Tehran Times

2025-06-21 22:59
By Mona Hojat Ansari

How many coffins will Trump send home for the sake of Israel?

An American recession will be the next immediate consequence of U.S. intervention in Israel-Iran war

TEHRAN – West Asia is witnessing a long-feared scenario unfold. For years, analysts, officials, and politicians warned Israel and the United States that any attack on Iran would unleash a devastating wave of retaliation from the Iranian Armed Forces and open the floodgates to a regional conflagration with international reverberations.
- US dead end in West Asia
- What Israel wanted with attacks on Iran - what it lost and gained

Iran’s response to continued aggression will be more crushing: Pezeshkian

TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a Saturday phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, emphasized that the Islamic Republic will deliver a “more decisive and crushing response” if Israel continues its acts of aggression.
By Abbas Akhoundi

Nuclear hypocrisy and the erosion of international law

TEHRAN- In recent weeks, the international community has witnessed an alarming escalation: Israel’s targeted assassinations of high-ranking Iranian commanders, academics, and civilians, followed by a public threat by the President of the United States to launch a military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
By Garsha Vazirian

Europe's coercive diplomacy seeks what Israel's war on Iran could not achieve

TEHRAN — As smoke still rises from the Israeli regime’s unprovoked aggression against Iran, European powers descended on Geneva Friday in a coordinated diplomatic push to extract from Tehran what their ally’s missiles failed to achieve.
Iran calls for immediate action and diplomatic solutions against Israel at OIC meeting

TEHRAN - Foreign ministers from member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convened in Istanbul to address the recent escalation of Israeli military actions against Iran.
Yemeni Armed Forces warn of Red Sea retaliation if U.S. joins Israeli attack on Iran

TEHRAN - The Yemeni Armed Forces have issued a firm warning against any joint U.S.-Israeli aggression targeting Iran, vowing a forceful response that could extend to American assets in the Red Sea.

Politics

Iran files complaint against Grossi with UN Security Council

TEHRAN- Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations has formally lodged a complaint with the UN Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council against Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), accusing him of undermining the Agency’s impartiality amid recent Israeli hostilities.
Attacking Iran will drag the U.S. into a regional war: Former CIA chief

TEHRAN – Former CIA and Pentagon chief Leon Panetta has warned that the United States will inevitably find itself entangled in a regional war in West Asia if President Donald Trump chooses to launch a military strike against Iran.
Strike on Iranian territory ‘illegal, violation of sovereignty’: Indian Congress leader

TEHRAN – The Indian Congress leader, Sonia Gandhi, has condemned Israel's June 13 military strike on Iranian territory as "illegal and a violation of sovereignty."

Sports

Iranian Karate athlete martyred in Israeli strikes

TEHRAN - Helena Gholami, a karate practitioner from Lorestan Province, was killed in the recent Israeli attacks on Iran.
Iranian boxer Rouhollah Salek martyred in Israeli attack on Iran

TEHRAN – Iranian boxer Rouhollah Salek from Alborz Province has been martyred following the recent deadly attacks launched by the Israeli regime on Iranian territory.
Iran volleyball to build on their progress

TEHRAN - Iran's national volleyball team, known as "Team Melli,", are currently participating in the 2025 Volleyball Nations League (VNL). The team, under the guidance of coach Roberto Piazza, are focusing on improving their performance in Week 2.

Culture

Atrocities of Zionist regime depicted in Iranian TV series

TEHRAN – In the past two decades, Iran’s state TV has aired several series about the Zionist regime and its malicious and aggressive intensions toward Iran and other countries.
Pezeshkian inspects bombed IRIB HQ after Israeli war crime

TEHRAN – President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a message of resilience during a visit to the fire-gutted headquarters of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on Saturday, standing amid shattered glass and scorched debris to declare that "the voice of truth cannot be silenced."
Iranian artists join campaign to boycott Zionist-affiliated Persian-language satellite TV channel

TEHRAN – A number of Iranian artists have responded to the hostile actions of Iran International, which is a Zionist-affiliated Persian-language satellite television channel, by posting a shared poster on their social media platforms, calling for a boycott of the network.

Economy

Government gives maximum support to reconstructing residential houses damaged in war

TEHRAN- Iran’s minister of transport and urban development referred to the start of recording damage to buildings damaged in the war, and announced the government's maximum support for the reconstruction and renovation of residential houses.
All customs department active in country

TEHRAN- According to the latest reports and information received, all customs offices in the country are active and customs formalities are being carried out, Mehr news agency reported.
Production of essential products ongoing without interruption

TEHRAN- The deputy agriculture minister announced that the production of the country's basic products is being carried out without interruption based on previous plans, and added: "The necessary planning has been carried out to ensure the sustainability of the production of items needed by the people."

Society

UNRC, British Red Cross express solidarity with IRCS

TEHRAN –The United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) in Iran, Stefan Priesner, and the British Red Cross chief executive officer, Béatrice Butsana-Sita, have voiced support and solidarity with the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), following Israeli airstrikes on the country.
UN experts: Israeli attacks on Iran ‘deliberate undermining of peace initiatives’

TEHRAN – UN experts, in a meeting in Geneva on Friday, unequivocally condemned recent Israeli military attacks against Iran, saying “the timing of the strikes — coinciding with ongoing diplomatic efforts in Muscat aimed at reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — raises serious concerns about the deliberate undermining of peace initiatives.”
Science minister writes letter to UNESCO chief over assassination of Iranian scientists

TEHRAN –Science Minister Hossein Simaei-Sarraf has written a letter to Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Audrey Azoulay, condemning the killing of Iranian scientists in Zionist regime’s terrorist attacks.

Tourism

No damage to archaeological sites in Israel, antiquities authority says

TEHRAN - No archaeological site or artifacts in Israel have so far been damaged by Iranian missile strikes, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
Israeli airstrikes near Taq-e Bostan threaten Iran’s ancient heritage

TEHRAN - Over the past two days (Saturday and Sunday), multiple Israeli missile strikes targeted areas within three kilometers of Taq-e Bostan, one of Iran’s most significant Sasanian-era archaeological complexes near Kermanshah.
Shams Tabrizi mausoleum gets major boost with new funding

KHOY, West Azarbaijan province – The Iranian government has allocated 30 trillion rials (approximately $375,000) to advance the long-delayed construction of the mausoleum of Shams Tabrizi, the famed Sufi mystic and spiritual mentor of the celebrated Persian poet Rumi.

International

Lebanon and the US-led Israeli war against Iran

BEIRUT—Analysts are examining the extent to which Lebanon will be affected by the repercussions of the U.S.-led Israeli aggression against Iran, particularly the possibility of Hezbollah’s involvement in the battle and its consequences.
Israeli infantry caught in ambush

TEHRAN – Two occupation vehicles have been destroyed in the Gaza Strip, resulting in casualties.
China condemns Israel's 'military adventurism' against Iran; U.S. calls strikes 'excellent'

BEIJING - In a powerful demonstration of diverging global perspectives, China has strongly condemned Israel’s recent unprovoked strikes against Iran, labeling them as military adventurism. The condemnation comes as the United States openly praised the attacks, with President Donald Trump calling the airstrikes “excellent,” further fueling tensions in the already volatile West Asia (Middle East)

An American recession will be the next immediate consequence of U.S. intervention in Israel-Iran war