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2026-01-21 21:49
3,117 people were killed in recent riots in Iran: official announcement
TEHRAN – The Legal Medicine Organization released a report on Wednesday evening announcing that 3,117 people were killed in the recent violent protests in Iran.
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2026-01-21 21:13
Sunni clergy voice support for Iran’s ruling system and Leader
TEHRAN - The Sunni clergymen of Iran’s Kurdistan region have expressed support for the Islamic Republic system and Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, expressing hatred of foreign interference and highlighting the need to address people’s economic problems.
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2026/01/21
By Xavier Villar
Beyond Trump: The structural roots of the conflict with Iran
MADRID - Across much of the coverage of the latest escalation between the United States and Iran, a reassuringly simple explanation has taken hold. The problem, it is suggested, has a proper name. Donald J. Trump, with his confrontational style, his contempt for multilateral agreements and his preference for displays of force, is portrayed as the primary figure responsible for pushing the bilateral relationship to the edge of the abyss.
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2026-01-21 21:01
The legal accountability of a brazen interference: US must be held accountable
By Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Foreign Minister
Recent organized terrorist operations carried out in line with and following the imposed 12-Day war against the Islamic Republic of Iran have once again revealed the true nature of the United States' behavior toward Iran. However, beyond this, a fundamental question arises in the realm of international relations: Can governments continue to openly interfere in the internal affairs of other countries without paying a price?
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2026-01-21 21:01
From ‘dirty work’ to ‘great things’: How Europe became America’s lackey
By Saleh Abidi Maleki
TEHRAN – “Do you still believe that by helping the United States commit its crimes we will be safe?” Irene Montero, Spain’s representative in the European Parliament, asked her colleagues this week. It was not a rhetorical flourish so much as an indictment.
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2026-01-21 20:49
11 terrorists arrested, another killed in southeast Iran
TEHRAN – The local intelligence department at the southeastern border province of Sistan-Balouchestan issued a statement on Wednesday saying that 11 members of the terrorist-takfiri group of the Ansar al-Sheitan (Soldiers of Satan) have been detained and another member killed.
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2026-01-21 20:45
By Fatemeh Kavand
A Pahlavi souvenir in the final clash inside the Western think tank
TEHRAN - The main project of the expatriates and the Western–Hebrew think tank behind the recent unrest in Iran, from its very beginning on Dey 18 (January 8), was not merely to create disorder and insecurity, but rather to wait for feedback on the level of violence and to increase the number of casualties.
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2026-01-21 20:44
Enemy resorting to war of nerves, rumormongering against Iranians: Judiciary chief
TEHRAN - The Iranian Judiciary chief says the enemy has resorted to large-scale psychological warfare, rumormongering, and distortion of reality following its defeat during recent riots in Iran.
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2026-01-21 20:40
People’s demands should be addressed: Pezeshkian
TEHRAN - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called on the country’s Supreme National Security Council to work out proper methods to prioritize and address people’s demands and protests.
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2026-01-21 20:30
US treasury chief admits sanctions intended to fuel unrest in Iran
TEHRAN – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has openly acknowledged the role of American sanctions in destabilizing Iran’s economy and fueling public unrest, describing the sanctions as a form of “economic statecraft” that had contributed to recent riots in Iran.
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2026-01-21 20:21
Armed forces in high spirits and quite ready to defend Iran: IRGC deputy chief
TEHRAN – Iran's armed forces are prepared for any confrontation following military threats by the United States, Ahmad Vahidi, deputy head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has said.
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2026-01-21 20:02
A message from Witkoff and a sudden turn
Shargh analyzed a potential U.S. attack on Iran given military threats against the Islamic Republic. According to the note, Trump has placed an attack on Iran on his agenda, claiming to have told the Iranian people that "help is coming."
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2026-01-20 20:51
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
10 lies Western media is telling you about the unrest in Iran
TEHRAN – January marked Iran’s most eventful month since the nation came under direct U.S.-Zionist strikes in June of 2025. What began as harmless, peaceful protests by business owners demanding economic reforms—the fundamental source of the Iranian people’s hardship being years of crippling Western sanctions—devolved into what can essentially be characterized as systemic urban terrorism.
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2026-01-20 20:27
Riots were intended to disrupt peace and stability in Iran: Turkish president
TEHRAN - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted to the recent riots in Iran, unashamedly instigated by US President Donald Trump and the Israeli regime.
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2026-01-20 20:26
Iran berates Argentina for stigmatizing IRGC Quds Force
TEHRAN - The Iranian Foreign Ministry has categorically condemned Argentina for designating the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, saying this illegal and unjustified decision is an act against Iran’s national security and interests.
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2026-01-20 20:23
Lavrov says Trump’s remarks against Iran are ‘deeply concerning’
TEHRAN - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that US President Donald Trump's incendiary remarks against Iran in support of violent protestors are “deeply concerning”.
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2026-01-20 20:21
Riots were part of anti-Iran moves by US and Israel, Pezeshkian tells Pakistan PM
TEHRAN - Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, says the recent riots in the country were the continuation of futile efforts by the U.S. and Israeli regime during the 12-day war against Iran back in June 2025.
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2026-01-20 20:18
‘We’ll set their world on fire’: Iran's military issues warning over leadership red line
TEHRAN — Senior Iranian military commanders on Tuesday delivered a fierce rebuff to recent threats from Washington, warning that any hostile move against the Islamic Republic’s leadership or sovereignty will trigger a global response that will “set the enemy’s world on fire.”
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2026/01/20
By Xavier Villar
Beyond the battlefield: Economic coercion as a tool of modern power
MADRID - In the classical repertoire of state power, war and diplomacy occupied opposite ends of the spectrum. Today, a hybrid tool dominates the scene: unilateral economic sanctions. Promoted as a precision instrument, a humane alternative to the carnage of the battlefield, their use has become normalized to the point of serving as the disciplinary mechanism par excellence of the contemporary global order.
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2026-01-20 19:49
Araghchi blasts Davos billionaires’ club for Zionist surrender
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has fiercely condemned the World Economic Forum (WEF) for revoking his invitation to the Davos summit, pointing out that the organization succumbed to fabricated narratives and intense political pressure from Israel and the U.S.
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2026-01-20 19:49
More US-Israeli ‘sabotage cells’ dismantled across Iran
TEHRAN — Iranian security and intelligence agencies announced a series of decisive operations on Tuesday, successfully dismantling multiple organized terror networks and “ISIS-style” cells across several provinces.
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2026-01-19 21:27
By staff writer
Serbian president’s invocation of a modern Operation Ajax and the 1953 script
TEHRAN – In a recent televised interview, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic issued a stark contention that the current unrest in Iran is not a purely organic domestic movement, but a calculated repetition of 20th-century regime-change tactics.
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2026-01-19 21:25
Iran security forces repelled a mob of 200 raiding Palestinian diplomatic residence: report
TEHRAN — A mob of approximately 200 rioters reportedly launched a coordinated assault on the residence of Palestinian Authority Ambassador Salam al-Zawawi on January 8 during the riots and terror attacks in some cities in Iran that day.
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2026-01-19 21:20
US, Israel stirred riots in revenge for defeat in June war: top MP
TEHRAN - An Iranian parliamentarian says the reason behind the Israeli regime and the United States’ involvement in recent riots in Iran was the result of their defeat during the June 12-day war they waged against the Islamic Republic earlier this year.
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2026-01-19 21:18
Perpetrators and instigators of riots to be tried: Judiciary chief
TEHRAN - The Iranian Judiciary chief says those who provoked and perpetrated the acts of terror during the recent riots in Iran will be put on trial and receive punishments accordingly.
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2026-01-19 21:18
Top Iranian officials hail defeat of foreign-backed sedition in joint statement
TEHRAN — The heads of Iran’s three branches of government issued a rare joint statement on Monday commending the nation for crushing a sophisticated “terrorist war” and pledging an unrelenting, synchronized effort to resolve the country’s economic challenges.
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2026-01-19 21:17
Foreign-backed terror cells across Iran crushed: Intelligence Ministry
TEHRAN — In a series of high-precision operations, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has announced it has successfully dismantled several foreign-backed terrorist cells tasked with orchestrating “kill-and-blame” plots and conducting high-casualty attacks on security centers.
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2026-01-19 21:16
TEHRAN PAPERS:
A shift in Iran-US interactions?
TEHRAN- Shargh analyzed the current status of interactions between Iran and the United States. According to the newspaper, it appears that, alongside the widespread coverage of recent protests in Iran in international media and the attention of governments to developments in Iran, we are noticing a slight shift in the diplomatic arena.
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2026-01-19 21:04
By Xavier Villar
Why Washington misunderstands power in Iran
An analysis of US rhetorical interference and the structural realities of Iranian power
MADRID - U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion in an interview with Politico, stating that "It's time to look for new leadership in Iran", could be interpreted as just another provocation in his usual repertoire of international rhetoric.
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2026-01-19 20:57
By Soheila Zarfam
Stabbed, burned, beheaded, and then sanctioned
A look at the January bloodshed the West and Israel fueled in Iran, and how they hope to do it again
TEHRAN- Qassem’s colleagues at the police force had been searching for him for several agonizing hours. They lost sight of him on the night of January 8th, shortly after they were dispatched to quell potential violence erupting from demonstrations over economic grievances. Until that point, most of the protests across the country had remained peaceful and orderly.