Tasnim A Persian Gulf Arab summit called for regional unity as Bahrain and Qatar traded barbs over the Qatari emirs decision not to attend the gathering in Saudi Arabia on Sunday in a sign that a row between Doha and its neighbors is still festering. Qatar sent its state minister for foreign affairs to the annual one-day summit, which was overshadowed ...

RT- As the US influence in the Middle East wanes, it increasingly associates itself with dictatorships like Saudi Arabia, whose dark face and role in supporting terrorism is known to everyone in the region, a high ranking Iranian Revolutionary Guard official told RT. The United States and President Trump in particular consider only one dimension ...

MNA Former IRGC general Rezaei said Riyadh sword dance and Trumps generous financial offering to Saudi regime aimed at throwing Iran into a new fray. Former IRGC general and current secretary of the Expediency CouncilMohsen Rezaei also added that the eight-year war of Iraqs Saddam Hussein against Iran had been launched under Al Saud provocation....

MNA Irans FM spokesman Ghasemi said the current challenge straining ties among regional states is the result of Riyadh Summit, calling on countries in region to hold talks and remain calm for settling their issues. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi made the remarks in his weekly press conference on Monday, in response to a question ...

SALON | Jefferson Morley : Terror attacks in Tehran signal the launch of a foolhardy U.S.-Saudi war alliance President Trump now has his own war. The two terror attacks in Iran that left 12 people dead are its opening shots. ISIS took credit for the attacks, which served its goal of stokingsectarian war. Not coincidentally, the attacks also advanced ...

The Washington Post l Kareem Fahim: Four Arab nations led a diplomatic break with Qatar on Monday, moving swiftly to isolate the small but influential country after accusing Qatars rulers of supporting terrorist factions and stoking regional conflicts. The countries Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain released separate and ...

IRNA- New tension among Arab states of the region is the result of the US president's recent visit to Saudi Arabia and its interventions, said the Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's Foreign Policy and National Security Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi on Monday. The first impression of the US President Donald Trumps visit to the region is the recent ...

AP -- The Latest on thePersian Gulf Arab states dispute with Qatar (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Iran says rising tensions among its ArabPersian Gulf neighbors threaten the interests of everyone in the region and has called for "political and peaceful methods" to resolve the crisis. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Egypt,...

Reuters- A senior Iranian official said on Monday the decision by some Persian Gulf Arab states and Egypt to sever diplomatic ties with Qatar would not help end the crisis in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Yemen and Egypt accused Qatar of supporting terrorism, opening up the worst rift in years among some of the ...

Sputnik News- Qatar protested the "unjustified" decision of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates to cut ties with the country. Qatar regrets the Saudi, Bahraini, the United Arab Emirates' and Egyptian decision tocut diplomatic ties withit, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said Monday. "We regret the decision tosever relations,...

AP-- Four Arab nations cut diplomatic ties to Qatar early Monday morning, further deepening a rift among Persian Gulf Arab nations over that country's support for Islamist groups and its relations with Iran. Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates all announced they would withdraw their diplomatic staff from Qatar, a gas-rich nation ...

Reuters- Oil jumped after Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut ties with Qatar on Monday while sterling slipped after the weekend attacks in London that killed at least seven people and wounded 48, just days before Britain's general national election. The coordinated move by the Middle Eastern countries, accusing the wealthy ...

Reuters- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday that they did not expect a decision by somePersian Gulf countries to sever ties with Qatar to affect the fight against terrorism but urged them to address their differences. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed their ties with ...

IRNA Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday strongly criticized performance of the US president and rulers of Saudi Arabia at his speech on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of sad demise of Father of the Islamic Revolution the late Imam Knomeini. According to the Leaders official website, Ayatollah Khamenei said ...

June 4, The Iran Project Pakistani High Commissionerto New Delhi Abdul Basit has stressed Tehran-Islam Abad's friendly relations, saying Pakistan is not a member of any anti-Iran coalition. Touching upon Saudi-led military alliance, Abdul Basit noted that we are part of the so-called military anti-terrorism alliance and do not take part in any ...

RT | Sharmine Narwani: The glowing orb stunt should have been a sign that all was not what it seems. Theatrics, in the world of politics, usually suggest an illusion needs to be spun for audiences somewhere. A week after US President Donald Trumps eyesore of a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the pressing question now is why? What was the purpose ...

Sputnik - After Trump's visit to the Middle East, there has been some tension between countries of the Persian Gulf, especially between the emirate of Qatar and Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Political analyst Atef Abdel Jawad told Sputnik Arabic what is behind this development. The US has little todo withthe recent relations ofQatar withits neighbors....

Tasnim Tehrans provisional Friday prayers leader took a swipe at the Riyadh regime for fanning the flames of regional crises and for doing the US a service by signing huge arms deals with Washington. Addressing worshippers in Tehran on Friday, Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani blamed the conflicts in Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Afghanistan and ...

Sputnik - During US President Donald Trumps visit to the Middle East, he outlined his vision of the regions future: to build an alliance of Muslim states to contain Iran and bring stability to the Arab World. But this plan has already shown cracks, as the would-be coalition members have already begun to bicker or pull out from the alliance. "Until ...

RT- This could be the most uncomfortable State Department press briefing moment yet. During a press conference about US President Donald Trumps recent trip to the Middle East, AFP journalist Dave Clark asked a department official why the US criticizes the Iranian elections and its record on democracy, but not Saudi Arabia. "How do you characterize ...