Other News
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By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
Top Afghan commander’s killing raises questions
TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – The formidable, flamboyant, maverick police chief of southern Afghan province of Kandahar General Abdul Raziq Achakzai was gunned down in a shootout inside the provincial governor’s office on Thursday, along with the governor and intelligence chief.
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By: Ebrahim Fallahi
Private sector from Iran, Syria light the flame
TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) and the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Saturday addressing issues regarding long-term cooperation.
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By: Abdulhamid Bayati
US air force : Competing with rivals or creating a new weaponry market?
TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump has once again stressed the need for formation of US space force, reasoning that Russia and China are pioneers in the area.
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By Saeed Sobhani
What is Europe's strategy on JCPOA?
TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) – The disputes over the "future of the nuclear deal" are still ongoing. The analysis of this conflict is not so easy, considering the remarkable relations between Washington and Europe. In other words, Western officials look at the nuclear deal not as an "independent legal variable", but as a "dependent political variable".
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By Manijeh Rezapoor
Tour a fantasy world of Persian tales in “Tehran Times”
TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – “Tehran Times” — no, not the newspaper… an art exhibit in Tehran — can tickle the interest of any art aficionado to find out what it has to offer on the walls out of curiosity.
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By: Mohammad Ghaderi
Wait and contemplate for a second
TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Like it or not, the story of liberal democracy in the West has often been unjust and inhumane. You haven’t made a mistake if you call it “no human rights.”
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By: Hanif Ghaffari
Merkel's projection regarding nationalist movements in Europe
TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – In recent years, we have repeatedly spoken about the blows that hit the United Europe hard, and resulted in constant and overwhelming crises in this block. The European authorities now refer to "returning to nationalism" as a potential danger (and in some cases, the actual danger!) In this block, and warn against it without mentioning the origin of this danger.
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By: Mohammad Ghaderi
Terror business in Macron’s style; Riyadh pretending to be fighting terrorism
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – According to the latest polls in France, most citizens in the country are calling for a ban on arms sales to Riyadh. French authorities nevertheless continue to engage in “terrorist business” with Saudi Arabia.
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By: Ramin Hossein Abadian
Abdul Mahdi, on path to form a cohesive, national Iraqi cabinet
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Adel Abdul Mahdi, an Iraqi politician, was elected as the prime minister of Iraq by the new President Barham Salih.
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By: M.A. Saki
Khashoggi case may awaken world to dangers of MBS
TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – It is hoped the Khashoggi case will awaken the world to the dangers of Saudi Arabia, especially under Mohammed bin Salman.
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By: Martin Love
The beginning of Trump’s unravelling may be at hand
TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – You have to wonder about the Saudis who, aside from the Zionists, are considered the number one US ally in the Middle East. And the latest incarnation of Saudi Arabia’s “leadership” is Muhammad bin Salman, the designated crown prince of the Kingdom, who for stupidity may know no equal at the moment.
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By: Susantono Bambang
How to finance Asia’s infrastructure gap
TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – Asia’s countries famously need to invest trillions of dollars a year to provide infrastructure required to keep traffic flowing, ports trading, and factories humming. Yet most countries in the region consistently fall short.
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By: Mohammad Ghaderi
Trump; symbol of America's isolation in the world
TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – The president of the United States, who came to power in 2016 with the slogan of "Reviving Washington's Power", has become the messenger of failure and defeat of his country in the West Asian region and in the international system.
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By: Mohammad Ghaderi
Saudi Arabia looking horrific given the Khashoggi affair
TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia has seen large-scale domestic developments since King Salman came to power, and then along came Mohammad bin Salman with his radical views. Since then there has been slaughter and arrests and imprisonment of dissident opponents. Riyadh rulers don’t tolerate the slightest criticisms.
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By: Seyedeh Mahdieh Qoraishi
Successful reformation in Saudi Arabia far from a sure thing
TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – As Aramco’s public offering has been halted, so has the hope in Saudi Arabia’s economic reforms, which according to the young Crown Prince of the country, were intended to fulfill the Arab dream. Saudi Aramco, officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is one of the largest companies in the world by revenue and the most profitable worldwide.
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By Hanif Ghaffari
Trump's strategic weakness in west Asia
TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – In his recent remarks, Donald Trump said that if he wasn't at top of the US political and executive equations, Iran would capture the Middle East (West Asia).
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By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Global media and Muslims: Selective coverage, selective outrage
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – “If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? William Shakespeare’s lines in The Merchant of Venice hold true on Thursday.
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By Hamed Z. Qadim:
Fear of globalization
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Fear of transformation of identity is the common feeling in most of Western countries as it once was the common feeling of the under developed nations.
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By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Nikki Hailey calls it quits, Twitter says ‘good riddance’
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – The ‘smart and cunning’ US envoy to the UN Nikki Hailey announced on Tuesday that she will be stepping down from her chair at the end of the year, a decision that has generated palpable buzz in the political circles and over social media.
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By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
17 years of America’s disastrous Afghanistan venture
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – On Sunday, the protracted war in Afghanistan completed 17 years. It was on October 7, 2001 the US government and its allies launched the so-called ‘Operation Freedom’ apparently to topple the Taliban regime in Kabul, following the 9/11 attacks. Yet 17 years later, America’s longest war still grinds on, despite more than $2 trillion investment and thousands of casualties.
