahanpour, an adjunct professor in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford and a Middle East expert, says that “President Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA was opposed virtually by the entire world, with the exception of Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.”
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2018-03-12 11:28
By Javad Heirannia
U.S. won’t allow Saudi Arabia to have full cycle of uranium enrichment and reprocessing: Professor
TEHRAN - Farhang Jahanpour, an adjunct professor in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford and a Middle East expert, says that when Iran had her nuclear dispute with the West, many people in the West, as well as many officials in the Persian Gulf littoral states, including Saudi Arabia, kept asking why despite her vast oil reserves Iran needed nuclear reactors.
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2018-02-27 09:55
By Javad Heirannia
EU countries in tough spot with U.S. demands on JCPOA: Professor
TEHRAN - Farhang Jahanpour, an adjunct professor in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford and a Middle East expert, says that all other signatories to the JCPOA, including the European Troika (the UK, France and Germany) have stated that they are for the nuclear accord, since Iran has remained committed to the deal.
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2018-01-24 10:37
By Javad Heirannia
Everybody knows JCPOA was not bilateral agreement between Iran and U.S.: Professor
TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on the Middle East in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, tells the Tehran Times that “President Trump’s recent speech on Iran was the most belligerent speech by any U.S. president about Iran since the Iranian revolution.”
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2018-01-14 09:55
By Javad Heirannia
JCPOA not prohibit development of ballistic missiles by Iran: Professor
TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on the Middle East in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, tells the Tehran Times that “It should be remembered that a greater part of the statement released by President Trump is for domestic consumption, and also it is a face-saving formula to persuade his base that he has remained firm in his decision.”
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2017-05-19 22:19
By Javad Heirannia
Saudi Arabia has started policy of getting closer to America: professor
TEHRAN – Professor Farhang Jahanpour, a former senior research fellow at Harvard University, says President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia is not a sign that the kingdom is important in “global politics.”
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2016-11-16 11:24
By Javad Heirannia
Trump used sensational slogans to win support: expert
TEHRAN – Professor Farhang Jahanpour, a former senior research fellow at Harvard University, is of the opinion that many American voters viewed Donald Trump “as an outsider standing up against the establishment.”
