STANDPOINT by Atique Naqvi

Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, Saleh Muhammad Al Mutlaq, says sectarian politics will push toward disintegration of the nation. "If government forces are fighting against the extremists, nobody will stop them and we will also support them, our only condition is that they should not fight against the people of Iraq." The interview was published in the March 2014 issue of the Dubai-based magazine TRENDS - An International Magazine on Arab Affairs. Below is the jpeg file of the TRENDS magazine.

President and Executive Director of the US-based Center for the Study of Islam and the Middle East (CSIME), Professor Ahmad Iravani, speaks on Iran’s relations with the world. "The conciliatory note adopted by the US President Barack Obama and the West toward Iran is a very positive sign. Common Americans wants to see peace in the Middle East, and they see diplomatic efforts as the only way to achieve that." The interview was published in the March 2014 issue of the Dubai-based magazine TRENDS - An International Magazine on Arab Affairs. Below is the jpeg file of the TRENDS magazine.