UN urged to act against Iran over Houthi missiles 12/25/2017 7:30:21 AM The United Nations emblem JEDDAH/NEW YORK, ARAB NEWS, 24 December 2017  - The UN was urged on Saturday to take action against Iran for breaking an arms embargo by illegally supplying missiles to Houthi militias in Yemen. The calls followed a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution late on Friday that condemned “in the strongest possible terms” last week’s Houthi ballistic missile attack targeting Al-Yamamah Royal Palace in Riyadh. All 15 council members “expressed alarm at the stated intention of the Houthis to continue these attacks against Saudi Arabia, as well as to launch additional attacks against other states in the region.” The council urged all UN member states to fully implement the arms embargo against Houthi militias as required by the relevant Security Council resolutions, and expressed its grave concern about continuing violations of the embargo. It called again for all par...

Ten reasons why the Iranian regime is more dangerous than Daesh Google+ Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi -KHAMENEI Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Arab News, 16 November 2017  - Western powers place Daesh at the top of their counterterrorism and foreign policy agenda, characterizing the terrorist group as the No. 1 national security threat. Before Daesh, it was Al-Qaeda. This strategic and security prioritization is misplaced. For the following reasons, the Iranian regime is far more of a security threat to the world than non-state terrorist groups such as Daesh. First, the Iranian regime’s leaders and military generals enjoy the legitimacy of the nation-state system endorsed by the UN, even though the regime is neither a democracy nor representative of the Iranian nation. As a result, the interventions, military adventurism and crimes against humanity committed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Quds Force and their militias draw less attention because the...

King Salman welcomes firm strategy on Iran in call with Trump President Trump and King Salman JEDDAH, Arab News, 15 October 2017 : King Salman held a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Saturday, welcoming the US government’s firm strategy toward Iran. King Salman supported the strategy announced by Trump on Friday against Iranian aggression and its support for terrorism in the region. The king praised the Trump administration, which recognizes the magnitude of these challenges and threats and the need for concerted efforts on terrorism and extremism and its primary sponsor, Iran, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The pair also discussed bilateral relations and ways of developing them, as well as issues of mutual concern.