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Today 02:55
Decapitation strategy against Iran doomed to fail: Pakistani expert
Barrech says U.S.–Israeli aggression strengthens Iran’s institutional resilience and national cohesion
TEHRAN – Tehran Times spoke exclusively with Dr. Dost Muhammad Barrech, a Pakistani expert in security and regional politics at the University of Balochistan in Quetta, on the ongoing U.S.–Israeli aggression against Iran and its wider implications. Dr. Barrech argues that the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and the broader “decapitation strategy” are unlikely to weaken Iran, but may instead reinforce national cohesion and institutional resilience.
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Today 00:08
By Batool Subeiti
Taxi tales: Young Khamenei's engagement with citizens for better solutions
LONDON - Not much is known about Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei. He was not a man in the spotlight and his father held the reins of leadership that charted the general course for serving the people, framed by dignity and pride. Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei did not highlight his children, though they are several, and Mojtaba is one of them.
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Today 00:03
By Matin Jamshidi
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s great affection to eastern neighbors
Iran’s bonds with Pakistan and Afghanistan are unbreakable
TEHRAN - In his New Year message on March 20, the new Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei pointed to some key issues with a primary focus on national unity, resistance economy, and developing relations with Muslim countries, especially the eastern neighbors.
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Yesterday 23:56
By Xavier Villar
Endurance as political form: Reading the Leader’s Nowruz message for 1405
MADRID – Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei’s Nowruz message for the Iranian year 1405 was delivered in a context defined by sustained external pressure. Since the joint U.S.–Israeli air campaign in early 2026 and the subsequent assassination of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Iran has faced a continuous combination of military, economic and regional challenges.
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Yesterday 23:51
By Garsha Vazirian
Flying and exploding under a false flag
The pedigree of deception and the architecture of the plot against Iran’s neighbors
TEHRAN — The traditional Nowruz and Eid al-Fitr celebrations of 2026 arrived amid the thickest fog of war the region has seen in decades, yet the message from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, cut through it with absolute precision.
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Yesterday 23:36
Leader highlights balance of mourning and tradition in Nowruz message
TEHRAN – Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has said in a message marking the Persian New Year that the country should maintain its cultural traditions while observing a period of national mourning.
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Yesterday 23:31
By Saleh Abidi Maleki
Trump still has no solution for oil markets
Sanction waivers on Iranian oil and vainglorious invasion plans unlikely to make meaningful impact
Trump still has no solution for oil markets
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Yesterday 23:18
Iran targets an F-16 in its skies, bringing the number of intercepted enemy aircraft to six
TEHRAN – Iran’s air defense units successfully detected and intercepted an Israeli F-16 fighter jet in the early hours of Saturday, a day after they hit and damaged an American F-35 warplane.
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Yesterday 23:13
Iran marks Eid al-Fitr as holiday coincides with Nowruz
Muslims across Iran observed Eid al-Fitr on Saturday, March 21, with a grand prayer led by Hojjat-ol-Islam Haj Ali Akbari at Tehran’s Grand Musallah. The holiday fell on the first day of Nowruz, the Persian New Year.
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Yesterday 23:12
Army carries out large-scale drone attack Israeli aircraft facilities and fuel depots
TEHRAN- The Iranian Army (Artesh) said it carried out a large-scale overnight drone operation targeting Israeli military installations and fuel depots in the occupied territories, including at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv.
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Yesterday 23:06
Araghchi warns UK endangering British lives by joining US-Israeli aggression against Iran
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has warned that Prime Minister Keir Starmer is recklessly endangering British lives by allowing UK military bases to support the U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran, adding that the majority of the British public opposes such involvement.
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Yesterday 23:04
Putin says Russia Iran’s ‘Loyal ally’ in New Year message
TEHRAN- President Vladimir Putin of Russia used the occasion of the Persian New Year to reaffirm Moscow’s commitment to Tehran, describing the two nations as loyal allies facing shared challenges.
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Yesterday 00:44
By Soheila Zarfam
The soft arrival of spring in wartime Tehran
TEHRAN- Year 1404 is ending under a sky that has too often flashed with missiles instead of fireworks, yet spring still arrives in Iran with its quiet, stubborn radiance. For twenty-one days, the attacks have overshadowed the familiar joy of the last days of the year. This time, the new year greets us hand in hand with Eid al-Fitr, but since the first explosions, the lights of Ramadan nights and end-of-year rituals have felt dimmer, as if viewed through a veil of smoke.
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Yesterday 00:38
By staff writer
Nowruz in the midst of unwarranted war
TEHRAN - Iranian citizens are celebrating the ancient Nowruz (the Persian New Year) while their country is under an illegal and borderless war by the United States and Israel.
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Yesterday 00:32
By Garsha Vazirian
Should we tell Uncle Nowruz to stay away this year?
Where the guilt that greeted the new year meets the resilience of the Bent Cypress
TEHRAN — “Uncle Nowruz, do not come here.” This haunting plea has echoed through my mind as the 1405 spring approaches.
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Yesterday 00:07
By Shahrokh Saei
Nowruz 2026: The enduring spirit of Iran in wartime
TEHRAN – Iranians inside the country and across the diaspora have welcomed Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with vibrant celebrations that mark the arrival of spring and renewal. Rooted in traditions stretching back more than 3,000 years, Nowruz remains a powerful symbol of cultural continuity and joy, uniting families worldwide through age-old customs such as the Haft-Sin table—an arrangement of seven symbolic items beginning with the Persian letter “S,” representing health, prosperity, and rebirth.
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Yesterday 00:05
By Mohammad Sarfi Editor-in-chief
The spirit of spring
How the Iranian nation endured the past year and entered the new one
Tehran — This year, Nowruz was different. It is no exaggeration to call it the most unprecedented Nowruz in Iran’s contemporary history. The Persian year 1404 was a difficult and bitter one for Iranians. Early in the year, the country became embroiled in a 12-day war imposed by the United States and Israel, during which more than a thousand honorable Iranian citizens lost their lives and became victims of the lies, ambitions, and crimes of those two regimes.
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2026-03-20 22:44
Qalibaf urges Arab states to seize region’s ‘destiny’ and end dependence on US
TEHRAN – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf called on Muslim nations to cast off reliance on the United States and forge a new regional security order rooted in Islamic solidarity, warning that American military presences in the region serve only to enable Israeli aggression and division.
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2026-03-20 22:37
IRGC spokesman martyred in terrorist US-Israeli attack
TEHRAN – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on Friday that its spokesman, Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini, was martyred in an act of terrorism carried out by the United States and Israel.
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2026-03-20 20:11
Leader declares ‘Resistance Economy in Shadow of Unity and Security’ as new year slogan
TEHRAN — In a message marking the Persian New Year, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, declared “Resistance Economy in the Shadow of National Unity and National Security” as the official slogan for the Iranian year 1405.
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2026-03-19 22:24
Out of control: Trump, the machine of lying
TEHRAN – The U.S. President Donald Trump's contradictory statements about the war with Iran, especially when it comes to attacking civilians, has turned him into a pathological liar who has no control over chronic lying.
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2026-03-19 22:19
By Garsha Vazirian
Schrödinger’s strait
How Trump constructed a parallel reality to mask the failure of his war on Iran
TEHRAN — Beyond the kinetic exchange of bombs and missiles, the 2026 war on Iran has revealed its true foundation: a meticulously constructed parallel reality. Twenty days in, it is clear that Washington is also waging a war of optics, built entirely upon a fragile architecture of institutionalized mendacity.
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2026-03-19 22:12
By Xavier Villar
The lies that built a war: Deconstructing Washington’s shifting justifications for attacking Iran
MADRID – One way to analyze the current U.S. aggression against Iran is through the political language that precedes and organizes it. In 2003, the invasion of Iraq was justified by a discursive apparatus centered on weapons of mass destruction that never appeared. The sequence is known: first, a set of propositions is presented as self-evident; then, reality is read through them. The decision for war does not emerge from the evidence. The evidence is adapted to the decision.
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2026-03-19 22:07
Trump misled the world: Iran’s leadership unshaken and unyielding
TEHRAN - From the earliest days of the U.S.–Israeli military aggression that began on February 28, President Donald Trump has repeatedly asserted that Iran’s political leadership has collapsed and that the country is seeking a ceasefire out of desperation. These statements have circulated widely in his public remarks, where he has described Iran as being on the verge of political disintegration and portrayed the initial wave of strikes as having eliminated the core of the Iranian state.
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2026-03-19 22:00
By Afshin Majlesi
Headline-grabber footballers back home - What happened in Australia?
TEHRAN - After more than a week of intense debate and widespread international media attention, Iranian female footballers have finally returned home from Australia, bringing an end to a wave of speculation and conflicting reports.
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2026-03-19 21:44
Giant tanker forced to back down as Iran successfully maintains control of Hormuz Strait
TEHRAN - A 160,000-ton oil tanker sailing under a Barbados flag was forced to retreat from the Strait of Hormuz this week after attempting to challenge Iran's transit restrictions, in what the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) called a clear demonstration that Tehran's control over the strategic waterway remains absolute and uncontested.
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2026-03-19 21:42
Trump feigns ignorance after Iran retaliates for strikes on its energy infrastructure
TEHRAN - U.S. President Donald Trump sought to distance himself from responsibility after Iran followed through on its warning that any attack on its energy infrastructure during the ongoing war would be met with strikes on regional energy assets in which the United States holds shares or interests.
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2026-03-19 21:39
IRGC vows to uphold legacy of martyred Basij commander
TEHRAN - The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) released a statement on Thursday honoring the life of the martyred head of the Basij force, describing him as a true product of the Islamic Revolution whose legacy will continue to guide future generations.
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2026-03-19 20:56
First on record: Iran strikes US F-35 stealth jet in historic attack, releases footage
TEHRAN — Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Thursday that its air defense systems successfully struck and seriously damaged a U.S. Air Force F-35 stealth fighter jet in the skies over central Iran. The incident marks the first time a fifth-generation stealth aircraft has been hit by enemy fire in combat.
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2026-03-19 18:17
Moscow calls for creation of 'safety island' around Bushehr nuclear site as projectile hits it
‘If an incident happens to the plant, it would affect large number of regional countries’
A senior Russian official called on Thursday for the creation of a safety zone around the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran to prevent a major disaster, two days after a projectile struck within several hundred meters of its reactor.