Tehran denies US seizure of Iranian arms on way to Houthis in Yemen
Trumpâs administration has been pushing UN to strengthen arms embargo on Iran
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Israel strikes dozens of âIranianâ targets in SyriaÂ
According to Israeli army, four Syrian missiles were fired towards Israel
Egyptian, Iranian weightlifters climb the ladder after Russian champion stripped of Olympic medal
After the International Olympic Committee re-analysed the blood samples of some athletes, it discovered that Russiaâs weightlifter Apti Aukhadov had been using banned substances at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Aukhadov was stripped of the silver medal he received in the weightlifting 85kg clean and jerk category in 2012. At the time, Egyptian weightlifter Tarek …
Iranian nuclear scientist executed for spying: reports
Official Iranian media say Tehran has hanged a nuclear scientist for spying for the US. However, the circumstances of his life and death remain mysterious.
Women: a benchmark of Saudi and Iranian reform
With Saudi Arabia announcing plans for a major restructuring of the kingdomâs economy and Iran gearing up to become a regional hegemony, womenâs sports are emerging as a benchmark of reform, and one that so far is less than promising. Saudi Arabiaâs recent outline of plans for large scale economic reform away from the kingdomâs …
Soccer highlights domestic drivers in Saudi-Iranian dispute
Saudi Arabia and Iran, highlighting the domestic drivers of mounting tension that threaten to deepen and complicate the sectarian and the multiple other regional conflicts, have taken their fierce tit-for-tat battle from the realm of traditional diplomacy to the world of public spectacle. The past few days have seen a dizzying sequence of events that …
Iranian Arab football pitch emerges as flashpoint in Saudi-Iranian proxy war
By James M. Dorsey A football pitch in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, home to Iranâs Arab minority, has emerged as a flashpoint of anti-government protest, at a time of rising Arab-Iranian tensions over the status of Shiâa Muslim minorities in the Arab world, the crisis in Yemen, and the outlines of a multilateral agreement …
Salafi Daâwa to combat âShiâa expansionâ
Shiâa are âtempting youth to travel to Iranâ: Salafi group
Fighting for Iranian tourism
Minister of Tourism urges against mixing politics with tourism
Iranian FM meets Assad: diplomatic source
“Salehi arrived in Damascus from Amman and was received by President Bashar al-Assad,” the source said.
Clerical error
By: Philip Whitfield Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Iranâs Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei must be walking on air. His acolyte President Mohamed Morsi apes Iranâs every move. Essam El-Haddad, one of the top honchos in the Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau, has been in Tehran chewing over Syria. Just as on 4 December …
Egypt restricts Iranian tourists from visiting Shia sites
Egyptâs Foreign and Civil Aviation Ministries set regulations restricting activities of Iranian tourists in Egypt