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Reducing oil price would benefit Russia to influence US oil export: Energy expert
Omid Shokri believes that Russia's disagreement with cuts in OPEC Plus production could be a good opportunity for Moscow to influence US oil exports.
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Once Salman gone, Royal family to challenge MBS more easily: Paul Pillar
Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells that the death of Salman and the need to select a new king will bring to a head the competition between MBS and those members of the royal family who oppose his acquisition of absolute power.
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IAEA main weaknesses relying on information provided by its member states: Finaud
Marc Finaud, the former French Foreign Ministry spokesman, says that one of the main weaknesses of the Agency is not to have any means of collecting its own intelligence and relying on the information provided by its member states.
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FATF's blacklisting has no impact on Iran's economic transactions: MP
A member of Iranian Parliament’s economic commission says the move by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place Tehran on its blacklist has no impact on the country’s economic ties with others.
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IAEA is responsible to investigate information that it receives: Nephew
Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that “It is the IAEA's responsibility to investigate information that it receives.”
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Primary purpose of arresting Saudi’s princes consolidation of power by MBS: Kamrava
Mehran Kamrava, a professor of the Middle East Studies at Georgetown University of Doha, said, “The primary purpose of the arrest of Saudi princes appears to be further consolidation of power by Mohammed bin Salman (MBS).”
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Maximum political use of coronavirus against Iran
While Coronavirus has entangled many countries around the world, the Saudi and UAE media have resorted to maximizing the political use of the disease against Iran in an anti-human rights manner. By Mahdi Azizi.
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