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Human Rights

Saudi executes 47 people, including Sheikh Nimr

Golrokh Askarieh -
Riyadh says it has executed top Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 47 others, defying international calls for the release of the jailed political dissidents.
Foreign Policy

Tightened security measures in Bahrain concerning: Iran

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Ministry has advised Bahrain to resume serious dialog with recognized leaders of popular movements to find a peaceful and political solution to the country’s crisis.
Crisis

Iran urges ‘smart’ approaches to Mideast crises

Emad Askarieh -
The deputy foreign minister said Iran’s policy is based on expansion of relations with the Persian Gulf littoral states and called on Tehran and Doha to continue talks with aimed at improving ties.
Hard News

Muslim countries proud of Hezbollah: Iran’s FM

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s top diplomat also described Hezbollah’s approaches, which involve boosting Lebanese people’s unity, as being in the interest of everyone.
Foreign Policy

Iran dismisses Arab League claims as biased, unconstructive

Emad Askarieh -
Despite the unfriendly stance of some countries, Iran will continue to play a constructive role in easing tensions and defusing crises, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Hard News

Russia-Turkey row against region interests: Leader’s aide

Emad Askarieh -
If there is a difference among regional countries or Muslim states, it should be settled through dialog and we should not interfere in each other’s internal affairs, Velayati said.
Hard News

UN must be cornerstone in Syria national talks: Iran

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian deputy FM said the crisis in Syria will only be resolved through respecting the country’s sovereignty, independence, national unity and territorial integrity as well as the Syrian people’s will.
Hard News

Iran’s deputy FM urges regional cooperation against extremism

Emad Askarieh -
The diplomat pointed to threats posed by terrorist groups like Daesh and called for more security and defense cooperation among Iran and regional countries to confront terror threats.
Middle East

Famous Arab world journalist asks question about S400, martyrdom of Kuntar in Syria

Emad Askarieh -
For now, we should not pass an angry judgment about Russia's failure to respond, the editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm, Abdel Bari Atwan, said in an opinion piece.
Middle East

An island off war-stricken Yemen (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean which is registered by UNESCO as a world heritage site.
Foreign Policy

Spokesman: Assassination of Samir Qantar newest form of state terrorism

Emad Askarieh -
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari on Sunday denounced assassination of Samir Qantar in the wake of air strike of the Zionist regime planes.
Middle East

Middle Eastern birds and a lesson for Mr. Trump

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Muslims rush to the help of the environment and the wildlife, but ISIS terrorists seek to use birds as suicide bombers to advance their unholy agenda and spread the reign of terror in the world.
Hard News

UN resolution against Daesh funding belated: Leader’s aide

Emad Askarieh -
Supreme Leader’s advisor Ali Akbar Velayati says those who have formed Daesh Takfiri group must be tried in international courts as war criminals.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Javad Zarif on Syria, Russia, and Donald Trump

Emad Askarieh -
Foreign Minister Zarif urges the American candidates to wake up to the real world in an interview with the New Yorker.
Hard News

Opposition groups must contribute to peace in Syria: Iran FM

Emad Askarieh -
He said the opposition group in Syria should have no link with terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda, Daesh, al-Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham.
Middle East

Iran’s Zarif: Peace in Syria Vital

Emad Askarieh -
Terrorists should never have been allowed to set the agenda, or dictate the response.
Hard News

Roknabadi died of thirst, heat in Mina crush: Iran diplomat

Emad Askarieh -
Amir-Abdollahian emphasized that Iran would certainly continue with investigations to determine the fate of the pilgrims still missing.
Middle East

Troop deployment to Iraq, Turkey’s reaction to post-JCPOA era

IFP Editorial Staff -
Turkey thinks that the presence of the Russian military alongside Syrian ground troops and resistance forces is tilting the balance in Assad's favor and this can pose threats to Turkey via its southern border.
Interviews

Turkey should be the Turkey it used to be: Iran MP

Emad Askarieh -
The grave mistake of Turkey is that it thinks NATO would rush to its assistance against Russia in case something happens.
Middle East

Female partisans prepare to take on Daesh (PHOTOS)

Emad Askarieh -
These female fighters of Christian faith are now battling Daesh terrorists alongside Kurdish Peshmerga and Yazidi fighters.
Hard News

Iranian Diplomat: No Disagreement between Iran, Russia over Syria

Emad Askarieh -
The Iranian deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs says both Iran and Russia “are seriously helping the Syrian army in fighting against terrorism”.
Middle East

A third World War may be in the cards: Iranian official

Emad Askarieh -
The Secretary of Iranian Expediency Council says Iran can presently use its active diplomacy to bring Turkey and Russia close to each other and temper tensions between them.
Hard News

Iran ready to help resolve Turkey-Russia tensions: First VP

Emad Askarieh -
Iran emphasizes that interaction, respect for the country’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity and efforts to solve differences can lead to the establishment of sustainable peace and stability in the region.
Middle East

Turkey’s troop deployment to implement a dangerous plot

Golrokh Askarieh -
Given previous revelations about Ankara's ties with and support for the Daesh terrorist grouping, Turkey's claim that it wants to take on the terrorist group sounds more like a joke than reality.
Foreign Policy

What kind of advice President Erdogan’s aides offer?

Emad Askarieh -
Turkey has problems with Iraq, Syria and Russia and wants to add Iran to the list of countries with which it has problem. This is a blame game bound to add to the problems of the Turkish government, Nobakht said.
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