Iran

YemenExtra M.A. Major General Qassem Suleimani of the elite Iranian Quds Forces was documented with the pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd Al-Sha’abi) in Iraq’s northwestern countryside on Monday. The major Iranian general…

Rashid Khalidi There is nothing new under the sun in the Middle East, where almost everything we associate with civilization was first invented: writing, cities, agriculture, astronomy and libraries, for instance. So for anyone with…

YemenExtra A.A Saleh Al Sammad, President of the Supreme Political Council, extended their congratulations to incumbent Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on his landslide election victory and winning a second term in office.…

 Mona Alami Donald Trump once claimed a Saudi prince wanted to "control the US", said Saudi Arabia "blew up the World Trade Centre" and insisted that the country "wouldn’t exist" without American help. Later this…

YemenExtra President of the Supreme Political Council Saleh al-Sammad, who is approved by legal Parliament, met on Monday with the Charge d'Affaires of the Iranian Embassy in Sana'a Mohamed Farhat They reviewed the regional and…

YemenExtra Patrick Cockburn Patrick Cockburn is an award-winning writer on The Independent who specialises in analysis of Iraq, Syria and wars in the Middle East. Many people view Donald Trump as the most dangerous man on the…

YemenExtra Y.A Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qasimi said that Saudi Arabia was seeking to provoke tension in the region in response to comments made by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In a comment on the remarks,…

YemenExtra Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has rejected the US allegation that Tehran is sending weapons to Yemen. He added in a statement "the claims were made as Washington continues to supply arms to…

Jonas E. Alexis Sure, North Korea has been making a lot of noise, but does that give America a license to start a war? And, as Bruce Cumings of the University of Chicago has pointed out, don’t we all know by now that America has…

YemenExtra President Hassan Rouhani  said the Iranian Armed Forces were not disposed to launch an act of aggression against anyone. “ He added during speech in Iranian Army Day " Our Armed Forces will not be a threat to others... We…