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2021-01-26 11:46
By Mohammad Mazhari
New generation of Taliban emerging, MP says
TEHRAN – Pointing to the brutality and violence among the first generation of the Taliban, an Iranian parliamentarian says that the Taliban has changed and the new generation of the movement is totally different in attitude.
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2021-01-25 21:43
22 aid agencies call for Biden administration to revoke Ansar allah terrorist designation
22 aid agencies make unprecedented and united call for Biden .administration to revoke Ansar allah terrorist designation
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2021-01-25 21:41
Chomsky : Liberals can’t accept U.S. is a ‘leading terrorist state,’
Just like many Trump supporters, U.S. liberal intellectuals exist in a fantasy world in which a leading purveyor of “international terrorism” – the U.S. government – is perceived as a fundamentally benign force, Noam Chomsky told RT.
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2021-01-25 21:40
Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah: Revenge to target source of fire
Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah has said the “the American-Saudi-Israeli alliance” is responsible for recent ISIL (Daesh) attacks, warning that the Iraqi resistance group and fellow fighters will target the main source of Takfiri violence.
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2021/01/25
By Rakib Al Hasan
New U.S. administration: Challenges and opportunities
Joe Biden has been elected as the new president of the United States in a victory. Trump's defeat has brought global relief.
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2021/01/24
By Abir Bassam
Lebanon and the vexatious politics
We still remember the "demonstrations" that dominated the streets of Beirut on October 17, 2019. It began as an attempt for political and economic reforms.
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2021-01-24 11:06
By Mohammad reza Moshfegh
Washington’s policy dependent on sowing sectarian strife: special ambassador to UN
TEHRAN – Criticizing U.S. meddling in West Asia, especially Yemen, the HRC ambassador at large to the Middle East (West Asia) believes that Washington seeks to sow “sectarian discord” among Islamic countries.
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2021/01/24
By Azin Sahabi
Baghdad explosions and the plausible new U.S. orders for the old wounds
On Thursday morning, only a day after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, Baghdad witnessed twin suicide bombings in a busy market that killed 32 people and wounded more than 100 others. The attack took place in the same area in 2018 shortly after then-Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi declared victory over the terrorist group. As expected, ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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2021-01-23 22:14
By Mohammad Mazhari
S. Arabia struggling to save face in Yemen: Danish political activist
TEHRAN – Noting that Riyadh’s influence will be undermined if Washington withdraws its support, a Danish political activist predicts Saudis will maintain the policy of combatting Ansarallah in Yemen to save their face.
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2021-01-23 18:10
By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili
America Today: Imperial pipe dreams die hard
TEHRAN - David Yaghoubian, a professor of history at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), tells the Tehran Times that the current chaotic situation in the U.S. revealed that American hegemony is declining and today the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia have become weaker domestically and increasingly isolated on the international stage.
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2021-01-23 11:58
By Payman Yazdani
Trump destroyed US alliances, foreign relations: Cyr
TEHRAN- Talking of Donald Trump's legacy and his failures and achievements, Dr. Arthur I. Cyr said, "Overall, I believe he has been destructive for the US alliance and foreign relations generally."
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2021-01-22 17:03
Iraq pledges ‘earth-shattering response’ after Baghdad blasts
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi promises a crushing response after a twin blast, that has reportedly been claimed by the Takfiri terror group of Daesh, targeted a busy square in Baghdad claiming at least 32 people.
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2021-01-22 17:01
McConnell proposes delaying Trump's impeachment trial until February
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is proposing that former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial be delayed until mid-February.
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2021-01-19 12:20
By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili
Today the Resistance is stronger than ever before: Syrian American analyst
TEHRAN - Steven Sahiounie, a Syrian American award-winning journalist, tells the Tehran Times that although the U.S. and its regional allies “have pumped billions of dollars” in West Asia and have assassinated resistance leaders, the Axis of Resistance is stronger than ever before.
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2021-01-18 22:20
No enrichment limit based on NPT: Takht Ravanchi
TEHRAN – Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, has said based on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) there is no limit for enriching uranium for civilian uses.
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2021-01-18 19:31
Zakharova says some Trump supporters inquiring about Russian citizenship
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said she is receiving messages via social networks from supporters of U.S. incumbent President Donald Trump asking for information on how to receive Russian citizenship.
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2021-01-18 19:28
Yemenis protest U.S. decision to designate Houthis as terrorist organization
Hundreds of Yemenis gathered in front of the U.S. embassy in Sana'a on Monday to condemn the State Department's designation of the Houthis as a terrorist organization.
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2021-01-18 11:48
By Mohammad Mazhari
‘Compliance-for-compliance’ approach needed to reinstate JCPOA: Harvard researcher
TEHRAN – Stephen Herzog, a research fellow at the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University, predicts that Iran and the U.S. will follow a “compliance-for-compliance” approach to revive the nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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2021-01-18 11:34
By Mohammad Mazhari
The idea of ‘exceptionalism’ is deeply ingrained in our national DNA: American author
‘Toppling governments one of Washington’s specialties’
TEHRAN – An American author says toppling governments around the world is one of Washington’s “specialties”.
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2021-01-17 16:57
By Mohammad Mazhari
Art is most effective way to introduce a country and its people: writer
TEHRAN – A Turkish novelist believes that art is the most effective tool to introduce a nation and its people.
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2021-01-13 12:53
By Mohammad Mazhari
Pakistan must limit extremists’ activities: security expert
TEHRAN - An Indian security expert advises Pakistan to limit extremists toeing the Wahhabi line, saying extremist thoughts have been ingrained into some segments of the population in Pakistan by vocal and powerful clerics.
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2021/01/13
By Amal Wahdan
General Soleimani’s legacy: Unifying the Arab resistance against imperialism and hegemony
Today, the masses of the resistance movements in the region are commemorating the first anniversary of the martyrdom of General Qassem Soleimani and his companion Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
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2021/01/13
By Munir A. Saeed
No ETs here, only Americans
Recently I dug out an old document I wanted to read again. I fished it out from under a pile of other old material I had printed and saved. Perhaps for posterity.
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2021-01-11 21:40
Biden to nominate William Burns as CIA director
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate William Burns as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, CNN has learned, tapping a respected veteran American diplomat who has served in posts around the world from the Reagan to the Obama administrations.
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2021-01-11 18:01
Democrats give Mike Pence ultimatum to remove Trump from White House
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has stepped up the pressure on Vice-President Mike Pence to act to remove Donald Trump from office over his role in last week's storming of Congress.
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2021-01-11 13:46
By Payman Yazdani
Populist Trump product of neoliberalism, US culture, history
TEHRAN – Referring to the possibility of the return of "Trump the Second", Prof. Suzuki says the world should prepare itself to become less reliant on the US adding that Trump is product of neoliberalism and US culture and history.
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2021-01-11 12:28
Israeli police allow settlers to defile Aqsa despite lockdown
TEHRAN- Despite the Israeli coronavirus lockdown on the holy city, a horde of Jewish settlers escorted by police forces on Sunday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem.
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2021/01/11
By Abir Bassam
The American riots: A vertical trench in process
On Wednesday evening, it was not the first time that Americans poured into the streets in protest. However, a long time has not passed since the world has witnessed that rioters and demonstrators assaulted the symbol of American democracy: The Capitol.
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2021-01-11 10:23
By Javad Heirannia
Professor enumerates problems in Islamic world but promises bright future
TEHRAN – A professor from the George Washington University elaborates on the problems facing the Islamic world, ranging from injustice, division, corruption, cronyism, bad governance, dictatorship, reliance on foreign powers, oblivious to the plight of their citizens, resistance against peaceful reform, indifference toward injustice against Muslims in Palestine and in countries where they are in minority, etc.
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2021-01-10 21:26
By Mohammad Mazhari
Capitol debacle shows U.S. lacks democratic culture: Turkish academic
TEHRAN – The Wednesday events clearly displayed that the U.S. has no “democratic culture” or strong institutions to show itself as a model of ideal democracy, says Mustafa Caner, a Turkish academic.
