By Quayyum Raja

The Muslims can’t survive without unity!

MASHAHD - What is the definition of survival?  In my opinion, it is not just an ability to feed oneself or even enjoy life, but an ability to have a voice without which there is no respect and honor in the world.  Whoever doesn’t have a voice, have no say in the matters and decisions affecting their lives as it has been happening ever since the establishment of the United Nations driven by the undemocratic Security Council with a political hegemony. 

By Damir Nazarov

U.S. prefer to maintain  ISIS against Syria: Rick Sterling

 Rick Sterling is a  journalist and member of the Syria solidarity movement.Below is the full text of the interview.

By Mohammad Ali Haqshenas

Failure in Yemen to be ‘death sentence’ of Saudi monarchy: Prof. Cavell

TEHRAN – Professor of political science Colin S. Cavell believes that failure of Saudi Arabia “to reassert its hegemonic control over Yemen will be a death sentence on the continuation of the Saudi monarchy.”

UAE Troop Drawdown: Beginning of the End for Yemen War

TEHRAN - The United Arab Emirates has been forced to withdraw its occupying troops from Yemen in coordination with key ally Saudi Arabia. This should mark the beginning of the end for the failed US-backed, Saudi-led war on Yemen.

Paul Pillar: UAE Recognized Failure of Military Intervention in Yemen

TEHRAN - Paul R. Pillar, a retired CIA officer, says the UAE has come to recognize that its military cooperation with the Saudis in war on Yemen has failed to make any achievement.

UAE ensures Iran of revising policies in Southern Yemen

TEHRAN - Senior Emirati officials have reassured Tehran that they will start a major shift in policy in Yemen's Southern provinces and launch intelligence cooperation with Ansarullah Movement, a senior member of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) of Yemen claimed on Saturday.

By Fatemeh Salehi

The rise of Yemeni long-range missiles 

TEHRAN - Yemen army and public groups attacked the furthest eastern part of East Saudi Arabia, in Dammam, for the very first time with a long-range ballistic missile. 

By M.A. Saki

“We’ll see how it goes”

Here is the deal: President Trump lifted waivers on Iranian oil to strangle the country’s oil-dependent economy under the “maximum pressure” policy. Tehran won relief from international sanctions following a multilateral accord with six world powers, including the U.S., in 2015.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

UAE evil plots against neighboring countries and the Arab world 

TEHRAN - United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the name of a country that didn’t exist before 1971 when the area was called Emirates of Motesalehe or the Emirates of the Coast of Oman. 

UAE says downed U.S. drone had taken off from its territory

TEHRAN – A U.S. spy drone, which was recently shot down by Iran, had taken off from a military base in the United Arab Emirates, according to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash.

Iran summons UAE charge d’affaires over U.S. drone incident

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned on Saturday the United Arab Emirates’ charge d’affaires to protest violation of Iran’s airspace by the U.S. drone from a military base in the UAE.

Iranian envoy: S. Arabia, Israel, Egypt, and UAE have been developing missiles with long ranges

TEHRAN - Hamid Baeidinejad, Tehran’s ambassador to London, has said Iran’s missile program is not the only one in the region, IRNA reported on Friday.

Araghchi says regional non-aggression pact will pave the way for trust

TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that a “regional non-aggression pact” will pave the way for neighboring countries to build trust and have constructive interaction.

By Negar Asadi

Scholar says Iran’s independence is a challenge to U.S.

TEHRAN - Modjtaba Sadria, a prominent scholar, says that Iran’s independence is a serious challenge to unipolarism of the U.S.

By Payman Yazdani

U.S. decision to drive Iran’s oil export to zero biggest supply risk to global energy markets: Prof. Bininachvili

TEHRAN - Commenting on Saudi Arabia and UAE capabilities to make up for any shortfalls in energy supply, Dr. Albert Bininachvili says the U.S. decision to drive Iran’s oil export to zero is the biggest risk to global energy markets.

Israelis might be behind UAE incidents, Iranian MP says

TEHRAN – Behrouz Nemati, spokesman for the Majlis presiding board, said on Tuesday that the Israelis might have been behind the recent incidents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Iran’s Larijani says Saudi Arabia, UAE unable to boost oil output

TEHRAN – Ali Larijani, the speaker of the Iranian parliament (Majlis), believes that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates cannot increase their oil production in absence of Iran despite what they claim.

By Payman Yazdani

Impossible to drive Iran’s oil export to zero: Turkish politician

TEHRAN - Condemning the U.S. move to force Turkey to buy oil from Saudi Arabia and UAE instead of Iran, Faruk logoglu says the U.S. move is flagrant violation of international law and his sovereign right of nations to trade freely.

Ex-minister warns Saudi, UAE against teaming up with U.S.

TEHRAN – A former intelligence minister has warned Saudi Arabia and the UAE against becoming the United States’ accomplice in its economic war against the Islamic Republic.

Ex-FM warns UAE against entering into Trump’s ‘dangerous game’

TEHRAN – Former Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has warned UAE sheikhs that by entering into the “dangerous game” of U.S. President Donald Trump against Iran, their oil exports will go down to zero.

Saudi, UAE overstate their oil capacities: Iran’s oil minister

TEHRAN – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Friday that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates overstate their oil capacities, IRNA reported.

Rouhani: Iran seeking brotherly ties with neighbors

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Iran has never started a war in the region and seeks “brotherly ties” with neighboring countries.

U.S. weapons sold to S. Arabia, UAE end up in hands of Salafists in Yemen: CNN

Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners have transferred American-made weapons to al Qaeda-linked fighters, hardline Salafi militias, and other factions waging war in Yemen, in violation of their agreements with the United States, a CNN investigation has found.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

The UAE reopens embassy in Damascus; Arabs in line to return to Syria

TEHRAN - Besides the security developments in Syria that have always made headlines and the Zionist’s attacks on Syria, these days Damascus has become a hangout place for states that have not achieved much in the past few years of war against Syria.

UAE officially reopens embassy in Syria

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has officially reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Thursday, the Syrian Information Ministry has announced.

Tehran says Saudi Arabia, UAE have monopolized PGCC

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday indirectly slammed Saudi Arabia and the UAE for turning the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council into a body to express their own views.

By Javad Heirannia

Murder of Khashoggi has hardened Congress resistance to nuclear agreement with KSA: Daryl Kimball

TEHRAN - Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association in Washington, says “I do not believe the Congress will approve a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia if it does not meet the “Gold Standard.”

Iran’s Mardani takes bronze at World Taekwondo Grand Prix

TEHRAN – Sajjad Mardani from Iran won a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates on Friday.