News Archive - 21 June 2017

(Picture: Mega-size mural in Valiasr Square, central Tehran, depicting missiles held in the hand of an IRGC force, with the tagline: "I'm the gaurdian of Iran.")   Few weeks after the bitter campaigns of the presidential election in May, finally came an occassion which brought Iranian parties, and...

In the throes of Tehran terrorist attacks targeting the parliament and mausoleum of Islamic Republic founder Ayatollah Khomeini, and amid public concerns about contradictory reports being published, political vendetta was also under way in the wake of the attacks, where some tried to put the blame on the Reformists...

Reports of a terrorist attack in Tehran not only overshadowed the recent crisis between Doha and Riyadh, but also diverted public opinion in Iran and the region from two significant developments: while Zarif was on an Ankara visit, the Turkish parliament approved troops deployment to Qatar, and in Erbil,...

During an iftar ceremony two weeks ago, Hassan Rouhani gave his cabinet members an ultimatum. He complained about certain executives, he said, who have been ‘slipshod’ and ‘clomped behind’. Observers believe that the president’s explicit remarks indicate a sea change in Rouhani’s second administration.   Following Rouhani’s landslide win...

Behind the calm in the Principlist camp, a storm is in bud. More anxious than ever, the rifts have opened, and an unusual battle for power is growing among various spectra of the Principlist camp.   In the holy city of Mashhad, Ebrahim Raisi is presenting himself as the...

If we had tagged him until quite recently as a man of politically painted selfies, he is now having trouble to make social and political appearances. Few imagined that the man, who steamrollered through his eight years in office, flaunting his influence in almost everything, would be stuck in...

In their rhetoric over the recent years, Saudi Arabia leaders have made it clear that they do not want peaceful relations with Iran, and certainly do not intend to bring Tehran-Riyadh ties to a normal level expected from two Muslim neighbors. The death of a local Iranian fisherman by...

Thursday, 18th of Khordad – June 8th, 2017 HEADLINES OF IRAN’S MORNING PAPERS   KAYHAN   -Saudi Arabia threatens Qatar with military strike Following the growing tensions between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the Saudi Foreign Minister has threatened to launch a military strike against Qatar.   -Erdogan arrests more...