Further unity comes out of Idlib summit
Alwaght – The presidents of Russia, Iran, and Turkey held their fourth Syria meeting on Thursday in the Russian resort city of…
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Iranian expert: Diplomatic team well aware of JCPOA limitations
Iranian Diplomacy – The Iranian Foreign Ministry and the government’s diplomatic team have always been well aware of all the truths about…
The risks of Guaido’s political victory for Iran
Iranian Diplomacy – Iran’s former ambassador to Venezuela believes: “Iran-Venezuela ties will be undermined if Juan Guaidó wins and Iran may be hurt because…
The United States and Iran are in a quantum war
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: It took just under an hour for staff at Israel’s Government Press Office to delete a…
Stadium gates gradually open for Iranian women
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: Iranian women’s relationship with sports events could hardly be more complicated. They are allowed to watch female competitions…
Warsaw meeting total failure for Trump, Netanyahu
Alwaght – After two months of unabated efforts and use of all available persuasive options, the US government has finally held a…
Iranian cryptocurrency ready to challenge Bitcoin and save Tehran from sanctions
Sputnik – Iranian authorities, together with four local banks and Ghoghnoos, have launched the PayMon cryptocurrency backed by gold reserves, aiming to…
Turkey fails to win green light for safe zone at Syria summit
Al-Monitor | Ayla Jean Yackley: Turkey’s plans to create a buffer zone in northern Syria after the United States withdraws its forces…
Regional powers race for further entrenchment in Lebanon
Alwaght – After several months of political limbo, Lebanon finally formed its government on January 30. The Arab media called the new…
The US held a global summit to isolate Iran. America isolated itself instead.
Vox | Alex Ward: A US-led conference in Warsaw this week that was intended to isolate Iran has ended up isolating America instead…
Javad Zarif warns it would be ‘suicidal’ to go to war with Iran
NBC | Richard Engel: The “same gang” behind the 2003 Iraq War are “at it again” in pushing for war with his…
Trump’s deal of century’ conspiracy against Palestinians: Abbas to Saudis
Alwaght – President of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas told Saudi rulers that Trump’s so-called deal of the century is a plot against…
Iraq may end US military presence soon
Alwaght – The US military presence in Iraq is to end within a short time, just contrary to the plans of the…
UK envoy: EU does not recognize new US sanctions on Iran – Interview
Financial Tribune – The EU has set no preconditions on implementing the Special Purpose Vehicle that the EU has set up for…
US revives secret program to sabotage Iranian missiles and rockets
The New York Times | David E. Sanger and William J. Broad: The Trump White House has accelerated a secret American program to sabotage…
Iran says Warsaw meeting will only escalate Mideast crises
Al-Monitor – Tehran’s rage and discontent do not seem to have died down since US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement of…
Valentine’s Day Summit: Putin, Erdogan, Rouhani to meet in Sochi
Russia Insider | Elijah J. Magnier: The 14th of February meeting in Sochi between the three Presidents (Russia, Turkey and Iran) is not…
‘Iran’s recent missile tests were not in material violation of UNSCR 2231’
Tehran Times | Javad Heirannia: Mahsa Rouhi, associate of the Project on Managing the Atom and International Security Program at Kennedy School’s…
One potential beneficiary of US sanctions on Venezuela: Iran
The Wall Street Journal | Benoit Faucon: The Trump administration’s sanctions on Venezuelan crude complicate its effort to bring Iran’s oil exports…
Trump tweeted a photo of Iranian protest. he didn’t ask the journalist who took it
The New York Times | Thomas Erdbrink: All her life Yalda Moayeri, a 37-year-old photojournalist from Iran, has struggled with men. She…
The next US president should rejoin the Iran nuclear deal
Foreign Policy | Ilan Goldenberg, Eric Brewer: To the surprise of many analysts (us included), Iran has continued to abide by the 2015 nuclear…
Trump pushes Iraq to stop buying energy from Iran
The New York Times | Edward Wong: The Trump administration is pressuring Iraq to stop buying energy from its neighbor and sole…
European powers to present cool front at Warsaw summit
The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: Lack of participation at Middle East event reflects anger over US policy on Iran and Syria Key European…
Trump aims to reduce isolation on Iran in Warsaw summit
Iranian Diplomacy – A university professor in the US believes: “The Trump administration is trying to reduce its isolation on the Iran…
Ex-Iran ambassador: EU and US have no disagreements over Iran
Iranian Diplomacy – A former high-ranking Iranian diplomat believes: “In a situation where Trump seeks to create a gap between Iran and…
Iran’s government falling into a debt trap of its own making
Bourse and Bazaar | Navid Kalhor: President Rouhani’s budget proposal for the upcoming Iranian year will see the government run a deficit…
US seeking to rally world behind Mideast vision in Warsaw, but winning few converts
i24NEWS | AFP – The United States is seeking to rally the world behind a vision of the Middle East that includes…
Rouhani touts military achievements in revolution anniversary speech
Al-Monitor – Iran celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution Monday in typical fashion, with speeches from government officials, marches, anti-American…
Iran’s revolution helped it break from neocolonialism, ‘gain real independence’
Sputnik – Iran is marking the 40th anniversary of the country’s Islamic Revolution. In light of the occasion, Sputnik spoke to journalists,…
Iran’s ‘Heroic’ Revolution at 40
Iranian Diplomacy | Kaveh L. Afrasiabi: In his seminal philosophical work, After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre has written about the heroic societies, distinguished in terms…
Iran’s leaders have a more realistic view of Europe now
Iranian Diplomacy – An expert on Iran and the Middle East in Germany believes: “Political leaders in Iran are realizing that even…
Trading with Iran via the Special Purpose Vehicle: How it can work
Bourse and Bazaar | Ellie Geranmayeh and Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: Following weeks of speculation, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany (the E3) have…
INSTEX: A US-Europe game to get concessions from Iran?
Press TV – The Asr-e-Iranian daily has interviewed a number of Iranian lawmakers to shed light on the negative sides of the…
Iranians praise Iraq’s rejection of US presence to ‘watch’ Iran
Al-Monitor – “One of the reasons I want to keep [US forces in Iraq] is because I want to be looking a…
Israel factor complicates but won’t break Iran-Russia partnership in Syria
Al-Monitor | Hamidreza Azizi: With the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey slated to attend a new round of Syria peace talks…
Poll shows Iranian attitudes towards Europe becoming more negative
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: A new survey conducted by research firm IranPoll offers the first insights into Iranian public sentiment…
How US sanctions could be boosting Iran’s presence in Iraq
Al-Monitor | Mohsen Shariatinia: Geopolitical power projection could be, at first sight, the logic underlying Iran’s policy of expanding ties with and…
Iran’s education minister teaches lesson to country’s powerful publishers
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Mohammad Bathaei, Iran’s controversial education minister, can finally claim some victory in gathering bipartisan support for his campaign…
Why Europe just made Rouhani’s effort to exit FATF blacklist even harder
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: As Iran could soon pass four controversial bills that would remove it from the Financial Action Task Force’s…
Iran to launch 4 South Pars phases by March 20
SHANA — Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory, underlining Iran’s…