In the Middle East, longtime rivals try a temporary alliance
Worldview.Stratfor– Politics and war make for strange bedfellows, as Iran and Turkey can attest. The two countries, historically rivals, are laying aside…
Tag Archives: Middle East
Isfahan Bazaar: One of the oldest, largest Bazaars in Middle East
Tasnim – In Iran bazaar is not only a shopping centre, but also since long times ago bazaar had certain specifications, which…
Riyadh testing reactions to possible détente with Iran
IFP – Middle East observers believe that the recent positive signals sent by Saudi Arabia on its interest in improving relations with…
Mideast’s first robotic restaurant booming in Tehran
IFP – RoboChef, the first interactive, robotic, and waiterless restaurant of the Middle East, has flipped the tables on how citizens of…
Mideast, economy to top Zarif’s 2nd term agenda
Financial Tribune – Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is nominated to serve a second term as Iran’s top diplomat, said his priorities are…
Jaberi-Ansari in Moscow for regional talks
MNA – Iran’s Deputy FM Jaberi Ansari has arrived in the Russian capital this morning to hold talks on latest developments in…
White House fires top national security aide on Mideast, Iran – Reports
Sputnik – Derek Harvey, a top adviser to President Donald Trump on the Middle East and Iran, has been fired by National…
Iran starts building Mideast’s largest solar farm
Tasnim – Iran’s energy minister on Thursday inaugurated a project to build the Middle East’s largest solar plant in the country’s southeastern…
Terrorist groups in region bolstered by US, UK
MNA – Brig. Gen. Massoud Jazayeri said Mon. that certain evidence and documents point to US and UK complicity in the formation and…
Iran’s Zarif: U.S. regional allies feed terror financially, ideologically
Tehran Times– Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that it is U.S. cronies in the Middle East rather than…
Iran to US: Worry about your own domestic problems
Al Monitor | Arash Karami: Iranian officials have condemned US Secretary of Defense James Mattis for calling for regime change in Iran.…
Iran continues to increase influence in Middle East – CIA director
Sputnik News– Iran continues to increase its influence in the Middle East region , Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Mike…
Mideast’s first mini-world park under construction in Iran
IFP – The construction of the Middle East’s first and world’s fourth mini-world park is underway in the western Iranian province of…
US, Israel fuel Mideast crises in Mideast to sell more arms: Iran official
Press TV – The United States and Israel seek the protraction of crises in the Middle East in order to be able to…
Rethinking Russia’s Mideast ambitions
Al Monitor | Paul J. Saunders: The fact that Russia and Iran are both supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government — and…
The growing partnership between Turkey and Iran
NRT | Manish Rai : Iran and Turkey, the two non-Arab Middle Eastern states, are among the largest and most populous in…
Shamkhani warns of US plans for new Middle East
MNA – Iran’s SNSC Head Shamkhani warned of US pursuit of policies for a new Middle East by creating divisions among regional countries…
Revived U.S. travel ban sows confusion, anger in Middle East
Reuters | Tuvan Gumrukcu and Khaled Abdelaziz: A U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing partial implementation of President Donald Trump’s travel ban has stirred…
Donald Trump’s bloodlust for war in the Middle East risks chaos
The Guardian | Trevor Timm: After a surprise statement on Monday warning Syria about chemical weapons, it looks like the White House…
Iran nuclear chief warns US over support for Saudi Arabia
The Guardian l Saeed Kamali Dehghan: Ali Akbar Salehi, who helped negotiate 2015 deal on Tehran’s atomic programme, says US risks upsetting…
Radical ideology to survive in Mideast even after ISIS
IFP – With the recent achievements of the Iraqi forces and Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in their fight against ISIS terrorists in…
Middle East on verge of a hot summer
June 21, The Iran Project – Political conflicts and military clashes in Middle East are fast approaching a breaking point and…
Terrorism in Middle East part of Israel’s agenda: Iranian president
Press TV – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described the terrorist operations across the Middle East as part of Israel’s agenda, warning…
Saudi policies fueling arms race in Mideast: Top Iranian Adviser
Tasnim – Saudi Arabia has become a puppet of the US in the region, a senior military adviser to Leader of the…
US carte blanche to KSA: Saudis step up provocation in region
MNA – In an exclusive interview with Mehr News, former US diplomat James Jatras said Iran has a good reason to be…
Iran-US challenge in ME, theoretical, deeply rooted: Presidential aide
IRNA – The challenge between Iran and the US in the Middle East is theoretical and deeply rooted, Political Director of the…
Senate fresh sanctions signify US desperation in ME
IRNA – Former nuclear negotiator and Iranian Ambassador to the UK Hamid Baeedinejad said approval of new sanctions by the US Senate…
Meshginshahr suspension bridge: Middle East’s tallest bridge
Tasnim – If you are going to Ardabil in the northern Iran, don’t miss crossing over the tallest suspension bridge in Middle…
US government, not Iran responsible for Middle East disasters
Press TV – Richard Becker, a commentator with ANSWER Coalition, believes that the US government is to blame for tearing apart the fabric…
Mideast leaders pressured Obama to bomb Iran: Kerry
IFP- The former US Secretary of State has been quoted as saying that the Obama administration was under heavy pressure from certain…
Middle East “water wars”: Iran official urges pressure on Turkey over dams
Global Research – An Iranian official has urged active diplomacy with Turkey towards tackling the problem of dust storms, which chronically blight regional…
How Tehran terror attacks overshadowed major developments in the Middle East
Iranian Diplomacy | Sadegh Maleki: Reports of a terrorist attack in Tehran not only overshadowed the recent crisis between Doha and Riyadh, but…
Trumpification of relations causing trouble in Middle East: German FM
Press TV – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel says US President Donald Trump is responsible for stirring up conflicts in the Middle…
Middle East rift could push Qatar closer to Turkey, Iran
CNBC – A fierce spat between Qatar and leading Arab nations could see Doha shift closer to Turkey and Iran in a…
Qatar-Saudi spat threatens Riyadh’s influence. But what are the Saudis really worried about?
RT | Martin Jay: Saudi Arabia’s move to use its influence among other Muslim countries to threaten Iran appears to be backfiring…
There is no peace in the Middle East without Iran
Huffington Post | Georges Ugeux: Donald Trump might have missed the most positive news from the Middle East last week. It was…
1st ME mobile power plant built in Iran
IRNA – The first 25 MW mobile power plant of the Middle East was built in Iran. According to the Iranian enterprise…
Not for all the tea in China: Beijing wants active role in Mideast peace
Sputnik – China on Monday signaled a willingness to broker peace between Israel and Palestine, according to local sources. Citing comments by Chinese…
West to blame for chaos, terror attacks in Greater Mideast: Russia FM
Press TV – During a visit to Egypt, the Russian foreign minister has said that Western states, which pursued regime change policies…
The observer view on Donald Trump’s Middle East visit
The Guardian |Observer editorial: One of the key questions posed by Donald Trump’s presidency is whether you can believe what he says…