By Hanif Ghaffari 

Beijing stands in front of the White House

The economic challenge of the United States and China has entered a new phase. While, until about a week ago, American and Western media spoke of the Washington-Beijing economic agreement in the near future, we are now seeing a sharpening of trade disputes between the two US and China. Many analysts believe that as long as the trump at the head of the US political and economic equation, this trend will continue.

General: U.S. military ‘a little wiser than White House dwellers’

TEHRAN – Ahmad Vahidi, president of the Supreme National Defense University, says he doubts that U.S. military forces will take any action against Iran as “they are a little wiser than those running the White House.”

By Hanif Ghaffari

Europe's wrong calculation of the White House

TEHRAN - The European Union remains confused by Donald Trump. European countries did not respond decisively to the White House in some cases, such as the US customs tariff, the withdrawal of the Trump government from a nuclear deal with Iran and the withdrawal of the Paris Pact. While US National Security Advisor John Bolton and Trump have repeatedly expressed their opposition to the existence of the European Union and the Eurozone, Europe has not taken any steps towards independence from the United States.

Man ‘sets himself on fire’ outside White House, gets detained

A man has apparently attempted to set himself on fire outside the White House. He caused a commotion by lighting his jacket on fire before Secret Service agents stepped in and whisked him away. He is being treated for injuries.

By M.A Saki

Blind subsidy system costing economy greatly

The heavily subsidized gasoline and its rising consumption are putting the country in a difficult situation both strategically and economically.

White House: Exiting JCPOA was one of Trump’s achievements

TEHRAN – The White House has named U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in May as one of President Donald Trump’s “historic results” in his first two years in office.

Ayatollah Khamenei: First-class idiots in Washington

TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said on Wednesday that some U.S. officials are “first-class idiots”, questioning the sensibility of their failing plots against Iran.

A child occupies the White House — and the world knows it

Lately, I’ve been looking at home movies and photographs of my childhood years; I’m working on a documentary about my family’s life before politics claimed us. A time before the world moved in.

By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com

The relation between Ahvaz terrorist attack and the White House

The martyrdom of some of our compatriots in the Ahvaz terrorist attack hurt the hearts of all Iranians. The crimes committed by the United States, its western allies, and its Arab pieces in Ahvaz can be analyzed from different dimensions. What's important in this regard is "finding the origin of this attack," and putting together the puzzle pieces that are set by the United States of America.

By Hanif Ghaffari

From Obama to Al Gore: The Democrats are Taking Stance against Trump

TEHRAN - Overcoming the current president of the United States has turned to the main goal of the Democrats in the United States. American Democrats who have been isolated in the last two years, and lost the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and many governorates, are now planning to win the Congress elections. On the other hand, the public dissatisfaction raised over the performance of the U.S. President has given hope to the Democrats for winning the midterm elections.

By Saeed Sobhani

Intensification of disputes in the White House

TEHRAN - Disputes between U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense James Mattis have increased. Many media sources in the U.S. are reporting the probable dismissal of Trump's Secretary of Defense in the coming days. Meanwhile, after the presence of people such as John Bolton and Mike Pumpeo at the White House, Mattises' power in the U.S. Department of Defense actually dropped.

Tehran calls White House statement ‘provocative’ and 'irresponsible'

TEHRAN – Tehran on Wednesday denounced as “astonishing, provocative and irresponsible” a White House statement blaming Iran for the recent unrest in the Iraqi city of Basra, saying shifting the blame onto others would not erase Washington’s “destructive” role in Iraq.

White House: U.S. trying to put more pressure on Iran

TEHRAN – White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley said on Tuesday that the U.S. government have “ramped up sanctions on Iran, and we’ve bolstered some of our partnerships to try and put more pressure on Iran.”

By Hanif Ghaffari

Decoding the White House's recent offer to Macron

TEHRAN - The Washington Post, in one of its most recent articles, unveiled the U.S. President's suggestion to the French government: Donald Trump is trying to Persuade Paris to leave the European Union. The suggestion was apparently made during the recent visit of President Emmanuel Macron to Washington. During this visit, Trump has suggested that, if France leaves the European Union, the United States could have better bilateral trade relations with France.

Richard Haass: U.S. misrepresenting facts to justify exit from nuclear deal

Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, has castigated the White House for backing Benjamin Netanyahu’s allegations about Iran’s nuclear program, saying the Trump administration is misrepresenting facts to justify an exit from the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the JCPOA.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Conflicts intensified between Russia and West

TEHRAN - Relations between Russia and NATO are now at the worst condition after the Cold War. "Mikhail Gorbachev", the last Soviet President, had warned about the re-start of Cold War between the White House and the Kremlin before. But now Russian officials believe that the constant and extensive conflicts between Moscow and the West leads them to much more complicated conditions than that of the Cold War time.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Radicalism at the White House

TEHRAN - The dismissal of U.S. Secretary of State "Rex Tillerson" and appointing "Mike Pompeo", CIA Director for his post means that serious changes are happening in the White House.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Movement of the White House towards radicalism

TEHRAN - The removal of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson from power and the replacement of CIA chief Mike Pompeo will create new crises at the White House. In the domestic circles of the United States, Tillerson was considered one of the few symbols of political rationality in the Trump cabinet. However, Pompeo has always been a symbol of extremism in the political and security structures of the United States.

By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62

Destroy your missiles then talk about ours!

TEHRAN - These days, in an unprecedented way, the United States is rolling down the hill faster than ever towards some sort of societal collapse and the waning of its international hegemony. In reality, the White House “tenants”, relying too much on behind the scene think tanks, has wrongly sought the solution in finding allies in the international arena, and not by confronting the actual problems.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Will Trump stay in White House?

TEHRAN - Over the past months, there have been whispers in the U.S. political environments and the country's media regarding Republicans bypassing Trump. The rejection of some Republican prominent senators, including McCain, with Trump, as well as the opposition of some of the United States former presidents, including George W. Bush, has aggravated this trend.

Written without much hindsight and without access to official papers, Michael Wolff’s new book Fire and Fury is more than journalism, if less than history

A reckless and undignified spectacle

Michael Wolff’s new book, Fire and Fury, is an unforgettable ringside view of the reckless and undignified spectacle of the Donald Trump presidency so far.