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2021-03-03 21:46
Arab allies cast doubt on Israeli initiative
Israel sets trap for new Arab allies
TEHRAN – Israel has proposed to form a special security arrangement with some of the Persian Gulf’s Arab states, but the Israeli initiative was coldly received by Arabs, sparking speculation over whether Israel is trying to create troubles between Iran and its Arab neighbors.
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2021-02-06 22:33
Rising anxiety
TEHRAN – U.S. president Joe Biden touched a raw nerve when he and his national security officials made announcements signaling a reconsideration of former President Donald Trump’s policies toward the region.
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2021-01-31 22:06
Yemen's Ansarullah welcomes Italy’s decision to block arms exports to Saudi Arabia, UAE
The popular Houthi Ansarullah movement has praised Italy’s decision to halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates which have been waging a devastating war on impoverished Yemen for years.
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2021-01-29 17:14
Biden administration pauses weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE
The United States is reviewing weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorised by former President Donald Trump, a move that Secretary of State Antony Blinken said was “typical” of a new administration.
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2020-12-15 11:59
Ex-diplomat suggests Iran should diversify its relations
TEHRAN – A former diplomat believes that Iran should diversify its relations with the outside world.
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2020-12-12 12:03
By M.A. Saki
Security must be inclusive
TEHRAN - As President-elect Joe Biden has announced that he is seeking to revitalize the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA), Anwar Gargash, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs, has said his country is seeking a “JCPOA++”.
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2020-12-02 22:40
By Javad Heirannia
Biden will continue ‘record arms sales to the region’: Georgetown University professor
TEHRAN - Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar says the incoming Biden administration will continue “close relations and cooperation” with Israel, the Persian Gulf Arab states and maintain “record arms sales to the region”.
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2020-12-02 11:31
Stakes high for UAE as regional tensions soar
TEHRAN – As tensions run high in the region following the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, analysts warn that the United Arab Emirates is treading on dangerous ground by not distancing itself from Israel’s provocative measures against Iran.
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2020-12-01 18:03
Dozens of human rights groups denounce U.S. arms sales to UAE
29 human rights groups and arms control organizations have denounced the U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates, asking the Congress to block the mega deal.
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2020-11-17 14:29
By Huda Z
Systematic targeting of Pakistani Shias start in UAE days after the Israel-UAE deal
"We just feel like Muharram is still continuing in our household; it's that upsetting. It's that frustrating," says Faizah*, a recent electrical engineering graduate from Habib University, Karachi.
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2020-11-07 09:34
HRW: Sudanese workers in UAE hired to fight in Libya’s civil war
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says hundreds of Sudanese men reportedly recruited by an Emirati security firm as guards in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been tricked into fighting in Libya for renegade military commander General Khalifa Haftar.
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2020-10-25 22:40
Arab states should avoid an arms race with Iran: article
Iran won a major diplomatic victory on Oct. 18 when the United Nations arms embargo, imposed in 2007 over concerns about Tehran's nuclear program, expired, according to Bloomberg.
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2020-10-21 18:05
Envoy highlights Iran’s ownership of three Persian Gulf islands
TEHRAN – Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has reiterated Iran’s position that the three Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, Greater and Lesser Tunbs have always been part of Iran.
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2020-10-20 21:02
‘Shameful’: Palestinians slam UAE delegation visit to Israel
The arrival of a United Arab Emirates delegation in Israel has been slammed as “shameful” by Palestinian officials.
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2020-10-19 22:53
Iran denies shipping Russian arms out to Armenia
TEHRAN – Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami has rebuffed allegations that Iran was siding with Armenia by allowing Russian weapons to pass through its territories to neighboring Armenia.
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2020-10-17 17:40
Al-Jubeir predicted defeat of Houthis in three weeks: advisor
TEHRAN — A senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian Parliament speaker has said that Saudi Arabia thought it could defeat the Houthis in Yemen in just three weeks but has failed to reach its goal in nearly six years.
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2020-10-11 21:09
China calls for regional dialogue amid efforts to establish strategic partnerships
TEHRAN – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for building a new platform in the region to deescalate tensions through dialogue among all stakeholders as China held talks with at least two countries in the Western Asia region to establish comprehensive strategic partnerships with.
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2020-10-11 10:48
Here’s how S.Arabia and UAE helped appoint Sheikh Mishaal as Kuwait’s crown prince
TEHRAN – In a carefully devised plan, the Saudis and Emiratis handled the transition of power in Kuwait following the passing of its emir on September 29, successfully appointing their favorite man as Kuwait’s new crown prince.
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2020-10-06 00:13
Saudis and Emiratis may change line of succession in Kuwait
TEHRAN – As the oldest crown prince in the world became emir in Kuwait, the race to choose his successor started, a race that could tempt some regional players to interfere in the process of determining who will lead the oil-rich country in the decades to come.
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2020-10-02 23:48
Mossad chief’s visit to Bahrain stokes fears of disintegration
Israel plotting to partition Saudi Arabia: Iran
TEHRAN – following the visit by a senior Israeli intelligence official to Bahrain, Iranian officials and analysts expressed concerns over Israel’s secret plots to disintegrate larger countries in the region, including Saudi Arabia.
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2020-09-30 18:24
Tehran reaffirms sovereignty over trio Persian Gulf islands
TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has rejected the claims raised by the foreign minister of the UAE on three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf, saying such “groundless” comments would not change anything about Iran’s sovereignty over the trio islands.
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2020-09-26 16:11
By Ali A.Jenabzadeh
Rear Admiral Khanzadi: Sooner or later Arab states will be left with no allies
TEHRAN - In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times on Thursday, Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi addresses several developments in the region, including the recent U.S.-brokered normalization deals between Israel and some Arab states.
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2020-09-18 14:31
By Payman Yazdani
UAE, Bahrain seeking ties with Tel Aviv to ensure US support
TEHRAN– A renowned university professor and political analyst believes that the rulers of the UAE and Bahrain consider relations with the Israeli regime as a guarantee for the United States’ long-lasting support for their regimes.
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2020-09-16 21:01
Arab normalization deals with Israel will not last long
TEHRAN – While the White House portrays the normalization deals between some Arab states and Israel as “the dawn of a new Middle East [West Asia]”, an expert on West Asia tells the Tehran Times that the normalization deals are doomed to fail.
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2020-09-15 18:35
Former Iraqi PM meets top Iranian officials
TEHRAN — Former Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has traveled to Iran to discuss regional and bilateral topics with top Iranian officials.
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2020-09-14 20:39
Zarif dismisses Arab normalization deals with Israel as election photo op
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that Donald Trump, wading through a reelection year with a troubled campaign, “desperately” needed a photo op with certain Arab rulers to boost his reelection chances.
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2020-09-14 20:37
How U.S.-led Iranophobic propaganda contributed to Arab normalization deals with Israel
TEHRAN – In the wake of normalization deals between some Arab states and Israel, former and current U.S. officials sought to put the deals in the broader context of confronting Iran’s influence in the region, a move seen by some experts as an attempt to propagate Iranophobia across the Arab world.
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2020-09-13 19:08
Normalization with Israel aimed to implement ‘deal of century’: professor
TEHRAN – Bahrain and the UAE’s move to normalize ties with Israel is a step to implement the U.S.-brokered plan of the “deal of the century”, says the director of the West Asian Studies Group at the International Association of Muslim University Professors.
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2020-09-13 14:15
IRGC: Israel-Bahrain détente will refresh Muslim resolve to repel cancerous Israeli tumor
TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Saturday strongly condemned the normalization of ties between Bahrain and Israel, saying the Bahraini regime should await a harsh revenge from the country’s freedom-seekers and its Muslim people.
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2020-09-12 21:58
Bahrain normalization deal stokes fears of political exploitation in Israel and U.S.
TEHRAN – In a highly expected move, Bahrain and Israel agreed to normalize relations and exchange embassies. A West Asia expert tells the Tehran Times that the normalization deal is meant to serve internal interests in Israel, Bahrain, and the U.S.
