Iran to open interest section in Riyadh

TEHRAN – After years of diplomatic blackout between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Tehran plans to soon open an interest section in Riyadh. 

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Saudis dread Yemen’s underground ballistic missiles

TEHRAN - Three years and counting since the Yemen War begun, Yemen unveiled underground rocket platforms that has put Riyadh in absolute terror.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Al Hudaydah: the last piece of UAE expansion aims in Yemen

TEHRAN - Despite differences with Saudi Arabia over the past years regarding Yemen, the United Arab Emirates has still been cooperative with the Saudis in the war against the poorest Arab state.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

“Power struggle” expanded between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi

TEHRAN - In 2015, to restore dictatorial rule to Yemen as well as plunder the country's oil and gas and its natural wealth, Saudi Arabia created a coalition of some of its regional and transatlantic allies, targeting Yemen which is the poorest Arab state.

By Farzad Farhadi

Why Riyadh, allies worry over Yemeni ballistic missiles

TEHRAN - The Saudi-led war against Yemen continues. The topic that has kept analysts occupied involves Yemeni missiles and their high precision in striking their targets.

By Farzad Farhadi

U.S. troops now involved in Yemeni war

TEHRAN - The U.S. has expanded its unconditional support for Riyadh’s bloody war on Yemen by secretly deploying a team of elite commandos to the Yemeni border. The war in Yemen has entered a new phase.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Childish justification of the Saudis

TEHRAN - Since Salman bin Abdul Aziz has come to power in Saudi Arabia, he has taken specific policies in the domestic arena; policies that indicate he is trying to change the usual way of transferring power transfer in the royal family, so that his own son Mohammad, can afterwards come to power as the Saudi King.

By Javad Heirannia

Very likely KSA will have to sign the additional protocol: Adib-Moghaddam

TEHRAN - Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the London Middle East Institute believes “it is very likely that Saudi Arabia will have to sign the additional protocol and forego nuclear enrichment on its own territory.”

By Javad Heirannia

U.S. policy has for long time had bias toward Saudi: 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 “Under the Obama Administration, Saudi Arabia’s refusal to forego enrichment and plutonium separation prevented an agreement on cooperation on nuclear energy.”

By Javad Heirannia

‘Saudis may not give up their right to enriching uranium, reprocessing plutonium’

TEHRAN – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that the newly revealed documents of the U.S. State Department “The Saudis are concerned about Iran's nuclear program and want to ensure that they are in possession of a similarly advanced one.”

By Javad Heirannia

JCPOA model has less attractive aspects from Saudi point of view: Pillar

TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “The Saudis will argue that they should get anything that Iran got in the JCPOA, and that includes being free to do their own enrichment of uranium.”

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.

By Javad Heirannia

Trump may allow Riyadh to enrich uranium at low levels: Professor

TEHRAN - Prof. Nader Entessar is of the opinion that “The existing laws governing U.S. nuclear transfer technology must be modified or exemptions granted for the Trump administration to accommodate Saudi desires.”

By Mohammad Ghaderi

Saudi's Defeat in Yemen

TEHRAN - About three years has passed since Saudis and their allies started war and bloodshed in Yemen. Today, after this long time, Yemen has become the symbol of Saudi Arabia's defeat in West Asia. However, according to Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of State, Saudi regime was supposed to seize Yemen in14 days and destroy the country's revolution. But now, Riyadh is facing the increasing costs of its failure in various Yemeni cities.