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Yesterday 22:24
By Mona Hojat Ansari
Baghaei tells Tehran Times ‘relations with Lebanon matter greatly’ ahead of FM’s visit
Spox says new Lebanese and Iranian ambassadors will begin missions soon
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei recently visited the Tehran Times, where he met with the newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief and CEO and gave a detailed interview to a correspondent.
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Yesterday 22:09
By Soheila Zarfam
What would an 'unconfined' Iranian response look like?
Defence Council’s statement suggests Iran wants to make any new US-Israeli aggression their last
TEHRAN – For several years, Iranian political and military leaders have been known for practicing "strategic patience"—a policy of avoiding impulsive responses and refusing to be the party that escalates tensions. This has largely remained Tehran’s approach over the last two years too, even as Israel has set the region ablaze, crossing new red lines daily in an attempt to drag Iran and its allies into a full-scale war with the United States.
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Yesterday 22:02
Tehran rallies Latin American allies after US ‘law of jungle’ act in Venezuela
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held separate phone calls with his counterparts from Brazil and Cuba, with the recent U.S. military aggression in Venezuela dominating the discussions.
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Yesterday 21:56
Iran decries US 'rogue state' actions in Venezuela and against itself
TEHRAN – Addressing an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council on Monday, Iran’s Ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, condemned the United States for its military attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of the nation's democratically elected President and First Lady.
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Yesterday 20:17
By staff writer
The kidnapping of a president and the outcry shaking the world order
TEHRAN – The abduction of a sitting head of state—blindfolded and rendered to a Manhattan courtroom—marks the definitive end of the post-WWII diplomatic era.
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Yesterday 17:01
Jeffrey Sachs calls for an end to US strangulation of Venezuela
In his Monday briefing to the UN Security Council, Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs warned that U.S. aggression and “economic strangulation” against Venezuela represent a grave violation of the UN Charter.
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2026-01-05 22:03
By Bobby Ciputra
Trump's Iran meddling from sanctions to tweets
Could Donald Trump's tweets destabilize the geopolitical stability of West Asia?
JAKARTA – On January 2, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened military intervention against Iran on his Truth Social platform, using the phrase "locked and loaded." This declaration of intent to interfere in a sovereign nation's internal affairs was blatant, yet it represented a familiar pattern in the history of American intervention in Iran.
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2026-01-05 22:02
Tehran warns of global fallout over US abduction of Venezuelan president
TEHRAN – Iran has reiterated its condemnation of the "utterly illegal" abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by the United States, insisting that the kidnapped couple must be released immediately, demands Venezuelan authorities and its populace have also announced in recent days.
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2026/01/05
By Xavier Villar
Administered states, contained fortresses, legal relics
What the US war on Iran and its kidnapping of Maduro mean for world’s future
MADRID – Nicolas Maduro was not extradited. He was kidnapped. The distinction belongs not to legal semantics but to constitutive political violence.
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2026-01-05 21:50
By Sheida Sabzehvari
Miscalculation by Iran's enemies could open gates of hell on them
US president and the war criminal he serves appear to have yet to learn from their failed war in June
TEHRAN – On June 13, U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a full-scale war against Iran, beginning their military campaign by assassinating Iran's top military generals.
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2026-01-05 16:26
Denmark rejects ‘absolutely absurd’ US claims to Greenland after Venezuela raid
Denmark urged the United States to stop “threatening” Greenland after Donald Trump said he “absolutely” needs the territory, following Washington’s military seizure of Venezuela’s president.
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2026-01-04 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 21:17
Venezuela thanks Iran for solidarity as Caracas vows to resist US aggression
TEHRAN – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto has expressed his gratitude to Iran for voicing solidarity with his country.
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2026-01-04 21:09
By Sahar Dadjoo
“Game Over Israel”: Red card pressure to hunt down Gaza genocide perpetrators
Ashish Prashar shares the story behind his global campaign in an exclusive interview with Tehran Times
TEHRAN- Ashish Prashar is a political strategist, believes that if Israel were removed from football, it would send an “unmistakable global message” that genocide which has been happening in Gaza for more than two years is unacceptable.
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2026-01-04 20:13
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Kidnapping sovereignty: When law of the jungle replaces global order
BEIRUT—The modern international system is built—at least in principle—on a foundational norm: the sovereignty of states.
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2026-01-04 19:43
By Wesam Bahrani
US aggression on Venezuela sparks global protests
TEHRAN – Mass protests sweep the U.S., Canada and Europe against U.S. military aggression on Venezuela.
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2026-01-03 21:44
Iran flatly condemns US military aggression against Venezuela
TEHRAN – Iran has categorically condemned the United States’ military aggression against Venezuela, dismissing it as a “flagrant violation of the national sovereignty and territorial integrity” of that country.
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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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2026-01-03 21:39
We will not back down against the enemy: Leader
TEHRAN – On the sacred occasion marking the birth anniversary of Amir al-Mumineen, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (pbuh), as well as the sixth anniversary of the martyrdom of General Qassem Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and their companions, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution held a meeting with the honored families of the martyrs from the 12-day War.
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2026-01-03 20:35
Afro-Venezuelan activist calls for global solidarity after US attack
Miranda, Venezuela — Christian Peach Ortiz of Cumbe Afrovenezolana recounts his personal experience of the early-morning US attack on Venezuela, describing the sound of explosions and the fear it brought to him and his family. He says Washington seeks to colonize Venezuela’s natural resources, calls on people around the world to stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people, and voices his support for President Nicolás Maduro.
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2026-01-03 20:30
Caracas protests back Maduro following US strike
Caracas, Venezuela — Venezuelans gathered in the capital following the US attack on the country, rallying in support of the government and President Nicolás Maduro.The scenes were reported from Caracas by Chris Gilbert, professor of political studies at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela (UBV), who described the demonstrations as a show of public defiance and national unity in the face of foreign aggression.
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2026-01-03 16:56
No further military action expected after Maduro’s capture, Republican senator claims
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will face trial on charges the United States regards as criminal, Republican Senator Mike Lee stated Saturday after a call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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2026-01-02 18:23
Trump’s ‘rescue’ threat and Iran’s unified rebuttal: From official condemnation to public ridicule
TEHRAN- A provocative social media post by U.S. president Donald Trump has triggered a wave of sharp reactions across Iran’s political establishment and social media landscape, reviving long-standing memories of U.S. interventionism and exposing what Iranian officials describe as the deep hypocrisy embedded in Washington’s rhetoric on human rights.
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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 11:26
By Ranjan Solomon
Venezuela, Russia, and the return of nuclear signaling
How a distant crisis exposes the fractures of the global order
GOA - At a time when global discourse is saturated with managed outrage and selective morality, certain crises are rendered invisible not because they lack consequence, but because they expose uncomfortable truths about power. Venezuela is one such crisis. Rarely discussed beyond caricatures of authoritarianism or economic failure, it has now re-entered the global stage in a far more unsettling form — as a strategic fault line in an intensifying confrontation between imperial persistence and geopolitical resistance.
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2025-12-30 21:59
Our restraint should not be misread as weakness, Iran FM writes in The Guardian
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister has warned that the country’s restraint during recent war with Israel should not be interpreted as weakness or assumed to be unlimited, highlighting the high cost of Israeli provocations for the United States and the region.
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2025-12-30 21:48
By Soheila Zarfam
Failure in June, rhetoric in December
Senior Iranian officials respond to Monday’s remarks by Trump and Netanyahu with warnings of consequences beyond expectation
TEHRAN – The constant glare of Western rhetoric does not leave Iran alone. For decades, the country has faced repeated threats of military strikes, claims about its nuclear ambitions, and warnings designed to keep the nation under pressure—both domestically and internationally.
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2025-12-29 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.
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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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2025-12-27 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.