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  • pardons, sentence reductions for over 2,000 convicts Yesterday 20:46

    Ayatollah Khamenei approves pardons, sentence reductions for over 2,000 convicts

    TEHRAN - Iran’s Leader has approved pardons or sentence reductions for more than 2,000 convicted individuals ahead of Eid al-Ghadir, a major Islamic festival, according to the Judiciary.

  • Iran Navy Yesterday 20:40

    Iran’s Navy pushes American destroyers out of Sea of Oman 

    TEHRAN - Iran’s Army said on Friday that several American warships operating in the Sea of Oman were forced to withdraw from the region after Iranian naval forces carried out warning strikes using cruise missiles and advanced drones.

  • Naim Qassem Yesterday 20:39

    Hezbollah chief hails Iran’s resilience, says West opposes its emergence as model of justice

    TEHRAN – Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem has praised Iran’s resilience, independence, and support for oppressed nations, arguing that the United States and its Western allies seek to prevent the Islamic Republic from becoming a regional model of perseverance, justice, and resistance to foreign domination.

  • Leader Yesterday 20:34

    Leader: Israel and US shift to hybrid warfare after military setbacks

    TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has warned that Israel and the United States have intensified efforts to wage psychological and hybrid warfare against Iran after failing to achieve their objectives through military confrontation, urging the Iranian nation to preserve unity and resilience in the face of growing external pressure.

  • Araghchi Yesterday 20:28

    Top diplomat: Tehran is ready to rebuild relations with UAE

    TEHRAN – Iran has reiterated its readiness to rebuild and expand relations with the United Arab Emirates despite tensions stemming from the recent Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressing that Tehran remains committed to strengthening ties with its southern neighbor based on mutual respect and regional cooperation.

  • Tehran Papers Yesterday 20:06

    Iran stands by its allies

    Kayhan addressed Israel’s repeated attacks on Lebanon and Iran’s support for the Resistance Front. According to the paper, the Israeli regime’s strikes deep inside Lebanese territory and against Hezbollah forces were carried out in full coordination with Trump, so that the United States would gain a new pressure lever in its stalled negotiations with Iran.

  • Ford Yesterday 20:06

    “We were going to lose” the USS Gerald R. Ford, CNN reports on Iran war

    TEHRAN - Fresh details revealed by CNN about the scale of the damage sustained by the US Navy during the war on Iran once again expose President Donald Trump's miscalculation and hubris.

  • US House Yesterday 20:05

    US House vote exposes divisions over Iran war policy

    TEHRAN - The US House of Representatives narrowly passed a measure on Wednesday aimed at restricting President Donald Trump from carrying out further military action in Iran, reflecting mounting political backlash against what critics describe as an open-ended and costly war.

  • Iranian lawmakers Yesterday 20:05

    Iranian lawmakers demand enhanced missile capabilities to target assassins of Ayatollah Khamenei

    TEHRAN- In a bold declaration, nearly 90 members of Iran's parliament have pledged unwavering support for the nation's armed forces and defense industries, insisting on the development of longer-range missiles capable of striking the offices of those responsible for the assassination of the revered Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

  • Leader-Imam Khomeini 2026-06-02 21:20

    By Mohammad Sarfi, Editor-in-Chief

    We are mournful, We are proud

    TEHRAN - The air in early June 1989 was hot, but not as hot as the hearts of a nation that had lost its father—left orphaned and grieving. 

  • WMD 2026-06-02 21:18

    Iran calls for binding nuclear guarantees, urges action on Middle East WMD-free zone

    TEHRAN – Iran has called on nuclear-armed states to provide unconditional, legally binding guarantees against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons and urged renewed international efforts to establish a West Asia free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.

  • Leader 2026-06-02 21:08

    Ayatollah Khamenei: 37 years of following Imam Khomeini’s path to martyrdom

    TEHRAN - Tens of millions of Iranians are preparing to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the demise of Imam Khomeini on Thursday, in a nationwide observance centered as in previous years at his mausoleum south of Tehran. The annual gathering brings together all walks of life from across Iran and also from other countries. 

  • Qalibaf 2026-06-02 21:06

    Qalibaf warns of direct response to continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon

    TEHRAN— Iran has intensified its warnings against Israel over the continued military campaign in Lebanon, signaling that Tehran may take broader political and strategic measures if attacks on Lebanese territory persist despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to secure a comprehensive ceasefire across the region.

  • Hajibabaei 2026-06-02 20:56

    MP: Strait of Hormuz and uranium enrichment are Iran’s legitimate rights

    TEHRAN- Iranian parliament deputy speaker Hamidreza Haji Babaei has reaffirmed that control over the Strait of Hormuz and the right to uranium enrichment are among the legitimate and legal rights of the Iranian nation, stressing that no country can disregard those rights.

  • Araghchi 2026-06-02 20:53

    Araghchi holds intensive diplomatic talks on Lebanon, ceasefire 

    TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a series of high-level telephone conversations with senior officials from Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, France, and Belgium to discuss the deteriorating situation in Lebanon following continued Israeli attacks, as well as ongoing diplomatic efforts to preserve the ceasefire and prevent a broader regional escalation.

  • Gharibabadi 2026-06-02 20:45

    Iranian deputy FM tells Tehran Times:

    ‘Israeli crimes in Lebanon cannot occur without US green light’

    TEHRAN - Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi told the Tehran Times that Iran will take “proportionate” measures if Israel continues its strikes in Lebanon and blamed the United States for greenlighting the “Zionist regime’s crimes.”

  • Tehran Papers 2026-06-02 20:45

    New equation in the Strait of Hormuz

    Resalat commented on the new conditions and equation in the Strait of Hormuz. According to Resalat, during the Ramadan War, the Strait of Hormuz not only revealed its geographical and strategic potential to all countries in the world, but also became one of the effective tools of the Islamic Republic of Iran in confronting the American-Zionist enemies.

  • Egypt 2026-06-02 20:35

    By Dr. Ahmed Moustafa 

    Egyptian popular support for Iran amid the Zio-American war: A shared history and a common enemy

    CAIRO - In the heart of the Middle East, where historical memory intersects with contemporary geopolitical challenges, the widespread support of the Egyptian people for the Iranian people and state in their confrontation with the Israeli-American alliance stands out as a phenomenon that reflects the depth of Arab popular consciousness.

  • Trump Netanyahu 2026-06-02 20:32

    By Morteza Abdi

    A crime against peace, state terrorism, and a grave breach of international law

    In contemporary international law, the security and inviolability of high-ranking state officials constitute one of the fundamental pillars underpinning the stability of the international legal order, safeguarding the principle of sovereign equality, and ensuring the continuity of peaceful interstate relations.

  • Iran 2026-06-02 20:27

     By Xavier Villar

    The language of threat: How Western discourse constructs Iran

    MADRID - The most consequential political fictions are those that no longer need defending. They operate below the threshold of argument, embedded in vocabulary, presupposed in syntax, circulating with the self-evidence of shared common sense. The Western, and particularly American, discourse on Iran offers a remarkably clean example of this mechanism.

  • John Helmer 2026-06-01 20:46

    Middle East power balance shifting after Iran war, says John Helmer

    TEHRAN- As tensions between Iran and the United States continue to fluctuate between military signaling, sanctions pressure, and intermittent diplomatic messaging, questions remain over Washington’s strategy and the evolving balance of power in the Middle East. Following the 40-day war, analysts are debating whether recent developments reflect a structural shift or a temporary phase of managed escalation.

  • Gharibabadi 2026-06-01 20:41

    Iran, Oman hold exclusive sovereign rights over Strait of Hormuz: deputy FM

    TEHRAN- An Iranian deputy foreign minister has stated that Iran and Oman are the only countries with sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, noting that Tehran has established new regulations to control maritime traffic under wartime conditions.

  • Kayhan 2026-06-01 20:35

    Suspend talks until enemy honors ceasefire

    In an analysis, Kayhan discussed the US's repeated breach of commitment to the ceasefire and the necessity of suspending negotiations. Since the declaration of the ceasefire on all fronts, neither the US has stopped the aggression against Iranian ships in the waters, nor has the Zionist regime reduced its aggression against Lebanon.

  • Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi - Masoud Pezeshkian 2026-06-01 20:33

    Pezeshkian reaffirms Tehran’s commitment to freedom of navigation

    TEHRAN - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the main challenge facing maritime transit and trade in the region stems from restrictions and obstacles imposed by the United States on Iran’s shipping and commercial activities, reaffirming Tehran’s commitment to ensuring freedom of navigation and stability in international waterways.

  • Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei 2026-06-01 20:30

    Iran: Lebanon must be included in any final agreement to end regional conflict

    TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has emphasized that any future agreement between Iran and the United States aimed at ending the ongoing regional conflict must include a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire in Lebanon, describing the issue as inseparable from broader efforts to restore stability in the region.

  • Pezeshkian 2026-06-01 20:24

    By staff writer 

    Mossad's 'poison machine': Iran International and the Pezeshkian resignation rumor

    TEHRAN — Rumors about President Masoud Pezeshkian's alleged resignation have been amplified by mainstream Western media amid fresh revelations regarding Israel's role in sowing discord in Iran.

  • Lebanon 2026-06-01 20:23

    By Shahrokh Saei

    ‘The bill comes due’

    Iran warns the US over naval blockade and Israeli war crimes in Lebanon

    TEHRAN - Iran has issued a stern warning to the United States and Israel over violations of the ceasefire that paused their joint aggression against Iran. 

  • Yadollah Javani 2026-05-31 21:15

    IRGC official says US options are limited to ‘bad or worse’

    TEHRAN- A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran’s enemies made a strategic miscalculation in assessing the country’s capabilities and resolve, arguing that Tehran has emerged in a stronger position while the United States faces decline and failure.

  • speedboat 2026-05-31 21:09

    IRGC unveils new missile-armed assault speedboat

    TEHRAN- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy unveiled its new “Rajab 27th” high-speed assault watercraft in Tehran on Saturday night.

  • Denmark 2026-05-31 21:05

    Iranian embassy in Denmark rejects allegations as 'baseless'

    TEHRAN- The Iranian Embassy in Copenhagen has rejected allegations raised by Denmark’s intelligence and security service against the Islamic Republic, saying the accusations are part of a broader effort to politically and internationally isolate Iran rather than the result of any proven threat against Denmark or other Western countries.