Saudi Looks To Assert Regional Role With Trump Summit
Saudi Arabia is looking to assert its regional leadership against Iran by hosting a summit between visiting US President Donald ...
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Iran Voters To Give Verdict On Economy, Diplomacy
Iranians head to the polls Friday for a vote that has become a referendum on President Hassan Rouhani's policy of ...
US Sticking By Iran Nuclear Deal Is Good News For Rouhani
The US decision to stick by the nuclear deal with Iran, despite new sanctions on its missile programme, provided welcome ...
Iran Condemns New US Missile Sanctions
Iran criticised new US sanctions on its missile programme on Thursday, saying they would undermine the nuclear deal with world ...
US Maintains Iran Nuclear Deal Sanctions Relief
The United States decided not to reimpose sanctions on Iran's nuclear program Wednesday despite President Donald Trump's criticism of the ...
A Moderate Cleric Open To the World
President Hassan Rouhani has spent three decades at the heart of Iran's revolutionary establishment but is strongly opposed by hardliners ...
Middle East’s Shiite Powerhouse
Iran, the Middle East's second largest power by economy and population, is the Shiite Muslim rival of regional Sunni giant ...
Iran Votes In Head-To-Head Between Diplomacy and Resistance
Iranian voters will decide the fate of moderate President Hassan Rouhani and his policy of engagement with the West on ...
US Says Syria Using ‘crematorium’ To Hide Mass Killing
The United States on Monday accused the Syrian regime of installing a prison crematorium to destroy the remains of thousands ...
Conservative Ghalibaf Withdraws From Iran Election
Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran's presidential race Monday, paving the way for a head-to-head battle between President ...
Conservative Ghalibaf Withdraws From Iran Presidential Race
Conservative Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran's presidential race on Monday, just days before the election, state media ...
Iran Hardliners Turn To Reformist-Dominated Social Media
After a series of bruising electoral defeats, Iranian conservatives campaigning in this week's presidential poll have belatedly embraced social media ...
Iran’s Delayed Gold Rush Disillusions Voters
The investment gold rush that was supposed to follow Iran's nuclear deal with world powers and revitalise the economy has ...
Iran’s Missing Reformists Are the Real Heroes At Rouhani Rally
The 20,000 chanting fans might have come to support Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday but it was clear their ...
Iran Candidates Exchange Barbs In Fiery Final Debate
Iran's six presidential candidates exchanged barbs in their final debate on Friday, accusing each other of corruption and economic mismanagement ...
Pessimism Rife In Working-Class Tehran Ahead of Poll
In a working-class district of Tehran teeming with porters, motorbikes and pickup trucks, residents have little enthusiasm about next week's ...
Ex-Qaeda Branch Threatens Syria Rebels On Safe Zone Deal
An alliance dominated by Al-Qaeda's former Syrian branch has warned rebel groups against implementing a deal on safe zones, saying ...
Asamoah Gyan’s Al Ahli Avoid Domestic Rivals Al Ain In Asian Champions League Last 16
Head coach of Al Ahli Cosmin Olaroiu has revealed how he wanted to meet sworn rivals Al Ain in the ...
Iranians Will Vote For Progress Despite Trump
Iranians will vote to keep opening up to the world despite the "climate of tension" created by US President Donald ...
Funding UN More Important Than Defense Spending
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Tuesday urged the United States to maintain funding for UN agencies, saying ...