RT | Sharmine Narwani: The glowing orb stunt should have been a sign that all was not what it seems. Theatrics, in the world of politics, usually suggest an illusion needs to be spun for audiences somewhere. A week after US President Donald Trumps eyesore of a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the pressing question now is why? What was the purpose ...

RT- This could be the most uncomfortable State Department press briefing moment yet. During a press conference about US President Donald Trumps recent trip to the Middle East, AFP journalist Dave Clark asked a department official why the US criticizes the Iranian elections and its record on democracy, but not Saudi Arabia. "How do you characterize ...

May 28, The Iran Project | Ali Hassan Heidari: The constitution of the United States of America describes this country as a democracy. Throughout its history the US has presented itself as an advocate of democracy, bearing heavy costs for promoting what it calls the expansion of democracy in the world. Washington has launched and managed many wars ...

Alwaght- Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says a recent summit of Muslim countries in the Saudi capital, Riyadh sought to threaten the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as the resistance in Iraq and neighboring Syria. Nasrallah made the remarks nation from the southern city of Hermel while delivering a speech in commemoration ...

Sputnik News- Washington is ignoring Saudi Arabia's major role in Sunni terrorism, California State University Professor Emeritus of Political Science Beau Grosscup told Sputnik. His opinion was echoed by Professor of neuroscience and political commentator John Walsh. US President Donald Trump proved onhis visit toSaudi Arabia that he was prepared ...

Sputnik News- Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz drew a lot of attention as he shook hands with US President Donald Trump's wife Melania during the couple's controversial visit to the Middle East. Afterwards, he was given a lecture on Islamic ethics by Swedish Muslims. Sweden's growing Muslim diaspora seemed tobe mortified bythe fact that the Saudi ...

IFP- A popular Iranian actor says the only election ever held in Saudi Arabia dates back to 14 centuries ago, when they picked people from their tribes to assassinate Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Famous Iranian actor and singer, Parviz Parastouei, in a post on his Instagram page said, Exactly on the same date (May 19) that Irans presidential ...

Al-Monitor |Rohollah Faghihi: In the hours after the May 22 terrorist bombing in Manchesterthat claimed at least 22 lives, Iranian media sought to cover developments second by second and published analyses about it. On May 23, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghassemi said, We believe that the roots and the ideological origin of the terrorist ...

FNA- Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami said the statements made by US President Donald Trump and Arab leaders participating in the recent summit in Riyadh were only a confession to Iran's superior power in the region. "50 world leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia and their only word ...

Sputnik News- US President Donald Trumps warm support for Saudi Arabia and Israel and his harsh words against Tehran should be seen as signs that the United States and its allies are heading towards war with Iran, former CIA intelligence officer Phil Giraldi told Sputnik. On Sunday, atthe Arab Islamic American Summit inRiyadh, Trump said that Iran ...

May 23,The Iran Project A group of Pakistani politicians have criticized anti-Iran claims and policies US president and Saudi leaders made in theArabic Islamic American Summit on Sunday. Reacting to the recent anti-Iran comments made by US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia'sKing Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saudduring theArabic Islamic American ...

AFP - The yawning gap between Tehran and Washington has grown even wider with US President Donald Trump's latest efforts to isolate Iran, which accused the United States of "milking" Saudi Arabia for petro-dollars. Trump's choice of Saudi Arabia, Iran's bitter regional rival, for his first official foreign visit reflects the deep antagonism of his ...

FNA- Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian underlined that US President Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia and his endorsement of the $110bln arms deal with Riyadh is aimed at ensuring Israel's security. "Ensuring Israel's security to the most, attracting Saudi Arabia's investment to the US, creating jobs in ...

Al-Monitor | Bruce Riedel: The House of Saud played Donald Trump like a fiddle on his historic visit to the kingdom, showering him in ceremony and accolades thatpandered to his scandal-wracked administration's need for diversion from its own self-imposed mistakes.For the Saudis, it was also a diversion from their own blunders, especially the expensive ...

Xinhua -- Iran's re-elected President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that the recent meeting of the regional states in Saudi Arabia was a "show, without any political significance."

The Guardian | David Shariatmadari: The US president once demanded 10 years worth of free oil from the Saudis. But after an emollient speech in Riyadh, all that was forgotten If theres anything consistent about the Trump White House so far, its that people get appointed to positions for which they are totally unsuited. More than that: theyre frequently ...

The Guardian | Rashid Khalidi: This planned Sunni coalition would alienate Shia populations and Iran. How can it be in the national interest of the US to support one side in a sectarian conflict? There is nothing new under the sun in the Middle East, where almost everything we associate with civilization was first invented: writing, cities, agriculture,...

Press TV- Iran has urgedthe USto stop supplying arms to main sponsorsof terrorism after President Donald Trump clinched a massive $110 billion military deal with Saudi Arabia on his first visit to the Middle East. Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi called on Washington on Mondayto abandon its "warmongering policy, intervention, Iranophobia ...

Press TV- Images of US President Donald Trump, his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud simultaneously touching a glowing orb to inaugurate an anti-extremism center in Riyadh have sparked ridicule on social media. The trio was on Sunday pictured standing with their hands on the miniature luminescent ...

May 22, The Iran Project A former Iranian lawmaker says US President Donald Trumps visit to Saudi Arabia aimed at offering the Riyadh regime a wide range of weapons deals and holding talks with the Arab leaders to spread Iranophobia. Esmail Kowsari, former MP and Armed Forces General Staff deputy for security affairs stressed on Monday that by ...