Three days in Iraq
BY: Merve Şebnem Oruç* Someone fell captive to the Iranian military during the Iran-Iraq war. When he was sent to the prison camp, he realized that the first thing he was asked was his sect. [ More … ]
BY: Merve Şebnem Oruç* Someone fell captive to the Iranian military during the Iran-Iraq war. When he was sent to the prison camp, he realized that the first thing he was asked was his sect. [ More … ]
Iran announced it is ready for war by reportedly launching a series of drills showing off its air power as it accused the US of breaking its nuclear deal. It launched the three-day war drills, [ More … ]
An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison and fined $4.8 million, on charges of cooperating with the US, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. Iran Iran’s [ More … ]
The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire that will take effect shortly before midnight Wednesday, the U.N. special envoy to Yemen told The Associated Press. Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed [ More … ]
Once again, Egypt and Iran appear to be heading toward rapprochement, with increasingly converging views on Syria bringing the two regional powers closer together. Tehran and Cairo have long followed a pattern of enthusiasm about [ More … ]
– US demands immediate release of father, son – Iran has sentenced two Americans each to 10 years in prison, the U.S. said Tuesday, according to Anadolu Agency. Expressing “deep concerns,” State Department spokesman Mark [ More … ]
An Iranian official said the United States is the most important reason behind all the current “problems” in the Middle East, stressing that Washington must accept its strategic mistakes and leave the region. “The root cause [ More … ]
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called for an “immediate and lasting humanitarian ceasefire” in Syria in a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart. What seems odd. is that both Russia and Iran are making [ More … ]
Moscow has reportedly concluded the supply of the Russian-made S-300 surface-to-air missile defense systems to Iran. Russia’s RIA news agency quoted the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) as making the announcement on Thursday. “All [ More … ]
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has congratulated the new UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, and urged participation in a fight against “extremism” and help find “peaceful solutions” to the crises in Syria. In his message which was [ More … ]
Iran is undoubtedly the most important ally of Bashar al-Assad. Without Iran, Assad would have been toppled years ago. The Iranian regime has backed Assad politically by maintaining its unequivocal red line, that Assad should [ More … ]
The Pentagon won’t rule out that Iranian missiles provided to Houthi militias in Yemen were used to fire upon two U.S. warships in the Red Sea on Sunday, spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said Tuesday. The [ More … ]
“Why Saudis hate us?,” asked my Iranian reader. “I’m Farsi, and regardless of what the Arabs did to us 1,400 years ago, I have Arab friends and enjoy Arabic music and dance. I don’t hate [ More … ]
Iran’s chief Armed Forces spokesman said Saudi Arabia and its allies are too weak to engage in a military confrontation with the Tehran. “Saudi Arabia has by no means the capability to confront Iran and [in [ More … ]
On Sept. 28, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced a plan that would urge commercial banks as well as credit and finance institutions to keep deposits under a specific level or face disciplinary measures. [ More … ]
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