By Mohammadreza Farahzadi

A president’s childish wishes and the lies that damage the American people’s psyche

“No American or Iraqi lives were lost because of the precautions taken, the dispersal of forces and an early warning system that worked very well,” said Donald Trump in response to Iran’s strong slap by launching missile attack on Ain al-Assad airbase. Regarding the leaked statistics on the casualties of U.S. troops from various sources, Trump has made contradictory remarks.

* By Mohammad Ghaderi

“Joker” riots or “Jadriya” rage: Which occupies the streets of the Middle East?  

The millions-strong protest in Baghdad on Friday was a continuation of the “hard revenge” process over the assassination of senior commanders of the resistance movement.  

By Salman Parviz

Quest for peace in Libya

Summits fail to bring the warring factions to a settlement

The world witnessed the overthrow and killing of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, eight years after the colonel had eliminated his country’s weapons of mass destruction program, including a decades-old nuclear weapons program.

Iraqi people hold massive anti-U.S. rally in Baghdad

Millions of Iraqi people have convened in the capital city of Baghdad to deplore the U.S. military presence in the country.

President Trump made 16,241 false or misleading claims in his first three years

Three years after taking the oath of office, President Trump has made more than 16,200 false or misleading claims — a milestone that would have been unthinkable when we first created the Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement he has uttered.

By Fatemeh Salehi

Berlin conference on Libya, a breakthrough or the rivals’ saber-rattling

TEHRAN - The Berlin conference was held on Sunday to find a solution to put an end to the crisis in Libya. The meeting, which was attended by representatives of 12 countries, ended without achieving any practical breakthrough out of the crisis.

By Ramin Hosseinabadian

Israeli security officials affirm Tel Aviv’s vulnerability

TEHRAN - The Zionist regime’s security officials have always affirmed the inefficiency of the Israeli army and the vulnerability of its domestic front against threats by the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movements.

* By Mohammad Ghaderi

Why did Britain boycott Hezbollah?

TEHRAN - The British Treasury, which had previously listed the military wing of Hezbollah as Terrorist, expanded the scope of its asset-freezing measures against the movement.

By Martin Love

The U.S. now: Widespread thuggery

NORTH CAROLINA - For those who remember a time when U.S. leaders and especially those in the White House appeared at least nominally dignified and worthy of some respect, the appearance now is one of outright immoral, widespread thuggery and its attendant ills like blackmail and murder, the latter for which Trump may be liable in the International Criminal Court provided Iran presents the case of Soleimani’s assassination along with his comrades’ demise to the court.

* By Mohammad Ghaderi

How did it start “Mr. Trudeau”?  Who fueled the tensions?

TEHRAN - In a statement on the Ukrainian plane crash, the Canadian prime minister described the incident as a result of the escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran, but he did not say how the situation has been sparked.

11 Americans were hurt in Iranian strike, military says, contradicting Trump

Eleven American troops were treated for concussions after Iranian missiles struck two Iraqi bases where the servicemembers were stationed, the military said on Thursday, contradicting earlier statements by President Trump that no Americans had been injured.

By Maryam Khormaei &Javad Heirannia

Imam Khomeini had a rather practical turn of mind: Falk

TEHRAN - Forty-one years have passed since Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, upon failure to attract popular support, fled Iran forever.

By Javad Heirannia

Few U.S. presidents have been as amoral as Trump: Joseph Nye

TEHRAN - Professor Joseph S. Nye Jr., former Dean of the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government says “Many judgments about ethics and foreign policy are haphazard or poorly thought through, and too much of the current debate focuses on the personality of Donald Trump.”

Iraqi Construction Coalition agrees that Abdul-Mahdi stay in power

The Construction Coalition, the biggest bloc in the Iraqi parliament, has agreed that caretaker PM Adel Abdul-Mahdi stay in power, the Iraqi media reported on Monday, quoting sources.

By Farzad Farhadi

Who is the new Sultan of Oman?

TEHRAN - Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimur sworn in as the ninth Sultan of Oman. Haitham bin Tariq was born in 1954 and in some cases served as special envoy to the late sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed.

By Javad Heirannia

Trump is the most dangerous man in the world: Adib-Moghaddam

TEHRAN - Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the London Middle East Institute believes that “Trump is the most dangerous man in the world.”

By Mohammad Ghaderi

Similar behavior of Israel and U.S. against Iran’s hard revenge

TEHRAN - Following the Israeli operation against Syria’s T4 airbase, in which some Iranian military advisors were martyred, the forces of the axis of resistance attacked ten targets in the occupied territories in an unprecedented operation.

Sultan Qaboos of Oman passes away: State media

Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said al Said has died, aged 79, the country's state media reported early on Saturday.

By Payman Yazdani

General Soleimani was a brilliant strategist: Entessar

TEHRAN – Nader Entessar, Professor Emeritus of Political Science from the University of South Alabama, lauded the capabilities and services of General Soleimani.

By Martin Love

It must be always emphasized: Allah’s mercy and compassion

NORTH CAROLINA - Amid the madness, one thing is indisputable. Trump and Netanyahu are joined at the hip in part because both face the prospect, however remote, of eventually winding up in jail. Trump has been impeached but getting him out of the White House before November is a stretch, Natanyahu has been indicted on multiple corruption charges. Both think they avoid jail as long as they are in office. They planned and executed the demise of Soleimani through their respective appointees alongside the Mossad and the CIA.

BY Quayyum Raja

Why America can’t live without wars!?

KASHMIR - The assassination of the most famous Iranian General Sardar Qassem Soleimani has saddened and shocked the people in all parts of divided Jammu Kashmir to such an extent that I have made an investigation as to why America can’t live without wars.  My findings are based on reports in various publications including the Times of India referred to the google. These reports are backed by my information obtained qualitatively. 

By Robert David Steele

WORLD WAR III? President Donald Trump Was Lied To, Will This Martyrdom Lead to a Restored Palestine?

TEHRAN - Robert David Steele, a former Marine Corps infantry officer and CIA spy as well as an activist for Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE), contributes regularly to Tehran Times.

By Morteza Helali

Is there going to be a war between Hezbollah and Tel Aviv?

Lebanon and Palestine share a 79-kilometer-long border that has suffered from tensions at different times due to the Zionist regime’s expansionist policies. Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, was not the end of its aggression in the border areas with Lebanon, as it still has occupied parts of the country.

‘ Trump has started a new type of war in the region’

Soleimani's assassination marks beginning of new era in Middle East: Nasrallah

Hezbollah secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Sunday that the assassination of IRGC-Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani marked a turning point in the history of the Middle East, and the responsibility of his death lies with US President Donald Trump.

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

Red Line Crossed: U.S. assassination of Qasem Soleimani

“Shahid Soleimani is the international face of the resistance and all who have a heart-felt connection to the resistance seek his blood revenge.” —Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei

Influential Iraqi cleric pays visit to Soleimani home to condole his family

Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr visited the home of Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), who was assassinated in a US airstrike in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Iraqi PM joins funeral procession for martyred Iranian general Qassem Soleimani

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Saturday joined thousands of mourners in a funeral procession for Iranian military commander Major General Qassem Soleimani, Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) deputy leader Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis, and others martyred in a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday morning. 

Russian foreign minister stresses that Soleimani’s killing violates international law

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed that the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani violates the norms of international law during a phone call with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Russian Foreign Ministry informed on Friday.

By Martin Love

Trump may have given Iran an unintended assist

NORTH CAROLINA - What with all the recent movements and protests in Baghdad around the U.S. embassy in the Green Zone resulting from the U.S. attacks on elements of Iraq’s and Syria’s national defenses, and then the blame game against Iran, it’s no wonder that confusion reigns. And in Iraq the confusion is bleeding with U.S. attacks on Hashd al-Sha’abi (officially a part of the Iraqi army) positions and personnel in Baghdad and elsewhere. As of Friday morning the U.S. is only becoming more despised in Iraq and the situation there is explosive.

By Salman Parviz

Riyadh’s Aramco struggle

On the surface Aramco’s blockbuster IPO might seem like a sure bet. But investors who are looking to put their money into world’s most profitable company have to factor a number of risks before rolling the dice.