By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili

Psychologist describes America as a society in which ‘trained Marxists’ are against supremacists 

“A prerequisite for a nomination from a major political party is an unwavering devotion to Zionism and Israeli interests over American interests.” 

TEHRAN - Walt Peretto, an American analyst and sociopolitical psychologist, tells the Tehran Times that although Donald Trump is seen by his followers as opposing globalist agenda, he is “completely controlled by these same Zionist-globalist interests.”

By Mohammad Mazhari

U.S. fighting on behalf of Israel: ex- Israeli author

TEHRAN – A Jewish political activist believes that the U.S. is fighting on behalf of Israel, citing imposition of sanctions on other countries by Washington and sacrificing young American soldiers in the wars as examples.

By Mohammad Mazhari

It is not new that U.S. supports autocratic rulers: professor

TEHRAN – An American professor thinks that the U.S. backs autocratic rulers in some countries and it is not something new.

By Javad Heirannia

Americans have lost trust in their leaders: George Washington University professor

“U.S. is imploding from the inside” and “the country is divided as it was around the Civil War.”

TEHRAN – Professor Hossein Askari, who teaches international business at the George Washington University, says American people have “lost trust in their leaders.”

By Mohammad Mazhari

Sanctions will hamper Iran’s access to medicine and medical equipment: Carleton University professor

“I think it (sanction) is an abject failure in terms of achieving any real progress”

TEHRAN – A professor of Carleton University says that American sanctions will make Iran’s access to medicines and medical equipment difficult even if, technically, such humanitarian goods are generally exempted from sanctions.

By Mohamamd Mazhari

Army would refuse an order to crack down on possible peaceful protests after Nov. 3 elections:  prof

TEHRAN – An American professor is of the opinion that the U.S. Army would not obey a possible order to suppress peaceful protesters who may not accept the result of the November 3 presidential elections.  

By Mohammad Mazhari

Trump’s pressure policy has not achieved its objective: academic

TEHRAN – An American professor is of the view that Trump’s pressure policy against Tehran has failed to get Iran to stop its support for groups in Yemen and Lebanon or force Tehran to stop enriching uranium.

By Mohammad Mazhari

A Biden win doesn’t mean unconditional return to nuclear deal: academic

TEHRAN – An American academic is of the view that a Joe Biden victory in the upcoming presidential elections doesn’t mean that the United States will return to the 2015 nuclear deal unconditionally. 

By Mohammad Mazhari

Saudi Arabia playing immoral role in the region: Egyptian opposition leader

The late Kuwait Emir was ‘a reasonable leader’, says Ayman Nour

TEHRAN – A prominent Egyptian opposition leader describes some Persian Gulf Arab states like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as immoral, saying they have acted irresponsibly against the interests of Arab nations, including Egypt.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Kuwait Emir always had fears of Saudi policies: Lebanese academic

TEHRAN - Head of the Center for Political Studies at the University of Lebanon says that Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah was always concerned about Saudi adventures in the region, fearing Riyadh may push other Arab countries into wars of attrition.

By Ali A. Jenabzadeh

Rear Admiral Khanzadi: We’re moving from subsonic to supersonic missiles

TEHRAN - In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times on Thursday, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi elaborated on the Iranian Navy’s efforts to modernize its military equipment.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Biden will definitely revisit the JCPOA if elected president, scholar says 

“America has no soft power anywhere any longer,” says American Professor William Beeman

TEHRAN - An American scholar, William Beeman, is quite sure that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will join the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) if he wins the November presidential elections. 

By Mohammad Mazhari

Saddam rewarded those who backed him against Iran by capturing Kuwait: Iraqi expert

TEHRAN - Najah Mohammad Ali, an Iraqi analyst, says that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia took a very hostile position against Iran during Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran in the 1980s but Saddam rewarded them by capturing Kuwait.

By Mohammed Mazhari

Trump exited JCPOA to prepare Americans for possible hostile act against Iran: academic

TEHRAN – An American academic tells the Tehran Times that Donald Trump’s move in withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal – JCPOA - was meant to prepare “U.S. citizens for any possible future hostile actions targeting Iran.”

By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili

EU unable to pursue independent policy toward Iran: Italian geopolitical analyst 

“All the recent agreements signed on the Palestinians' skin must be read as anti-Iranian moves”

TEHRAN - An Italian geopolitical analyst says since the European Union doesn't have an "autonomous army from U.S. control" it cannot pursue and independent foreign policy toward Iran and other important issues.

By Mohammad Mazhari

U.S behaving like a bully and has isolated itself: Iran’s ambassador to UK

TEHRAN - Hamid Baeidinejad, Iran’s ambassador to the UK, says the United States is behaving like a bully and this has led to the isolation of the country in the world.

By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili

Terrorism by West and Israel considered ‘self-defense’, says Canadian lawyer

“Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims are not allowed the right to resist foreign invaders which is a protected right under International law.”

TEHRAN - Edward C. Corrigan, a Canadian analyst, and lawyer, says the acts of terrorism committed by the West and its ally Israel are justified as “self-defense”.  “Terrorism conducted by the West, and our ally Israel, is not considered terrorism but “self-defense,” Corrigan tells the Tehran Times.

By Mohammad Mazhari

World’s response to U.S. was a "big No": Foreign Ministry spokesman

Khatibzadeh says “America has become a nervous, psychotic state”

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says the international community said a “big No” to attempts by the United States to unilaterally reimpose sanctions on Iran under the name of the United Nations.

By Mohammad Mazhari

U.S. sanctions bring Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran together: Russian academic

TEHRAN - An associate professor in the Department of Comparative Politics at Russia’s RUDN University believes that the United States' sanctions are one of the factors that bring Iran, Russia, and China together.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Riyadh pushed Bahrain, UAE to normalize ties with Israel: human right defender

TEHRAN – A human rights defender, Yahya Alhadid, predicts that Saudi Arabia will join the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to declare a normalization of ties with the Israeli regime, noting that Riyadh had nodded and backed normalization of ties with Israel by the UAE and Bahrain.

By Reza Moshfegh

MEK commanders treat members like serfs: Albanian journalist

TEHRAN - An Albanian journalist reveals that MEK commanders treat their members as “serfs and as robots”.

By Mohammad Mazhari

China, Russia, and Iran have their say in the region: Russian analyst

TEHRAN – The naval exercise in 2019 carried jointly by Iran, Russia and China in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman sent a clear message to the U.S and its allies in the Persian Gulf region that these three countries “have their own policies in the region,” says a Russian expert on the Middle East at the Russian International Affairs Council.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Persian Gulf states' hypocrisy is being revealed: Iraqi politician

TEHRAN – The spokesman of the al-Sadeghoun movement in Iraq says that the normalization of ties between some Arab countries with Israel has revealed these regimes' hypocrisy.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Paris wishes to revive its colonial past: Turkish researcher

TEHRAN - Dogacan Basharan, a Turkish researcher, says France wants to play a key role in the events evolving in the eastern Mediterranean by filling the gap left in the region now that the U.S. is leaving the region.