-
2025-06-14 12:47
By Shahrokh Saei
China condemns Israel's 'military adventurism' against Iran; U.S. calls strikes 'excellent'
BEIJING - In a powerful demonstration of diverging global perspectives, China has strongly condemned Israel’s recent unprovoked strikes against Iran, labeling them as military adventurism. The condemnation comes as the United States openly praised the attacks, with President Donald Trump calling the airstrikes “excellent,” further fueling tensions in the already volatile West Asia (Middle East)
-
2025-06-14 11:35
ElBaradei to German FM: Attack on nuclear sites banned under Article 56 of Geneva Conventions
TEHRAN – Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has told German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul that he must be aware that strikes on nuclear facilities are “prohibited under Article 56 of the additional protocol to the Geneva Conventions.”
-
2025-06-11 23:13
By Wesam Bahrani
Yemeni missiles hit back at Tel Aviv
TEHRAN – Yemeni forces struck back at Israel just 24 hours after the occupation regime launched an attack on the port city of Hodeidah.
-
2025-06-11 23:12
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Southern Lebanon on brink of heated tension
SOUTH LEBANON — The violent Israeli raids on Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha provoked the Lebanese Army Command to issue a strongly worded statement, including an unprecedented warning to freeze its cooperation with the Ceasefire Supervision Committee.
-
2025-06-10 22:26
By Wesam Bahrani
Raids on Yemen won’t deter missile attacks on Israel
TEHRAN – The Israeli occupation regime launches strikes on Yemen in a bid to end attacks in solidarity with Gaza.
-
2025-06-10 22:25
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Is Israel seeking to embroil Aoun in an unforeseen Lebanese-Palestinian conflict?
SOUTH LEBANON — The process of handing over Palestinian weapons in Lebanon's camps is set to begin in mid-June, following an agreement reached between Lebanese officials and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his recent visit to Beirut.
-
2025-06-10 22:24
By Sahar Dadjoo
Secrecy behind GHF: Ethnic cleansing
TEHRAN - Since March 2, 2025, Gaza has been under a stringent Israeli siege, halting crucial humanitarian items like food, water, and medical supplies. This blockade has triggered a severe crisis for Gaza's 2.3 million residents, with nearly half a million facing acute malnutrition and potential death.
-
2025-06-09 22:47
By Wesam Bahrani
Intense clashes rock Gaza
TEHRAN – Nearly two years into the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza, the Palestinian resistance movement remains unbroken.
-
2025-06-09 22:45
By Sahar Dadjoo
Gaza flotilla journey brings more shame for Israel
TEHRAN - In the early hours of Monday, Israeli naval forces forcibly intercepted the British-flagged aid vessel Madleen in international waters, detaining the unarmed crew and passengers, including Greenpeace activist Greta Thunberg and French MEP Rima Hassan, aiming to deliver badly needed humanitarian supplies to Gaza.
-
2025-06-08 22:25
By Sahar Dadjoo
Make America quashed again
Trump deploys 2000 National Guard troops to crack down on LA protesters
TEHRAN - When the Trump administration announced the deployment of 2,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles on June 7, 2025, it significantly intensified its immigration enforcement strategy, making protests throughout the city a focal point of national discussion.
-
2025-06-08 20:26
By Wesam Bahrani
Hamas: Captive won’t leave alive
Two more Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza
TEHRAN – Hamas warns the Israeli regime that its occupation forces will not retrieve a captive alive from a besieged area.
-
2025-06-08 20:25
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Avichay Adraee, the Arabic spokesman of Israeli terrorism
SOUTH LEBANON — Lebanese actress Nadine Al-Rassi sparked widespread anger when she addressed the IOF Arabic spokesman, Avichay Adraee, regarding the airstrikes that targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs on the eve of Eid al-Adha.
-
2025-06-07 22:32
By Wesam Bahrani
IOF losses offer “glimpse of what awaits”
TEHRAN – The armed wing of Hamas issues a stark warning to the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Gaza.
-
2025-06-07 22:23
By Sahar Dadjoo
Sailing for justice
The Madleen Flotilla’s role in shaping the Gaza blockade discourse
TEHRAN - The Madleen Gaza flotilla, which sailed from Sicily on June 1, 2025, is the latest and most determined international campaign to challenge the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza and provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance in the context of an escalating crisis.
-
2025-06-07 22:15
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Why are resistant people specifically targeted on eve of Eid al-Adha?
Lebanon continues to offer sacrifices amid the ongoing U.S.-led Israeli aggression
SOUTH LEBANON — On the eve of Eid al-Adha, a terrorist attack targeting residents in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Hezbollah's stronghold, resulted in significant damage to buildings and institutions, as well as serious property destruction.
-
2025-06-06 21:56
By Wesam Bahrani
Five Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza
TEHRAN – More Israeli army casualties in the Gaza Strip cap off a deadly week for the occupation regime.
-
2025-06-06 21:55
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Araghchi’s visit to Beirut: Constructive despite Lebanese Forces minister’s impudence
BEIRUT— Various observers and analysts have rated the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Beirut on June 3 as positive and constructive.
-
2025-06-06 21:54
By Sahar Dadjoo
Sanctioning judges, silencing victims: The dangerous precedent set by US against ICC
TEHRAN - The Trump administration's recent sanctions against four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) marked a historic increase in U.S. opposition to the ICC and raised serious concerns about the future of international accountability and justice.
-
2025-06-06 02:28
Yemen targets Israeli airport in response to Gaza, Beirut strikes
The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announced on Thursday that they carried out a missile strike targeting the Ben Gurion Airport, east of Tel Aviv, in response to what “the crime of starvation and thirst” imposed on Gaza, and recent Israeli strikes on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
-
2025-06-05 13:04
US vetoes Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolution as Israeli strikes kill 95
The United States has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that called for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, as Israeli strikes across the enclave have killed nearly 100 Palestinians in the past 24 hours amid a crippling aid blockade.
-
2025-06-04 14:36
Israel kills nearly 100 people in Gaza in 24 hours, halts aid
At least 95 Palestinians have been killed and 440 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
-
2025-06-03 22:27
Israeli forces targeted heads, chests of Palestinians collecting food
The civil defense teams have described the distribution points where Palestinians are supposed to get food as death traps.
-
![Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee shake hands in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024 [Charly Triballeau/ AFP]](https://media.tehrantimes.com/d/t/2025/06/02/2/5532576.jpg)
2025-06-02 22:00
US envoy says France can ‘carve’ Palestinian state out of Riviera
Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, has lashed out at France’s advocacy for recognition of a Palestinian state ahead of a UN conference aimed at resurrecting the idea of a two-state solution.
-
2025-06-01 22:58
By Sahar Dadjoo
Project Esther: Trump’s blueprint to crush Palestine advocacy
TEHRAN— A subtle yet pervasive campaign jeopardizing the foundation of free speech and democratic dissent has emerged in the shadow of America's political theater. Project Esther is more than just a policy initiative. It was designed by the Heritage Foundation and is now part of the Trump administration's second term.
-
![Palestinians push a cart with bodies after people were reportedly hit by Israeli fire near a food distribution centre in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on June 1, 2025 [AFP]](https://media.tehrantimes.com/d/t/2025/06/01/2/5531038.jpg)
2025-06-01 22:56
By Wesam Bahrani
Massacre at Gaza starvation camp
TEHRAN – The Israeli occupation regime kills and injures scores of starving civilians at a “failed” U.S. aid distribution center.
-
2025-06-01 22:54
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Ortagus’s successor, another ugly face of Washington
BEIRUT — Israel’s Channel 14 reported on Sunday that Morgan Ortagus, Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for West Asia, would soon leave her post. The news channel said this move “is not good news as Ortagus was a strong supporter of Israel and worked decisively on the issue of disarming Hezbollah.”
-
2025-06-01 20:16
Gaza doctor who lost nine children in Israeli airstrike dies from wounds
A Palestinian father who had lost nine of his 10 children in an Israeli airstrike has died from wounds sustained in the same attack, local health officials have said.
-
2025-05-31 22:44
By Wesam Bahrani
Syrian villagers drive out Israeli unit
TEHRAN – Residents in southern Syria compelled the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) to retreat from a village.
-
2025-05-31 22:43
By Sondoss Al Asaad
What threat does Starlink’s information dish pose to Lebanon?
BEIRUT — A delegation from Elon Musk’s Starlink met with President Joseph Aoun, Minister of Telecommunications Charles Hajj (Lebanese Forces Minister), and a number of ministers to discuss granting the company a license, not as an internet distributor, but as a service provider.
-
2025-05-31 22:39
By Sahar Dadjoo
Hamas shows restraint
TEHRAN- The recent response by Hamas to the U.S.-proposed ceasefire in Gaza marks a significant yet cautious development in a protracted and devastating conflict.