Vision and Politics

Iran’s Zarif derides Trump over North Korea summit failure
March 2, 2019
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif mocked U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday over the collapse of a summit on North Korean denuclearization, vowing Washington...
Syria’s Assad visits Iran in rare trip abroad
February 26, 2019
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met Iranian officials in his first visit to the Islamic Republic since the start of the Syrian conflict, Syrian state media...
3 secondhand Airbus planes added to Iran Air fleet
February 26, 2019
Altogether three secondhand Airbus A319 passenger planes have joined Iran’s national flag carrier Iran Air, Eghtesad online news website reported on Monday. The measure is...
Pompeo reportedly ‘erupted’ over Pence’s scolding of U.S. allies on Iran
February 25, 2019
Via: The Week When Vice President Mike Pence in Germany and Poland this month urgedEuropean leaders to follow the United States’ example in abandoning the Iran nuclear deal,...
Iranians are paying for US sanctions with their health
February 23, 2019
By Tamara Qiblawi, Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto, CNN Ali only had two hours to save his baby’s life. He careened through traffic and sped...
UN watchdog confirms Iran’s compliance with 2015 nuclear deal
February 23, 2019
Iran has remained within the key limits on its nuclear activities imposed by its 2015 deal with world powers, despite growing pressure from newly-reimposed US sanctions, according to...
Ahead of Saudi visit, China seeks ‘deeper trust’ with Iran
February 20, 2019
China wants to deepen “strategic trust” with Iran, the Chinese government’s top diplomat told Iran’s foreign minister on Tuesday, days before Saudi Arabia’s crown prince...
Yemeni nobel laureate amazed by Iran FM’s behaviour
February 20, 2019
A Yemeni Nobel peace prize winner says she was fascinated by the friendly behaviour of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after she criticized the...
Read: Full transcript of Zarif’s speech at Munich Security Conference 2019
February 17, 2019
What follows is a full transcript of Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s speech at the 2019 Munich Security Conference on February 17, 2019 in Munich,...
Iran says Riyadh, UAE ‘involved’ in attack
February 17, 2019
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has threatened to take unprecedented action against Saudi Arabia and the UAE over a suicide attack...
Iran rejects ‘laughable’ anti-Semitism allegations by Pence
February 17, 2019
Iran has rejected accusations of anti-Semitism levelled against it by US Vice President Mike Pence, saying it respects Judaism but opposes Israel. Foreign ministry spokesperson Bahram Qasemi...
The US held a global summit to isolate Iran. America isolated itself instead.
February 16, 2019
A US-led conference in Warsaw this week that was intended to isolate Iran has ended up isolating America instead — highlighting one of the central problems of...
The next U.S. president should rejoin the Iran nuclear deal
February 13, 2019
BY ILAN GOLDENBERG, ERIC BREWER To the surprise of many analysts (us included), Iran has continued to abide by the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the...
Photos: Iran marks anniversary of Islamic Revolution with mass rallies
February 12, 2019
Various Iranian cities and towns were the scene of mass rallies celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on Monday. The revolution toppled the US-backed...
February 12, 2019
Iranians have taken to the streets across the country to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1979 revolution, renewing their allegiance to the country’s Islamic...
Lebanon to boycott Warsaw conference on Mideast, Iran
February 12, 2019
Lebanon will not take part in a conference that Poland is holding this week on the situation in the Middle East and Iran. Foreign Minister...
Four decades of Iranian revolution
February 10, 2019
By Asif Durrani Iran is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution amidst the worst kind of American sanctions. It is a nation under stress...
Poll shows Iranian attitudes towards Europe becoming more negative
February 10, 2019
A new survey conducted by research firm IranPoll offers the first insights into Iranian public sentiment following the reimposition of US secondary sanctions on Iran....
Trump claims he’s thwarting Iran. He’s not.
February 6, 2019
During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed that his decision to pull the US out of the Iran nuclear deal and...
Iraq angered by Trump idea to watch Iran from US base
February 5, 2019
Iraq’s President Barham Saleh has rebuked Donald Trump over his comments that he wanted to maintain a US military presence there to watch Iran. Mr...