Tehran Times

2026-04-07 22:41
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh

'No restraint'

IRGC warns of devastating response should Trump expand war crimes and target Iran's power plants

TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated his unhinged threats to commit mass war crimes against the Iranian nation, a move that would not only harm Iranians but also seriously damage the interests of Washington’s Arab allies in the Persian Gulf, and force Tehran to take further actions that would restrict the flow of oil outside West Asia.
- Trump digging himself a bigger grave over Hormuz Strait
- Iran offers a proposal as its missiles strike hard

By Afshin Majlesi

Guardians of strength and sacrifice

TEHRAN – From early moments of the war, women and girls have borne a growing share of its human cost. Hundreds have been killed, injured, or displaced in consecutive airstrikes including the one in Minab, where more than 165 young schoolgirls between the ages of seven and twelve lost their lives.
By Xavier Villar

The conditional visibility of Iranian women

MADRID – A young woman removing her hijab on a Tehran street is often presented in Western media as an uncomplicated image of defiance. Yet such a scene, repeatedly extracted and circulated, belongs to a broader and more layered social reality in which women’s choices, constraints, and political positions cannot be reduced to a single interpretive frame.
By Garsha Vazirian

The war that ended the old Middle East

How Washington and Tel Aviv unwittingly catalyzed a new strategic dawn

TEHRAN — Five weeks after the United States and Israel started their unprovoked campaign of aggression against Iran on February 28, the Middle East stands transformed.
By Shahrokh Saei

‘Heinous and cowardly’: US-Israeli bombs level historic Tehran synagogue

TEHRAN - Nearly 40 days into the joint US-Israeli war on Iran, a Jewish synagogue in central Tehran was targeted in a devastating attack on Tuesday.
Negotiations are ‘theatre’ as Trump seeks exit from war, says Ashish Prashar

London— Ashish Prashar, political strategist, former advisor to the Middle East peace envoy, and director of the “Game Over Israel” campaign, has dismissed ongoing U.S. calls for negotiations with Iran as political theater, arguing that Washington is seeking a face-saving exit amid escalating military pressure.

Politics

Russia and China veto UN resolution on Strait of Hormuz amid US threats

TEHRAN - Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Tuesday that sought to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, hours before a US-imposed deadline for Iran to allow transit or face attacks on its infrastructure. The heavily watered-down measure, which passed with 11 votes in favor, two against, and two abstentions, had removed any language authorizing offensive action, limiting it to “defensive means necessary” for securing navigation. Even in its weakened form, the resolution was blocked by Moscow and Beijing, underscoring growing opposition to US and Israeli aggression against Iran.
Iran strikes Israeli petrochemical facility near Dimona

TEHRAN - In a sweeping retaliatory operation, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Army launched massive strikes against US-owned and Israeli-linked petrochemical and military targets, warning Washington, Tel Aviv, and their regional partners that any further aggression against Iranian infrastructure will meet with uncompromising retaliation.
Iran’s FM holds Talks with his counterparts from Egypt, Pakistan, and Austria

TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held separate phone calls late Saturday with his counterparts from Egypt, Pakistan, and Austria to discuss the ongoing US–Israeli military campaign against Iran and its regional repercussions.

Sports

Shirmohammadi to carry Iran’s flag at Sanya Beach Games

TEHRAN – Arash Farhadian, head of Iran’s delegation to the 2026 Beach Asian Games, announced the selection of Mehdi Shirmohammadi as the flag-bearer for the country’s sports contingent in Sanya. Iran will participate in the Games with a 99-member delegation competing across 10 disciplines.
Iran to send 99-member delegation to 2026 Asian Beach Games

TEHRAN – Mehdi Alinejad, Secretary General of Iran’s National Olympic Committee, announced that Iran will participate in the 2026 Sanya Asian Beach Games with a 99-member delegation competing across 10 disciplines.
Rezaei appointed director of Iran’s national sitting volleyball teams

TEHRAN - Hadi Rezaei has been appointed as the director of Iran’s national sitting volleyball teams.

Culture

Director of TMoCA calls for international solidarity to protect shared human heritage

TEHRAN – The Director of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) has reported extensive damage to over a hundred historical artifacts and several museums and palace-museums in Iran over the past 38 days during the US-Israeli aggressions on Iran in an open letter to the heads of prestigious museums worldwide and the international museum community, calling for global solidarity to protect the shared heritage of humanity.
National theater event honors Minab schoolchildren

TEHRAN-The national theater event “To Which Sin?” is being staged across multiple Iranian provinces to honor the memory of the Minab schoolchildren who lost their lives in a coordinated attack by the Zionist regime and the US.
Turkish scholar Nimet Yıldırım expresses solidarity with Iran

TEHRAN- Professor Nimet Yıldırım, the Head of the Persian Language and Literature Department at Atatürk University in Erzurum, Turkey, has released a message of solidarity with the Iranian people following the recent US-Israeli aggression and the martyrdom of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

Economy

Global economic fallout of US-Israeli war with Iran

TEHRAN- The ongoing US-Israeli military conflict with Iran has evolved from a geopolitical flashpoint into a systemic shock that is fundamentally altering the global economic landscape.
‘Attack on critical infrastructure is a clear violation of international law’

TEHRAN- Iran’s vice president and head of the Organization for Optimization and Strategic Management of Energy, referring to the attack on public infrastructure, emphasized: Even if military use is claimed, under international law such attacks are only permitted under very limited circumstances, and the principles of "proportionality" and "precaution" must be observed—principles that have been ignored in many of these attacks.
Electricity industry ready to serve people

TEHRAN- The Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy of the Ministry of Energy emphasized the need for the electricity industry to maintain readiness under critical conditions to serve the people.

Society

DOE warns UNEP about environmental impact of striking peaceful nuclear plants

TEHRAN – The head of the Department of Environment (DOE), Shina Ansari, in a letter to the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, has warned about the detrimental consequences of brutal attacks on Iran's nuclear plants.
World Health Day: securing health against politicization, military threats

TEHRAN – Observed on April 7 annually, World Health Day 2026 calls on people everywhere to stand with science under the theme ‘Together for health. Stand with science’.
Health workers condemn US-Israeli attacks on medical centers

TEHRAN – Officials, academics, and employees of the health sector gathered in the front of Imam Khomeini hospital in Tehran on Monday to condemn US-Israeli assaults on the country’s health infrastructure.

Tourism

“Guardians of Iran’s World Heritage” to condemn destruction of ancient sites in U.S.-Israeli attacks

TEHRAN – Non-governmental organizations, civil society institutions, and a group of cultural heritage enthusiasts will hold a protest gathering on Saturday, April 4, to condemn attacks by the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel to Iran's national and world heritage sites.
Iran UNESCO commission reports widespread heritage damage after strikes

TEHRAN - Iran’s national commission for UNESCO said on Tuesday that 132 cultural heritage sites have been damaged due to U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, after field assessments conducted across multiple provinces, its secretary-general said.
Minister reveals legal, restoration efforts to protect cultural heritage

TEHRAN – Following extensive damage to some of Iran’s most important cultural heritage sites, including the UNESCO-listed Golestan Palace, Tehran has intensified its diplomatic, legal, and cultural response, describing the attacks as not only material destruction but also an assault on humanity’s shared heritage.

International

The war that ended the old Middle East

TEHRAN — Five weeks after the United States and Israel started their unprovoked campaign of aggression against Iran on February 28, the Middle East stands transformed.
The terminal scream of an empire scheduling war crimes in its digital Colosseum

TEHRAN — On Easter Sunday, April 5, as some American families headed to church to celebrate resurrection and hope, Donald Trump posted a message that felt like a fever dream from the darkest corners of the imperial id.
Trump is a new Hitler who has caused ‘regime change’ in US

TEHRAN - A senior political analyst says U.S. President Donald Trump suffers from serious egoism and formulates dreams similar to that of Adolf Hitler of Germany.

IRGC warns of devastating response should Trump expand war crimes and target Iran's power plants

How Washington and Tel Aviv unwittingly catalyzed a new strategic dawn