An old Kurdish saying goes: “When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice.” In 1962, on the eve of the American invasion of Vietnam, US propaganda movie “Red Nightmare” portrayed the peoples of the Communist Bloc as bellicose, duplicitous, semi-human fanatics. The Warner Brothers-produced ...
Read More »Iran Majlis speaker urges unity among Muslims
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has called for more solidarity among Muslim countries, expressing concern over woes in the Islamic world. In an address to the executive committee of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Member States in Tehran on Friday, Larijani said the meeting ...
Read More »Syrian delegation back in Geneva for 2nd round of talks
A delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic has arrived in Geneva to take part in the second round of talks in the context of the international conference dubbed ‘Geneva II.’ The delegation, headed by Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Faisal Mikdad and Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem, is to resume ...
Read More »On those who came by the name of opposition
Presidential Political and Media Advisor Buthaina Shaaban said that the essential, big problem in the search for a political solution through Geneva track lies in the fact that “we don’t know whom representing those who came by the name of opposition, how many, and what is their relation to Syria.” ...
Read More »‘Riyadh behind terrorism in Pakistan’
A prominent Pakistani cleric says Saudi Arabia is behind increasing terrorist attacks in the South Asian country. Sayyed Shafaqat Hussein Shirazi, the deputy secretary general of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen, which is the largest Shia political organization in Pakistan, made the remarks during an interview with Press TV on Thursday. ...
Read More »Year of Iran: Challenge to American hegemony in 2014
Two prominent American university professors say in the year 2014 Iran will challenge the US hegemony in the Middle East and the world. “The Islamic Republic aims to replace American hegemony with a more multi-polar distribution of power and influence,” Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett wrote in an article. ...
Read More »Iran FM says Iran nuclear technology non-negotiable
Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Wednesday that his country’s nuclear technology is non-negotiable and US officials statements about Iranian nuclear facilities are invalid. “Iran’s nuclear talks are a reality and US officials should review this reality once more,” said the minister while speaking in a joint press conference ...
Read More »Australian fighters in Syria alarm officials
The Australian government has confiscated passports in an effort to prevent attacks by returning fighters. With estimates of up to 11,000 foreign fighters in Syria, Western powers are increasingly worried about the potential national security threat posed by returning fighters. But in a country more than 14,000 kilometres from the ...
Read More »‘Fajr Decade’ starts; 35th anniversary of Iran’s Islamic revolution
Every year Iranians mark anniversary of their Islamic revolution from February 1 to 11, as the “Decade of Fajr.” February 1, 1979 was the date when late Iranian charismatic leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile in Paris to Tehran, to a greeting by several million Iranians. Source: Al-Alam
Read More »Over 300 US drone strikes in Pakistan since 2006 – leaked official data
Top-secret documentation collected by Pakistani field officers gives detailed information on 330 US drone strikes that have occurred in Pakistan since 2006. The CIA-run program is estimated to have killed 2,371 people. From solitary individuals riding on horseback to mountain hideouts crammed with people, the CIA drone program has had ...
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