Middle East Monitor- Former US Secretary of State John Kerry said the late Saudi King, Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, and ousted Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, asked the United States to bomb Iran. Speaking at a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference yesterday, Kerry said Mubarak personally told him that the only thing to do with Iran is ...

[caption id="attachment_105767" align="alignright" width="165"] Head of Irans Expediency Council Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani[/caption] AyatollahHashemi Rafsanjani, head of Irans Expediency Council, has said that to resolve many of the issues plaguing the Middle East, there needs to be cooperation between the two regional rivals, Iran and Saudi ...

[caption id="attachment_148743" align="alignright" width="156"] Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi retained his post in a government shake-up Thursday, but King Salman canceled the kingdoms top oil decision-making council. PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY[/caption] JEDDAHSaudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz ordered major changes to his government ...

[caption id="attachment_148544" align="alignright" width="116"] Kuwaiti police stand guard in Kuwait City on May 27, 2011[/caption] Kuwait authorities have arrested several online activists who posted remarks considered offensive to Saudi Arabia's late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The National Committee for Monitoring Violations (NCV) said ...

Under the new Saudi king, relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran are expected to remain unchanged as their rivalry in the Middle East region continues, say experts. Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran are likely to remain unchanged under the new Saudi leadership, according to experts. "At this stage, it is not possible that the relations ...

Tehran, Jan 24, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif departed Switzerland for Saudi Arabia on Saturday morning to attend commemoration service for the late King Abdullah. Zarif arrived in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22 to attend the 45th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday issued a communiqu,...

Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met US Secretary of State John Kerry in Davos, Switzerland, and then warned Washington against any new sanctions to pressure Tehran over its nuclear program. Speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum, Zarif said that if the US Congress imposes more sanctions, the Iranian Parliament will adopt something ...

[caption id="attachment_147286" align="alignright" width="149"] Thousands gathered in Mecca as King Abdullah was laid to rest in Riyadh after losing battle with pneumonia at the age of 90[/caption] Friends and foes are sending condolences to Saudi Arabia after the kingdom's monarch died Friday. Salman bin Abdul Aziz, the king's brother, has succeeded ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif would take part in the official ceremony to be held following death of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. On behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Zarif will attend in the official ceremony which is to be held by Saudi Arabia on Saturday, said Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian and Marie Donovan, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Farzin Farzad, Diana Timmerman and Warren Marshall. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online. Key takeaway:Bi-lateral US-...

[caption id="attachment_147242" align="alignright" width="169"] An image from Saudi state TV on January 23, 2015, shows Saudi mourners praying over the body of their late King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz.[/caption] As Saudis mourned the death of King Abdullah and world leaders paid their respects, newly enthroned King Salman pledged Friday to continue ...

[caption id="attachment_91881" align="alignright" width="180"] Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (L) attending a conference with his entourage. (Photo: AFP)[/caption] Oil rose after the death ofKing AbdullahofSaudi Arabia, the biggest producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Futures rallied as much as 3.1 percent inNew Yorkand ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sent a condolence message to Riyadh on Friday over death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud. he Saudi government, nation and Saudi family on passing of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud, the King of Saudi Arabia, the Iranian president wrote in the message. President Rouhani also wished success ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed condolences to the Saudi Arabian government and nation on death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham announced that Irans top diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, will travel to Saudi Arabia to attend on official ceremony for the Kings death ...

[caption id="attachment_147141" align="alignright" width="173"] Saudi Arabias King Abdullah passes away. (AP photo)[/caption] Saudi Arabias King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has passed away, the Royal Court said in a statement early on Friday. Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz became king and Prince Muqrin was declared Crown Prince, another Royal Court statement ...

Salman bin Abdulaziz has become Saudi Arabias king and Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz was declared the Crown Prince after king Abdullah bin Abdulaziz passed away, the Royal Court announced on Friday. A Royal Court statement said Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received the pledge of allegiance as the country's king from members of the royal ...

Tehran (AFP) - An Iranian newspaper was told Monday it faces a court hearing over an article which is allegedly offensive to Saudi Arabia's ailing King Abdullah. The king, who is breathing with the help of a tube due to pneumonia, is in hospital in Riyadh, prompting frenzied debate about the future of the oil-rich Gulf state. Iranian newspapers are ...

Tehran, Jan 5, IRNA New power reshuffle in Saudi Arabia will take shape prior of King Abdullah's death, a member of Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said Monday. 'King Abdullah's son has a strong position in the Saudi power pyramid; his father's health is seriously deteriorating; the new political structure that will most ...

By AFP JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia French President Francois Hollande discussed Iran and the situation in unrest-hit Syria with Saudi King Abdullah in the city of Jeddah on Sunday on his first visit to the oil-rich kingdom, a spokesman said. "The president discussed with King Abdullah the peace process in the Middle East, the Iranian nuclear programme,...

Beirut, Dec 21, IRNA Lebanon's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan has expressed the the hope that negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia will start soon. Upon arrival in Riyadh at the invitation of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz, he added that Tehran-Riyadh talks will promote good neighborliness among regional states. Close ties between ...