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Today 19:55
By staff writer
Palestinian resistance repels covert Israeli kidnapping mission in Gaza City
TEHRAN — Israeli special forces slipped into the crowded Katiba district of western Gaza City before dawn on September 1. They did not leave unnoticed.
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Today 19:54
By Syeda Farheen Naqi Mossavi
Persian Gulf equilibrium: The fracturing of US hegemony
TEHRAN — The metaphor of Tom and Jerry has long served financial journalists describing the Federal Reserve's pressure on Wall Street. That narrative, however, is a sideshow. The real contest unfolds in the Persian Gulf, and the dynamics defy cartoon logic entirely. Iran, cast as Jerry, does not flee; it stands its ground, exhausts its adversary, and systematically neutralizes American capabilities.
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Today 19:54
By Ali Minabi
Netanyahu and the approaching election
TEHRAN – Benjamin Netanyahu’s election strategy is based on keeping his camp united and avoiding a prison sentence domestically or in The Hague as a war criminal.
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Yesterday 21:14
By Ali Minabi
Why is the world rooting for Iran to win?
TEHRAN – Six months later, Trump finds himself trapped in a losing war with no end in sight. Officials around the world are relieved that Iran’s successful resistance has effectively prevented Trump from moving on to his next targets.
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Yesterday 21:14
By Syeda Farheen Naqi Mossavi
Trump's war on reality: when AI becomes a substitute for victory
TEHRAN – In yet another delusional outburst from the decaying American empire, Donald Trump has once again proven that Washington's leadership has lost all touch with reality. His August 31 declaration that "Iran is officially a Failed Nation. IT IS DEAD!" represents not strategic analysis, but the desperate hallucinations of a regime accustomed to imposing its will through deception.
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Yesterday 21:13
By staff writer
Iran war becomes Trump’s biggest political liability heading into midterms
“The war in Iran is a political disaster for Trump,” UMass Amherst professor
TEHRAN — Donald Trump can dismiss unfavorable survey data as “fake news” all he wants, but the mathematical reality is unyielding. Six months into the U.S. military campaign of aggression against Iran, the administration is drowning in public disapproval, with even traditionally friendly pollsters recording historic drops in support.
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2026-08-31 21:19
By staff writer
Naftali Bennett: Israel is known for ‘baby killers’ just as Italy for pasta
TEHRAN — Naftali Bennett has admitted the collapse of Israel’s reputation among younger Americans. In a recent interview with Itai Segal, the former Israeli prime minister conceded that among American youth, Israel is synonymous with genocide.
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2026-08-31 21:18
By Ali Minabi
Why and how Israeli assassinations in Gaza intensify
TEHRAN – Israeli assassinations in the Gaza Strip have barely let up over the past ten months. They have been carried out regularly and systematically in what appears to be pre-prepared measures.
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2026-08-31 21:17
By Maedeh Zaman Fashami
The domestic cost of Jordan’s alliance with Washington
TEHRAN — Amid the US-Israeli war against Iran and the widening attacks on American interests in Jordan, more than 200 Jordanian political, cultural, academic, tribal and retired military figures issued an open letter to the government in late July 2026. They called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Jordanian territory, the cancellation or review of the security and military agreement with the United States, and the submission of that agreement to parliament.
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2026-08-30 21:22
By M.A. Saki
US-Venezuela oil agreement: A ‘Historic transaction’ or ‘historic robbery’!?
TEHRAN — President Donald Trump announced on Friday night the United States has reached an oil agreement with Venezuela, a move he said will “more than double” American oil reserves, increase oil supply and lower gas prices.
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2026-08-30 21:14
By staff writer
Settler rampages, military raids accelerate across West Bank
TEHRAN — Armed Israeli settlers backed by armed forces launched a series of violent rampages across the West Bank over the weekend, unleashing systematic terror against Palestinian civilians, foreign journalists, and human rights defenders.
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2026-08-30 21:13
By Kurosh Alyani
Master Marc Lynch and the decline of empire
TEHRAN — Marc Lynch has written an article in Foreign Affairs titled “The End of the American Middle East”. Its very first paragraph opens with a sentence that, only a few years ago, would have been almost impossible to imagine appearing in that magazine.
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2026-08-26 18:54
ICC chief urges Japan to counter US pressure on the court
Japan should try to counter the United States’ efforts to pressure members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to quit the body, its president said, noting that Tokyo’s support is pivotal to ensuring the court’s survival.
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2026-08-26 18:42
Massive flash flood hits Nepal-China border, hundreds of tourists missing
At least 95 people have been killed, and hundreds of tourists are missing, after a massive flash flood and mudslide on the Nepal-China border, BBC reported.
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2026-08-26 18:37
By staff writer
Israel launches organized pogroms against defenseless Palestinian towns
TEHRAN — The occupied West Bank is systematically being suffocated. Israeli forces and armed settler militias have fused into a single apparatus of terror, waging a relentless campaign of raids, land theft, and violence across Palestinian neighborhoods.
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2026-08-26 18:30
By Ali Minabi
How valid are U.S. commitments under Trump?
TEHRAN - Under Trump, America’s agreements increasingly appear conditional, reversible, and vulnerable to sudden policy shifts, raising fundamental questions about the credibility of U.S. commitments.
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2026-08-25 20:55
By staff writer
Yemen strikes Saudi oil tanker, warns Riyadh of ‘graveyard and hell’
TEHRAN — Yemeni military commanders have issued a stern warning to Saudi Arabia, affirming that years of foreign-backed aggression have failed to break Sanaa and have instead forged an advanced defense capability able to alter the regional balance of power.
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2026-08-25 20:55
By M.A. Saki
Trump-Netanyahu’s war crimes against the environment
TEHRAN – By launching an unwarranted war on Iran on Feb. 28, the United States under Donald Trump and Israel under Benjamin Netanayahu simultaneously launched war crimes against the environment.
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2026-08-25 20:54
By Ali Minabi
How Trump uses the “Peace Council” to reshape global order
Since his re-election to a new term, Trump has vigorously pursued a unipolar American domination of the world through a series of policies. Among these were his attempts to replace the UN with the Gaza “Peace Council”.
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2026-08-24 20:47
By Ali Minabi
Iraq’s uncertain future amid America’s “withdrawal”
TEHRAN – Iraq’s political, economic, and security fragility amid mounting U.S. pressure threatens its sovereignty and stability, while placing the burden of its accumulated crises on ordinary citizens.
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2026-08-24 20:45
Israel intensifies airstrikes, artillery shelling across southern Lebanon
TEHRAN — Israeli forces escalated their unprovoked assault on southern Lebanon through the weekend and into Monday, combining high-explosive airstrikes with systematic home demolitions and brutal scorched-earth tactics.
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2026-08-24 20:44
By staff writer
Israel steps up attacks on Syria hours after top Syrian diplomat meets Mossad chief
TEHRAN — Before dawn on Monday, six Israeli armored vehicles and an infantry company crossed into western Daraa, sweeping homes in the Syrian village of Ma’ariya under hovering surveillance drones before withdrawing back across the occupied Golan frontier.
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2026-08-23 20:50
By staff writer
Once again, Israel bombs populated Lebanese villages with prohibited white phosphorus
TEHRAN — Israeli forces launched an extensive wave of artillery shelling and airstrikes across southern Lebanon overnight into Saturday, saturating several residential neighborhoods with banned white phosphorus munitions.
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2026-08-23 20:49
By Ali Minabi
Trump destroys U.S. diplomacy and global trust in America
TEHRAN — From using negotiations as a pretext for surprise attacks to abducting and assassinating heads of state and reneging on American commitments, including his own, Trump’s damage to U.S. diplomacy will remain evident for many years to come.
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2026-08-23 20:48
By Syeda Farheen Naqi Mossavi
The dollar's suicide note: How Washington's financial arrogance is destroying its own empire
TEHRAN — When the US Treasury announced on August 20 it would increase buybacks of long-dated bonds, the financial world should have been alarmed. Instead, markets reacted with the only rational response: they sold the dollar.
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2026-08-22 21:12
By Batool Subeiti
The constants and variables in the political dynamics of West Asia
LONDON — The policy of the West Asia region is drawn based on political dynamics. These are either constants that are not subject to change or variables. This is especially with regard to the political situation in Lebanon and Syria, and the regional or international sponsorship of political directions.
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2026-08-22 21:11
By staff writer
Israeli troops kill father of martyrs in Jenin; settlers murder teenager near Hebron
TEHRAN — Israeli forces and armed settler groups launched a synchronized wave of violence across the occupied West Bank on August 21 and 22. The raids stretched from Jenin to Hebron. Palestinian communities face an accelerating campaign of territorial conquest and lethal force.
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2026-08-22 21:10
By Ali Minabi
What follows Kushner’s meetings with al-Hayya and Netanyahu?
TEHRAN – Gaza remains caught between Israeli intransigence and electoral calculations, U.S. pressure, and Palestinian efforts to preserve the agreement. This is keeping the region in a state of neither war nor peace until the outcome of the upcoming elections becomes clear.
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2026-08-22 20:55
By Ranjan Solomon
When the judge is punished: America, the veto and the unravelling of international law
“When law becomes subordinate to power, justice becomes a privilege rather than a right”
GOA, India - There is something profoundly disturbing about the spectacle now unfolding before the world. The United States, which has for decades presented itself as the principal architect and defender of the rules-based international order, is increasingly behaving as though international rules are legitimate only when they serve American power.
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2026-08-21 19:40
Yemeni drones strike Aramco oil facilities, Najran airport
TEHRAN — Yemeni Armed Forces launched back-to-back drone strikes on August 20, targeting a sensitive military installation at Najran Airport and a major Aramco oil facility in southern Saudi Arabia.