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  • Trump and Netanyahu Today 14:04

    Power that devours itself

    TEHRAN – Power in politics, if it crosses the boundary of balance, turns from a strategic capacity into an internal threat. In the political realm, power is a double-edged sword: an instrument that can create security and influence, yet if used unrestrained and to excess, it gradually erodes its own foundations.

  • USS Gerald R. Ford Yesterday 15:51

    Trump’s ‘Southern Spear’ gambit to escape a string of setbacks

    TEHRAN – Donald Trump, in his second presidential term, continues to pursue the long-standing, overarching U.S. approach of bullying and advancing interests by force — but he now presents that policy in a blunt, unvarnished form.

  • Iraq 2025-11-14 21:54

    Tehran hails peaceful Iraqi elections, pledges closer ties with Baghdad

    TEHRAN – Iranian officials have felicitated the Iraqi government and people on the successful holding of the November 11 parliamentary elections in the country.

  • Trump 2025-11-14 21:45

    By Soheila Zarfam 

    Iran pursues US at UN after Trump admits he was 'in charge of' June war

    TEHRAN – "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." That is the warning U.S. police give criminal suspects when they are arrested. Its repetition in American movies and TV has made the notion — that your words can be used against you — familiar to most citizens. Yet some in the U.S. seem to believe words lose their bite when spoken by someone in the position of power.

  • The world stands on the brink of a major realignment shaped by energy fault lines. 2025-11-12 22:41

    By Reza Mokhtar, Energy Researcher

    Global energy war: Geopolitical analysis of US-China standoff and its impacts on Eastern bloc

    TEHRAN - The new doctrine of the United States in containing the People’s Republic of China goes beyond trade confrontation and has entered the phase of a “global energy war”.

  • IRGC logo 2025-11-12 22:32

    Iran busts 'anti-security ring' linked to Israel, US

    TEHRAN – The Intelligence Division of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has identified and dismantled an anti-security ring led by Israeli and American spying agencies.

  •  Venezuela’s ambassador to Iran, José Rafael Silva Aponte, posed for a picture during his visit to the Tehran Times  2025-11-12 22:23

    Venezuelan Ambassador to Iran stated in an interview with Tehran Times:

    8 million Venezuelans enrolled to defend homeland

    If 87 percent of drug trafficking occurs via the Pacific, why did the U.S. deploy forces in the Caribbean?

    TEHRAN – The Tehran Times exclusive interview with Venezuela’s ambassador to Iran, José Rafael Silva Aponte, comes at a fraught moment for Caracas and the wider region. 

  • Pezeshkian Xi 2025-11-10 22:17

    US pressure, sanctions won't deter Sino-Iranian cooperation: Chinese ambassador

    TEHRAN – The Chinese ambassador to Iran says U.S. pressure will have no bearing on Tehran-Beijing cooperation.

  • baqaei 2025-11-10 22:14

    What Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said at his weekly briefing

    TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei addressed a wide range of political, legal, and regional issues at his weekly press conference on Monday.

  • Larijani 2025-11-10 21:55

    Larijani: West cannot dictate Iranian missile range

    Closing ceremony marks conclusion of the ‘We and the West’ conference

    TEHRAN – Washington appears to be persevering with its non-starter demands for a deal to de-escalate tensions with Tehran, a situation underscored by two top Iranian officials reiterating the country’s firm stance on its nuclear activities and missile range – the very weapons used in June to halt U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting Iranian infrastructure.

  • UAE conceals intelligence network linking Israel ans US behind Darfur conflict 2025-11-10 18:43

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    UAE conceals intelligence network linking Israel ans US behind Darfur conflict: Sudanese journalist

    Saad Kamil says Abu Dhabi’s covert operations from Bab al-Mandab to the Suez Canal aim to reshape regional power maps

    TEHRAN- Mohamed Saad Kamil, Editor-in-Chief of the Brown Land News, focuses on issues of peace, justice, and human rights in Sudan. He is known for his steadfast stance in defending the truth and exposing the violations committed against civilians, especially in conflict areas such as Darfur, including El Fasher. 

  • Lebanon 2025-11-10 17:52

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    US putting pressure on Lebanon’s politics and economy

    BEIRUT — Lebanon’s future is increasingly dictated by external powers, particularly the United States, as its embassy in Beirut and visiting delegations from its Treasury and State Departments are exerting decisive political, financial, and diplomatic influence. 

  • US 2025-11-09 20:28

    By staff writer

    War or peace: What Hegseth and Trump signal

    TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered a speech on Friday that left no ambiguity: the United States is not seeking to avoid war — it is actively preparing for a global confrontation. Speaking at the National War College, Hegseth compared today’s world to 1939, the year World War II began, and 1981, when Cold War tensions surged. These weren’t just historical references — they were warnings. And more than that, they were a roadmap.

  • Syria 2025-11-09 18:25

    By Layla Saad 

    Rising tensions in Syria’s northeast: What is driving US military activity?

    BEIRUT – More than seven months after the March 10 agreement between Syria’s de facto ruler Ahmad al-Sharaa (al-Jolani) and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi, the deal lies in tatters.

  • Grossi 2025-11-08 20:36

    Grossi is at it again: IAEA chief repeats incendiary claims on Iran’s nuclear program

    TEHRAN – The latest remarks by Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), have reignited controversy over the agency’s neutrality of its reports on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, as well as the role the UN body plays in helping Western states justify pressure and aggression against the country.

  • Iravani 2025-11-08 20:35

    Tehran seeks compensation as Trump admits he was ‘very much in charge’ of Israel’s raid on Iran

    Iran cites Trump's ‘clear and irrefutable evidence’ as proof of US role in attacks

    TEHRN – Iran has stated that a public "criminal confession" from U.S. President Donald Trump confirms Washington's direct role in Israel's aggression against the country in June, holding both parties fully responsible for civilian deaths, widespread destruction, and attacks on safeguarded nuclear sites.

  • Lebanon 2025-11-08 17:32

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    How Washington and its allies are rewriting Lebanon’s future

    BEIRUT — Lebanon stands at a decisive juncture. External powers, led by the United States and supported by Israel, are accelerating efforts to reshape the country’s political and military landscape.

  • Iraq 2025-11-08 17:24

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Iraq heading for crucial elections 

    TEHRAN – Iraq will hold its sixth parliamentary elections on November 11, in what may be the most consequential vote since 2003. 

  • US shutdown 2025-11-07 19:35

    By staff writer

    Longest U.S. government shutdown grounds flights, exposes deep divisions

    TEHRAN – The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has moved beyond legislative gridlock and into systemic crisis. What began as a budgetary impasse has now disrupted core infrastructure, with flight cancellations at Boston’s Logan Airport marking a visible rupture in federal functionality. 

  • Trump 2025-11-05 20:13

    By Mona Hojat Ansari

    Why another Iran-US agreement is far off

    TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was bombarded with questions about a potential new round of nuclear talks with the U.S. as he exited a cabinet meeting and encountered journalists waiting outside.

  • Trump 2025-11-05 20:12

    Iran urges UN to take swift action over US president’s threatening remarks

    TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has urged the world body to take urgent action following statements by U.S. President Donald Trump about resuming nuclear weapons testing, describing them as a grave threat to global peace and a violation of international law.

  • Iran Venezuala flags 2025-11-05 20:11

    By Elaheh Tahmasebi

    Why Venezuela’s fate matters to Iran

    TEHRAN – Could a U.S. attack on Venezuela serve as a prelude to a future strike against Iran? This is one of the most frequently asked questions in Iranian circles today regarding the fate of Caracas and the Maduro government. 

  • Iraq 2025-11-05 17:53

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    U.S. pressures Iraq ahead of elections

    TEHRAN – U.S. pressure to disarm Iraq’s resistance factions is intended to influence elections and thereby undermine the country’s sovereignty and popular security forces.

  • 13 Aban 2025-11-04 20:57

    The spirit of 13 Aban still marches

    Hundreds of thousands of students across Iran mark National Day of ‘Fight against Global Arrogance’

    TEHRAN – Hundreds of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran and more than 900 cities nationwide on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover, an event officially known as the National Day of Fight against Global Arrogance.

  • 13 aban 2025-11-04 20:56

    By Xavier Villar

    Iran, 46 years later

    The seizure of the U.S. embassy and the forging of a sovereign republic

    MADRID – Every November 4, Iran commemorates an episode that, transcending the boundaries of historical anecdote to become a founding myth, encapsulates the ontological essence of its revolution: the takeover of the United States Embassy in Tehran by a group of students.

  • Lebonan 2025-11-04 20:53

    By Layla Saad

    If Lebanon was truly free, students would have shut down US spy den

    BEIRUT — If Lebanon was not a “corrupt state,” its students would have long ago shut down the den of “diplomatic occupation” masquerading as the American Embassy in Awkar, just as Iranian students did in 1979 when they stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and declared a second revolution to defend their nation’s dignity.

  • Lebanon 2025-11-04 20:36

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    Washington’s pressure and Lebanon’s slide toward forced normalization

    BEIRUT — The recent talk of a “negotiation option” announced by President Joseph Aoun has reignited one of Lebanon’s most dangerous debates, that of normalization disguised as pragmatism. 

  • Dick Cheney 2025/11/04

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Dick Cheney, shadowy architect of death and endless wars, dies at 84

    The American veep who drove the Iraq invasion, torture policies, and corporate profiteering leaves behind a legacy of death, secrecy, and conflict

    TEHRAN – Former U.S. Vice President Richard Bruce “Dick” Cheney, the hawkish neoconservative who wove ruthless ambition and doctrine into the military-industrial complex—catalyzing endless wars that profited from carnage and fattened corporate coffers—died Monday at 84.

  • U.S. gov. shutdown 2025-11-04 18:45

    U.S. government shutdown poised to break record as federal paralysis deepens

    The U.S. government shutdown tied the prior record on Tuesday and is on pace to become the longest in history on Wednesday at 36 days, a stark marker of national dysfunction and a presidency defined by confrontation over compromise.

  • baqaei 2025-11-03 21:29

    What Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said at his weekly briefing

    TEHRAN – In his weekly press conference on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei addressed a broad range of domestic, regional, and international issues — from the ongoing genocide in Gaza and U.S. interference in regional affairs to Iran’s nuclear policy, water rights, and relations with neighboring and allied countries.