By Mohammad Mazhari

Any move against Gaza will have significant repercussions on Israel: Palestinian expert

TEHRAN - Analysts believe that Israel's plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank could lead to an outbreak of confrontation in the Gaza Strip, especially as the Palestinians have strongly opposed the plan.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Trump not caring about human rights in Persian Gulf Arab states: human rights activist

Sarah Leah Whitson says reforms in Saudi Arabia have come “in a package of repression”

TEHRAN – A former director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch says the Trump administration does not care about the human rights records of Persian Gulf Arab countries, noting Donlad Trump “cares only about selling weapons and making a profit.”

Fire, explosion on U.S. naval ship injures at least 21

TEHRAN – A ship at the U.S. Naval base in San Diego has caught fire which according to reports, has injured at least 21 people on board.

Countless Bosnians lost lives as Western powers failed to act fast: Sarajevo University professor

TEHRAN - Joseph J. Kaminski, an assistant professor at the International University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, tells the Tehran Times that failure of Western powers and the United Nations-led to loss of “countless lives” in the Bosnian War.

By Marko Milanovic

Srebrenica massacre; Failure of the UN and the World’s most powerful states

What is certainly true is that the international community, including the UN and the world’s most powerful states, failed the people of Bosnia and the inhabitants of Srebrenica specifically.

By Salman Parviz

Iran mulls lawsuits and legal actions to unblock funds

In his recent reaction to Seoul’s blockage of Iranian assets, President Hassan Rouhani said South Korea’s seizure of Iranian assets “is by no means acceptable and we expect Seoul to lift the restrictions as soon as possible.”

By Professor Otto Spijkers

25 years later: Questions of legal responsibility for Srebrenica 

On July 11, 2020, exactly 25 years have passed since the genocide in Srebrenica happened. In 1995, Bosnian Serb soldiers killed more than eight thousand Bosnian Muslim men in just a few days, while a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force of Dutch soldiers was there to protect these men. This makes the Srebrenica genocide also a dark page in Dutch history.

By M.A. Saki

Srebrenica is a ‘big black spot’ in UN history: ambassador  

TEHRAN – The ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Iran blames the United Nations for failing to prevent the massacre in Srebrenica in July 1995, telling the Tehran Times that the tragedy “is a big black spot in the history of the United Nations Organization” that took place “in the heart of Europe”.

The United States is losing its influence in the world: Canadian analyst

“Trump's ‘America First’ policy is destabilizing to the world’

TEHRAN - Edward Corrigan, an international lawyer and analyst from Canada, tells the Tehran Times that the power of the United States is declining in the world, and Europeans are taking steps “to separate themselves from the Americans economically and politically.”

By Stephen Lendman

U.S. assassination of Gen. Soleimani an act of state-sponsored terrorism

The Trump regime’s assassination of Iran’s Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Unit commander Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad was a flagrant breach of international and U.S. constitutional law under its Supremacy Clause.

By Mohammad Mazhari

U.S. has admitted military and political failures in Syria: Russian academic

TEHRAN - An associate professor in the Department of Comparative Politics at RUDN University believes that the United States has admitted its military and political failure in Syria.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Reasons why Iran backs Venezuela

As two oil-producing countries under U.S. sanctions, Iran and Venezuela have been working in recent years to strengthen geopolitical ties to relieve U.S. pressure and find a solution to improve their economies.

By Salman Parviz

India-China standoff enters 9th week

Beijing' pulling back troops' after deadly border clash: India

As the dispute over the shared border between India and China, two nuclear-armed nations, enters its ninth week, the region remains tense. The high-altitude, rugged Ladakh region is now the epicenter of the border standoff. It is far removed from the lives and imagination of most Indians and Chinese residents; the region has now become the talk of their daily conversations and worries.

By Payman Yazdani

U.S. is a violent bully internally and internationally: Scottish politician

TEHRAN- Referring to the violent history of the U.S. and its endeavors to abolish the culture of racism, Scottish politician Tommy Sheridan said, "The U.S. has always been a bully, a violent bully internationally, and a domestic bully in relation to police forces polluted by racists from top to bottom."

The will of people is like a fire smoldering under ashes: ex-Bahraini parliamentarian

TEHRAN - Pro-democracy protests in Bahrain have entered their ninth year. The rights of protesters are gravely violated, especially as authorities are continuing to enforce repressive policies in conjunction with an imposed censorship supported by Persian Gulf monarchies.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Saudi Arabia understands only one language, the language of force: Yemeni official

TEHRAN – "Deterrence policy became an urgent necessity in Yemen because Saudi Arabia and its coalition understand only one language, the language of force," Director-General of Legal Affairs in the Yemeni Ministry of Education tells the Tehran Times.

By Mohammad Mazhari

American ambassador brings the political conflicts back to the surface in Lebanon

In recent days, Arab media outlets have been discussing the implications of a verdict issued by a Lebanese judge to ban media from talking to the U.S. ambassador to Beirut after she took direct aim at Hezbollah in a provocative move.

Washington is pushing its European vassals to assume a more aggressive posture against Iran: Italian

Federico Pieraccini, an Italian independent geopolitical analyst at the Strategic Culture Foundation, tells the Tehran Times that the resolution adopted by the IAEA and drafted by the UK, France, and Germany is "a new excuse" to put much pressure on Iran, while "Iran has actually been too cooperative with the IAEA."

By UCLA Professor James L. Gelvin

West Bank annexation: The triumph of domestic politics over international law and common sense

If Israel annexes the settlement blocs and/or the Jordan Valley, it will mark the triumph of domestic politics--both Israeli and American--over international law and even common sense.

By Salman Parviz

A tsunami of evictions is looming in U.S.

The distress among renters likely to surge this summer when federal unemployment benefits run dry

As businesses reopen across the U.S., so are eviction courts with millions walking the fine thin line between homelessness and having a shelter over their head. Today, it is estimated that anywhere from 20 million to 28 million American renters are perilously close to eviction.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Why is Tehran not going to a settlement with Trump?

It seems that the time is not proper for settlement talks between Tehran and Washington as the nuclear deal is heading for a total failure.

By Mohammad Mazhari

U.S. interfering in Arab countries to guarantee Israel's security: Lebanese journalist

TEHRAN – A Lebanese journalist believes that U.S. interference in the Arab countries is first and foremost intended to provide security for Israel.

By Salman Parviz

Post-war reconstruction plans for Libya?

After heavy losses in early June Haftar ready to stop fighting

An assessment trip is planned within two weeks by Turkish banks and companies on how to rebuild post-war Libya and secure its energy infrastructure. People familiar with the plan informed Reuters. Turkish state lenders plan to help set up Libya's banking system and assist in organizing payment channels through Turkey for key Libyan imports.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Americans striving to return Lebanon to chaotic situation: West Asia commissioner for human rights

TEHRAN – The commissioner for West Asia at the International Human Rights Commission is of the opinion that the U.S. is using all means to push Lebanon toward chaos.

By Dr. ZHANG Yuan

Fighting COVID-19: Cooperation and the New World Order

(The Post-hegemonic Order in the Post-epidemic Era Should be an International Order without Absolute Hegemony)

In 2020, all countries are facing multiple pressures to curb turbulent epidemic pressures, gain economic recovery, ease financial crises, inspire people, and rebuild public confidence.

By Salman Parviz

Global real estate market plunges amid COVID-19 pandemic

Higher unemployment rates decrease sales

Owning a home remains the single most important investment in most people’s lives. The novel coronavirus pandemic will impact all players in the real estate chain from tenant, landlord, lender, service provider, broker, insurer, investor, etc.

By Mohammad Mazhari

U.S. is one of the most aggressive countries in modern era: Lebanese academic

TEHRAN – A Lebanese political researcher believes that the United States is one of the “most aggressive” regimes in the modern world.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Why Arabs remain silent on George Floyd’s death?

From New Zealand and Australia, through Europe, to Canada and Brazil, many countries of the world witnessed demonstrations in solidarity with the protests in the United States against racism after the Minneapolis police officer killed a black American. However, the Arab streets were quiet, except for Tunisia and social media.

By Martin Love

Martin Luther King was right: the world does bend towards justice…

Back 65 years ago when television was in its childhood if not infancy in the U.S. one TV game show had contestants going for a grand prize of $64,000, which in those days was a tremendous sum of money (not any longer, really), so any big issue or question that had not yet been resolved gave rise to the common cliché of “the $64,000 question” as to how it might pan out.

By Andrew Korybko, Moscow-based American political analyst

The UN: 75 years of false expectations and failure

The disunited nations The 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN) presents a symbolic moment to reflect on what a failure the organization has been. Its establishment created false expectations among the international community that all nations will finally be treated equally irrespective of their size, but in reality, the UN is dominated by the five most important victors of the Second World War that sit on its Security Council (UNSC) and were also coincidentally or not the first five countries to obtain nuclear weapons.