Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif welcomed the end of the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and four besieging countries. In a tweet on Tue., Zarif wrote, Congratulations to Qatar for the success of its brave resistance to pressure & extortion. To our other Arab neighbors: Iran is neither an enemy nor threat. Enough scapegoatingespecially ...

Iranian Diplomacy | Fatemeh Salehi: The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council nowadays, instead of focusing on cooperation, has turned into a hotbed of tension among Arab countries. The Council has so far failed to settle any disputes among its member states, the most important example of which is the crisis in Qatar which involves the four Arab ...

Press TV - The governor of the Qatar Central Banksays the countrys economy has shown resilience in the face of anongoing diplomatic and trade boycott, which Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies imposed on the energy-rich Persian Gulf kingdom in June 2017. We have surmounted this crisis, weve become even stronger than before, Sheikh Abdullah ...

Alwaght- The crisis among the Persian Gulf Arab states is now over a year and the distrust between the neighbors remains high and gaps seem hard to bridge. Each time that the tensions wind down, the speculations rise about possible thaw with the mediation of a third party. However, that does not happen as the situation all of a sudden bursts into a ...

MNA Statistics show that the volume of goods exported from Iran to Qatar has quadrupled in the first quarter of the current Iranian year of 1397. In the first quarter of the current year of 1397 (March 21, 2018- June 21, 2018), 74 million and 61 thousand dollars of goods were shipped from Iran to Qatar, which has increased by 214 percent year-on-...

IFP - Saudi Arabia is sacrificing a portion of its territory and spending nearly $750 million to dig a 60-kilometre canal that will turn Qatar into an island. June 25 is the deadline set by Riyadh for accepting tenders to dig the waterway alongside Saudi-Qatari border, which is to be completed within 15 months. Five international companies ...

FNA- Iran has exported 216.585 tons of goods worth $47.666 million to Qatar during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2018-May 21, 2018), showing a considerable growth in terms of value, a customs report said. "Iran's export to Qatar increased five-fold times as compared with last year's corresponding period," the latest ...

Press TV - In a new turn of events, which has been construed as sign of a deepening rift between Doha and Riyadh, Qatar has flatly rejected the idea of taking part in a military conflict against Iran, with the Arab countrys defense minister highlighting that Doha will not fuel a war in the Persian Gulf region. Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah,...

Press TV - Saudi King Salman has reportedly threatened to take military action against Qatar if Doha purchases the S-400 aerial defense system from Russia. According to a report by French daily Le Monde on Friday, King Salman has written a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, expressing his "profound concern" over ongoing negotiations ...

Press TV - Qatars Ministry of Economy and Commerce has prohibited the sale of products made in the Arab states of a Saudi-led quartet that has imposed embargoes against the country since last June. The ministry on Saturday called on all the shops across the country to remove all the products made in the four countries from their shelves. In ...

IRNA Qatar could not have broken sanctions imposed by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt without Iranian help, said the Speaker of the Advisory Council Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud. Iran is Qatars neighbor which opened its airspace and sea routes to it following the blockade, or else Qatar wouldnt have been able to move its people or ...

Alwaght - During the past 9 months of the diplomatic row between Qatar and the Saudi-led Arab bloc, the US has declined to follow a straight line of policy in dealing with this important regional case. The US President Donald Trump on June 9, 2017, harshly attacked Qatar and accused the Arab nation of supporting terrorism in the region in the highest ...

Press TV - Leaked emails reveal the United Arab of Emirates (UAE) lobbied the US last year to sack Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for failing to side with Abu Dhabi against regional rival Qatar amid a diplomatic rift between the two Persian Gulf countries. The emails obtained by the BBC Monday showed that UAE-linked businessman Elliott Broidy,...

Economist - FOOTBALLS World Cup in 2022, to be hosted by Qatar, was always billed as a regional event. Other countries in the Gulf offered hotel rooms and training facilities. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said it would even host matches. But last June the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain broke off diplomatic relations with Qatar, angry about its support ...

MNA According to a cooperation agreement inked between Iran and Qatar, Iranian drugs will be exported to Qatar. Under the agreement, hard-to-cure Qatari patients and also patients suffering from cancer will use Iranian-made drugs and medicines. For this purpose, a joint cooperation agreement was signed yesterday between Dr. Haleh Hamedifar,...

Press TV - Russian Foreign Minister SergeiLavrov says Moscow is concerned over the escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf region, some five months after a Saudi-led quartet of Arab states imposed a tight blockade on Qatar; and amid Riyadh's baseless accusations against Iran. The rising tensions in the Persian Gulf area cause concern. Not only ...

November 28, The Iran Project - Qatari Minister of Economy Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani traveled to Iran on Saturday (Nov 25) to review issues of mutual interests with the Iranian side. While in Tehran, Al Thani held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Shariatmadari and attended a ...

Press TV - Iran, Turkey and Qatar have signed atrilateral agreement aimed at boosting trade with Doha amid a Saudi-led blockade on the Persian Gulf sheikhdom. Iranian Minister of Industry, Mines and Business Mohammad Shariatmadari, Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci and Qatari Economy Minister Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani signed the deal in ...

Press TV - Saudi Arabias impulsive and crisis-making policies are threatening peace and stability in the Middle East, says Qatars Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, accusing the Riyadh regime of making new crises to cover up itspast ones. "I come from a region brimming with extremism," Thani told a Qatar-sponsored anti-terror ...

Tasnim - Warning of "dark ages" in the Middle East, Qatar's chief diplomat on Monday accused its neighboring states of perpetuating "drama and discord" as part of a "dangerous game of power". "Regional players are acting irresponsibly, taking a political gamble with the lives of other nations citizens with no exit strategy," Qatari Foreign Minister ...