Jamal Khashoggi
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By: Martin Love
It behooves largely Muslim lands to avoid becoming like Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MAN) – It’s possible that the US has set itself up for more failure, especially in the Middle East, even if there is no dominating internal “development” like economic or monetary collapse, and especially if the US resorts to more militancy. Meanwhile, it behooves Iran’s leaders to permit Iran’s people a louder voice in Iranian affairs of state and in the formulation of domestic mandates. Above all, Iran ought not to be or become like Saudi Arabia is as a Muslim country.
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UN: Saudi trial into Khashoggi killing ‘not sufficient’
TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – The United Nations Human Rights Office spokeswoman said on Friday that a trial taking place in Saudi Arabia into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was "not sufficient."
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12th ‘Mehr Vision’ addresses EU's SPV, Khoshoggi case, regional issues
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Mehr News English Service has published the 12th edition of ‘Mehr Vision,’ a monthly review of news and analyses of Iran and the region.
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Saudi king reshuffles cabinet, appoints new foreign minister
TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia's King Salman has ordered a cabinet shakeup, removing Adel Al-Jubeir from his post, naming a new foreign minister.
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Atmosphere is not conducive to sustaining agreements about Yemen: Falk
TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – Richard Anderson Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University says “the opening of the port cities of Al Hudaydah and Sanaa, both covered by the Stockholm Agreement, handle up to 80% of humanitarian imports of food and medicine.”
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By: Abdollah Shahbazi
Macron, Trump and Iran’s future
TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The incident of the city of Strasbourg in France was a very primitive scenario for facing the deep social and political crisis that the Macron government is facing.
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Canada mulls ending arms deal with Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that his government is looking for a way out of multibillion-dollar arms deal with Saudis.
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UN calls for 'credible' probe into Khashoggi murder
TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – UN chief Antonio Guterres called Sunday for a "credible" probe into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was killed in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul on October 2.
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US Senate to consider measures to rebuke Saudi Arabia on Khashoggi slaying
TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) – US Senators are expected to vote Thursday on a resolution that would call on the US to pull assistance from the Saudi-led war in Yemen, a measure that would rebuke Saudi Arabia after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
Truth about Hekmatyar's anti-Iran tirade
TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) – Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hizb-e Islami Afghanistan, who last year signed a secret peace deal with the Afghan government, continues to be a notorious and controversial figure in Afghan politics.
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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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US senators convinced of Saudi crown prince’s role in Khashoggi murder
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – After a classified CIA briefing on Tue., US Senators voiced confidence that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, ordered the murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
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By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
US propaganda war against Iran doomed to failure
TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – At a time when the Trump administration is facing backlash at home over its military support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen and disgraceful defeat in Afghanistan after 18 years of war, spin doctors in Washington are looking for convenient scapegoats to escape accountability.
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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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Murder of Khashoggi hardened Congress resistance to nuclear agreement with KSA: Daryl Kimball
TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association in Washington, says “I do not believe the Congress will approve a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia if it does not meet the “Gold Standard.”
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By: Martin Love
Bold counter moves even if naïve are worth marginal examination at least
TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – President Rouhani and other leaders in Iran have lately been appealing for unity among all Muslims to counter the threats posed by the Israelis and the US and the Saudis to sow yet more chaos in the Middle East. No one can argue against the idea of such unity, but aside from a few discrete periods in Islamic history the effective unity of the “ummah” has been and seems to remain a chimera, a least when viewed from any purely political angle.
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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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Judiciary chief condemns US arms sales to S Arabia in violation of HR
TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – The United States admits that it does not matter if it violates human rights by selling arms to Saudi Arabia because Saudi money creates jobs, according to Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani on Monday.
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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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Former German FM:
Khashoggi case strange considering crimes in Yemen
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – Former German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said that concentration of media on Khashoggi case is strange while Yemeni children are being killed without international notice.
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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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Larijani:
Trump thought Iran'd be in disarray after JCPOA exit
TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that US President Donald Trump had falsely thought that the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal would throw Iran into disarray.
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By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
Saudi regime’s war on free speech, free press
TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – A free and independent media is the watchdog of society, custodian of public interest and stimulus of political and social change. For a free and fearless journalist, truth is sacred, even though it may be unpalatable. In our times, to invoke George Orwell, telling a truth has become a revolutionary act, and often it has landed journalists and activists in troubled waters.
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By: Martin Love
The world prays for wisdom and cool of Iranians
TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (MNA) – An Iranian friend, a photographer known internationally for fine documentary work, asked plaintively last week when the US might stop trying to sink Iran and Iranians. I had no ready answer, but the question was painful to hear because I could also hear concern, grief and empathy for others.