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Iran, Change of Attitude

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 12, 2017 | Opinion

As the US President complained to Russian Foreign minister over Iran’s attitude and the importance of suppressing it, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was publicly warning citizens that “they want to change Iran’s attitude and this means changing our...

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“Conditional” Release to Montazeri’s Son

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 5, 2017 | World

Tehran, London –The Iranian judiciary granted the jailed son of Ayatollah Montazeri – one-time heir to Iran’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini – a conditional release, AFP reported on Saturday. AFP quoted an Iranian local news agency – Mizanonline...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) is seen with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during a welcoming ceremony at the
Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey April 16, 2016, in this handout
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Iranian-Turkish Ties Swing between Clash and Joint Concerns

by Thaer Abbas | Feb 27, 2017 | Features

Beirut – Relations between Iran and Turkey are witnessing a new wave of tension as a result of their huge differences over regional issues, mainly Syria. But according to observers, this tension is not expected to result in the eruption of the 13th round of...

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Khomeini’s Revolution and CIA’s Analysis

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 9, 2017 | Opinion

I read some of the declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents that Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper has recently published, and which deal with the period of the Iranian revolution at the end of the 1970s — this was a turbulent phase and continues to stir...

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The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia, August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing

CIA: Self Evaluation of its Failures

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 8, 2017 | World

Washington – During the final year of the Iranian-Iraqi war, precisely mid-1988, indications surfaced signifying the end of the battles. Yet, a number of CIA analysts continued to present false data that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini would never agree to...