Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards march during a 2010 military parade in Tehran. (AFP) By Danny Citrinowicz September 3, 2021 On Aug. 24, Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra announced his country was severing diplomatic relations with Morocco. At first look, the Algerian decision seemed to be independent and a direct result of problematic ties that have deteriorated over the years. [...]
Reza Moshir is said to have helped Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf launder money while he was mayor of Tehran. (Supplied) By Ehsan Mehrabi January 23, 2020 On the eve of Iranian parliamentary elections, and as former presidential candidate and Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf bids for a seat in parliament, the name of Reza Moshir, [...]
An IRGC Navy boats in the Gulf, July 25, 2017. (AFP) July 20, 2019 The Iranian coast guard forced an Algerian tanker to head into Iranian waters on Friday before a confrontation ended, the Algerian state oil and gas company Sonatrach said. Algeria's state-run news agency APS, quoting Sonatrach, said Saturday the empty tanker [...]
Amir Mousavi, the Iranian cultural attaché in Algeria. (Supplied) By Romany Shaker October 6, 2018 On September 22, Iran’s cultural attaché in Algeria Amir Mousavi announced he would leave his position after almost four years in the country. The announcement followed accusations by Algerian activists and former officials against the Iranian diplomat over his alleged role in recruiting thousands of [...]
Iran tries to indoctrinate and recruit Algerian Shiites who travel to Iraq on religious visits to the holy city of Karbala. (Fars) By Ahmad Majidyar June 8, 2018 Former and current Algerian officials accuse the Iranian Embassy in Algiers of promoting sectarianism in Algeria and the broader region, according to recent reports. Idah Falahi, [...]
By Track Persia May 10, 2018 The resource-richness of Western Sahara seems to have tempted the Iranian regime and its Shiite Lebanese proxy Hezbollah which has promised to send a range of missiles to the desert’s Polisario Front, an Algeria-backed movement seeking independence and statehood, to escalate the crisis between Rabat and Polisario. Rabat on May [...]
His remarks come after Anissa said during an Iranian gathering held in Paris that she wishes the Iranian regime collapses. (Supplied) By Monya Ghanemi January 31, 2018 Iran's cultural attaché to Algeria Amir Mousavi provoked Algerians after he criticized Anissa Boumediene, the widow of president Houari Boumediene, because of her support of the [...]
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif waves after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 22, 2016. REUTERS June 18, 2017 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif will kick off on Sunday a tour of North Africa that includes Algeria, Mauritania and Tunisia. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the [...]
November 3, 2016 Algeria’s Prime Minister Abdul-Malik Salal plans to pay an official visit to Tehran in the near future. During Salal’s visit, a number of agreements will be signed between the two countries on the expansion of bilateral relations between Tehran and Algiers. In September and in a meeting with Algerian Parliament Speaker Abdul [...]
Iranian senior Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri. (AP) By Yacine Boudhane September 7, 2016 Algerian Energy Minister Noureddine Buterfa started his scheduled tour in several oil producing countries with a visit to Tehran last Saturday. Initiating his tour in Tehran indicates there have been deep bilateral relations between the two countries. Iran has strengthened [...]
