Sputnik - On August 16, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the creation of an Iran Action Group (IAG) to coordinate foreign policy toward the country, which detractors say is an attempt to overthrow the Iranian government. However, there is a big difference between Iran today and Iran in 1953, an Iranian scholar told Sputnik Monday.
"The ...
Sputnik - Following comments by US President Donald Trump about wanting to open a new dialogue with Tehran, an Iranian scholar told Radio Sputnik Tuesday that if the US wants to continue talking with Iran, it has no choice but to go back to the nuclear agreement.
During a joint news conference Monday in Washington with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe ...
Press TV - An Iranian scholar has been banned from taking part in a BBC debate aboutIran and Saudi Arabiaat an American University in Lebanon.
In an interview with Press TV on Saturday, MohammadMarandi, a professor at the University of Tehran, suggested that the decision has been politically motivated.
"I really do not know what is behind ...
IRNA The VOA Persian, the BBC Persian and West-based social media are trying to fan the flames of riots in Iran, said Professor Mohammad Marandi of University of Tehran.
'The numbers of protestors have decreased a lot because the protestors are distancing themselves from the rioters; so it's mostly riots that have been taking place now,' Marandi ...
Sputnik - A US National Security Council (NSC) source has confirmed to Sputnik that Tel Aviv and Washington have worked out a plan to counter "malign Iranian activities." Speaking to Radio Sputnik, Mohammad Marandi, a political analyst and professor at the University of Tehran, explained why the US and Israel are so hostile towards Iran.
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TEHRAN, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Iran genuinely hopes for an end to Saudi-led airstrikes on Houthi positions and reaching a political solution to the Yemeni crisis despite being accused by some neighbors of meddling in the Arab country, analysts have said.
Iran's policy toward Yemen's crisis has always been dialogue and reconciliation among the country's ...
[caption id="attachment_155884" align="alignright" width="229"] Mohammad Marandi (L), the head of Faculty of World Studies of University of Tehran, speaks during the forum on the letter by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to the youths in Europe and North America, March 16, 2015.[/caption]
A forum has kicked off in ...
Does Washington really want an agreement with Tehran on Iranian nuclear program? Radio Sputnik is going into the details of the latest P5+1 talks with Lukasz Kulesa in London and Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi in Tehran.
The extension ofdeadline inIranian nuclear program negotiations has become one ofthe key news ofthe week, giving rise toa whole ...
Excessive demands by the US government and its allies from Iran over its nuclear energy program will backfire against Western interests, three university professors write for Press TV.
In the nuclear talks, America and its Western partners have insisted on terms that would cut Irans uranium enrichment. This will not just failit will backfire against ...
Press TV has conducted an interview with University of Tehran Professor Mohammad Marandi to talk about Western sanctions on Iran over its nuclear energy program.
Below is a rough transcription of that interview:
Press TV:Iran we are hearing, is seeing less economic benefits than it was promised from that interim nuclear court and they are saying ...
The US risks isolation on the issue of Iran if it is going to continue threatening countries against doing business with Iran, says political analyst and professor at the University of Tehran, Seyed Mohammad Marandi.
Investors are once again flocking to Iran - over 100 Frenchcompaniesdescended on Tehran on February 3 to establish business connections....
An Iranian analyst says talks about Irans nuclear energy program will make quick progress if the US Congress drops its sanctions bill against the Islamic Republic.
If the US Congress and the US administration behaves like a reasonable and rational and civilized country when it comes to negotiating with Iran then the progress can actually be made very ...
An Iranian analyst says the US deep-seated dishonesty towards Iran is endangering Tehrans hard-won nuclear deal with the world powers.
In the past, the United States has been untrustworthy when it comes to Iran and that is why now many people believe that the whole agreement is in danger of collapse, Mohammad Marandi told Press TV in an interview ...
Genevas inconclusive nuclear talks show that Iranian nuclear negotiators have refused to bow to Western pressure and give up the Islamic Republics nuclear rights, a senior analyst tellsPress TVin an interview.
The fact that the Iranian delegation did not submit to any unreasonable demands made by Western regimes and governments shows thatIran is not ...
A political commentator says the US imposed sanctions against the Islamic Republic well before the emergence of a standoff on Irans nuclear energy program.
The point is that in the past the United States has imposed sanctions on Iran before the nuclear standoff, Mohammad Marandi told Press TV in an interview on Wednesday.
In the 1990s when the Iranians ...
Press TV has conducted an interview with Mohammad Marandi, a professor at the University of Tehran, about Israels pushing for the dismantling of Irans civilian nuclear work. This is while the IAEA and Western intelligence have provided no evidence, whatsoever, of a military dimension to Irans nuclear energy program. The following is an approximate ...
An Iranian analyst says the United Kingdom must reconsider its hostile policies in a bid to help the normalization of ties between London and Tehran.
Mohammad Marandi told Press TV in an interview on Wednesday that Britain has been a leading supporter of comprehensive sanctions against Iran.
I think... relations with the United Kingdom obviously ...
Press TV talks with Mohammad Marandi, professor of the University of Tehran, about the Islamic Republic of Irans stance on the Syrian crisis.
The following is an approximate transcription of the interview.
Press TV:From what we heard the Leader say, how can Irans official position be interpreted concerning the Syrian situation? Of course, we know ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Seyed Mohammad Marandi, a political analyst and an academic at Tehran University, believes that China's rather cool approach towards the Syrian crisis and the US war rhetoric against Syria will soon become a source of worry for Beijing.
"It is surprising that China is somewhat quiet because at the end of the day the United States' ...
Irans influential Assembly of Experts, concluding a two-day meeting on Wednesday, put outa general statementwith a focus on the Syrian crisis:
We call on scholars of the Muslim world, the scientific and academic centers and the elites to deal with the Takfiri Salafi current, which is heresy in religion and is not in conformity with Quran and Islamand ...