Jamal Khashoggi

Murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi remembered in Istanbul

TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – One year after Saudi journalist's killing, he was remembered in a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey attended by his Turkish fiancee Hatice Cengiz and the Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
2019-10-02 18:05
Khashoggi murder 'happened under my watch,' Saudi crown prince tells PBS

TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives, according to a PBS documentary to be broadcast next week.
2019-09-26 11:22
Desperate Bin Salman planning to down Turkey

TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who has been hastily involved in various regional developments, in an another regional adventurism is now reportedly trying to overthrow the Turkish government.
2019-08-07 13:33
Bin Salman plans to kill 30 individuals: Khashoggi's friend

TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – The Head of Turkish-Arab Media Association Turan Kışlakçı and a close friend of Jamal Khashoggi, believes that Saudi Crown Prince had a plan to kill 30 individuals who opposed his rule.
2019-07-27 18:04
Washington Post describes Saudi's bin Salman as new Saddam Hussein

TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – An article by the Washington Post editor, Jackson Diehl, describes the Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman as a new Saddam Hussein who, according to the writer, used to be supported by the US despite his well-documented crimes.
2019-07-09 11:40
Serious money paid to buy Khashoggi issue: Erdogan

TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday “some people” were paying “serious money” to bury the issue of the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
2019-07-01 14:26
UN report sees 'credible evidence' linking Saudi crown prince to Khashoggi murder

TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other senior Saudi officials should be investigated over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi since there is credible evidence they are liable for his death, a UN rights investigator said on Wednesday.
2019-06-19 22:41
Khashoggi's body burnt in oven at Saudi council’s home: report

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – According to a new report, body parts of the slain dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were burned to ashes in an oven built to generate over 1000°C of heat inside the Saudi consul general’s home in Istanbul.
2019-03-04 13:44
By Mohammad Homaiefar

Khashoggi, Bin Salman’s nightmare

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MAN) – While the Khashoggi case has recently subsided in the media and Mohammed bin Salman all along has been keen to overcome any challenge, but it seems that the American Senator Lindsay Graham has not been indifferent and has launched a blistering attack on the Saudi Crown Prince.
2019-01-21 16:44
By: Sondoss Al Asaad

Why Marzieh Hashemi?

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MAN) – Marzieh Hashemi, aka Melanie Franklin, is a veteran American-African journalist who has converted to Islam, in the wake of the 1979's Islamic revolution and has worked as a journalist in the Islamic Republic of Iran, since 2008.
2019-01-21 16:28
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.
2019-01-19 15:51
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."
2019-01-04 17:46
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.
2019-01-01 16:14
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.
2018-12-27 17:47
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.”
2018-12-23 14:54
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.
2018-12-17 18:24
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.
2018-12-17 12:04
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.
2018-12-16 15:35
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.
2018-12-13 13:55
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.
2018-12-11 19:19
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)
2018-12-05 17:23
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.
2018-12-05 13:54
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.
2018-12-04 15:12
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.
2018-12-02 12:46
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.”
2018-12-02 12:44
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.
2018-11-28 15:41
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.
2018-11-28 13:31
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.
2018-11-26 18:11
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.
2018-11-21 13:57
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’.
2018-11-20 23:58