Mohammad Bin Salman
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Saudi crown prince postpones Pakistan visit amid protests
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Pakistan has been postponed amid widespread protests against him as well as heightened tensions in the region.
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By Mohammad Homaiefar
Khashoggi, Bin Salman’s nightmare
TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MAN) – While the Khashoggi case has recently subsided in the media and Mohammed bin Salman all along has been keen to overcome any challenge, but it seems that the American Senator Lindsay Graham has not been indifferent and has launched a blistering attack on the Saudi Crown Prince.
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Kharrazi:
EU to sustain loss if it fails to live up to JCPOA commitments
TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – Head of Iran's Foreign Policy Strategic Council Kamal Kharrazi says if the Europeans do not live up to their promises under the JCPOA, including the trade mechanism, they will be the ones to sustain loss.
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By: Hanif Ghaffari
The US Senate's role in the killing of Yemeni children
TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The US Senate voted on Thursday to end American military assistance for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. This was reported by the media as the strongest show of bipartisan defiance against Trump’s support for the Saudi family over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist who was against bin Salman policies.
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VIDEO: US senator says ‘Zero chance’ Khashoggi murder happened without MBS
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – Republican senator Lindsey Graham has spoken openly about the involvement of Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. He said that there is 'zero chance' that the murder happened without the involvement of bin Salman. (Source: The Guardian)
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By: Saied Sobhani
Demonic Bin Salman in Buenos Aires
TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Buenos Aires hosted the 2018 G20 summit on Friday while the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi national journalist who was horrifically murdered in the Saudi embassy in Turkey, was expected to have an impact on the assembly.
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By: Hanif Ghaffari
Trump’s challenge on defending Bin Salman
TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – Many US sources have recently condemned the position taken by President Donald Trump on Khashoggi’s murder by Mohammad bin Salman, calling for a White House appeal against the Saudi Crown Prince.
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By: Javad Heiran-Nia, Ramin Hossein Abadian
US and Saudi nuclear options
TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) has recently pushed a plan to build seven strategic nuclear projects in the country, including a nuclear reactor in King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology in Riyadh. The make of the first Saudi research reactor is unclear since Riyadh and Washington have not reached agreement yet on this nuclear project.
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Congress reacts negatively to Trump’s statement on backing S Arabia
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump’s Tue. statement in support of Saudi Arabia in the face of Khashoggi’s murder has drawn strong criticism worldwide, even from top Senate Republicans.
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Zarif calls Trump’s statement on Khashoggi’s death ‘shameful’
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – The Iranain Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned the anti-Iran statement of the US president on the death of Jamal Khashoggi as ‘shameful’.
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By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Why no global outcry over Saudi war in Yemen?
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – On Sunday, the US intelligence agency confirmed that the brazen killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was ordered by the Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman, which must have finally given some comfort to his restless soul. The truth was not hidden from the world, as it was already established by the Turkish authorities, but now we have the word straight from the horse’s mouth.
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Washington Post:
CIA concludes MBS ordered Khashoggi’s assassination
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – The CIA has discovered that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, which directly contradicts to claims of the Saudi government, the Washington Post reported.
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By: Seyedeh Mahdieh Qoreishi
Saudi Arabia, dilemma over ruling colonial or police state
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) announced the kickoff of Saudi Arabia’s massive Vision 2030 economic reform when implementation of these reforms required maximum stability and control of the country.
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Bin Salman will step down: Hossein Askari
TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that with no doubt Mohammad bin Salman, ordered Khashoggi kidnapping, murder and disposal of the body.
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By: Ramin Hossein Abadian
US and the end of Yemen War, Washington’s attempt to save Riyadh’s ruling family
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – Recently, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued his strongest statement yet on the war in Yemen, calling for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen under UN-led negotiations.
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NY Times:
Saudis close to MBS tried to kill Iranian officials
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – In a report published on November 11, the New York Times revealed that senior Saudi intelligence officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, tried to assassinate Iranian officials including the IRGC Quds Force commander last year.
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Iran envoy to London praises Guardian correspondent over revealing on Khashoggi's murder
TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad praised the brave act by a Guardian correspondent over revealing that Khashoggi was killed for disclosing Saudi funding of anti-Iran TV channel.
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By:Asghar Khamseh
‘Donald Salman’ Exhibition
TEHRAN, Nov. 04(MNA) – Several cartoons dubbed ‘‘Donald Salman’ went on display at Abolfazl A'li Gallery in Tehran today.
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Guardian sources reveal UK-based Iran International TV’s links to S Arabia
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) – A UK-based Iranian TV station is being funded through a secretive offshore entity and a company whose director is a Saudi Arabian businessman with close links to the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, sources have revealed to The Guardian.
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EU Parl. calls for stopping arms sales to Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – The European Parliament has called on EU states to unite in imposing an EU-wide arms embargo on Saudi Arabia following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Contradictory reports on finding Khashoggi's dismembered body
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – While SKY News has reported that Khashoggi's dismembered body has been found in the garden of the Saudi consul general's home, Turkish state TV has rejected the news.
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Could good come out of the Khashoggi tragedy?
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that “more and more people are witnessing the horror show inside Saudi Arabia and especially in Yemen.”
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By: Martin Love
So many questions, so few answers so far
NORTH CAROLINA, Oct. 23 (MNA) – It’s a bit of an imaginative stretch, if not a preposterous one, but there may be some reason to think that the murder of Jamal Khashoggi might set the stage for positive changes.
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By Payman Yazdani:
Erdogan's multiple goals in Khashoggi case
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) –Disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul created a wave of reactions against Saudi young Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s suppressive policies.
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Germany urges Europeans to stop arms sales to Saudis
TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – Germany's Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier said that the German government would not approve any new arms sales to Saudi Arabia and would urge other EU member states to follow this example.
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Khashoggi's fate introduced debate about human rights values in US-Saudi relations: Murphy
TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – Richard W. Murphy, the former US ambassador to Syria and Saudi Arabia, says “Jamal Khashoggi's fate has introduced a debate about human rights values to a degree not normally the case in U.S.-Saudi relations."
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Why Trump is attacking Iran as he defends MBS: Askari
TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that Trump has to invent something for defending MBS and King Salman to his evangelical base and the millions of other Americans who get their news from Fox.
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Amir-Abdollahian:
S Arabia's hush money not to make Turkey give up Khashoggi case
TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker's Special Aide for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Turkey will not give up murder case of Saudi Arabia’s journalist Jamal Khashoggi easily by receiving hush money from Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammad bin Salman resembles Trump: Adib-Moghaddam
TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Chair of the Center for Iranian Studies at the London Middle East Institute believes that he never saw Mohammad bin Salman as a prudent leader. His approach to politics is similar to US President Donald Trump.
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US, West may topple bin Salman: Hunter
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, said that the Khashoggi issue is very important and highly embarrassing to America that has so closely embraced Bin Salman.
