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  • Baqaei Yesterday 22:21

    Talks with US ‘not realistic’ without respect for norms, says foreign ministry

    TEHRAN – Iran says the circumstances are not yet ripe for launching negotiations with the United States despite Iran’s commitment to diplomacy, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday, amid reports that Iraq has offered to mediate between Tehran and Washington.

  • Iraq military 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.”

  • Leader 2025-12-27 21:49

    Ayatollah Khamenei credits Iranian youth with resisting US pressure in region

    TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has credited Iran’s young people with defeating a major U.S.-led assault in the region, saying their initiative, bravery, and willingness to sacrifice played a decisive role.

  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian 2025-12-27 21:42

    By Mona Hojat Ansari 

    ‘We're now stronger than the 12-day war’

    President rolls out plans for economic management, makes no mention of potential US talks

    TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian did not appear particularly fixated on the prospects of a new deal with the U.S. when he sat down with Khamenei.ir, a website overseen by the Leader's office, and discussed two issues most pressing for the Iranian people: whether Tehran can fend off a second potential war with Israel, and what can be done to control runaway inflation, which has worsened in the backwash of the war Israel and the U.S. launched against Iran in June.

  • Araghchi Esfahan 2025-12-26 21:56

    Enemy seeking to hit Iran hard via economic pressure: Iran FM

    TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says enemies are seeking to put Iran under economic pressure following their defeat in the 12-day act of military aggression against the country.

  • Netanyahu 2025/12/26

    By Ehsan Abdollahi

    Netanyahu’s US tour: A shameful display of collusion against justice and peace

    TEHRAN – In the midst of historic global turmoil, an alarming spectacle is once again unfolding: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing for yet another visit to the United States to meet with President Donald Trump. This trip, which comes on the heels of multiple previous visits since Trump’s return to the White House, is not a diplomatic milestone — it is the latest chapter in a troubling alliance that undermines justice, fuels regional conflict, and exposes the United States as little more than Israel’s political enabler on the world stage.

  • UNSC session 2025-12-24 22:21

    Iran questions US definition of ‘diplomacy’ after envoy’s ironic remarks at UNSC

    TEHRAN – About ten hours after a UNSC session on Iran’s nuclear program concluded on Tuesday, as morning broke in Tehran, Iranian officials began to publicly react to remarks put forth by the U.S. during the meeting. Their reactions signaled that no one in Tehran trusts American pronouncements about diplomacy anymore.

  • A United Nations Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters on December 23, 2025 in New York. 2025-12-24 22:08

    By Soheila Zarfam 

    UNSC session shows West failed in snapback gamble 

    Meeting sees US and Europe defend hardline stance, Iran and allies call for end to failed approach

    TEHRAN – Western states dragged Iran and members of the UN Security Council to a session on Tuesday to push for the implementation of pre-JCPOA UN sanctions against Iran, which the E3 (Germany, UK, France) managed to be reinstated back in August, but faced substantial challenges in implementing them due to opposition from a host of countries, including Iran’s most powerful allies, Russia and China.

  • 2025 has been one of the most consequential years in the modern history of the Middle East 2025-12-24 20:29

    Expert warns crisis in West Asia will worsen in 2026 without policy shifts

    ‘2025 has exposed dangers of unilateralism, militarized regional strategies and maximalist ideological projects’

    TEHRAN - A Princeton University researcher says 2026 may bring “deeper instability” at a great cost to the Middle East and United States if UN resolutions are not enacted, a regional security mechanism is not established, and the US and Iran don’t enter comprehensive dialogue.

  • Maduro 2025/12/24

    Maduro says defending Venezuela today is defending peace, law

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has sent a letter to heads of state across Latin America and the Caribbean, denouncing an escalation of U.S. acts of aggression against Venezuela and warning that the actions pose serious risks to regional stability. 

  • Trump 2025-12-23 22:03

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Trump /// //// // /// //// /////

    America may run out of ink covering president's footprint in Epstein files

    TEHRAN – The illusion that Jeffrey Epstein was a singular, anomalous monster operating in a vacuum has finally dissolved into the sulfuric air of the American political necropolis.

  • Pezeshkian and Putin 2025-12-23 20:11

    In nuclear standoff with US, Moscow reiterates backing for Iran, says Tehran has ‘right’ to program

    TEHRAN – Russia continues to throw its weight behind Iran as a nuclear standoff with the United States shows no sign of resolution, and leaders in Tehran grow increasingly doubtful whether they can expect diplomacy to ever bear fruit with the West.

  • نتانیاهو 2025/12/23

    By Xavier Villar

    From nuclear fear to missile anxiety: Israel’s reframing of the Iran threat

    How Iran’s missile program has moved to the center of Israel’s security discourse

    MADRID – In recent weeks, a new Israeli security narrative has been taking shape. Its object is not new, the Islamic Republic of Iran, but its central discursive axis has undergone a subtle yet significant shift. Where the nuclear program once occupied the primary place in the rhetoric of existential threat, the emphasis has now broadened and, in some discourses, shifted toward Iran’s ballistic missile program.

  • A US.. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber flies with Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft on October 15, 2025 [U.S. Air Force via AP] 2025-12-23 16:41

    The warmongers are working overtime

    TEHRAN – The world once again stands before an age-old question wearing a new face: Has the United States entered a new phase of warmongering and direct power projection?

  • Fox news 2025/12/22

    By Soheila Zarfam

    Pompeo’s wishful thinking: engineered collapse in Iran

    TEHRAN – Mike Pompeo’s recent Fox News op-ed, titled “The Islamic Republic is on the ropes. Time for Trump, Iranians to finish the job,” deserves a careful response — not because it offers some type of analysis, but because it reveals a worldview that treats a sovereign nation as a political project to be engineered from abroad.

  • U.S. drone tested in PG 2025-12-22 22:16

    US faces flak at home for testing copy of Iranian drone

    TEHRAN – The U.S. Navy has, for the first time, launched a long-range attack drone from a warship in the Persian Gulf. While the U.S. military hailed this as a step toward optimizing its destabilizing missions in West Asia, American media have viewed it as a sign of Washington falling behind in critical technologies.

  • Baqaei 2025-12-22 22:15

    ‘Our defensive capabilities not open for talks’: Iran’s foreign ministry

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei used his weekly press briefing on Monday to reiterate Tehran’s positions on regional conflicts, international diplomacy, and national defense, strongly criticizing Israel and the United States while rejecting Western accusations against Iran.

  • American media 2025-12-22 22:03

    By Sheida Sabzehvari 

    Blood drips from their pens

    US media should be held accountable for its role in the 12-day war against Iran

    TEHRAN – Americans frequently label media outlets from other countries as “state-controlled” or “state-affiliated.” They tell their readers and viewers that foreign media is disingenuous, while American outlets are portrayed as independent, unbiased, and professional. 

  • Demonstrators hold Greenland flags as they protest in front of the U.S. embassy, in Copenhagen, March 29, 2025 (AP) 2025-12-22 18:48

    ‘Totally unacceptable:’ Denmark to summon US ambassador over Trump’s Greenland appointment

    TEHRAN — The Danish government announced Monday it will summon the U.S. ambassador following what officials are characterizing as a flagrant assault on Danish sovereignty.

  • PGCC 2025/12/22

    By Dr. Jin Liangxiang

    The limits of pragmatism: Persistent fragility in US-PGCC ties 

    SHANGHAI - The year of 2025 saw a new rapprochement between the U.S. and PGCC countries. U.S. President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar in May while Qatari Emir and Saudi Crown Prince visited the U.S. in the second half of the year. The reasons behind the latest warming-up could be numerous, but the most important should be that the two sides have simultaneously taken pragmatic approaches in their policies toward the other. And pragmatism will underline the relations between the two in the future.

  • An oil pumpjack and a tank with the corporate logo of PDVSA are seen in an oil facility in Lagunillas, Venezuela, January 2019 (Reuters) 2025-12-22 15:12

    Venezuela hits 1.2 million barrel oil target despite U.S. pressure

    Venezuela has reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year, despite intensifying U.S. pressure and tanker seizures, said Vice President Delcy Rodriguez.

  • U.S. President Donald Trump embraces Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his White House visit in July 2025. 2025-12-21 21:10

    By Faramarz Kouhpayeh 

    The rabid dog barks again

    Reports indicate Israel is looking to drag US into another war against Iran after waging two years of relentless violence in the region

    TEHRAN – War and aggression appear to be an inseparable part of the Israeli regime's existence. From the 1948 Nakba in Palestine and the at least half-dozen wars with Arab states until 2006, to its recent aggressions against Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Qatar, and Iran, Israel appears locked in a perpetual cycle of inflicting death and destruction.

  • Venezuela 2025-12-21 17:49

    Second oil tanker taken: U.S. escalates Venezuela pressure

    TEHRAN – The U.S. seizure of a second Venezuelan oil tanker, Centuries, underscores a clear strategy: Washington is leveraging military power to control Venezuela’s primary source of revenue. Coming just weeks after the first tanker, Skipper, was taken, the operation signals that the Trump administration’s so-called “blockade” is more than sanctions enforcement—it is a forceful effort to weaken Venezuela’s economy and pressure its government.

  • Epstein 2025-12-20 19:39

    By staff writer 

    Epsteinberg: Not even the tip has surfaced

    Epstein file release fell short of transparency, with much withheld, sparking complaints and public outcry

    TEHRAN – The U.S. Justice Department’s release of the Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday has reignited headlines and social media frenzy. Thousands of pages, photos, and investigative documents were made public, showing Epstein with celebrities, politicians, and business elites.

  • US 2025-12-19 21:50

    Washington still stalled on sanctions as it targets 29 vessels in attempt to stop Iran's oil sales

    TEHRAN – Leaders in the United States are continuing their efforts to prevent Iran from selling oil, even as Iran appears to have mastered the art of avoiding sanctions and its main customers refuse to stop purchasing Iranian energy.

  • The mural in Tehran’s Enghelab Square features the slogan “You will kneel before Iran again,” dated November 6, 2025. 2025-12-19 21:39

    By Soheila Zarfam

    The US playbook: deception before war, bullying after

    Pezeshkian says he won’t accept 'degrading' pre-conditions after his previous attempt at diplomacy was cut short by American bombs

    TEHRAN – A deep mistrust of American politicians has been a prevalent sentiment among Iranians for decades, dating back to the 1953 U.S.-led coup against the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mosaddegh.

  • American pirate flag 2025-12-19 15:51

    Pirates of the 21st century

    TEHRAN – “The essence of America is bullying, plundering the resources of other countries, and betraying its allies.” This proposition stands as one of the most vital pillars of the order currently dominating international affairs.

  • iran 2025-12-17 21:57

    US bases on Iran’s target list in event of war

    Araghchi says Iran seeks to avoid conflict but is prepared to strike

    TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that should a war break out with the United States, and should the United States attack Iran’s nuclear facilities again, then Washington should expect Iran to strike American bases wherever they might be.

  • Trump Admin figures 2025-12-17 19:26

    By Garsha Vazirian

    MAGA's funeral pyre and the rotting White House

    Trump's chief of staff lays bare a regime of ego, cruelty, corruption and betrayal

    TEHRAN – The most terrifying sound in Washington right now is not the shouting of protesters or the drone of Congressional subpoenas; it is the shattering of the "Ice Maiden."

  • Shirin Saeidi 2025/12/16

    University of Arkansas fires Iranian scholar for criticizing Israel

    Silencing Shirin Saeidi, Belying Claims

    When U.S. actions nullify its rhetoric on women's rights in Iran and free speech

    TEHRAN – The removal of Dr. Shirin Saeidi from her post as director of the Middle East Studies Program at the University of Arkansas should not be read as a narrow personnel matter or an incidental university policy dispute.