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Yesterday 21:17
Iran begins ‘targeted arrest’ of rioters
Declaration comes as foreign intervention evidence mounts, Netanyahu publicly enters game
TEHRAN – Iran’s Police Chief Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Radan announced Sunday that law enforcement forces have begun arresting individuals whose incitement of violence—carried out under the direction of foreign spy agencies—has become clear.
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2026/01/04
By Shahrokh Saei
Iran is not Venezuela: Play with fire, get burned
TEHRAN – After the U.S. military strikes inside Venezuela early Saturday and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump appears convinced he can replay the same scenario in Iran.
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Yesterday 19:42
Netanyahu’s government a regime of ‘lies and treason:’ Moshe Ya’alon
Former Israeli war minister Moshe Ya’alon on Sunday placed full responsibility on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for October 7, calling it “the most dangerous crisis in our history.”
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Yesterday 15:13
Israeli forces conduct new raid in southern Syria’s Quneitra
Israeli forces staged a new raid in the Quneitra countryside in southern Syria on Saturday, in a new violation of the Arab country’s sovereignty, Anadolu reported.
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Yesterday 14:59
Handala leaks private photos, videos from former Israeli minister’s phone
Pro-Palestine hacking collective Handala announced Saturday it had breached the iPhone of former Israeli justice minister Ayelet Shaked, obtaining her private messages, documents, and other sensitive material.
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2026/01/03
By Ranjan Solomon
When miscalculation meets a civilisation-state
How Iran forced the limits of power on the 12-day war
GOA – What unfolded between Israel and Iran in June of 2025 was not a conventional war, nor was it a fleeting exchange to be dismissed as theatrical posturing. It was a confrontation rooted in decades of hostility, layered conflict, and imperial assumptions—one that exposed the limits of coercive power when directed against a civilisation-state that has learned how to absorb pressure without collapse.
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2026-01-03 21:43
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Everything you need to know about recent protests in Iran
And what the anxious reactions from Washington and Tel Aviv reveal
TEHRAN - When protests over currency market volatility first broke out among Iran’s bazaaris last Sunday, the Tehran Times wrote that the peaceful demonstrations could be exploited by the U.S. and Israel—regimes that view protest in Iran not as a healthy sign of a living democracy, but as a tool to overthrow the Islamic Republic.
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2025-12-31 22:37
Netanyahu confirms message to Iran via Putin, says Israel seeks no escalation
TEHRAN – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially confirmed that he had sent a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin stating that Israel was not seeking another war with Iran and asking him to relay the message to Tehran.
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2025-12-31 22:34
Pezeshkian says foes eying on economic pressure on Iran, not bombardment
TEHRAN – President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday that Iran’s adversaries are pinning their hopes on economic pressure rather than military force, stressing that no country can be defeated through bombardment alone.
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2025-12-31 22:29
By Sahar Dadjoo
Targeted killing of scientists is a criminal act, says Indian analyst
Vineet Tiwari says the assassinations linked to “Operation Narnia” violate sovereignty, international norms, and basic human ethics
TEHRAN – In an exclusive interview with Tehran Times, Vineet Tiwari, an Indian writer and civil society activist, offers a critical assessment of revelations contained in a recent Washington Post’s investigation produced in partnership with PBS Frontline, which details Israel’s covert campaign, known as “Operation Narnia,” targeting Iran’s nuclear scientists.
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2025-12-31 19:34
By Garsha Vazirian
The anatomy of a broken Syria and the mirage of sovereignty
How al-Sharaa has failed to secure Syria against relentless Israeli aggression and internal rot
TEHRAN – More than a year after the collapse of the al-Assad government in December 2024, the “New Syria” has proved to be a cruel mirage.
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2025-12-31 19:33
By Shahrokh Saei
Peace on paper, fire on the ground: Trump’s seven-nation strikes in 2025
TEHRAN – Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump has tried to cast himself as a peacemaker, insisting that his second term has brought an end to conflicts that long tied down the United States abroad. He has spoken of breaking with what he calls America’s era of “endless wars,” presenting his foreign policy as restraint, not intervention.
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2025-12-31 18:29
'Humanitarian situation in Gaza is catastrophic'
Winter intensifies crisis as 10 nations warn of worsening Gaza blockade
Foreign ministers from ten nations have voiced alarm over the sharp deterioration of humanitarian conditions in Gaza, warning that the situation has reached “catastrophic” levels.
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2025-12-30 22:16
Israel conceals extent of casualties from 12-day war: Iran war room chief
TEHRAN – Major General Ali Abdollahi, commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said Israel suffered “very heavy blows” during the 12-day war with Iran but is concealing the true scale of its casualties and damage through strict censorship.
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2025-12-30 21:49
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Manufacturing chaos: How Western and Israeli actors seek to hijack Iran's peaceful protests
TEHRAN – Protests are a natural and fundamental part of any society whose citizens care about their future and believe they can influence it. They are not a sign of systemic failure, but an indicator of civic health and the practice of free speech, assembly, and association. For Western states, their media, and their politicians, all of this holds true—except when the protests occur in Iran.
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2025-12-30 19:32
Israel to suspend over two dozen aid groups in Gaza starting January 1
Israel said it plans to suspend over two dozen humanitarian organizations working in Gaza, for allegedly failing to comply with Tel Aviv’s new vetting rules on staff, funding, and operations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), effective January 1, 2026.
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2025-12-30 18:44
Somalia unites against Israel’s Somaliland recognition amid global backlash
TEHRAN – Israel’s unilateral recognition of Somaliland as an independent state has ignited outrage across Somalia and beyond, with furious protests denouncing the move as a dangerous violation of international law and a direct assault on Somali sovereignty. The announcement, made on December 26, marked the first time any country has formally recognized Somaliland, a breakaway region that declared independence in 1991 but has remained internationally unacknowledged.
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2025-12-30 16:10
Gaza endures new Israeli strikes eighty-one days into ‘ceasefire’
Eighty-one days after the Gaza “ceasefire,” Israeli forces continue assaults, striking al-Maghazi Camp, Beit Lahia, and southern areas, detonating an armored vehicle, and demolishing homes in Gaza City.
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2025-12-29 21:36
By Staff Writer
Weizmann still in Iran's sights: eyes after missiles
Tehran Times receives recent on-the-ground photos of highly-protected site damaged during Iran's June strikes
TEHRAN – A review of Hebrew media reports in recent weeks shows that even the regime’s own outlets are uncertain about how to address what appears to be a large-scale Iranian infiltration of Israel’s most sensitive military and security sites.
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2025-12-29 20:26
Exclusive: Weizmann, six months later
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2025-12-29 20:21
By Garsha Vazirian
Six countries, three seas, one voracious war machine
A year of Tel Aviv’s fear doctrine—sovereignty dismantled across six nations, maritime terror targeting humanitarian aid
TEHRAN – In 2025, Israel acted as a borderless war machine, unleashing over 10,631 military attacks across six nations—Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Yemen, and Qatar—while extending its brutality to maritime terrorism against aid ships in the waters of Malta, Greece, and Tunisia.
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2025-12-29 19:47
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Yemen and mirage of Somaliland: Sovereignty, deterrence, and battle over the Red Sea
BEIRUT—The renewed focus on the so-called “Somaliland” is not an isolated African issue but a deliberate geopolitical maneuver tied to the security of the Red Sea and the balance of power in West Asia.
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2025-12-29 19:44
By staff writer
Al-Houthi’s warning: A red line for Israel in Somaliland
TEHRAN – The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah has declared that any Israeli presence in Somaliland will be treated as a “military target,” framing Israel’s recent recognition of the breakaway region as an act of aggression against Somalia, Yemen, and the wider Red Sea corridor. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi’s remarks underscore the seriousness with which Yemen’s resistance movement views Tel Aviv’s latest geopolitical maneuver, and highlight the broader struggle over sovereignty and control in one of the world’s most strategic maritime zones.
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2025-12-29 19:19
By staff writer
The masked voice lives on: Abu Obaida and Gaza’s unyielding resistance
TEHRAN – The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has confirmed that its armed wing spokesperson, Abu Obaida, and then Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar were martyred in Israel’s genocidal war earlier this year. The announcement came in a prerecorded address by the newly appointed spokesman of the Izz al Din al Qassam Brigades, who vowed that the blood of the martyrs would only strengthen the resolve of the resistance.
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2025-12-29 16:40
Heavy rain and fierce winds uproot Gaza tents, forcing families into the cold
Heavy rain and strong winds flooded and uprooted tents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, worsening already dire living conditions for Palestinians after two years of Israeli genocide.
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2025-12-28 21:23
US using Iraqi airspace to spy on Iran
Ambassador says spy jets have been identified in Iran’s vicinity
In an interview with Iraqi media, Mohammad Kazem al-Sadeq said Tehran has identified U.S. spy planes which used Iraqi skies to monitor Iranian soil. He also warned that the U.S. supports Israeli jet fighters in Iraqi airspace, which amounts to a “threat.”
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2025-12-28 20:02
Major hack exposes Netanyahu’s chief aide in corruption scandal
Bibi’s ‘gatekeeper’ exposed: Handala releases files tied to Qatargate
THERAN – The illusion of impenetrable security surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration has been shattered once again, revealing what cyber resistance group Handala called the “rotten core of power” festering within Israel in a statement on its website on Sunday.
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2025-12-28 19:44
Hezbollah leader rejects foreign-backed disarmament drive as tool for Israeli annexation
TEHRAN – In an address marking the memorial of founding leader Haj Mohammad “Abu Salim” Yaghi, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem declared that the foreign-backed push to disarm the Resistance is a “Zionist-American project” intended to annex parts of Lebanon and reduce the remainder to a tool of Western hegemony.
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2025-12-28 18:52
By Sondoss Al Asaad
How a technical committee has turned into a strategic threat to Lebanon
BEIRUT—What was introduced after the November 27, 2024 ceasefire as a purely technical arrangement has gradually evolved into a mechanism with political and security implications that extend far beyond its stated purpose.
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2025-12-28 17:37
Woman killed in Gaza as bombed wall collapses on tent amid storm
A Palestinian woman was killed, and several family members were injured when a storm-damaged building wall collapsed onto a tent in Gaza City’s Al-Rimal neighborhood on Sunday, Anadolu reported.