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2019-06-10 13:21
By Walt Baranger
Like two exhausted boxers, Border Patrol and Central Americans seek respite
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2019-05-18 22:47
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”.
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2018-11-17 00:38
Army chief: U.S. dominance in West Asia has waned
TEHRAN – The Iranian Army chief said on Thursday that the era of U.S. dominance in West Asia has come to an end.
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2018-09-23 10:04
U.S. warns India of sanctions over defense deal with Russia
TEHRAN - Last week, Narendra Modi government in New Delhi cleared the way for a lucrative $2.2-billion frigates deal with Russia, which came after India had signed a historic defense deal with the U.S.
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2018-09-10 12:43
By Marco Carnelos
Why America can't understand the ME
A recent editorial in the Washington Post, written by columnist David Ignatius, offers a shining example of the United States' difficulty in understanding today's world and, most of all, the Arab world.
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2018-09-08 10:14
By Hamid Bayati
Did Trump deceive Macron again?
Speaking at a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Vienna, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's remarks on the necessity of holding missile and regional negotiations with Iran surprised many of his addressees!
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2018/09/04
By: Mudasir Sheikh
Iran’s key role in fight against America’s economic terrorism
TEHRAN - The America’s economic terrorism against the Islamic Republic of Iran has assumed alarming proportions lately. But Iran stands unfazed. On August 20, 2018, Iran’s central bank-affiliated website took off U.S. dollar as a standard of measuring the average rate of Iran’s most tradable currencies. In February, Iran had switched from US dollar to Euro as the official reporting currency of the nation.
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2018-08-15 21:23
Caspian convention barred NATO: Rouhani
TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday a recent convention signed by the Caspian littoral states has barred the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from the Caspian Sea.
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2018-08-09 11:00
‘Iran has successfully isolated America’
TEHRAN – Despite 40 years of pressure, war and sanctions, Iran has succeeded to isolate the United States and foil its conspiracies, the Islamic Radios & Television Union said on Wednesday.
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2018/08/05
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
What should be India’s priority: Energy security or ‘America first’?
TEHRAN - Although no final decision has been taken yet by New Delhi, speculation is rife that oil imports from Iran could slow down from August when some U.S. sanctions against Tehran take effect. However, for now, there is reason to cheer for those want to see India stand its ground and refuse to buckle under the U.S. pressure.
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2018-07-31 12:24
Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘America’s destructive policies in Af-Pak region have led to terrorism, insecurity and geopolitical rivalries’
TEHRAN - Aimal Faizi is a senior Afghan journalist and political analyst, who served as the spokesperson of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai between 2011 and 2014. In this interview with Tehran Times, he spoke about the security situation in Afghanistan, peace process and recent political developments. Following are the excerpts.
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2018-07-31 12:22
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
U.S. anti-narcotics campaign in Afghanistan a big disaster
TEHRAN - The protracted war in Afghanistan has many convoluted dimensions and needless to say the foreign invaders have failed in almost every way. Their engagement in the war-ravaged country has only wreaked havoc, brought misery to the people and emboldened insurgent groups to carry out deadly strikes across the country.
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2018/07/26
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Let’s talk about terrorism perpetuated by America
“There are two ways to approach the study of terrorism,” notes Noam Chomsky in ‘Western State Terrorism’. “One may adopt a literal approach or a propagandistic approach, construing the concept of terrorism as a weapon to be exploited in the service of some system of power. It comes as no surprise that the propagandistic approach is adopted by governments generally, and by their instruments in totalitarian states.”
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2018-07-25 13:10
Tehran sets deadline for Europe’s JCPOA package
No export for others if Iran banned from oil sale: diplomat
TEHRAN – Iran will not stand idly by and watch others export their oil if it is deprived of crude exports under a U.S. plan, Iran’s deputy foreign minister has said.
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2018-07-17 10:44
Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘Pakistan has come out of America’s shadow and CPEC project is a good example of that’
TEHRAN - Omar R. Quraishi is a senior Pakistani journalist and commentator. He has worked with Dawn, Express Tribune, The News, ARY TV, Samaa TV and is currently media consultant to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Zardari Bhutto
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2018-05-05 03:39
‘America will be slapped hard if it acts against us’
TEHRAN – Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani, Tehran’s interim Friday Prayer preacher, has said that Iran is not afraid of the United States and should Washington decides to take military action against Iran, it will be slapped hard.
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2018-02-07 19:49
By Mohammad Homaeefar
U.S. presence in other states ‘a recipe for disaster’: Qassemi
TEHRAN – The military presence of the United States in any country across the globe has almost always proven “a recipe for disaster”, leading to catastrophic consequences for different regions and the world, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi says.
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2018-01-24 09:35
By Sadollah Zarei
Chaos in December: the defeat of the enemy
TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution of Iran has been a matter of great concern for America, Britain, Israel and the West since 1979 and it seems it will continue to be so in the future.
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2018-01-15 08:57
By Maria Cardona
Trump's hateful remarks bring new level of shame to the nation
Just when we think we can’t go any lower in our public discourse, the president takes us there. President Donald Trump, in a meeting Thursday with lawmakers discussing the Dream Act and immigration policy, tellingly asked why would we want more immigrants from “shithole countries?” He was specifically referring to immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti and Africa.
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2018/01/03
By Stewart M. Patrick & Anne Shannon
In 2017, America abandoned its leadership of the world
After President Donald J. Trump’s election last fall, many experts predicted that 2017 would be a tumultuous year for international cooperation.
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2018-01-01 09:37
By Naseer Ali Soufi Kashmiri
Isolation of America in international arena
TEHRAN - It is not less than a shame and shock for a so called superpower; which was left alone in UN General Assembly when the decision of its President, Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem was turned down by a majority of 128 member countries of the United Nations.
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2017-11-13 20:58
by Zahra Sadat khezri
Syria war intended to divide, weaken independent nations: Sydney University’s Anderson
Tim Anderson says ‘Washington has not yet found a way to accept defeat’ in Syria
Tim Anderson, a senior lecturer in political economy at the University of Sydney, believes that the war on Syria was intended to weaken and divide independent countries in the region.
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2017-10-14 09:10
Cleric urges authorities to distrust America
TEHRAN – Tehran's interim Friday prayer preacher Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani said on Friday that officials should learn from past experience that the United States strongly opposes the Islamic Republic.
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2017-10-08 09:53
Trump’s foreign policy circus
Another day, another embarrassing foreign policy circus in the nation’s capital that can only further erode trust in American leadership at home and abroad.
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2017-09-02 02:04
By Hank Johnson
President Trump is giving police forces weapons of war. This is dangerous
The president has signed an executive order that will reopen the floodgates of military-grade weaponry entering American streets
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2017-08-19 20:08
Tourist flow from U.S. to Iran not slowed down
TEHRAN – The tourist flow from the U.S. to Iran has not been slowed down as its year-on-year rate shows no decrease in the stream, says the chief executive of the Iranian Tour Operators Association.
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2017-08-19 04:04
By Matthew Bunn
North Korea and America could stumble into a Nuclear War
Major U.S. and South Korean military exercises this month could increase the tensions.
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2017-08-15 10:22
A moral failure that shames America
No previous U.S. president of modern times would have failed to condemn his country’s white nationalists. This one did
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2017-08-09 19:31
By Jennifer Lind
Will Trump's hardball tactics work on China and North Korea?
As North Korea develops an intercontinental nuclear capability, President Donald Trump has veered from forbearance to frustration regarding China's role.
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2017-08-02 11:08
Why Trump won
The real question of the 2016 presidential election isn't so much why did Donald Trump win, as why did he even get close?