Saudi Arabia has seen large-scale domestic developments since King Salman came to power, and then along came Mohammad bin Salman with his radical views. Since then there has been slaughter and arrests and imprisonment of dissident opponents. Riyadh rulers don’t tolerate the slightest criticisms. Critics are seen as traitors by Saudi media and usually the […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Nikki Haley said on Tuesday she was stepping down as US ambassador to the United Nations, but knocked down speculation that she might challenge President Donald Trump at the next election. Sitting beside Trump in the Oval Office, Haley said her 18-month stint at the United Nations had been “an honor of […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Turkey’s pro-government newspaper Sabah said on Wednesday it had identified a 15-member intelligence team it said was involved in the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi was last seen a week ago entering the consulate in Istanbul to get documents related to his forthcoming marriage. His fiancée, waiting outside, said […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and injured after Yemeni troops foiled their attack against Nehm district of the central Ma’rib province, a military source said. Speaking to Saba news agency on condition of anonymity on Tuesday, the source added that two vehicles belonging to the mercenaries were also destroyed during the […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Syrian government has announced an amnesty for men who deserted the army or have avoided military service, giving them several months to report for duty without facing punishment, it said on Tuesday. In a decree issued on his social media feeds, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the amnesty covered all punishments […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Almost every Yemeni child is in need of international help, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said. Yemen, one of the world’s current major humanitarian crises, is witnessing its fourth year of a Saudi-led war, which has led to a nation-wide economic recession, deterioration of public services, food and medicine shortages, public […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The European Union expects a full investigation into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, EU policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday. “We are fully aligned with the US position on this,” Mogherini told reporters in Lisbon, Reuters reported. “We expect a full-out investigation and full transparency from Saudi authorities on […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani called on the parliaments of the Eurasian countries to join hands against unilateralism and enhance political and trade ties. The Iranian parliament speaker on Tuesday delivered a speech to the 3rd Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments in the Turkish city of Antalya, held with the […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize called for the international community to pressure Saudi officials about a journalist’s disappearance after he entered Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate. “If (Jamal) Khashoggi is being held, we demand his immediate release,” said Tawakkol Karman, a human rights activist from Yemen, The Peninsula reported on […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called on Riyadh to prove its claim that Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has been missing since last week, left the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The disappearance of Khashoggi, previously a prominent newspaper editor in Saudi Arabia and an adviser to its former head of […]