Imran khan’s visit to Iran; Requirements & Opportunities
IRNA – Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is scheduled to meet Iran Supreme Leader and the President on April 21st and…
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Iranians debate freedom of expression as Instagram shuts down IRGC pages
Al-Monitor – “Sorry, this page isn’t available.” That’s the message that now greets Instagram users trying to access accounts purportedly run by top figures…
Experts: IRGC terror label could fuel US-Iran tension
Voice of America | Mehdi Jedinia and Sirwan Kajjo: The recent U.S. designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign…
What are main aims of Imran khan’s Iran visit?
MNA | Mohammad Ali Haqshenas: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is slated to undertake an official visit to Iran on April 21…
Iranian comedian in hot water over flood jokes
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: The most famous face of Iranian comedy has courted controversy again by ridiculing the government’s efforts to help…
America will strengthen its presence in the Persian Gulf: Shireen Hunter
Iranian Diplomacy | Javad Heirannia: Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, says that “there is no way…
Trump’s veto over Yemen is a scandalous abuse of presidential power
The Guardian | Simon Tisdall: Expected or not, Donald Trump’s veto of a bipartisan Congressional resolution to end US military involvement in…
Sanctions aimed at bringing Iran to negotiating table with US
MNA – The former Iranian ambassador to Norway and Hungary Abdulreza Farajirad has said that the US sanctions are aimed at bringing…
Devastating floods further strain Iran’s creaking economy
Bourse and Bazaar – Iran’s economy was already creaking as two weeks of flooding devastated communities across the country, killing 76 people…
Mounting possibility of waging an encouraged war between Iran and US
Iranian Diplomacy – An Iranian university professor in Tehran has said: “The US decision to designate the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)…
Why Iranian authorities failed to minimize flood damage
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Poor crisis management in the aftermath of the recent floods in Iran has highlighted the weaknesses of management…
US waiver concern sees Iranian oil buyers put imports on hold
Bourse and Bazaar | Bloomberg: The biggest buyers of Iranian oil are said to be putting their purchases on hold as they…
Trump seeks to destroy the EU
Tehran Times – During the 2016 presidential race, the President of the United States officially and explicitly supported the withdrawal of Britain…
“Iran Floods and UN’s Response” Op-Ed by UN resident coordinator in Hamshahri newspaper
United Nations Iran – We, at the United Nations (UN), are deeply saddened by the loss of life, injuries and extensive damage…
US social media move to comply with Trump’s order to escalate tensions against Iran
FNA – US social media platform, Instagram, came to be the first to obey President Donald Trump’s order for escalating tensions against…
Oman’s flexibility to Tel Aviv: Goals, consequences?
Alwaght – The Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi in a speech delivered to the World Economic Forum for the Middle East…
Economic war on Iran is America’s new ‘Forever War’
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: The administration of US President Donald Trump last week designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, part…
Provoking the Iranian Revolutionary Guard makes us less safe
TRT World | Massoumeh Torfeh: Donald Trump’s move to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation is part of a…
Ramifications of adding the IRGC to terrorist list for Iran, US
Persia Digest – An expert on international affairs in Tehran believes: “The objective of Trump’s administration in placing the IRGC on the…
Resistance groups help flood victims in Iran
Tehran Times – While hundreds of Iranians are hit by floods and are displaced, various campaigns have been launched by Lebanese, Afghan,…
Designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as terror group could jeopardize US troops
NBC News | F. Brinley Bruton and Ali Arouzi: The White House was looking to shake things up when it designated Iran’s…
The IAEA doesn’t have inspection superpowers in Iran
LobeLog | Mark Fitzpatrick: Calling for “superagency” – an international team of sleuths who can swoop on any suspect country at a…
US regional interests at stake after IRGC ban: Iranian expert
Alwaght – On Monday, in a highly controversial move, the US government added Iran’s official military Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to…
Iranians band together to battle devastating floods
Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Sweat rolling down his cheek, Ghasem Arabi filled sandbags to prop-up a makeshift dyke as flood waters…
Fresh US divide on Iran emerges over expiring nuclear waivers
Bloomberg | Nick Wadhams: A fresh divide is emerging between some Trump administration officials and hard-line opponents of Iran in the Senate…
Zarif reshuffles key envoys in push for active diplomacy
Al Monitor | Saeid Jafari: While rotations and replacements of diplomats and ambassadors are usually routine administrative procedures, they sometimes can signify…
Trump’s Iran terrorist designation is designed to lock in endless enmity
The Guardian | Trita Parsi: With the stroke of a pen, the Donald Trump administration declared more than 11 million Iranians –…
Worries over global economy outweighs geopolitical factors in setting oil prices
Tehran Times – The upward trend of the oil prices in the market hit a stop point on Tuesday when the International…
Iran’s IRGC leading anti-terror force in region: US analyst
Tasnim – An American political commentator described US President Donald Trump’s move to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as “insane”…
Trump’s policy may lead to US troops ‘treated as terrorists, not soldiers’ if captured by Iran
RT – The US’ designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group and Tehran’s tit-for-tat response puts American troops at greater…
Political risks outweigh legal impact of IRGC terrorism designation
Bourse and Bazaar | Tyler Cullis: The Trump administration announced the designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)—a branch of Iran’s…
Will Iraq reemerge as battleground between US, Iran?
Al-Monitor | Makram Najmuddine: As the Trump administration’s decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “foreign terrorist organization”…
Why the US is targeting Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
Bloomberg | Ladane Nasseri: President Donald Trump’s administration has named Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the first time the U.S. has…
Iranian elites rally behind IRGC after US terrorist designation
Al Monitor – A day after being designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the Donald Trump administration, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
Analysis: Iranian oil exports recover close to pre-sanction levels
S&P Global Platts – Iranian oil exports, which have been laboring under US sanctions since late last year, have recovered close to…
Washington’s fixation with Iran takes another turn for the worse: China Daily
CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK – In its editorial, the paper cautions Washington that its intent to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…
Propaganda’: US listing IRGC as terrorists part of ‘Economic War’ against Iran
Sputnik – The Trump administration’s move to label the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) is part of…
Iran’s IRGC on US terror list: Reasons, consequences
Alwaght – On Friday, Reuters news agency reported, citing American officials, the White House intended to add Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)…
Three reasons why the Iraqi PM’s visit to Iran is important
Al Monitor | Hamidreza Azizi: Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi visited Tehran April 6-7, his first official visit to the neighboring…
In unprecedented move, US names Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group
Reuters | Lesley Wroughton, Parisa Hafezi: President Donald Trump said on Monday he would name Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a…