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Yesterday 20:59
Dennis Ross: Iran’s resilience during US war continues to ‘surprise’
TEHRAN — The clearest path to a deal to end the US war on Iran may lie in the dispute over shipping fees through the Strait of Hormuz, according to former US negotiator Dennis Ross, as Washington confronts the reality that months of military and economic pressure have failed to force Tehran into submission.
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Yesterday 20:59
Iran FM holds consultations with Turkish, Saudi counterparts
TEHRAN — Iran’s foreign minister held phone calls with his Turkish and Saudi counterparts on the latest diplomatic efforts to ensure security in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Yesterday 20:59
A new chapter in judicial diplomacy
Khorasan examined the Judiciary chief’s trip to New Delhi and his participation in the BRICS judicial summit. According to Khorasan, today’s world is moving through a historic transition and entering a new phase in the global configuration of power, economics, politics, and international law.
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Yesterday 20:58
Former Pentagon analyst to Tehran Times:
US military emulates Israeli 'total war' tactics by deliberately targeting civilians
The latest joint X Space hosted by Tehran Times and Sputnik featured former Pentagon analyst Karen Kwiatkowski in a wide-ranging discussion on the rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.
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Yesterday 20:54
Iran’s retaliatory fire sends US warships fleeing, exposes American vulnerability
TEHRAN — Iran’s fresh retaliatory actions against US warships and military infrastructure have underscored Tehran’s unwavering position that its armed forces will never leave aggression unanswered. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has deployed heavy ballistic capability, tactical countermeasures, and air defense systems to neutralize Washington’s hostile footprint across the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and broader West Asia airspace.
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Yesterday 20:02
Top Iranian general hails armed forces’ asymmetric response to US, Israel
TEHRAN — Iran’s armed forces have successfully confronted the United States and Israel through an asymmetric approach to warfare, Major General Ali Abdollahi, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, said on Sunday.
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Yesterday 20:00
Sayyari: Iran’s deterrence capabilities have significantly increased after recent wars
TEHRAN — Iran’s deterrence capabilities have significantly strengthened following the country’s recent military confrontations with the United States and Israel, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, deputy chief of Iran’s Army for Coordination Affairs, said.
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Yesterday 19:58
Qalibaf warns of faster, heavier Iranian response to any new aggression
TEHRAN — Iran will respond to any new aggression against its national interests and security with a faster, heavier, and more painful response, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Sunday, warning that the era of “proportionate responses” had come to an end.
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2026-09-05 20:49
Everyone is against this war, except its architects
US aggression against Iran hits rock bottom at home and abroad
TEHRAN — Growing opposition to the war launched by the US and Israel against Iran on February 28 has reached a breaking point, as mounting global rage, crippling domestic inflation, and a wave of political rebellion transform America's illegal assault into an unmitigated disaster.
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2026-09-05 20:40
Iran inaugurates first smart police boarding high school
TEHRAN — Iran has inaugurated its first smart police boarding high school in Tehran and six provinces, aimed at training future police personnel. President Masoud Pezeshkian and Police Commander Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Radan attended the opening ceremony on Saturday.
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2026-09-05 20:38
By Syeda Farheen Naqi Mossavi
The Kuhestak tragedy: An unbroken American trail of blood and broken bodies
TEHRAN — There are moments when the machinery of war strips away every pretense and leaves only the sound of a mother’s scream.
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2026-09-05 20:36
US congressman rejects Trump’s 'failed state' rhetoric on Iran
TEHRAN — Six months after the US and Israel launched their unprovoked aggressive campaign against Iran, domestic political fissures in the United States are tearing open the official White House narrative.
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2026-09-05 20:36
The only viable path — America must return to the agreement
The Iran newspaper, in an interview with Mashallah Shakeri, former ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Pakistan, explored why Pakistan is once again attempting to mediate between Iran and the United States.
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2026-09-05 20:35
By Mehrdad Bazrpash
Hormuz: The bill for America's strategic miscalculation
How the Iran attack sent an energy shock through the bond market, the Fed and America’s $40 trillion debt
TEHRAN — Washington's great miscalculation in attacking Iran may have been that it weighed the cost of war too heavily on the military battlefield and too little on America's economic balance sheet.
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2026-09-05 20:35
Tehran warns Americans against becoming ‘cannon fodder’ in war on Iran
TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei has warned Americans against allowing their children to become what he called “cannon fodder” in a war against Iran, after an opinion article in The Jerusalem Post proposed using debt relief as an incentive to recruit young Americans for a potential ground offensive.
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2026-09-05 20:31
Iran urges BRICS to pursue war crimes accountability
TEHRAN- Iran has called on BRICS judicial authorities to take concrete legal steps against those responsible for 'war crimes and crimes against humanity' committed during two wars of aggression against the Islamic Republic, arguing that international justice must not be subordinated to political power.
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2026-09-05 20:28
Iran backs China’s call for homegrown security architecture for West Asia
TEHRAN — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has welcomed China’s call for a new security architecture in the Middle East, saying regional countries must take control of their own security and future and stressing that lasting stability cannot be achieved through arrangements imposed by outside powers.
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2026-09-05 20:25
How journalists navigate the chaos of war
A firsthand account of reporting the 40-day war from the ground
TEHRAN - Journalism is essential in any society, as it provides the information necessary for people to navigate and understand the world around them. This role becomes even more critical during wartime, when the public relies on on-the-ground reporting to distinguish between fact and fiction amid the chaos of conflict. For journalists, covering a war is a uniquely demanding task, as it is rife with existential and logistical challenges rarely encountered during peacetime.
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2026-09-04 20:18
Why did Beijing reject the G20 statement?
Sazandegi assessed China’s refusal to join the G20 statement. The meeting was supposed to focus mainly on economic issues, but disagreements over the Strait of Hormuz once again exposed geopolitical rifts among major powers. The G20 countries emphasized the need for safe and free navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, but China declined to endorse the position.
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2026-09-04 20:17
Khatami: Iran is facing a hybrid war as economic pressure fails
TEHRAN — Iran is facing a multifaceted “hybrid war” involving military, economic, media and cultural pressure, Tehran’s interim Friday prayer leader, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, said on Friday, predicting that efforts to isolate the country economically would ultimately fail.
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2026-09-04 20:17
By Xavier Villar
Flow vs. territory: The real battle for the Strait of Hormuz
MADRID — The Trump administration and its media echo chamber are trying to convince the world that Iran has lost control over the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, they claim large volumes of oil are crossing the strait.
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2026-09-04 20:15
Qatari ITU submission confirms Iran’s retaliatory operations hit only US military assets
TEHRAN — Official documentation submitted by Doha to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) validates that Iran’s recent defensive measures aimed exclusively at American military infrastructure on Qatari soil, according to Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.
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2026-09-04 20:14
Iran uses BRICS judicial diplomacy to deepen ties with China, Russia and Belarus
TEHRAN— Iran is seeking to turn judicial cooperation into a broader instrument of strategic diplomacy, with Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei holding talks with senior judicial officials from China, Russia and Belarus on the sidelines of the BRICS Chief Justices’ Forum in New Delhi.
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2026-09-04 20:14
Six Iranian Navy personnel martyred in US strikes in southern Iran
TEHRAN —Six personnel from the Iranian Navy were killed in US strikes on targets in southern Iran two nights ago, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.
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2026-09-04 20:13
Kuhestak mourns victims of deadly strike on wedding
TEHRAN- The wedding was supposed to be a night of music, laughter and celebration. Instead, the people of this small coastal town gathered on Thursday to carry coffins through the streets, mourning those killed when a house hosting a wedding celebration was struck during the latest escalation of the US-Iran conflict.
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2026-09-04 20:12
Advanced enemy technology failed to shield aircraft from indigenous air defenses
TEHRAN — Iran’s air defense commander says the country’s recent experience of war has demonstrated that technological superiority alone cannot guarantee the safety of an attacking force, stating that Iranian forces developed and upgraded new domestically produced air defense systems even as the fighting was underway.
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2026-09-04 19:37
By Shahrokh Saei
Iran-Russia alliance grows despite US pressure
TEHRAN — Russia’s robust and uncompromising support for Iran in the face of US military adventurism and all-out economic warfare has made it abundantly clear that the strategic partnership between Tehran and Moscow will never be swayed, deterred, or disrupted by outside pressure.
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2026-09-02 21:14
Qalibaf: Iran and the Axis of Resistance share a fundamental path against arrogance
TEHRAN- Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Iran's Parliament Speaker, articulated on Wednesday during a meeting with Bassem Naim, the head of Islamic Relations for Hamas, that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Axis of Resistance are intricately and profoundly aligned on a unified trajectory in confronting global arrogance. Reflecting on five decades of resistance, he emphasized that this struggle has consistently been depicted as a righteous war against falsehood, evolving new forms at each stage.
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2026-09-02 21:12
Pourmohammadi reflected on a crucial meeting with martyred Leader before 12-day war
TEHRAN- Hamid Pourmohammadi, Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization and Vice President, disclosed during a televised interview the foresight and preparatory steps taken by the executive branch in anticipation of renewed sanctions and possible conflict following Donald Trump’s return to office.
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2026-09-02 21:03
By Maede Zaman Fashami
Turning weddings into funerals: the specialty of America's terrorist army
TEHRAN - In war, people do not always die in uniform. Sometimes, they die wearing wedding clothes. Sometimes, while putting henna on their daughter’s hands. Sometimes, sitting beside a pot of rice and meat. And sometimes, they have no idea what the aircraft circling several kilometers above them has mistaken them for.