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2021-07-14 01:55
Raisi looks at neighbors and the East with particular importance
TEHRAN — In a post published on his Instagram page on Tuesday, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior advisor to the parliament speaker, said that President-elect Raisi will pay special attention to neighbors and the East in his foreign policy.
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2021-07-10 22:14
Oman: Iran supports peace efforts in the region
TEHRAN— In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper published on Saturday, Omani foreign minister Badr al-Busaidi has said that Iran is an advocate of peace and stability in the region.
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2021-07-09 09:07
Why did Saudi Arabia wage a war on Yemen?
To say the war on Yemen was a major development in the history of West Asia might be an understand. It will certainly go down In history, perhaps not in favor of the Saudis though.
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2021-06-20 16:27
U.S. redeploying military hardware in West Asia
The Pentagon says it is cutting the number of troops and anti-missile systems that had been deployed to West Asia. A spokesperson has confirmed a report by the Wall Street Journal, the first media outlet that broke the story, that eight Patriot battery units are being withdrawn from the region.
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2021-06-14 22:01
To the high seas and beyond
Iranian “steel mountain” and the multilayered strategy of maintaining peace in the region
TEHRAN— Iranian Navy unveiled a destroyer and a minesweeper through a virtual videoconference led by President Hassan Rouhani on Monday.
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2021-06-12 18:23
Iranian airspace is most secure in the region
TEHRAN – A top military official said on Saturday that the Iranian airspace is the most secure in the West Asia region.
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2021-05-19 21:57
Ghalibaf maintains parliamentary diplomacy in support of Palestine
TEHRAN— Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, has increased his efforts to coordinate plans with his counterparts in other Muslim countries to support the Palestinian people and take collective action against the Israeli regime's crimes.
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2021-05-10 16:01
By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili
The normalization will not make the Palestinian cause disappear: Political analyst
Abu Ali al-Ansari, a political analyst and Islamic scholar based in London, tells the Tehran Times that the Arab–Israeli normalization is a betrayal by Arab monarchies and it will not lead to the disappearance of the Palestinian cause.
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2021-05-10 15:49
By M. A. Saki
The Arab–Israeli normalization is a betrayal of the Palestinians' political cause
Andrew Korybko, an American scholar based in Moscow, believes that the Arab–Israeli normalization is a betrayal of Palestinian’s cause and it seems to be an inter-elite process which doesn't reflect the view of Arabs nations.
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2021/05/09
By Professor David N. Yaghoubian
Selling out Palestine will not result in regional security and stability
Normalization between expansionist Zionism and regional monarchial despotisms is inherently oxymoronic
The United States is on its back foot in West Asia.
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2021-05-05 22:06
Report: Zarif to travel to UAE
TEHRAN— The Doha-based Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed news website quoted Iranian sources as saying that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will soon travel to the United Arab Emirates.
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2021-05-02 19:30
2800 historical documents restored in National Library of Iran
TEHRAN – A total of 2800 folios of manuscripts and historical documents were restored by panels of experts at the National Library of and Archives Iran throughout the past Iranian calendar year ended on March 20.
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2021-04-27 17:19
West Asia’s longest glass suspension bridge being built in Kordestan
TEHRAN –West Asia’s longest glass suspension bridge with a length of 450 meters is being constructed in the village of Negel, west province of Kordestan, the provincial tourism chief has said.
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2021-04-17 17:13
Pakistani FM set to visit Iran soon
TEHRAN— Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi started a regional tour on Saturday that first took him to the UAE. After concluding visit to Abu Dhabi, he is scheduled to travel to Iran, Qatar and Turkey, respectively.
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2021/04/16
By Tim Anderson
West Asian endgame when the lying dead is in the morgue
It seems fairly clear that Israel was responsible for Natanz sabotage, as (1) the sabotage is consistent with a long line of Israeli attacks; (2) the Israeli media rapidly gloated over it and (3) quoted anonymous sources saying that the Mossad was responsible.
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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.
