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Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif: Do Not Pay Much Attention to Trump’s Words
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  • Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif: Do Not Pay Much Attention to Trump’s Words

    The Iranian foreign minister on Wednesday played down latest remarks by President Donald Trump on the possibility of Washington walking away from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Iranian media reported. “I believe they have broken the spirit of the agreement,” Trump had told the Associated Press. “There is a spirit to agreements, and they have broken it.” Asked by the Iranian press on the sidelines of a cabinet session in Tehran about Trump’s statement, Javad Zarif replied: “Do not pay much attention to Trump’s words.”

    April 26, 2017

    Iran-Backed Iraqi Militia Forces Retake Ancient City of al-Hadar in Western Mosul
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  • Iran-Backed Iraqi Militia Forces Retake Ancient City of al-Hadar in Western Mosul

    The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (P.M.F.) today liberated the historic city of al-Hadar in western Mosul from the Islamic State, the Iranian media reports. Iraqi security forces cooperated with the P.M.F. in al-Hadar offensive.

    April 26, 2017

    India-Saudi Arabia Relations: New Bilateral Dynamics
    Middle East Institute
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  • India-Saudi Arabia Relations: New Bilateral Dynamics

    This essay discusses the progressive development of India-Saudi Arabia relations. It looks first at the landmark visits that have laid the foundation and supplied the momentum for progress in the relationship. The essay focuses on five pillars of cooperation: trade and investment, energy relations, overseas employment, defense and security ties, and cultural interaction.

    April 25, 2017

    Khamenei Asks Presidential Candidates to Pledge Not to Rely on West
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  • Khamenei Asks Presidential Candidates to Pledge Not to Rely on West

    Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei today called on next month’s presidential candidates to make a pledge not to seek foreign investment to bolster the country’s fragile economy and instead to promote self-sufficiency and domestic production.

    April 25, 2017

    Pope’s Egypt Visit to Reassure MidEast Christians | Monday Briefing
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  • Pope’s Egypt Visit to Reassure MidEast Christians | Monday Briefing

    In this week’s Monday Briefing, MEI experts Paul Salem, Alex Vatanka, Eran Etzion, and Gerald Feierstein provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the Pope’s upcoming visit to Egypt, Ahmadinejad’s public feud with Ayatollah Khamenei, Israeli efforts to draw Russian support away from Iran, and the appointment of Prince Khalid bin Salman as Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.

    Iranian Student in Rare Video Blasts Regime for Repression at Home and Foreign Wars
    Middle East Institute
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  • Iranian Student in Rare Video Blasts Regime for Repression at Home and Foreign Wars

    A rare video circulating on Iranian social media shows a university student strongly denouncing the Iranian regime’s acts of oppression at home as well as costly military engagements abroad at the expense of domestic priorities. “Mr. Hassan Abbasi: Your theory is the theory of terror and horror and exporting arms and war.

    April 24, 2017

    I.R.G.C. Navy Receives New Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles
    Middle East Institute
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  • I.R.G.C. Navy Receives New Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles

    The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (I.R.G.C.) Navy received the first consignment of the new Nasir anti-ship cruise missile on April 22, the Iranian media reports.

    April 24, 2017