By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

“Strategically brilliant” sellout: Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds

“At last the world knows America as the savior of the world!”  —U.S. president Woodrow Wilson

By Saeed Sobhani

 Warren on the road to victory over Biden and Trump

TEHRAN-Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren of the Year 2020 has found good standing in the polls. He is now ahead of former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump! While the Ukraine Gate story has had a negative impact on Trump and Biden's popularity, Warren's votes are increasing day by day.

By Abdollah Shahbazi

Iran has foiled hostile plan in the region 

Thirteen years ago, the situation in the region was highly disappointing. There were predictions about fragmentation in the region by enormous developments, from which Iran would not survive. Iran was definitely supposed to be at the heart of the disturbance. The chaos started with the Syrian civil war in March 2011. 

By Ehsan Baqeri

Why does Trump beg mediators?

TEHRAN - According to a Pakistani source, Prime Minister Imran Khan will travel to Iran and Saudi Arabia to mediate between Tehran and Riyadh. 

By Javad Heirannia

INSTEX has a limited scope: Finaud

TEHRAN - Marc Finaud, the former French Foreign Ministry spokesman, says that the INSTEX mechanism is operational but has a limited scope.

What can we expect from Trump? Is Pastor Chuck Baldwin also a chosen one?

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

By Javad Heirannia

Europe has not been honest with Tehran: Shireen Hunter

TEHRAN - Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, tells the Tehran Times that “France is not capable of doing anything to ensure the JCPOA's survival without American approval.”

By Saeed Sobhani

Trump: one step to fire!

U.S. President Donald Trump is having a terrible day! According to the latest news and opinion polls inside the United States, most American citizens now agree with his impeachment and removal from office.

By Marzieh Salehi

“Hiring infiltrator”, the British old-fashioned scenario for creating sedition in Iraq

TEHRAN - After recent attacks on PMF positions by Israeli fighter jets and Iraqi prime minister’s emphasis on taking revenge, this time the country has been subjected to suspicious disturbance on the eve of the Arba’een. 

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Erdogan’s dreams in northern Syria won’t be realized 

TEHRAN - Although Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s goals in northern Syria are beyond the issue of Kurds, but this dream will not be interpreted. 

By Hana Saada

“This is an attack on national sovereignty”: Algeria warns French MP Mathilde Panot 

ALGERIA - Algerian Foreign Minister reacted to the controversy over the participation of the French MP Mathilde Panot at the popular movement in Algeria.

By Hmaid Bayati

Europe's pretext for evading Iran's demands

TEHRAN - The opportunity to save the JCPOA (the nuclear deal concluded between Iran and the 5+1 group in 2015) is narrowing down, but the European signatories of the international deal, known as EU3 (Britain, France and Germany), are not daring enough to counter the U.S. and accept the expenses of their resistance against Washington’s illegal withdrawal from the JCPOA.

By Shuaib Bahman

Strategies for combating international terrorism in Central Asia

TEHRAN - After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has been cast as the site of a new "great game". Central Asia has been largely influenced by international developments and the emergence of persistent sources of instability and tension in other parts of the world, including the Middle East and North Africa. Some states in the region have succeeded in expanding their relationships with other actors. For example, Kazakhstan has tried to advance its goals by participating in important international issues and designing appropriate policies. Although Kazakhstan has succeeded in this path, most of the countries in the region face major challenges.

By Saeed Sobhani

The endless Trump-Biden war

TEHRAN-Former US President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden continue their fight. In the end, it looks like the loser has two losers: Biden and Trump!

By Fatemeh Salehi

Tel Aviv’s proposal for non-aggression pact with Arabs 

In the shadow of current changes in the region, Netanyahu revealed a new Zionist regime’s plan for striking an agreement with the Arabs against Iran, which sends important messages. 

By Hossein Amiri

Iraqi protests, spontaneous or conspiracy?

Iraq witnessed protests in recent days about the inadequate public service situation, lack of job opportunities and corruption, but these protests have turned violent and have killed and injured dozens.

By Damir Nazarov

The Sinwar effect

WEST SIBERIA/ TYUMEN - Since the appointment of Yahya Sinwar as head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, there has been an expected shift in the Palestinian organization towards the Axis of Resistance. Whereas with Iran and Hezbollah the main points of the contradictions over Syria were successfully overcome (it is worth pointing out that the military wing-al-Qassam Brigades never severed ties with Tehran), the problem of relations between Hamas and the Syrian government itself has yet to be resolved.

By Hana Saada

Algeria Army lambasts EU interference in country’s affairs, vows to flout external dictates 

Algeria’s People’s National Army’s Chief of Staff, Deputy Minister of National Defense, Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaïd Salah responded to the statements by the president of the European Parliament's subcommittee on human rights, saying that what was happening in Algeria was a strictly internal affair.

By Alireza Hashemi

Hoist by its own petard: How Saudi Arabia was pushed against the wall in Yemen

Tehran - A spate of fruitful Yemeni operations against Saudi Arabia has underscored transformation of anti-Saudi forces into an obstinate actor gaining in military sophistication, increasing pressure on Riyadh to acknowledge what described as a democracy-promotion campaign has only diminished its influence in Yemen and sullied its reputation globally. 

By Saeed Sobhani

Democratic Party in the 2020 U.S. election

The fate of the election depends on public health insurance

“The Health Insurance Act” is the only winning card for Democratic Party and its supporters. Over 40 million Americans have no valid health insurance due to the high costs of health care and their financial inability to afford it. In addition, about 160 million people are not satisfied with their private insurance and believe it is very expensive and insufficient.

By Maryam Khormaee

The world in the shadow of regional hegemons/ how does china beat the U.S.?

TEHRAN - Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of China is an opportunity for Trump to learn that more than a slogan needed to revive a country’s majesty.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Baghdad’s official reaction to the Zionist attacks on Popular Mobilization Forces

The Iraqi prime minister’s official reaction to the Zionist regime’s attacks on Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) indicates that Baghdad has entered a new phase to respond the attacks.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

The fate of 2020 U.S. election depends on public health insurance

TEHRAN - “The Health Insurance Act” is the only winning card for Democratic Party and its supporters. Over 40 million Americans have no valid health insurance due to high costs of health care and their financial inability to afford it. In addition, about 160 million people are not satisfied with their private insurance, and believe it is very expensive and insufficient.

By Saeed Sobhani

The U.S president cannot escape his responsibility

Trump game with John Bolton's coffin!

TEHRAN-The President of the United States of America is in a very difficult situation. Although some US media outlets are trying to portray John Bolton's expulsion from the White House as a clever response from Donald Trump, we must not forget that the American president is also responsible for what happened to his country's foreign policy in the last two years! Even Trump has primary responsibility for this.

By Huda Z

Six-day sacred defense exhibition in Qom ends in all its glory

QOM - One thing I absolutely love about Iran is how the Iranians remember their history and retell it over and over again.

By Hanif Ghaffari

According to the legal evidence, Bin Salman must be executed

TEHRAN - Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Bin Salman’s explicit confession about Jamal Khashoggi’s murder under his watch will have legal consequences and effects. 

Bodyguard to Saudi king reportedly shot dead by friend

State TV offers few details on death of Maj Gen Abdulaziz al-Fagham in ‘personal dispute’

By Fatemeh Salehi

Trump’s support for his “favorite dictator”: The duality in Washington’s look

TEHRAN - The U.S. president’s support for his favorite dictator, despite the unprecedented protests against Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Egypt, indicates Washington’s dual policies toward regional countries. Egypt has recently experienced major changes in its political arena, and people for the first time in years formed wide and general protests against Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.  

By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan

‘Turkey might bring in Russia, China, Iran to team up in new regional energy corridors’

TEHRAN – Referring to EU and the US partial policy toward energy resources in Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East, Mehmet Ogutcu says Turkey might bring in Russia, China, and Iran to team up in the new energy corridors in this region.

By Hana Saada

Algeria: president bouteflika’s brother, ex-intelligence chiefs and ex-defense minister given lengthy prison terms over conspiracy charges

ALGERIA - Following the two-day trial, the military court, located in Blida, South of the Algerian capital Algiers, announced its verdicts with respect to the unprecedented case for plotting against the Algerian Army and state, involving figureheads of the ruling elite, including the former President brother and Advisor, two former intelligence Chiefs and former Defense Minister.