NYT warns Trump against war with Iran

TEHRAN – Enumerating a list of flaws in U.S. foreign policy, The New York Times urged the Trump administration that to engage in dialogue with Tehran in lieu of resorting to coercion. 

Iran Foreign Ministry's Statement on US Commitment to JCPOA

As part of his country’s commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the new US President extended the waiver of anti-Iran sanctions imposed by the US Congress. As per the nuclear deal, the US president is obliged to use his authority to cease the application of the nuclear-related congressional sanctions against Iran, and frequently extend this waiver.

Zarif: Iran to retaliate if JCPOA violated

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the Donald Trump administration that Tehran has the option to abandon limits on its nuclear program in case the nuclear agreement, officially called the JCPOA, is violated.

Trump certifies for second time Iran nuclear deal

TEHRAN - Volatile U.S. President Trump agreed on Monday to certify again that Iran is complying with an international nuclear agreement that he has strongly criticized.

By Joe Scarborough

Trump is killing the Republican Party

I did not leave the Republican Party. The Republican Party left its senses.

By Mehdi Sepahvand

Trump and a nuclear ball in his court

TEHRAN - Holding a high head after some trailblazing accords with giant European and East Asian companies, Iran is now introducing the United States as the isolated party to the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, the country that has to make some move to put itself in a more synchronized pace with the rest of the world.

By Anthony Harwood

How Saudi Arabia has slowly realized it can't play the Trump card on Qatar

The Saudis thought they had the Trump administration, especially the Republicans, on their side

By John Lloyd

Europe’s Brexit envy

Britain’s intention to leave the European Union - Brexit - will greatly affect the rest of the world.

World marks second anniversary of Iran nuclear deal

TEHRAN – Friday marked the second anniversary of the historic nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the United States, Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia and the European Union.

Iran urges U.S. statesmen to learn from past

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday that the U.S. statesmen should learn from the past and talk about Iranians respectfully.

By Wesley Pruden

A big Bastille Day for America

The Donald finally caught a break in Paris, basking in rare Franco-American bonhomie as he joined the new president of France on Bastille Day, this year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the American arrival on the battlefields of World War I.

Retired U.S. generals challenge Trump's attitude toward Iran nuclear deal

The 2015 nuclear deal between the United States, Iran and other world powers has benefited U.S. national security, a group of 38 retired U.S. generals and admirals wrote in an open letter to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Sputnik reported.

Trump likely to say Iran complying with nuclear deal: U.S. official

U.S. President Donald Trump is "very likely" to state that Iran is adhering to its nuclear agreement although he continues to have reservations about it, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

Zarif: U.S. must review policy on nuclear deal

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that the Trump administration must review its policy toward the Iran nuclear deal as a “comprehensive” and “international” treaty.

By Johanna Schuster-Craig

Is the stage set for a strong German leader to eclipse America?

What does it take to be elected chancellor of the most populous country in Europe four times in a row?

By Julian Zelizer

Republicans can't give Trump team a pass on this one

When Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out the email exchange that led to his meeting with a Russian lawyer about potentially damaging information on Hillary Clinton in the summer of 2016, you could hear the silence among fellow Republicans.

House Democrat files article of impeachment against Trump

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) formally introduced an article of impeachment against President Trump on Wednesday that accuses the president of obstructing justice during the federal investigation of Russia’s 2016 election interference.

Trump’s Mad Dog calls for ‘regime change’ in Tehran

TEHRAN – As the White House formulates its official policy on Iran, its defense chief James Mattis has said “regime change” is necessary before Iran and the U.S. can revel in normal relations.

By Ben Santer

I’m a climate scientist. And I’m not letting trickle-down ignorance win.

How to fight the Trump administration's darkness

By Dean Obeidallah

Don't fall for the 'fake Trump'

There are two Donald Trumps: the “real” one and the “fake” one. We saw both on display during the President's Europe trip this past week.

Saudi Arabia is weakening itself and strengthening Iran

President Donald Trump likely sees Mohammed bin Salman, who in June was named the new Saudi crown prince, as a Middle Eastern leader made in his own image. The young crown prince’s unrelenting hostility towards Iran and take-no-prisoners censure of Qatar is consistent with Trump’s emerging, aggressive posture towards Iran.

By Adam Cathcart

China won't bail out Trump on North Korea

When it comes to geopolitical theater, no one can accuse the North Korean leadership of lacking a certain sense of timing.

By: Golnar Motevalli

European companies flocking into Tehran widen divide with Trump

Iran made progress this week in preserving its new-found place in the global economy.

By Charles M. Blow

The hijacked American presidency

Every now and then we are going to have to do this: Step back from the daily onslaughts of insanity emanating from Donald Trump’s parasitic presidency and remind ourselves of the obscenity of it all, registering its magnitude in its full, devastating truth.

An edgy welcome awaits

A united European front, not pandering, is the right response to the U.S. president’s visit

By Amitai Etzioni

Time to say goodbye to Afghanistan

The window during which President Donald Trump can extricate U.S. forces from the mess in Afghanistan and blame his predecessors for the calamity is rapidly closing.

By Samuel Breidbart &Vinay Nayak

Congress can remove Trump from office without impeaching him

Presidential psychology is quickly becoming a bipartisan issue.

Iranian institute organizing cartoon contest on Donald Trump  

TEHRAN – The Organization for Sacred Defense Artistic and Cinema Affairs is holding a cartoon contest on U.S. President Donald Trump.