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Yesterday 21:18
Iran seeks reset with EU, expanding partnerships across Asia
TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for rebuilding relations with Germany, expanding cooperation with Ireland and deepening strategic ties with Sri Lanka, as he received the credentials of the three countries' newly appointed ambassadors in Tehran in a series of separate meetings on Wednesday.
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Yesterday 21:18
Araghchi's mission to Kyrgyzstan puts Iran's regional strategy in focus
TEHRAN — Against the backdrop of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) 25th anniversary, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi traveled to Kyrgyzstan this week to participate in the Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, where regional security, economic cooperation and the future direction of Eurasian diplomacy dominated the agenda.
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Yesterday 21:17
Iran, Iraq deepen strategic partnership
TEHRAN – Iran and Iraq moved to elevate their strategic partnership during Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi's first official visit to Tehran, signing a series of cooperation agreements while reaffirming their commitment to expanding economic integration, political coordination and regional cooperation.
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Yesterday 21:12
Ensuring national cohesion boosts the country’s bargaining power globally
Javad Emam, spokesperson for the Reform Front, told Etemad newspaper—while discussing the country’s current circumstances and the need to strengthen national unity and social cohesion in confronting the United States— that recent days have once again placed the region and the world amid rapid and complex developments.
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Yesterday 21:10
Iran urges regional Arab states to publicly reject US claims of co-sponsoring military aggression
TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry has demanded that neighboring Arab states immediately and publicly clarify assertions by top military officials in Washington that their countries aided and participated directly in military operations against the Islamic Republic. This follows publicly circulated comments by US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral Brad Cooper. In video footage, Cooper named Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Jordan as primary regional partners that served "side by side" with American forces.
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Yesterday 21:07
Iran defends legitimate right to self-defense, urges UNSC to halt US aggression
TEHRAN — Addressing an open debate of the United Nations Security Council, Iran’s diplomatic mission reaffirmed that all military measures taken by the Islamic Republic are strictly defensive, necessary, and fully aligned with international law in response to continuous American acts of aggression.
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Yesterday 21:07
Reaping the whirlwind: $100 oil and ruined US bases shatter Trump’s Iran strategy
TEHRAN — Iranian armed forces press ahead with sweeping retaliatory operations against American bases and strategic military assets across the West Asia region as the US continues its unprovoked acts of aggression against the Islamic Republic.
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Yesterday 20:57
Omani delegation visits Tehran for Strait of Hormuz navigation talks
TEHRAN - An Omani diplomatic delegation arrived in Tehran on Friday for high-level consultations on regulating commercial vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by Iran's official news agency, IRNA.
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2026-07-22 21:44
Iran condemns Kuwait after US attacks launched from Kuwaiti soil
TEHRAN – Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei has sharply criticized Kuwait following US attacks on Iran that Tehran says were launched from Kuwaiti territory, accusing the Persian Gulf state of betraying decades of Iranian goodwill and igniting widespread anger in the Islamic Republic.
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2026-07-22 21:26
By Sahar Dadjoo
Regional Arab states unwilling to fully follow US: Chinese scholar
Jianwei Han says the US wants to maintain hegemony in the Mideast through Israel
TEHRAN - Jianwei Han, an associate professor at the Middle East Studies Institute of Shanghai International Studies University, believes Iran has shown extraordinary resilience against U.S. military pressure, and that the current confrontation marks a watershed moment reshaping the Middle East's strategic landscape.
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2026-07-22 21:16
By Shahrokh Saei
General Ahadi: Iran thwarted US-Israeli ‘hybrid war’ and coup plot
TEHRAN - A senior Iranian military official said the United States and Israel failed to achieve their objectives through “hybrid warfare” and subversive activities against the Islamic Republic.
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2026-07-22 21:15
Protesters in Manila denounce US war on Iran, Label Marco Rubio a ‘war criminal’
TEHRAN — Public anger over Washington’s aggressive foreign policy erupted on the streets of Manila on Wednesday, as anti-war demonstrators rallied outside the venue of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting to protest the presence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and denounce US military operations against Iran.
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2026-07-22 21:14
US trapped in self-inflicted quagmire
Resalat shifted its focus to the failure of the US and Israel to achieve their goals before the start of the war. It wrote: The reality of the battlefield shows that the hegemonic war machine has not achieved any of its strategic objectives.
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2026-07-22 21:09
Iran has 'not an iota of trust' in its adversaries, army chief says
TEHRAN – Iran's Army Commander-in-Chief Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami said Tehran has "not even an Iota of Trust" in its adversaries, accusing them of pursuing both military and psychological campaigns against Iran while insisting the country's armed forces remain fully prepared for future threats.
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2026-07-22 21:02
Under fire on Capitol Hill: Hegseth faces bipartisan scrutiny over Iran war
TEHRAN – US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth came under intense bipartisan scrutiny during a contentious Senate Appropriations Committee hearing as lawmakers challenged the Trump administration's strategy in the war against Iran, questioned the rapidly escalating financial and human costs of the conflict, and demanded greater transparency over the Pentagon's long-term objectives.
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2026-07-22 20:56
140 days after the horrific massacre of students in Minab
34 mothers lay their children's remains to rest again
TEHRAN - In a solemn display of grief and defiance, the streets of Minab in southern Iran were draped in mourning on Wednesday as residents gathered to pay their final respects to the young victims of the tragic February 28 US missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School.
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2026-07-22 20:54
Iran expands retaliatory campaign against satanic enemy
TEHRAN – Iran has significantly expanded its retaliatory military campaign against US forces across West Asia, announcing a series of missile and drone strikes against American military facilities in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait while senior military officials added the country has recovered from the initial US offensive launched on Feb. 28 and rebuilt its operational capabilities.
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2026-07-22 19:50
Iraq sees Iran as key regional partner, ambassador says
TEHRAN – Iraqi Ambassador to Iran Yasser Abdulzahra Al-Hajjaj has reaffirmed Baghdad's commitment to strengthening ties with Tehran, describing the relationship between the two neighboring countries as one rooted in centuries of shared history, civilization and cultural affinity, while emphasizing that Iraq's foreign policy is based on balanced regional engagement, dialogue and mutual respect.
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2026-07-21 22:47
Trump’s treacherous knife in Iran’s back
Betraying the Islamabad MoU and the world’s hope for peace
ISLAMABAD- I stood there in Tehran, amid a sea of millions, my own eyes stinging with tears that refused to fall. As a state guest of Iran for the funeral of the martyred Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, I witnessed something no amount of Western propaganda can erase: a nation united not in defeat, but in unbreakable resolve. This wasn’t just mourning.
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2026-07-21 22:45
By Mohammad Javad Akhavan
The geography of the strait speaks for itself
If we look at the map of the physical geography of our beloved country and carefully examine the position of the Strait of Hormuz on it, an important truth becomes evident: the Strait of Hormuz is not merely a waterway, but the natural, submerged continuation of the body of the Iranian Plateau.
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2026-07-21 22:37
By: A.R. Shahani
How human values and national scientific advancement became the driving forces behind Iran?
In recent days, more than forty million people participated in the farewell and funeral ceremonies for the martyred leader of the Revolution, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, in just five cities across Iran and Iraq: Tehran, Qom, Mashhad, Najaf, and Karbala. These ceremonies were marked by deep emotions and anti-American and anti-Zionist slogans.
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2026-07-21 22:26
By Sahar Dadjoo
Attacks on Iran's infrastructure may amount to ‘collective punishment’: Italian analyst
Chinappi says targeting ports and power networks reflects a hybrid warfare model designed to erode civilian life
TEHRAN - Giulio Chinappi, an Italian political analyst and researcher from the Center for Mediterranean Eurasia Studies (CeSEM), believes the collapse of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding reflects not a failure of diplomacy but a deliberate turn toward coercion by Washington and Tel Aviv.
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2026-07-21 22:24
America knows how to start a war, not how to end one
In a commentary, Kayhan argues that US military calculations have reached a dead end. The article claims that Iran’s crushing responses against CENTCOM positions have pushed the White House into an arms-related impasse and an energy crisis.
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2026-07-21 22:23
Former NCTC director warns US cannot defeat Iran, demands immediate Middle East withdrawal
TEHRAN — In a scathing public statement, former National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Joe Kent called on the US government to immediately halt military operations in the Middle East, pull back troops, and negotiate directly with regional adversaries, warning that American forces cannot defeat Iran militarily.
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2026-07-21 22:20
Iran demands UN action following US missile strike on Darkhovin nuclear plant
TEHRAN — Iran has formally petitioned the United Nations Security Council to condemn recent US military strikes against the Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant, characterizing the action as a grave threat to international safety standards and global non-proliferation frameworks.
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2026-07-21 21:40
Iran demonstrates unrivaled strike capability across region
TEHRAN — Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday announced a new wave of missile and drone operations against US military assets across the Persian Gulf, saying it had destroyed American air defense systems, radar installations and military infrastructure in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan as hostilities between Tehran and Washington continued to escalate.
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2026-07-21 21:36
Pezeshkian: Diplomatic apparatus will never compromise on the nation's rights
TEHRAN — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that Tehran will not compromise on the nation's rights in ongoing diplomatic efforts.
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2026-07-21 21:32
Iran, Pakistan deepen strategic partnership
TEHRAN — Iran and Pakistan have agreed to deepen cooperation in trade, border infrastructure and security following a series of high-level meetings in Islamabad between Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and Pakistan's civilian and military leadership.
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2026-07-20 21:32
Judiciary chief: Iranian officials united against US hostility
TEHRAN — Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei has reiterated that there is absolute alignment among the country’s high-ranking officials regarding resistance against foreign hostility, dismissing any claims of internal division over the necessity of defending the nation.
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2026-07-20 21:30
Army: Rationality requires war to continue until Iran achieves full deterrence
TEHRAN — Iran has vowed to sustain its defensive operations against US aggression until the Islamic Republic establishes absolute deterrence, ensuring the permanent prevention of any future violations against the country.