By Ruhollah Ghasemian

Why the Deal of the Century fails?

TEHRAN - These days, apart from the tensions between Iran and United States, another event in south west Asia has attracted the attention of the countries’ officials, nations, and the media from all over the world. 

By Hamid Bayati

Nasrallah warns against changes in Middle East

TEHRAN - These days, Middle East is facing a torrent of events that seem to be born out of conspiracies and compromises. The changes that will threaten peace in the region. It seems that U.S. President, Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are trying to draw their own advantages by carrying out new plans in Middle East.   

By Sadeq Aliyu

Buhari invited Netanyahu as IMN Members pressure at Juma'at mosque

ABUJA/ NIGERIA - President Muhammad Buhari has sent a letter inviting Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel to Nigeria, few days after returning from Saudi Arabia, as on Friday 24/05/2019 he was pressured to free sheikh Zakzaky by thousands of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in the national mosque Abuja.

Diplomat says Netanyahu seeking to turn Bahrain into an Israeli island

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, said on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to turn Bahrain into an Israeli island.

Princeton researcher enumerates Bolton-Netanyahu misinformation and gradual approaches against Iran

TEHRAN - Seyyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator who currently acts as a Princeton University researcher, has said that there will be no war between Iran and the U.S. in the current situation.

Zarif says ‘Israel first’ replacing ‘America first’

TEHRAN - Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, said on Saturday that the policy of “Israel first” is replacing the Donald Trump’s policy of “America first”.

Half of B-Team were co-conspirators in disastrous Iraq war, Zarif says

TEHRAN - In a post on his Twitter page on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said half of those in the B-team were “co-conspirators in disastrous Iraq war”.

Netanyahu fails to government, asks for more time

Tehran- Benjamin Netanyahu will ask Israel’s president for more time to form a new government, a spokesman said.

Zarif: There are always ways of going around sanctions

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif does not believe U.S. President Donald Trump wants war with Iran, but he told Reuters on Wednesday that Trump could be lured into a conflict.

Chomsky: Trump radically interfered with Israel’s election to help re-elect Netanyahu

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is headed to a record fifth term in office after narrowing defeating former military chief Benny Gantz. In a discussion with Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky talks about how President Trump directly interfered with the Israel election by repeatedly helping Netanyahu, from moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem to recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights in defiance of international law.

Iranian diplomat says IRGC terror designation is just rhetoric

TEHRAN – Iran’s Ambassador to the UK Hamid Baeidinejad has said that designation of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps as a terrorist organization by the U.S. is just a rhetoric.

By Mehdi Sepahvand

IAEA inspects Iran ‘warehouse’ Netanyahu pointed to: sources

The UN atomic watchdog policing Iran’s nuclear deal has inspected what Israel’s prime minister called a “secret atomic warehouse” in Tehran, three diplomats familiar with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s work said, according to Reuters.

Trump says it's time for US to recognize 'Israel's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights'

President Donald Trump on Thursday overturned longstanding US policy regarding the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, announcing "it is time" for the US to "fully recognize Israel's Sovereignty" over the region.

‘Netanyahu attacks Palestinians to win election’

TEHRAN – A senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not hesitant to commit any kind of crime against Palestinians in order to win the upcoming election, Mehr reported.

Iran will respond firmly to any act against oil shipment: Hatami

TEHRAN – Defense Minister Amir Hatami warned on Wednesday that Iran will respond firmly to any action against its oil shipment.

Ambassador hails cancellation of Visegrad summit

TEHRAN – Iran’s Ambassador to Britain Hamid Baeidinejad said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a “heavy blow” after the cancellation of a two-day summit of the Central European countries known as the Visegrad group (V4) in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Washington has taken its animus towards Iran to a new extreme over the past two years, Zarif laments

Zarif: U.S. policies driven by pathological obsession with Iran

TEHRAN – In a speech to the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized Washington’s policy toward Iran, saying the U.S. is maddeningly obsessed with Iran 

Arab world outraged by humiliation at Warsaw Conference

The Warsaw Conference, organized by the U.S. in the Polish capital on February 13-14, has outraged observers in the Arab world who believe their leaders attended the conference merely as “extras” in a pre-planned scenario for normalization of Israeli-Arab ties.

By Javad Heirannia

Understanding Donald Trump and the White House: A few books

TEHRAN - Robert David Steele, a former Marine Corps infantry officer and CIA spy who was recommended for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, regularly answers questions for Tehran Times.

By Philip M. Giraldi

Israel's Story: Lies from top to bottom

A study by a Toronto-based consulting and research company has revealed thatover the past fifty years mainstream reporting about Israel has been distorted to portray the Jewish state in positive terms while ignoring the plight of the Palestinians under Israeli occupation.

By Mohammad Fatemizadeh

Netanyahu’s reaction to Nasrallah’s remarks to serve his election campaign: al-Zahar 

TEHRAN – A senior Hamas member, Mahmoud al-Zahar, told MNA that if all the countries and powers occupied by the Israelis regime come together, a so-called ‘Last Battle’ will take place, which will put an end to the regime.

IRGC rejects Netanyahu’s claims of targeting Iranian bases in Syria

TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Monday rejected the Israeli prime minister’s claims of attacking Iranian bases in Syria as completely “baseless” and “false”.

Hezbollah chief says rumors about his health are lies

Nasrallah: “Hezbollah doesn’t need tunnels to invade Galilee”

TEHRAN - In a long-awaited interview on al-Mayadeen TV late on Saturday, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah refuted as “lies” all rumors about his health condition.

By Philip Giraldi

Benefiting Israel Tops U.S. Congressional Agenda

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu famously was unaware that he was being filmed when he commented that “America is a thing you can move very easily, moved in the right direction.” His predecessor Ariel Sharon was even more to the point when he reportedly said “Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that …don’t worry about American pressure; I tell you, we, the Jewish people, control America and the American people know it!”

By Hamid Bayati

Extreme right of Europe and Netanyahu's new mission to Rajavi Cult

TEHRAN – Israeli regime is providing extreme right parties in Europe with covert support to create a rift in the continent.

Iran warns Netanyahu about threatening Iran

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should stop threatening Iran.

‘Iranians stopped Trump, Netanyahu in economic, psychological war’

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, said on Friday that the Iranian government and people have put a stop to the anti-Iran measures taken by U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Iranian Intelligence Ministry calls Netanyahu’s remarks ‘delusional’ 

TEHRAN - The Iranian Intelligence Ministry has rejected claims by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Tel Aviv’s agents routinely visit Iran for spying on Tehran’s nuclear program, saying such “delusional remarks” are only intended to ease the pressure on him over revelations that Iran successfully has infiltrated into Israel’s spy services.

The West ‘parrots’ Netanyahu’s whines about Iran’s conventional missiles, Zarif regrets

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday censured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for openly boasting the regime’s “offensive missiles” after threatening Iran with annihilation with nuclear bombs.