Ex-CIA chief Brennan and top nuclear deal negotiator Sherman to brief Dems on Iran: AP 

TEHRAN - Former CIA director John Brennan and top negotiator of the Iran nuclear deal, Wendy Sherman, will brief Democrats on the situation in Iran amid the Trump administration’s heightened tension with Tehran.

 By Javad Heirannia

'Counterintelligence failure by CIA and NSA in Venezuela'

An opportunity for Donald Trump to reform U.S. Intelligence

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

Iran identifies 290 CIA spies across the world: intelligence minister

TEHRAN – Agents from the Iranian Intelligence Ministry have succeeded to identify 290 CIA spies in Iran and other countries, Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi revealed on Friday.

Intel minister: Iran identified 290 CIA spies, made arrests

Iran has identified 290 CIA agents across different countries, forcing the US to form a special committee to reassess its cloak-and-dagger operations, Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi says.

By Mohammad Fatemizadeh

Pentagon and CIA are against Trump / Reasons of U.S. withdrawal from Syria:  Anzour

After Donald Trump said he would withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria, the Turkish military operation against Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria has been postponed. Currently, the main cast in Syria is assessing the position of their forces to continue fighting the remaining ISIS presence after the departure of the U.S.

Trump is defending Mohammed bin Salman’s lies. Congress must insist on the truth.

SAUDI ARABIA’S crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is brazenly seeking to lie his way out of accountability for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — and the Trump administration is helping him do so.

CIA concludes bin Salman ordered killing of Khashoggi 

The Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, ordered the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to American officials.

Oliver Stone claims CIA tries to influence his projects

TEHRAN – Oliver Stone, the American director of political films such as “Nixon”, “Comandante”, “Looking for Fidel” and “Persona Non Grata”, has claimed the CIA is trying to influence his projects.

U.S. moral bankruptcy on full display, Zarif says

TEHRAN – U.S. moral bankruptcy on full display, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday, pointing to Washington’s anti-Iran sanctions despite being aware that Tehran was not seeking nuclear weapons.

By Javad Heirannia

Future of JCPOA looks grim: Pillar

TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “The changes involving Pompeo and Bolton will mean a more hawkish policy overall. There will be even greater reliance on military force rather than on diplomacy than we have seen so far.”

By Javad Heirannia

JCPOA future is very limited: Nephew

TEHRAN – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that “Bolton and Pompeo are both much more hawkish.”

By Mahmood Monshipouri

Tillerson’s Exit and future of Iran Nuclear Deal

SAN FRANCISCO - Could the departure of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson from the U.S. Department of State deliver a coup de grace to the Iran nuclear deal? One potential consequence of Tillerson’s ouster is that President Trump would likely pave the way for abandoning the Iran nuclear deal—otherwise known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

An offshoot of Gonabadi Dervishes linked to Mossad, CIA: MP

TEHRAN – A member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has said that an offshoot of the Gonabadi Dervishes has links to Mossad and the CIA, Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday.

Riots in Iran were engineered in Erbil: Rezaee

TEHRAN - Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, said on Saturday that the recent riots in Iran were planned during a meeting which was held in Erbil two months ago.

CIA, Israel, Saudi Arabia behind protests: Iran’s prosecutor

TEHRAN – Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Iran's prosecutor general, said on Thursday that the CIA, the Zionists and Saudi Arabia were behind the recent unrest in various cities across the country. 

Prosecutor general: We will not appease those who incite violence

TEHRAN – Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri has said the judicial system will show no mercy for those who incited riots in certain cities in Iran in recent days.

By Javad Heirannia

Ongoing protests in Iran were CIA/Mossad orchestrated: Lendman

TEHRAN- U.S. columnist Stephen Lendman says that “I strongly suspect ongoing protests in Iran were CIA/Mossad orchestrated, another futile color revolution attempt sure to fail.” 

Tehran dismisses U.S. allegations on 9/11

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has dismissed recent falsification of the 9/11 records by the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency to incriminate the Islamic Republic.

by Zahra Sadat Khezri

Neither Trump nor Kim currently seeking war: ex-senior CIA official

Paul Pillar says North Korea is unlikely ever to give up nuclear weapons as a deterrent against armed attack

TEHRAN – A former senior U.S. intelligence official believes that neither U.S. President Donald Trump nor North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un are now looking for a war.

Ready to talk to North Korea?

The State Department press briefing room has traditionally been the place where the United States government has explained and promoted its foreign policy to the world.

CIA chief promises fundamental policy shift toward Iran

TEHRAN – The CIA director, Mike Pompeo, said on Thursday that Washington will change its policy toward Tehran, signaling a tougher stance against the Islamic Republic.

Documents on CIA role in 1953 Iran coup declassified

TEHRAN – The U.S. State Department has declassified a long-awaited “retrospective” volume of U.S. government documents on the 1953 coup in Iran, documenting the role of the CIA in the coup against the democratically-elected government of Mohammad Mosadeq.

CIA names the ‘Dark Prince’ to run Iran operations

The CIA has named Michael D’Andrea as head of its Iran operations, an appointment that is the first major sign that the Trump administration is invoking the hard line the president took against Iran, New York Times reported on Friday.

WikiLeaks at it again — this time, the CIA

WikiLeaks, in a stunning move, released what it called “the largest ever publication of confidential documents” on America’s premier intelligence agency, the CIA. There are two takeaways.

By Rosa Brooks

3 ways to get rid of Trump before 2020

Are we really stuck with this guy?

By Margaret Hartmann

U.S. should have stolen Iraq’s oil

Trump Says U.S. should have stolen Iraq’s oil, and ‘maybe we’ll have another chance’.

By Colbert I. King

President Trump at the CIA was appalling

As a State Department special agent assigned to the U.S. Embassy in West Germany during the Cold War, as one of three regional security officers responsible for personnel and physical security of U.S. diplomatic missions in West Germany, and West Berlin, I had the privilege of working closely with American intelligence services on critical and extremely sensitive issues.