Democracy
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In an interview with MNA:
We are not the PKK’s political wing: Selahattin Demirtaş
TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) – Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas says that the Kurdish-focused People's Democratic Party (HDP) has no relations of any kind with the PKK.
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Fascism main rival of liberal democracy: professor
TEHRAN, Jan. 22 (MNA) – Professor Kevin Richards, chair of Liberal Arts Department at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, tells that “Fascism is the main rival of liberal democracy.
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US govt has lost face before Iranian people: Zarif
TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif condemned the US House of Representatives’ resolution in support of the recent riots in Iran.
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Trump not champion of democracy: Charles Taliaferro
TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – Charles Taliaferro, a professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College, says “Trump might be considered as heading up a democratic element in the USA."
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By: Martin Love
Exceptionalism versus magnanimity
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – There is no reasonable justification for citizens anywhere to consider themselves or their country necessarily “exceptional”. When one is talking about particular governments pushing the meme of “exceptionalism” (rather than, say, humility) in some grandiose way, watch out.
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FM spox:
Regional crises result of S Arabia's barren policies
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman reacted on Monday to Saudi-drafted statement of Arab League Foreign Ministers’ Summit of Sunday in Cairo of Egypt.
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Rouhani:
Democracy’s end in horizon if public loses trust in ballot boxes
TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – President Hassan Rouhani has made an earnest entreaty to political rivals they should abandon hitting the government as ammunition for election campaign as it would deprive public of their trust upon ballot boxes as the sole cause of the hope for the future.
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By: Lachin Rezaian
Human rights violations in the name of democracy
TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – In a speech last year, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the numerous crimes which were committed by the US against Iranian nationals from June 26 to July 2, and suggested that the week should be entitled the “Week of American Human Rights”.
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Zarif:
Visiting Turkish parliament proves Iran's full support for democracy
TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited the Turkish parliament building in Ankara on August 12, 2016.