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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.
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2020-09-11 18:50
Iran advises Arab League to counter main source of threat in the region
TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Thursday that the Arab League should focus on countering the main source of threat in the region instead of issuing “heinous” and “hollow” statements.
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2020-09-08 23:21
Iran, Turkey should make unified decision on UAE ‘betrayal’: Rouhani
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday that Iran and Turkey should take a unified stance on a recent normalization deal between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel.
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2020-09-07 21:50
Iran’s response to any move by Mossad in region will include UAE, says aide to parliament speaker
TEHRAN – In a clear warning to the United Arab Emirates, Hussein Amir-Abdollahian, the special aide to the speaker of the Iranian Parliament on international affairs, said Iran’s response to any provocative move by the Israeli intelligence services would include the UAE.
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2020-09-05 23:08
UAE normalization deal with Israel is ‘apostasy’: deputy speaker
TEHRAN - Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, the first deputy speaker of the Iranian Parliament, denounced on Saturday a normalization deal between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi as an act of “apostasy” by the UAE.
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2020-09-05 23:08
UAE deal raises questions about manipulation of Jared Kushner by Israel
TEHRAN – Jared Kushner, the U.S. president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, who was a target of manipulation for many countries, is a “plaything” serving Israeli interests in a way that would destabilize the region, according to a former Iranian diplomat.
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2020-09-04 12:00
Netanyahu privately condones U.S. arms sale plan with UAE
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has privately condoned the sale of advanced U.S. weapons to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite coming out against the deal publicly.
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2020-09-02 20:28
‘New Middle East is more of narrative than reality’
TEHRAN - In the wake of the normalization deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, U.S. officials asserted that the deal marks the emergence of what they call a “new Middle East”. However, a West Asia expert tells the Tehran Times that this concept is pure fantasy with no roots in reality.
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2020-09-02 20:28
Only kneeling on Palestinians’ neck has been normalized, Zarif says
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the only thing that has been normalized is “kneeling on the Palestinians’ neck”.
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2020-09-01 13:34
Ayatollah Khamenei: UAE betrayed the Islamic world
TEHRAN – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, asserted on Tuesday that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made a treason against the Islamic world by establishing ties with the Zionist regime.
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2020-08-25 21:04
Zarif: UAE cannot buy security from Israel
TEHRAN- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the United Arab Emirates cannot become more secure through buying security from Israel, according to a Press TV report.
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2020-08-24 22:07
Arab states’ geopolitical shift from anti-Israeli to anti-Iranian focus is fragile: Richard Falk
TEHRAN - Richard Falk, a professor of international law from Princeton University, has said Arab countries have shifted their alliance which was against Israel toward Iran.
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2020-08-24 20:56
Islamic Ummah’s wrath will engulf UAE, Iranian parliamentary committee warns
TEHRAN — The Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has said the Palestinian nation and the freedom-seeking nations of the region will not keep quiet in the face of the UAE’s agreement with the Zionist regime.
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2020-08-24 11:48
By Mohammad Mazhari
UAE-Israel normalization agreement pours salt on Palestinians’ wound: Emirati activist
“It was a stab in the back of the Arab nations”
TEHRAN - Abdullah al-Tawil, an Emirati political activist, is of the opinion that "Emirates-Israel normalization agreement pours salt on Palestinians’ wound and it is a bridge over the rubble of the Palestinian cause."
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2020-08-24 10:51
UAE made strategic mistake by normalizing ties with Israel, says advisor
TEHRAN – The UAE made a strategic mistake by moving toward normalizing ties with the Zionist regime, says Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian Parliament speaker.
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2020-08-20 17:28
Iran summons UAE envoy over killing of fishermen
TEHRAN – Iran has summoned the chargé d'affaires of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the UAE coast guard’s act of shooting at a number of Iranian fishing boats in the Persian Gulf on Monday in which two fishermen were killed.
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2020-08-18 19:32
Ghalibaf calls on parliaments in Muslim states to hinder UAE-Israel deal
TEHRAN – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf has condemned a normalization of ties between the UAE and Israel, calling on the parliaments of Islamic countries to make use of their capacities to oppose and hamper the “disgraceful” agreement.
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2020-08-18 18:59
Zarif’s assistant says UAE-Israel agreement not beneficial to the region
TEHRAN - Ali-Asghar Khaji, the Iranian foreign minister’s special assistant for political affairs, has said that an agreement between the United Arab Emirates and the Zionist regime to normalize ties will not be beneficial to the regional countries.
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2020-08-17 18:55
International Association of Muslim University Professors condemns normalization of UAE-Israel ties
TEHRAN – The International Association of Muslim University Professors has issued a statement condemning normalization of ties between the United Arab Emirates and the Zionist regime of Israel.
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2020-08-17 18:39
Raisi warns UAE of consequences of ‘treacherous deal’ with Israel
TEHRAN — Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi has slammed the recent agreement between the UAE and Israel, describing it as a treacherous move against Islam and the Palestinian cause.
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2020-08-17 00:16
UAE summons Iranian charge d’affairs
TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry of the United Arab Emirates has summoned the Iranian charge d’affairs over remarks made by President Hassan Rouhani about normalization of relations between the UAE and the Zionist regime of Israel.
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2020-08-17 00:14
Iran warns UAE against an Israeli foothold on its doorstep
TEHRAN - Iran has strongly criticized the United Arab Emirates for deciding to sign an agreement with Israel to normalize ties with Tel Aviv. However, a West Asia expert tells the Tehran Times that the Emiratis have sought to relieve Iran’s concerns over possible cooperation between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv against Tehran.
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2020-08-17 00:13
UAE-Israel agreement to hasten Israel’s termination: advisor
TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, a top advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has condemned the recent normalization of ties between the UAE and Israel, saying such a move will only hasten the termination of the Zionist regime.
