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By: Jack Anderson

AIPAC’s $ 4.5 million support for young Tom Cotton

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – The suspicious AIPAC’s $ 4.5 million support for appointing the young Arkansas senator, Tom Cotton, as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), or the US National Security Advisor has been discussed here by Jack Anderson.

Seismologist blames accumulated seismic energy for frequent quakes in Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – A renowned Iranian seismologist says the frequent jolts across Iran over the past few months are the result of a compensation for the “accumulated seismic energy” in the form of natural consecutive seismic events.

By: Mahnaz Abdi

PMO supporting private sector in ports development

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – In a bid to bolster its foreign trade and also elevate its transit status, Iran's Port and Maritime Organization (PMO) has some projects underway to develop its ports which are located in north and south of the country.

In interview with NPR:

Zairf reiterates JCPOA in no way is renegotiable

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Iran's foreign minister has once more rejected renegotiating the world powers' nuclear deal with Iran, stressing again that the deal is all or nothing.

British ambassador says successful on Tehran mission

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – In his last press conference in Tehran, Nicholas Hopton, the UK envoy to Tehran, who will be replaced by Rob Macaire on Thursday, said that he had been successful in pursuing the goals in his mission to Tehran.

By: Vahid Pourtajrishi, Elaheh Shirvani

Pakistani Gwadar Port, a double-edged sword for Iran

Gwadar Port of Pakistan as the key factor and heart of CPEC could be assumed as a serious competitor against the Iranian Chabahar Port or a chance for Tehran to expand its commercial relations with Beijing.

German diplomat:

EU interested in keeping JCPOA alive

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – Deputy Director General for European affairs of German Foreign federal Office ambassador Peter Ptassek said Germany is very much interested in keeping Nuclear Deal with Iran alive.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

I trust my heart, says Ludovico Einaudi about his successful musical career

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – Award-winning Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi, who is scheduled for three shows in Tehran starting Tue., says he follows his heart in creating music, citing 'luck' as the factor that his passion aligned itself with something that a lot of people like.

By: Mohammad Ghaderi

Trump lacks proper strategy towards Middle East, Syria

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – About five years ago, when former US President Barack Obama spoke of a military strike in Syria, Zbigniew Brzezinski, former US National Security Adviser, who is also a prominent foreign policy strategists, objected to the call of the White House.

By T. Ferami:

EU suffering from “Stockholm Syndrome” vis-à-vis Trump on JCPOA

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – The prevailing fear amongst some of the most important EU leaders, mainly from France, Germany and UK, about the day that JCPOA would be rejected by the Trump administration, is driving them to take hysteric reactions; they feel that they have to do something to keep the JCPOA alive, even at the risk of having it debunked.

Zarif in an interview with Al-Monitor:

US weapons fail to bring Yemenis to their knees

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Iranian foreign minister has said that the United States and Saudis have not been able to bring the Yemenis to their knees through their heavy bombardment and arms.

By: Mohammad Ghaderi

Decoding Pompeo's words at US senate

TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – Political commentator Mohammad Ghaderi tries to decode the recent remarks of the CIA Director Mike Pompeo in his hearing at the Senate that Iran has never been after nuclear weapons.

By: Ishtiyaq Hussain Toori

Shias of Parachinar; victims of Takfiri terrorism, govt. apathy

TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – Since 1980s, Parachinar, nestled high in a remote, mountainous region of Pakistan and with majority Shia population, has seen the emergence of radical Saudi-sponsored Salafist groups, and sectarian violence has become a disturbing phenomenon, fueled by local and global terrorist organizations like the Taliban and ISIS.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

Franco Nero: The Golden Age is over

TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – The legendary Italian actor Franco Nero says the golden age of the Italian cinema “will never return” and blames it on television and the damage it has done to people’s film-watching habits.

By: Mahnaz Abdi

Tehran, Ankara posed to dump dollar in trade

TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – Iran’s financial system has intensified its efforts to establish ties with a number of countries based on national currencies, as the US sanctions against the country have complicated transactions in dollars.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

Freedom of expression is key, says filmmaker Jörn Donner in Tehran

TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – Jörn Donner, the producer of Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Fanny and Alexander’, says in a presser in Tehran that the basis for all artistic mediums is the freedom of expression, hoping that the up-and-coming Iranian filmmakers will be able to enjoy freedom of expression in their productions.

By: Mahmood Monshipouri

On trilateral military strikes against Syria

TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – The US surgical attacks—coordinated with France and Britain—against chemical facilities in Syria on Saturday April 13, 2018, in response to the alleged chemical weapons attacks in rebel-held Douma, fell far-short of achieving a broader goal based on a coherent strategy to deal with the Syrian civil war.

Attack on Syria lacks a legal basis in intl. law: US expert

TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that the attack on Syria was “neither in self-defense nor authorized by the United Nations Security Council, it did not have a basis in international law.