Vision and Politics

Iran denies Saudi captured three Revolutionary Guards, says they are fishermen
June 20, 2017
Iran on Monday denied Saudi Arabia’s allegations that it captured three Revolutionary Guards on board an explosive vessel headed for an oil field in the...
Iran fires missiles at ISIS in retaliation for Tehran terror attacks
June 19, 2017
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Sunday it launched missiles into eastern Syria targeting Islamic State (ISIS) militants in response to an attack on Iran’s parliament and...
Letter to the editor: Saudi Arabia, Iran and US politics
June 18, 2017
By Dr. T. DOUGLAS REILLY Los Alamos Saudi Arabia: Consider Saudi Arabia and the status of women: It is the only country in the world...
Are Israel and Saudi Arabia getting closer?
June 18, 2017
Israel and Saudi Arabia are in talks to establish formal economic ties and preliminary agreements could be coming soon, the London-based Times newspaper reported on...
This is why Iran should play a major role in the negotiations to ban nuclear weapons
June 18, 2017
By Seyed Hossein Mousavian Since the advent of nuclear weapons, nations and grassroots movements across the world have sought to eliminate the risk they pose to...
Iran eyes visa facilitation with East Asian nations
June 17, 2017
Iranian tourism officials will discuss the possibility of relaxing visa regulations with China, Japan, and South Korea in the next few months, according to the...
U.S. Senate’s Iran sanctions are breach of nuclear deal, says senior Iranian official
June 17, 2017
The U.S. Senate’s decision to impose new sanctions on Iran is an “unquestionable” violation of a nuclear deal reached in 2015 between Tehran and six...
Documents shedding light on CIA-orchestrated Iranian coup of ’53 released by State Dept
June 17, 2017
The US State Department has released a volume of declassified documents detailing the role the United States played in the 1953 coup against the Iranian...
Trump travel ban: U.S. visas to Iranians down 52 percent
June 14, 2017
The number of US visa issued to Iranian citizens affected by Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban sank by about 52 percent compared to numbers from...
Iran’s Supreme Leader blames US for regional instability
June 13, 2017
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed the United States for instability in the Middle East and said Washington’s fight against Islamic State of Iraq...
Iran says Trump administration will end up abiding by nuclear deal
June 13, 2017
Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Monday the Trump administration will end up abiding by the 2015 nuclear deal despite its protestations to...
Iran accuses US of alliance with ISIS, claims to have proof
June 12, 2017
Senior Iranian officials have accused the US of supporting the Islamic State terrorist group and effectively forming an alliance with it, claiming that Tehran possesses...
Republican congressman praises ISIS attack in Iran, says US should consider supporting ISIS
June 11, 2017
On Thursday, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) praised the recent ISIS attack in Tehran as a “good thing” and suggested that maybe the United States should work...
Iran signs final contract to buy 30 Boeing 737 planes
June 11, 2017
Boeing has signed a final deal with Iran’s Aseman Airlines to supply 30 737 MAX jets to the carrier, IRNA news agency reports, citing the...
Iran offers food to Qatar, as Saudi Arabia cuts food supply to Doha during ‘Ramadan’
June 7, 2017
Trucks carrying food for Qatar are now lining up across the border in Saudi Arabia, unable to enter the country amid a diplomatic row between...
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Saudi columnist: Iran is the real enemy, not Israel!
June 7, 2017
In his June 6, 2017 column in the Saudi daily Al-Riyadh, Musaid Al-Asimi called for no longer viewing Israel as a hostile country and instead...
Who Is Michael D’Andrea, Trump’s new head of the CIA’s Iran operations?
June 3, 2017
Michael D’Andrea goes by many names. To those in the CIA, he’s the Undertaker, the Dark Prince, Ayatollah Mike. To Hollywood, he’s the Wolf, immortalized...
Trump’s Saudi embrace, isolation of Iran, does not serve U.S.
May 30, 2017
By Allan C. Brownfeld, Communities Digital News On his recent visit to Saudi Arabia, President Trump embraced the unelected leaders of that country, called on...
Saudi Arabia not ready to engage with Iran: former diplomat
May 29, 2017
Former Iranian nuclear negotiator Seyed Hossein Mousavian has said that unlike some regional countries such as Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, Saudi Arabia is not ready...
Trump’s move to isolate Iran could further strain Sunni-Shiite relations in Mideast
May 29, 2017
By: Jessica Campisi, McClatchy Washington Bureau, ArcaMax While US President Donald Trump’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia preached partnership with Muslim leaders to end terrorism,...