Iran Archive
Iran, Hezbollah and Russia – the real coalition – Ayaz Amir: Daesh or the Islamic State is the most extreme form of Salafist Islam, so toxic that it makes the Taliban look mild and Al-Qaeda look like a backward cousin. Al-Qaeda was only an ideology, Daesh is ideology plus geography.
Russian Pilot Rescued by Iran’s General Soleimani: Russian sources revealed on Thursday that the pilot of the Russian Su-24 jet that was shot down by Turkey over the Syrian airspace on Tuesday was rescued in an operation by Iran’s globally renowned IRGC Qods Force Commander
ایران میں اہل سنت مساجد و مدارس بڑی تعداد میں موجود ہیں، مولوی نذیر احمد سلامی: ایران کے اہل سنت عالم دین مولوی نذیر احمد سلامی کا تعلق صوبہ سیستان و بلوچستان سے ہے۔ وہ اسلامی جمہوریہ ایران کی اعلٰی سطحی کونسل مجلس خبرگان رہبری کے رکن ہیں۔ علاوہ ازیں تقریب بین المذاہب اسلامی کے
ایران اور تشیع – امجد عباس: اِس میں کوئی شک نہیں کہ ایران میں اثنا عشری شیعہ حکومت قائم ہے۔ جیسے طالبان نے اپنے دور میں افغانستان کا حکومتی مذہب “حنفی” قرار دیا تھا ایسے ہی ایران میں حکومتی مسلک “فقہِ جعفریہ” کو قرار دیا
Obama’s Iran Deal creates international safety – Pranaav Jadhav: You may have often heard from political pundits that the second term of a presidency is often uncharismatic and low-key. This certainly does not seem to apply to President Obama who used up every bit of his last resource
Why Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Sufyani Liberals hate the Iran deal – Syed Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji: “King Salman sees the entire Middle East through the prism of a grand Arab cold war between Sunnis and Shiites—with the Shiites led by Iran and all Shiite movements, for instance the Houthi rebels in Yemen, as nothing more
Erdogan’s map of madness – by Dr Abbas Zaidi: In 2009, when Erdogan stormed out of a meeting in protest against Israel’s aggression in Gaza, Muslims in general were overjoyed claiming that he had crushed Israel: He was rapturously received by his Turkish supporters when he returned
مونا محمودی نژاد و قرۃ العین طاہرہ – خواب جو دیکھے تو مصلوب ہوئے – عامر حسینی: عید سے ایک روز قبل محترم حیدر جاوید سید کا پیغام ملا کہ میں نے ان سے قرۃ العین طاہرہ پر جو کالم لکھنے کی فرمائش کی تھی ، اس فرمائش کو انھوں نے پورا کرڈالا ہے ، مجھے
US allies like Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar’s support for Al Qaeda in Iraq, Syria and Yemen must stop! – by Agha Jafri: Almost anyone with a general knowledge about the bloodshed and destruction taking place across the Muslim lands in general and the Levant in particular, is aware of the fact that the governments of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar are
Is military establishment serious to reverse Process of Saudization of Pakistan ? – Aamir Hussaini: میڈیا رپورٹس کے افغانستان میں موجودہ افغان حکومت اور امریکی اتحادیوں کے خلاف مسلح مزاحمت کرنے والے گروپوں میں سے ایک گروپ حزب اسلامی کی قیادت کرنے والے گلبدین حکمت یار نے اپنے تازہ ترین بیان میں افغانستان میں
Duplicitous execution of U.S. foreign policy – by Agha Shaukat Jafri: It is quite difficult to comprehend the duplicitous execution of U.S. foreign policy. The Secretary of state John Kerry, who at the behest of major world powers, is masterfully navigating himself on crutches towards the finish line that
Wall Street Journal: Envoy Says Tehran Doesn’t Give Afghan Taliban Weapons or Funding: Iran’s ambassador to Kabul, Mohammad Reza Bahrami, says his country won’t help terrorists or extremists By NATHAN HODGE and EHSANULLAH AMIRI WSJ, June 18, 2015 KABUL—Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan said his country is not providing weapons and cash
Iran must not even think about supporting the Taliban terrorists – Abdul Nishpuri: Pragmatic contacts are fine – e.g., to ensure security of ethnic and religious minority groups, counterbalance ISIS – but Iran must not even think about backing or supporting the Taliban terrorists While it is hard to agree with
عارفانہ کلام: آیت الله خمینی کی ایک خوبصورت فارسی غزل اور اس کامنظوم ترجمہ: اردو ترجمہ – ظفر الحسینی خال لب کا ترے ھمدم میں گرفتار ھوا چشم بیمار جو دیکھی ترا بیمار ھوا خود سے بےخود ھوا اور ساز انا الحق چھیڑا مثل منصور، خریدار سر دار ھوا غم جاناں نے کی
Pakistani Urdu weekly: ‘Iran is a greater danger for Muslims than Israel’: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : القلم رسالہ یہاں ہر ایک نیوز ایجنسی پر دستیاب ہے اور اس کے مواد کو اگر آپ روزنامہ اسلام اور ضرب مومن سے ٹیلی کریں تو آپ کو معلوم ہوگا کہ یہ ایک ہی دماغ
سعودی عرب اور اسرائیل کے اتحاد کی کہانی – رابرٹ پیری کی زباںی: کنسورشیم نیوز ڈاٹ کوم “آزاد صحافت ” کی علمبردار ایک ویب سائٹ ہے جو 1995ء سے کام کررہی ہے ، اس کے لیے کام کرنے والے معروف صحافی رابرٹ پیری نے اپریل 15 ، 2015ء کو ایک خصوصی رپورٹ
Did money seal Israeli-Saudi alliance?: Special Report: The odd-couple relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel may have been sealed with more than a mutual desire to kiss-off Iran. According to an intelligence source, there was a dowry involved, too, with the Saudis reportedly giving
اوریا مقبول اور شیطانِ بزرگ۔۔۔ از نور درویش: مورخہ ۱۳ اپریل، شیطانِ بزرگ سے دوستی اور مرگ بر امریکہ کی رخصتی کے عنوان سے اوریا مقبول نے اپنے کالم کی دوسری قسط میں مختلف باتوں پر بات کی۔ حسب معمول کالم میں مختلف تاریخی اور علاقائی باتوں
Saudi-Israeli anti-Iran nexus – Pervez Hoodbhoy: A WAR-TORN world heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday night after success was declared at the Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland. Months of tortuous negotiations have ended for now, while a fuller agreement is to be finalised
Yemen conflict: Pakistan is sitting on a time bomb – Khalid Muhammad: This past week has been like no other in Pakistan’s history. We are used to watching our own country projecting conspiracy theories and rumors as information, but rarely is there a national debate on whether Pakistan should be involved
Holy places and unholy alliances – Jalees Hazir: Much has been said about the security of our holy places in Makkah and Madina as a reason for Pakistan to join the Saudi-led war of aggression against Yemen. In the present context, these concerns are misleading and are
Middle East conundrum – Zahid Hussain: IT has never been easy to navigate the labyrinth of the Middle East’s ever-changing politics, but it is becoming even more challenging with the growing confusion over shifting alliances. The Saudi-led military action in Yemen and agreement among
Why is happiness a crime in Iran? – Murtaza Haider: ‘It might seem crazy what I’m about to say;’ dancing with joy is a crime in Iran. Seven Iranian students have recently received a suspended sentence of up to 12 months and 91 lashes each. Their crime: they recorded
Perverse Pontification by Friedman of the NY Times: It is not just his selective, hypocritical and trite appropriation of other people’s bad ideas and analysis that endears Tom to the everyday douchebag. It his also the ability to switch comfortably between false humility and braggadocio while never
“Sectarian Iranian Shia” Rachel Maddow undermining alliance of Netanyahu, the Republicans and the Democratic Republic of Saudi Arabia: After Netanyahu urged the Republican leadership in 2002 to attack Iraq for the same reasons – weapons of mass destruction – he is now urging US to attack Iran for the same reasons – with the help of
Saudi Arabia and Nawaz Sharif’s evil plans against Pakistan and Iran: Najam Sethi spills the beans: In his recent talkshow on Geo TV, Najam Sethi spills beans about Saudi Arabian Kingdom and Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif’s joint conspiracy to use the Deobandi Wahhabi militants to massacre Sunni Sufi and Shia Muslims and to create false
حزب اللہ کا ارتقاء – کلاسیکل مزاحمت سے مابعد مزاحمت تک – عامر حسینی: امل سعد لبنانی نژاد پولیٹیکل سائنس کی استاد ہیں اور وہ مڈل ایسٹ میں لبنان پر اسرائیل کے قبضے سے لیکر فلسطین کی آزادی تک ہونے والی مزاحمت پر لکھ رہی ہیں ، وہ بنیادہی طور نیوکالونیل ازم اور
The Perils of Embedded Journalism: How Jürgen Todenhöfer ends up glamourising ISIS: In his interviews with ISIS which he highlighted on ABC and CNN as well as his own Facebook note, German Journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer glamourises ISIS and misrepresents their “success”. His reporting is a example of poor journalism which lacks
Iran-US is the only coalition that makes sense to defeat ISIS – by Ali Abbas Taj: There is immense pressure on both sides, Iran and the USA, to continue on a path of diplomatic confrontation. For the United States, there is a concerted effort by the sectarian Salafist Saudi/Qatari/Turkish lobby to scuttle any
Pakistan-Iran relations – Ayesha Siddiqa: Posts by some militant outfits on social media about Iran indicate the presence of an ideological lobby inside Pakistan, which opposes improvement of bilateral relations between the neighbours. It also gives an impression that the matter is nothing,
Getting Close to Terror, but Not to Stop It: Editor’s Note : Are the suicide bombing, Shia-Hindu-Sufi-Zikri killing Jundullah another example of “moderate” rebels that should be supported. Oh why Not! Supporting Salafi-Deobandi terrorist groups has worked out great since inviting the Muslim Brotherhood to the White House
شتم صحابہ کرام ’گناہ کبیرہ‘ ہے: ھاشمی رفسنجانی: ایران کی گارڈین کونسل کے سربراہ اور سابق صدر آیت اللہ علی ھاشمی رفسنجانی نے صحابہ کرام اور بزرگ ہستیوں کی شان میں گستاخی کی شدید مذمت کرتے ہوئے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ صحابہ کو گالی دینا گناہ کبیرہ
ایران کے بعد چین بھی دیوبندی و وہابی تکفیری دہشت گردی میں پاکستان کے کردار سے غیر مطمئن – بی بی سی اردو: پاک افغان امور کے تجزیہ کار رحیم اللہ یوسفزئی نے بی بی سی سیر بین میں ان سوالات کےتفصیلی جوابات دئیے جو کہ درج ذیل ہیں۔ سنکیانگ رقبے کے لحاظ سے سب سے بڑا صوبہ ہے جہاں اوغر مسلمانوں
Iran is becoming a more mature and modern country – Oliver August (The Economist): The most visible shift is in public infrastructure. Tehran, the capital, is a tangle of new tunnels, bridges, overpasses, elevated roads and pedestrian walkways. Shiny towers rise in large numbers, despite the sanctions. Screens at bus stops display
There’s only one way to beat ISIS: work with Assad and Iran – by Leslie H. Gelb: The Obama administration has pulled together a coalition as ineffectual as it is unwilling. It’s time to join up with the forces, however unsavory, that can do the job. Earlier this week, outside Washington, the Obama team hosted senior
No bandwagon for Serena Shim: Unlike Reyhaneh Jabbari, Serena Shim’s only sin was that she wasn’t killed by Iran. According to newspaper reports: An American journalist has been killed in a car crash in Turkey just days after claiming she claimed the Turkish intelligence
ریحانہ جباری، سيرينا علی سحيم اورہماری منافقت: برق گرتی ہے تو بیچاری عورت پر- عامر حسینی: آج چھ محرم الحرام ہے ہمارے شہر میں اس روز ذوالجناح کا مرکزی جلوس نکلتا ہے اور میں اس جلوس میں شرکت کی تیاری کرنے والا ہوں ، ایک تو مجهے اپنے گهر کی روائت کو نبهانا ہے جو
ایران و پاکستان کا ’مہنگا‘ اطمینان: اکتوبر کے پہلے ہفتے سے جاری تنازعے میں اب تک ایران اور پاکستان کے درمیان سرحدی جھڑپوں کے کئی واقعات ہو چکے ہیں، تاہم یہ خبر نہایت غیر معمولی اور دونوں ممالک کے درمیان اس علاقے میں بڑھتے ہوئے
Reyhaneh Jabbari’s legal case: Iran bashing for populism: Related post: No bandwagon for Serena Shim https://lubpak.com/archives/325908 ************** I am a critic of the Iranian thecracy and don’t need to repeat my arguments or cite my posts to show my neutrality and objectiveness. (Use Google if you
Saudi rogue lobby in Pakistani establishment using Deobandi terrorists to spoil Pakistan-Iran relations: It is with deepest concern that we notice Deobandi terrorists transnational terrorist operations against Iran and Pakistan on the Iran-Pakistan border. In the last few days, scores of Iranian security personnel have been killed by Deobandi terrorsits based in