Iranians’ message to hard-liners: ‘You break it, you own it’
Dr. Dania Koleilat Khatib
Iran s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. (Reuters)
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An audio recording of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was leaked last week to a Persian news channel in London. The highlight of the audio was his criticism of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), particularly the revered late commander Qassem Soleimani.
Some said the leak of the recording was aimed at sabotaging any hope Zarif might have of running for president, while others thought it might be to exonerate him for the failures of foreign policy. Regardless of who leaked it, the audio exposes the schizophrenia in the system and puts the hard-liners, who are likely to win June’s presidential election, under the so-called Pottery Barn rule i.e., “you break it, you own it,” meaning they will be responsible for the economic ailments of the country if diplomacy with the West fa
LONDON: The Yemeni Union of Journalists on Sunday demanded the release of 10 journalists held by the Houthi militia in Sanaa.
In a statement released on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on Monday, the union called for an end to the “war on journalism.”
The union said among the 10 journalists, four are facing an “unfair death sentence,” including Abdul Khaliq Omran, Akram Al-Walidi, Tawfiq Al-Mansouri, and Harith Hamid. Another journalist had been held by Al-Qaeda affiliated militants in Hadramout since 2015 in “mysterious circumstances.”
The union said it demanded the release of all those kidnapped, especially in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in the war-torn country.
Updated 02 May 2021
May 02, 2021 12:11
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is on course to meet the aims laid out in Vision 2030 following five years of success so far, senior representatives were told.
The chairs of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 Realization Program Committee – including the Ministers of Health, Tourism, Finance, Economy and Planning met in Riyadh on Saturday.
Health minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah said there had been a marked improvement in the health sector since the start of Vision 2030, which later saw the introduction of the Mawid and Sehhaty apps.
“In 2015, People used to struggle to book an appointment, but now any citizen can book an appointment via Mawid and Sehhaty applications,” he explained.
DUBAI: Leejam Sports Company, Saudi Arabia’s biggest fitness operator, has opened its first 24-hour low-cost Xpress Fitness Center in Hail.
The company behind the Kingdom’s Fitness Time centers, said that more than 20 Xpress gyms were now under construction, confirming its commitment to expand into the low cost segment. It made the disclosure in a stock exchange filing on Sunday.
The Hail center will operate 24 hours with a low-cost operating model and without swimming pools, it said.
“It will also be digitally enabled and with highly flexible subscriptions that start with a minimum commitment of one month, and at a reasonable price, to make clubs and gyms more accessible to support the achievement of the Saudi’s vision 2030 targets,” Leejam said in a statement.
Updated 02 May 2021
May 02, 2021 12:11
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is on course to meet the aims laid out in Vision 2030 following five years of success so far, senior representatives were told.
The chairs of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 Realization Program Committee – including the Ministers of Health, Tourism, Finance, Economy and Planning met in Riyadh on Saturday.
Health minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah said there had been a marked improvement in the health sector since the start of Vision 2030, which later saw the introduction of the Mawid and Sehhaty apps.
“In 2015, People used to struggle to book an appointment, but now any citizen can book an appointment via Mawid and Sehhaty applications,” he explained.