By Ramin Hosseinabadian

Does NATO respond positively to the Turkish supererogation?

Turkey is once again turning to the West, while over the past two years, it had been distancing from the West and trying to collaborate with Russia due the success of the Astana peace process on the Syrian conflict.

By Ramin Hosseinabadian

Secret of Turkish-backed terrorist movements in Idlib

Tensions between Ankara and Damascus have escalated in recent days. The main cause of heightened tensions between the two sides is a series of widespread and rapid advances by the Syrian forces in the fight against Takfiri terrorists in northwest Syria. This developments are not in Turkey’s favor at all.

By Maryam Khormaei

A look at the slogan of the 2020 Munich Security Conference

“Westlessness” so short, so simple

The Munich Security Conference began on Friday with the opening speech by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and continued till Sunday.

By Tohid Raeisi

How Trump has violated Iranian human rights

While in 2015 the U.S. Mission to the United Nations (USUN) had requested that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and its annexes be circulated as a document of the Security Council, three years later the Trump administration claimed the JCPOA is a political agreement and unilaterally withdrew from it. Since that time, the U.S. has launched a wave of economic sanctions against the Iranian people.

By Martin Love

Black swans if not dangerous raptors are everywhere

NORTH CAROLINA - One has to be cynical about the primaries run by the Democratic Party to choose a nominee to challenge President Donald Trump next November.

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

Islamic revolution and legacy of martyrs

TEHRAN - The night was heavily overcast with snow and cold, but the day started with gentle breeze and bright sunshine. The mood on the streets was cheerful as the occasion was historic and momentous.

By Ramin Hosseinabadian

Najaf bloody riot instigated by infiltrators

Late last week, the city of Najaf witnessed the emergence of a bloody riot. The Americans used their utmost efforts to exploit the incident to undermine the Iraqi government and nation.

By Batool Subeiti

Trump-Netanyahu deal: lose-lose situation

LONDON - The Liberation movements of the Middle East are changing the face of the world. The reality of the ‘Deal of the Century’ plan, the culmination of what Trump stated was “a long and very arduous 3-year process,” is that America and Israel want it actualised against all the odds of it succeeding.

By Martin Love

Iran, under extreme pressure? Superb responses so far

NORTH CAROLINA - To be quite clear, the bizarre creature who came up with the Israel/Palestine “peace” deal (that has been rejected most everywhere) is not very bright, and he is so waxen-looking that he belongs frozen in eternal silence in London’s Madame Tussaud’s museum. Except that he would not be acceptable there, even as a wax effigy, because he has never been good for anything.

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

Trump’s peace plan: A realistic solution or a final solution? 

“A realistic solution would give the Palestinians all the power to govern themselves but not the powers to threaten Israel.” —Peace to Prosperity

By Shang-Jin Wei

Will the coronavirus cause a major growth slowdown in China?

The panic generated by the new coronavirus, 2019-nCov, which originated in Wuhan, one of China's largest cities and a major domestic transport hub, reminds many of the fear and uncertainty at the peak of the 2003 SARS. China's stock market, after rising for months, has reversed itself in recent days, and global markets have followed suit, apparently reflecting concerns about the coronavirus's impact on the Chinese economy and global growth. Are these worries justified?

by Robert David Steele

Trump Peace Plan – Sheer Genius – Israel Gone by 2022

TEHRAN - Robert David Steele, a former Marine Corps infantry officer and CIA spy as well as an activist for Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE), contributes regularly to Tehran Times.

By Martin Love

The “Deal of the Century” is DOA, period

NORTH CAROLINA - So in Washington this week Americans witnessed two criminals, Netanyahu and Trump, putting forth a Mideast “peace” plan where one side, the Palestinians, have no representation at all (nor a hand in crafting the proposals), and which must be a total embarrassment.

By Damir Nazarov

Sacral motive for the murder of the legendary General

WEST SIBERIA/ TYUMEN - Do you know the story of attempts by Mossad, MI6, and the Central intelligence Agency to find traces of the presence of Imam Mahdi ("peace be upon him") in Iraq? You should read about it. January 3, 2020 in Baghdad, the Americans during an air strike kill the legendary General of the Islamic revolutionary guard Corps - Qassem Soleimani.

By Mohammadreza Farahzadi

A president’s childish wishes and the lies that damage the American people’s psyche

“No American or Iraqi lives were lost because of the precautions taken, the dispersal of forces and an early warning system that worked very well,” said Donald Trump in response to Iran’s strong slap by launching missile attack on Ain al-Assad airbase. Regarding the leaked statistics on the casualties of U.S. troops from various sources, Trump has made contradictory remarks.

By Martin Love

Iran’s one strike may have changed Mideast forever

NORTH CAROLINA - The JCPOA certainly seems to be comatose and dying. Don’t blame Iran. Blame the U.S. first and then the E-3: Germany, France and the U.K. Can it be stated more plainly? No.

By Salman Parviz

Quest for peace in Libya

Summits fail to bring the warring factions to a settlement

The world witnessed the overthrow and killing of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, eight years after the colonel had eliminated his country’s weapons of mass destruction program, including a decades-old nuclear weapons program.

By Fatemeh Salehi

Berlin conference on Libya, a breakthrough or the rivals’ saber-rattling

TEHRAN - The Berlin conference was held on Sunday to find a solution to put an end to the crisis in Libya. The meeting, which was attended by representatives of 12 countries, ended without achieving any practical breakthrough out of the crisis.

By Ramin Hosseinabadian

Israeli security officials affirm Tel Aviv’s vulnerability

TEHRAN - The Zionist regime’s security officials have always affirmed the inefficiency of the Israeli army and the vulnerability of its domestic front against threats by the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movements.

By Martin Love

The U.S. now: Widespread thuggery

NORTH CAROLINA - For those who remember a time when U.S. leaders and especially those in the White House appeared at least nominally dignified and worthy of some respect, the appearance now is one of outright immoral, widespread thuggery and its attendant ills like blackmail and murder, the latter for which Trump may be liable in the International Criminal Court provided Iran presents the case of Soleimani’s assassination along with his comrades’ demise to the court.

By Mohammadreza Farahzadi

Assassination of Major General Soleimani in the light of international law

"Assassination" is a form of extrajudicial execution that is carried out illegally and arbitrarily by a state and is contrary to the principles of human rights under Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

By M. A. Saeed

The End of Impunity

On December 17th 1998 Americans woke up to a NY Times headline “Impeachment vote in House delayed as Clinton launches Iraq airstrike”.

By Hamid Mohammadi

Great achievement of Operation Martyr Soleimani

In the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese jet fighters attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor Island amid of WWII.

By Martin Love

Dignity, smarts and grace: that’s Iran’s performance of late

NORTH CAROLINA - Who does Donald Trump and his gang of incompetents think they are kidding? One might suppose, or at least hope, that the only people are the “whites only” Bubba crowd who wear red hats with “MAGA” printed above the brim. These are the folks who show up at Trump rallies and get to hear the embarrassing 45th President blather like Robert DeNiro in his first big film hit, “Taxi Driver”.

By Martin Love

Protesters in Iran may be bolstering U.S. imperialism

NORTH CAROLINA - From afar it can be upsetting to hear about protests at some universities in Iran, allegedly spawned by anger over the unintentional downing of the commercial aircraft near Tehran. One can understand the anger over the horrible accident of mistaken identity, but let’s get real about this tragic event.

By Martin Love

It must be always emphasized: Allah’s mercy and compassion

NORTH CAROLINA - Amid the madness, one thing is indisputable. Trump and Netanyahu are joined at the hip in part because both face the prospect, however remote, of eventually winding up in jail. Trump has been impeached but getting him out of the White House before November is a stretch, Natanyahu has been indicted on multiple corruption charges. Both think they avoid jail as long as they are in office. They planned and executed the demise of Soleimani through their respective appointees alongside the Mossad and the CIA.

By Robert David Steele

WORLD WAR III? President Donald Trump Was Lied To, Will This Martyrdom Lead to a Restored Palestine?

TEHRAN - Robert David Steele, a former Marine Corps infantry officer and CIA spy as well as an activist for Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE), contributes regularly to Tehran Times.

By Morteza Helali

Is there going to be a war between Hezbollah and Tel Aviv?

Lebanon and Palestine share a 79-kilometer-long border that has suffered from tensions at different times due to the Zionist regime’s expansionist policies. Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, was not the end of its aggression in the border areas with Lebanon, as it still has occupied parts of the country.

By Mahmood Khaghani, energy expert

A Turning Point 

In what is widely considered a US act of terrorism, President Trump ordered an assassination team  to eliminate  Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, leader of the foreign wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, commander of part of Iraqi’s national defence force on a road leading to Baghdad International Airport on Jan. 2, 2020. 

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

Red Line Crossed: U.S. assassination of Qasem Soleimani

“Shahid Soleimani is the international face of the resistance and all who have a heart-felt connection to the resistance seek his blood revenge.” —Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei