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2022-11-28 11:05
By Hossein Askari
There’s corruption and there’s corruption—the Al-Sauds take the cake
Does Saudi Arabia’s constitution condone corruption and murder?
Let’s admit it upfront. Corruption is everywhere in the world. In the United States, big time donors give big bucks or “dark money” to politicians to legislate and change laws in their favor. Still we are lucky in the United States that we can call out corruption and face no prison term and dismemberment. This is far from the case in Saudi Arabia, where such criticism of the Al-Sauds, the ruling tribe, could lead to your death or land you in jail.
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2021-12-31 17:31
Convicted Khashoggi killers staying “in seven-star accommodation”
TEHRAN - According to sources connected to senior members of the Saudi intelligence apparatus who spoke to the Guardian on the condition of anonymity, at least three members of the Saudi hit squad who were sentenced before a Saudi court (in a trial broadly condemned as a sham), of murdering Jamal Khashoggi are living and working “in seven-star accommodation” inside a government-run security compound in Riyadh.
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2021-11-05 17:22
Progressive hypocrisy: Brookings worked with Riyadh during Khashoggi murder
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2021-11-01 19:48
By Abbas Dehghanifard
Progressive hypocrisy: Brookings worked with Riyadh during Khashoggi murder
TEHRAN - The Brookings Institution, a think tank based in Washington DC, has secretly worked with an influential Saudi institution close to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to help Riyadh craft better public policy in the midst of the kerfuffle over the brutal killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Tehran Times can reveal.
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2021-02-27 22:06
Khashoggi killing report: A test for Biden’s human rights claim
TEHRAN- Jamal Khashoggi was killed by a Saudi hit squad operating under the command of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), United States intelligence agencies have concluded.
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2021-02-27 21:45
Biden turns up the heat on MBS
Open Season
TEHRAN – The new U.S. administration has turned up the heat on Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in a bid to reign in his worst instincts.
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2021-02-21 12:01
By Mohammad Mazhari
GSA: Saudi-U.S. ties will face major challenges in the next four years
TEHRAN - Chief executive officer of Gulf State Analytics (GSA) says that U.S.-Saudi relations will witness major challenges in the upcoming four years over the Saudi-led war on Yemen, the Libya crisis, and Riyadh’s human rights record.