Democracy
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Iranian lawmaker calls for intensifying coop. between Iran-Turkey political parties
TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Strengthening relations between the Iranian and Turkish parties will help expand the two countries' relations, according to Mostafa Kavakebian, the secretary general of reformist Mardomsalari party (Democracy Party).
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Iran belongs to all Iranians regardless of their faith: Rouhani
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) – The Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has said that Iran and the Islamic Revolution belongs to all Iranians and followers of all religions.
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‘People of region yearn for democracy, human rights, social equality’
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) – Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the London Middle East Institute believes that the "people of the region yearn for democracy, human rights, and social equality.”
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Iraqi govt. should take actions to force US troops out of Iraq: Ayatollah Khamenei
TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei has urged the Iraqi government to take actions to make the American troops leave Iraq.
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By: Martin Love
Pity any nation that has veered from the moral messages of Islam or Christianity
TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 99, and apparently still alive, is an American poet and publisher of books who got his start as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina, where he majored in journalism and went on to a notable career as both a writer and painter.
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Iran’s judiciary chief condemns American coup attempt in Venezuela
TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – The Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has condemned the US administration failed coup attempt in Venezuela, saying that the attempt showed true face of the US and western governments’ calls for democracy and human rights.
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Zarif:
Consensus in Geneva: no military solution in Afghanistan
TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif referred to the consensus of talks in Geneva, saying there is no military solution for the crisis in Afghanistan.
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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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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.