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2025-08-11 20:58
By Shahrokh Saei
War on witnesses: Israel’s deadly campaign to silence Gaza’s journalists
Global journalists condemn Israel’s killing of Gaza reporters in Tehran Times interviews
TEHRAN — Since launching its war on Gaza in October 2023, Israel has pursued a systematic campaign to silence the media and obscure the reality of what many observers call a genocide in the besieged enclave.
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2025-08-11 20:12
By Sahar Dadjoo
The life and death of Anas Al Sharif: Gaza’s relentless voice
TEHRAN- Amidst Gaza's devastated streets, where buildings lay in ruins and daily life was stripped to its barest form, Anas Sharif more than a reporter — was a chronicler of a crisis.
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2025-08-11 19:23
By Wesam Bahrani
Murder of Gaza journalists sparks global outrage
TEHRAN – The Israeli regime’s killing of Palestinian journalists in northern Gaza is facing growing international condemnation.
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2025-08-11 13:57
Tributes, condemnation pour in for slain Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
An outpouring of grief and condemnation has followed the Israeli assassination of five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including prominent correspondent Anas al-Sharif.
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2025-08-10 22:30
By Sahar Dadjoo
Netanyahu’s Gaza plan risks a quagmire with no exit
TEHRAN - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fully occupy Gaza City—and potentially the entire Gaza Strip—marks a stark escalation in the nearly two-year conflict with Hamas, revealing a deeply troubling disregard for military counsel, humanitarian norms, and regional stability.
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2025-08-10 19:44
China’s UN envoy: Gaza belongs to the Palestinian people
Fu Cong, the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations told the UNSC session on Sunday that China firmly opposes any attempt by Israel to occupy Gaza.
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2025-08-10 19:30
By Wesam Bahrani
Gaza sees surge in fatalities from failed aid airdrops
TEHRAN – The number of Palestinians killed due to misdirected airdrops of humanitarian aid has risen to 23, with 124 others injured.
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2025-08-10 18:52
By Shahrokh Saei
Germany’s suspension of military exports to Israel is a media and PR strategy
“Zionism, in fact, bears strong parallels to fascism”
TEHRAN — The ongoing Israeli military campaign against the Gaza Strip, which has claimed the lives of more than 61,000 Palestinians, has sparked global anger and protests—including in German cities.
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2025-08-10 16:30
Save the Children: 100 children starved to death in Gaza, a tragedy to shame the world
The reported deaths of 100 children due to starvation in Gaza since October 2023 is a devastating milestone that shames the world and demands long overdue urgent action, Save the Children said.
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2025-08-09 18:52
By Sondoss Al Asaad
How did Nawaf Salam violate Lebanon’s National Accord?
BEIRUT — In parallel with the rapid transformations taking place in West Asia, Lebanon’s political history is witnessing one of its most dangerous periods as Nawaf Salam’s government has acquiesced to the U.S.-Israeli desire to “legitimize” the dismantling of the national resistance movement’s military arsenal.
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2025-08-09 18:39
By Wesam Bahrani
Israel’s Gaza decision sparks global outrage
TEHRAN - The Israeli cabinet’s approval to expand its genocide in the Gaza Strip by invading and occupying Gaza City faces mounting global anger and condemnation.
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2025-08-09 17:10
By Fatemeh Kavand
Disarming Hezbollah: An American prescription for Lebanon’s fragmentation
TEHRAN - In 2025, both internal and international pressures for the disarmament of Hezbollah have significantly intensified, to the extent that the Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun, has officially voiced this demand.
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2025/08/09
By Minoo Khaleghi, jurist and political analyst
Lebanon on the verge of repeating a historic mistake
TEHRAN — Lebanon, small in size yet strategically pivotal in the heart of West Asia, has long stood at the crossroads of regional and international interests and conflicts.
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2025-08-09 13:19
Xi tells Putin China will continue to promote peace talks in Ukraine crisis
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China will remain consistent in its position on the Ukraine crisis and will continue promoting peace talks no matter how the situation evolves, CGTN reported.
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2025-08-09 13:08
Palestinian people refuse to leave Gaza City despite Israeli threats
Despite Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City and forcibly displace nearly a million Palestinians to concentration zones in the south, many Palestinians in the city are refusing to leave.
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2025-08-08 20:19
By Shahrokh Saei
Voices of the voiceless: Slovaks call for justice against Israel's starvation and atrocities in Gaza
TEHRAN — Amid escalating violence and a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the world watches as over 61,000 Palestinians have been killed and 152,000 wounded since Israel launched its devastating military campaign in October 2023.
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2025-08-08 18:47
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Popular protests in Lebanon against submitting to American-Israeli dictates
BEIRUT — There has been a wave of protests in various regions of Lebanon against a decision by the Nawaf Salam government to impose an “arms ban” on the Hezbollah resistance movement.
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2025-08-08 18:41
By Wesam Bahrani
Netanyahu’s Gaza plan sparks widespread backlash
TEHRAN – Strong opposition has emerged within the Israeli regime against a cabinet decision to invade and occupy Gaza City.
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2025-08-08 13:48
UN rights chief calls for immediate halt to Israel’s Gaza takeover plan
Israel’s plan for a complete takeover of Gaza “must be immediately halted”, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said, Al Jazeera reported.
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2025-08-07 17:30
Putin open to meeting Zelensky if conditions are met; Kremlin aide says Putin, Trump to meet
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he is not against holding a meeting with Vladimir Zelensky but conditions should be created to do that, TASS news agency reported.
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2025-08-07 16:51
Israel kills nearly 100 Palestinians in Gaza in 24 hours, including 51 aid seekers
At least 98 Palestinians, including 51 aid seekers, have been killed and 603 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, the enclave’s Health Ministry said on Thursday.
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2025-08-06 20:55
By Matin Jamshidi
House speaker’s West Bank visit highlights plan to erase Palestine
Mike Johnson’s visit incites more crimes against West Bankers
TEHRAN - Mike Johnson, the Republican U.S. House speaker, visited an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday. His visit came just weeks after the Israeli Knesset passed a resolution supporting the annexation of the West Bank and amid an escalation of violence against the Palestinians by Israeli forces and settlers.
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2025-08-06 20:48
By Sondoss Al Asaad
“Major mistake” at cost of Lebanese sovereignty
PM Nawaf Salam acts purely based on US orders to disarm Hezbollah
BEIRUT — Amid the turmoil surrounding what the Lebanese government concealed on Tuesday after more than five hours of “extraordinary” consultations, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam succeeded in sabotaging President Joseph Aoun’s agreement with Hezbollah.
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2025-08-06 19:52
By Wesam Bahrani
Israeli command centers come under attack in Gaza
TEHRAN – Palestinian resistance forces carry out attacks in Gaza, striking the Israeli command and control centers.
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2025-08-06 19:50
By Shahrokh Saei
Relief or ruse: US-Israeli scheme masking military agendas in Gaza
TEHRAN — An alleged humanitarian aid initiative backed by the United States and Israel — the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) — is drawing sharp criticism from UN human rights experts, who say the program conceals military and political objectives beneath a false veneer of relief.
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2025-08-06 19:26
Trump raises India tariffs to 50% over Russian oil purchases
The White House announced Wednesday that it is imposing an additional 25% tariff on India, bringing the total levies against the major United States trading partner to 50%, CNBC reported.
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2025-08-06 13:50
Gaza starvation death toll nears 200 under Israeli siege
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that five Palestinians died from famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours in the Gaza Strip.
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2025-08-05 20:09
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Hezbollah warns against transforming the Israel problem into internal sedition
BEIRUT — The Lebanese government convened at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday in response to U.S. pressure to adopt a resolution on “arms exclusivity” within a defined timeframe. The meeting, attended by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, was led by President Joseph Aoun.
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2025-08-05 20:03
By Shahrokh Saei
Desperate and defiant: Netanyahu’s Gaza war deepens Israel’s isolation, domestic division
TEHRAN — Nearly two years into its war on Gaza, Israel is facing growing internal divisions and mounting international isolation, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration struggles to achieve its objectives.
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2025-08-05 18:50
By Wesam Bahrani
Israeli military vehicles go up in flames
TEHRAN – Palestinian resistance forces wage coordinated attacks across Gaza against the Israeli occupation’s military vehicles inflicting casualties on them.