TEHRAN – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he would draw up a list of extremist organizations to convey to Saudi Arabia after its crown prince pledged to cut their funding. Saudi Arabia finances groups overseen by the Mecca-based Muslim World League, which for decades was charged with spreading the strict Wahhabi school of […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that Riyadh’s revamped hostility towards Tehran is an attempt to cover up its regional failures and domestic troubles. “Saudi Arabia is trying to solve two problems, this is way it introduces Iran as its enemy,” said Rouhani during a televised interview on Tuesday. He noted that the Saudis’ first […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May has embarked on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia and Jordan to discuss bilateral ties and regional issues with leaders of the two Arab kingdoms. May has arrived in Saudi Arabia, and will hold talks with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman later […]

TEHRAN – Palestinians and Arabs on social media have reacted with anger after a newly formed, self-proclaimed anti-terrorism coalition opened its first meeting in Riyadh with a video that included a scene of a Palestinian fighting Israeli occupation forces. Monday’s summit of the so-called Islamic Coalition Against Terrorism was attended by representatives from 41 Muslim […]

The Iranian football teams cannot play in front of their eager fans against Saudi Arabian teams just for political reasons, however sport is always above politics. In March 2016, AFC had ruled the clubs from Saudi Arabia and Iran had to play each other at neutral venues. The decision was taken after two countries failed […]

TEHRAN  – Saudi warplanes carried out new airstrikes against several areas across Yemen, inflicting more human loss and material damage on the country. The Saudi warplanes launched on Saturday four raids on northern province of Sa’ada, a security official told Yemen’s Saba News Agency. The Saudi fighter jets carried out two raids on al-Hamaqi and […]

The White House released a statement on Friday saying it remains “committed to supporting Saudi Arabia and all our [Persian] Gulf partners against the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ aggression and blatant violations of international law.” It also accused Iran of destabilizing Saudi Arabia through arming Houthi fighters in Yemen. “Backed by the Iranian Islamic […]

Top Lebanese Druze politician Walid Jumblatt on Saturday called on Saudi Arabia to enter dialogue with Iran. It is very difficult to stop the war unless issues are overcome and discussions are held with Iranians, Reuters quoted Jumblatt as saying. “Enough of the destruction and siege in Yemen and enough of the human and material […]

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) ordered Iranian and Saudi Arabian teams should not meet each other in neutral venues. In March 2016, AFC had ruled the clubs from Saudi Arabia and Iran had to play each other at neutral venues. The decision was taken after two countries failed to resolve their political differences ahead of […]

Tehran on Friday strongly rejected the recent anti-Iran remarks by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, saying he’d better think about what happened to other regional dictators. In an interview with The New York Times published on Thursday, Bin Salman had made an analogy between Iran’s growing regional influence and Germany’s hegemonic policies in the Hitler […]