A senior Iranian official slams Saudi Arabia for attempts to push for a UNresolution against Syria one week after a similar text was vetoed by Russia and China in the United Nation’s Security Council. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Sunday such hasty measures only serve the [Continue]
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Hassan Nasserallah on Tuesday said that there is an Arab, Israeli and US decision, represented by the so-called the Arab moderate states to overthrow the regime in Syria, adding that the aim is not democracy or reform, but it is the head of resistance in Lebanon and Palestine. Hezbollah Secretary General [Continue]
Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has called for Islamic unity and praised Iran for its support of the Lebanese resistance movement. In a speech commemorating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his household) delivered via video in Beirut on Tuesday, Nasrallah called for unity among Muslims and [Continue]
Syria has reportedly detained a Saudi Arabian intelligence agent in thewestern city of Homs during clashes between the Syrian army and armed groups. According to Lebanese media reports, Nasser al-Ariqi was arrested in Homs after clashes broke out between Syrian forces and armed gangs on Saturday. Al-Ariqi has been said to be the commander of a [Continue]
By Ahmad Bakhshi The uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa began when a young Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire after a policewoman confiscated his electronic weighing scales and his produce cart. This sparked a wave of demonstrations, first in Tunisia, then in Algeria and Egypt and later Yemen, which [Continue]
It is really hard to think of a single convincing or legitimate reason for theflagrant abduction of Professor Aziz Dweik by Gestapo-like Israeli troops earlier this week. The 63-year-old Palestinian leader was returning home in Hebron from Ramallah when soldiers manning a roadblock snatched him rather unceremoniously from his car. They [Continue]
An Israeli military court has sentenced the speaker of the Palestinianhbparliament to jail for the next six months without trial in the latest of Tel Aviv’s detentions of Hamas’ lawmakers. Aziz Dweik, a senior official with the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas, was arrested at an Army checkpoint near the city of Ramallah in [Continue]
The temptation of attacking Iran long entertained by Washington and Israel is gradually crystallizing into a reality of fear and angst and has already become an alarmingly worrisome idea even for those who are wont to see the glass half full. Amidst an escalating crisis following an exchange of threats between Washington and Tehran, US Army [Continue]
(JNN 14 ‘jan 2012) The Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) have harshly condemned the recent assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist. According to jafaria news, an unknown motorcyclist attached a magnetic bomb to the car of Iranian scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan near a college building of [Continue]
