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2021-04-11 12:49
By Mehrdad Pahlavani
An accessible passkey to the West Asia crisis
How the nuclear deal can create a new solution?
The circle of tensions in West Asia runs slow, and after a slow or modest pace, it can potentially plunge. Like a multi-pointer watch, West Asia has several cogwheels. As one of the cogwheels of conflict bounces, the rest will pursue. Alleviation of a single tension in the region doesn't help immune others, but the escalation of tension in West Asia needs to be defused, at least by quitting one of the cogwheels of pointers.
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2021-03-30 18:04
Garmsar home to largest salt mines in West Asia
Garmsar in northcentral Iran has the largest salt mines in West Asia. With more than 40 salt mines, the city holds the lion’s share of salt extraction in the country.
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2021-03-16 16:29
Top general says Iran capable of annihilating Zionist regime
TEHRAN - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri says capacities have been developed for a destruction and elimination of the Zionist regime, Tasnim reported.
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2021-03-14 17:25
IRGC sets up modern mobile hospital to combat COVID-19
TEHRAN - On Sunday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a modern mobile hospital in a bid to help the health sector in the fight against coronavirus.
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2021-03-02 14:42
By Mohammad Mazhari
Everyone has known that MBS is new Saddam Hussein: Georgetown University prof.
“HOPE is an excellent step in the right direction, and Iran should continue to promote it in various international forums”
TEHRAN - By releasing an intelligence report implicating Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the U.S. has done "nothing much" because it has been quite clear that MBS in the new Saddam Hussein of West Asia, a university professor says.
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2021-02-21 16:56
Enemy forced to leave the region following drills: military chief
TEHRAN - Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, the Iranian Armed Forces Chiefs of Staff, says several massive drills launched by the military in recent weeks finally compelled the enemy to leave the region.
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2021-02-19 17:05
Iran, a role model in West Asia for NCDs control: WHO official
TEHRAN – Iran’s measures to control non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a role model for the Middle East (West Asia), World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Eastern Mediterranean, Ahmad al-Manzari, has said.
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2021-02-05 15:37
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Global Innovation Index puts Iran 4th in West Asia
TEHRAN – Iran has ranked 60th in the world and 4th in West Asia in the 2021 Global Innovation Index which analyzes dozens of criteria using seven equally weighted metrics, including research and development spending, manufacturing capability, and concentration of high-tech public companies.
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2021-02-03 16:10
By Azin Sahabi
CSIS scenario for nuclear talks: A roadmap to failure
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a think tank based in Washington, D.C which conducts policy studies and strategic analyses of political, economic and security issues throughout the world.
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2021-02-03 09:33
Iran names candidate for Child-Friendly Cities Initiative
TEHRAN – The city of Isfahan has been awarded the Child-Friendly City candidacy logo, representing Iran in the Child-Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI).
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2021-02-02 21:50
Iraqi FM to arrive in Tehran on Wednesday
TEHRAN - The Middle East Eye has announced that Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hossein is scheduled to visit Iran on Wednesday, February 3.
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2021-02-01 20:13
The third international law conference about the resistance front to be held on February 3, 2021
TEHRAN- The third Pre-Session of the international conference on international law and armed conflicts in West Asia will be held this Wednesday in virtually. Renowned University professors including Dr. Seyed Ghasem Zamani, Dr. Seyed Ahmad Tabatabaei, and Dr. Gholam Ali Ghasemi will deliver speeches in the event.
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2021/01/19
By Martin Love
A view of the fractured U.S. by a non-neo liberal…
As a long-time observer and with no stash of insider information and no affiliations with Power or powerful interests anywhere but who over 50 years has been on occasion in and out of the Middle East (West Asia) including several Arab countries and Apartheid Israel, one has at this particularly fraught time drawn a few conclusions even if they are not original.
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2020-12-30 18:40
Extra maintenance awaiting Tehran street as prerequisite for UNESCO registration
TEHRAN – Tehran’s Vali-e Asr Street, which is famed as the longest in West Asia, will undergo extra maintenance and restoration work as a prerequisite for a possible UNESCO registration.
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2020-12-23 11:59
By Mohammad Mazhari
U.S. role in West Asia has never been constructive: Indian professor
TEHRAN – An Indian academic says that Washington has never played a “constructive” role in the West Asia region.
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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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2020-12-09 12:03
Russian envoy: Israel-Arab issues, not Iran, is main problem in West Asia
Russian Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov on Tuesday blamed Israel for destabilizing West Asia.
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2020-10-27 18:50
Persian handicrafts: 13th-century panel of three tiles from frieze
TEHRAN - These tiles, being kept and displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, were once part of a magnificent frieze in a very important religious shrine in Mashhad, northeast Iran.
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2020-10-21 19:30
Iranian embassy slams Riyadh for turning West Asia into powder keg
TEHRAN – The Iranian embassy in Belgium has denounced Riyadh for turning West Asia into a powder keg through its purchases of American weapons.
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2020-10-21 14:12
Iran not intending to engage in arms race, says Zarif
Zarif calls on neighbors to choose peace over tension
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on neighboring countries to choose peace, security, stability and prosperity for all instead of remaining prisoners of the past and perpetuate instability and tension in the region.
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2020-10-02 19:17
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Land subsidence: an urgent problem that needs a different mindset
Land subsidence by definition is the lowering of ground level from certain elevation references. The rates of subsidence can commonly vary between 1 and 20 centimeters per year and even more in certain places.
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2020-09-28 21:33
Without achievement: Go back home
TEHRAN – Facing a fateful election with a troubled campaign, the Trump administration deepened the mistrust in the region while also endangering U.S. interests in West Asia.
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2020-09-22 16:10
No calm until U.S. leaves the region: top official
TEHRAN - Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of the Expediency Council, has said the Western Asia region will always be tense until the “American terrorists” leave it.
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2020-09-09 19:55
Army to hold war game on Thursday
Reaction to any aggression against Iran won’t be limited to West Asia, says Sayyari
TEHRAN – Deputy Chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination Affairs Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced on Wednesday that the Army is slated to hold a large-scale war game in the Sea of Oman and parts of the Indian Ocean.
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2020/09/05
By Abir Bassam
The hypothetical compromise: The end of 10 years of war in West Asia
On my way back from the south to Beirut two months ago, Elea crossroad in Saida was closed. As I took the long [S] turn to be able to reach Beirut road again, I came across the Lebanese Army.
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2020-08-24 20:59
Iranian airports among best in West Asia and Africa region
TEHRAN – A total of six Iranian airports have been classified among the best in West Asia and Africa region in 2019, Iran Airports Company reported, citing France’s Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC).
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2020-08-04 16:11
News coverage can ‘influence people's perceptions’: media expert
TEHRAN - Kareem El Damanhoury, an assistant professor of media and journalism studies at Denver University, tells the Tehran Times that news coverage can “influence people's perceptions of what's happening on the ground”, saying “tone of the coverage matters.”
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2020-08-03 11:37
Iran has established new order in West Asia: parliament speaker
TEHRAN – Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says through resistance all kinds of seditions, Iran has gained such power to thwart the most complex plots of the enemies and establish a new order in West Asia.
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2020-08-01 15:59
By Habib Ahmadzadeh
Ignorant, arrogant and all-pretentious
Another Western thriller by the lawless government of the United States
Once, as the narrative goes, Jesus Christ (PBUH) was hurriedly running away from someone. His disciples, who had never seen him in this condition, addressed him and said, "What has befallen on you, O' dear lord?" He replied, "I'm running away from an ignorant one."
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2020-07-25 18:11
U.S., Israel concerned about Iran’s influence in West Asia: ex-diplomat
TEHRAN — The United States and Israel are concerned about Iran’s influence in West Asia, says a former Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman.
