by Ali M. Pedram | Mar 13, 2014 | Interviews
New York, Asharq Al-Awsat—Gary Sick is one of America’s most respected experts on US–Iranian relations. He observed Iran’s 1979 revolution and the ensuing hostage crisis from the White House while serving on President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Council as...
by Ali M. Pedram | Feb 16, 2014 | Business
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a report on Wednesday describing the Iranian economy as “weak” but said it was growing, at a time when signs of progress towards an agreement between Iran and the US and its allies over the...
by Ali M. Pedram | Feb 3, 2014 | Middle East
Munich, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that Iran was ready to improve its relationship with Saudi Arabia, based on what he said were the two states’ common interests in the region. Speaking at the annual Munich Security...
by Ali M. Pedram | Jan 19, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran summoned Yemen’s Chargé d’affaires to the foreign ministry to receive an official protest on Saturday, following the killing of one of its diplomats in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. The Iranian ISNA news agency said the Chargé d’affaires was...
by Ali M. Pedram | Jan 10, 2014 | Middle East
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Thursday that nuclear negotiations with world powers had revealed US “enmity” towards Iran, hours before the resumption of talks between Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, and the EU’s deputy...
