Trump asked me to be go-between with Iran: Imran Khan

TEHRAN – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan says U.S. President Donald Trump has asked him to mediate between Tehran and Washington during his visit to New York.

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William Burns and Jake Sullivan call Trump’s decision to quit nuclear deal ‘foolish’

William J. Burns, a former U.S. deputy secretary of state, and Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser to former vice president Joe Biden, have said that the Trump administration’s decision to quit the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was “foolish”.

Iran has acted prudently by reducing nuclear commitments: Kamalvandi

TEHRAN - Behrooz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), has said that Iran has been acting prudently by reducing its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the JCPOA.

Rouhani says 83 million Iranians “will not forget this crime” by the United States.

Rouhani: U.S. committing crime against humanity by targeting Iranians’ livelihood

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the United States has committed “crime against humanity” by “economic terrorism” against the Iranians.

Turkish move against Syria ‘unacceptable’

Rouhani says separating budget from oil requires ‘precise surgery’

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that separating budget from oil revenues requires a “precise surgery”.

By Martin Love

A speculation about the Trumpian core

NORTH CAROLINA - Here is a wild and maybe baseless hunch the Zionists and Israel could start working hard but covertly to see Donald Trump impeached by the Democrats in Congress. One might say this sounds bizarre and implausible given all that “Israel” has extracted from Trump and his administrative cronies: more billions of American taxpayer bucks than ever before, the “gift” of the Syrian Golan as recognized Israeli territory as if such U.S. recognition legitimized the Israeli hold on the territory, the further gift of a free hand for the Zionists to build more illegal settlements in the West Bank, the refusal to speak out against the horrors of life in Gaza, the move of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem, and much more.

By Saeed Sobani

Hurricane at Trump and Biden Nest

What about the fate of two politicians?

TEHRAN-The political game in the United States of America is extremely complicated. Most US citizens' support for Donald Trump's impeachment has created difficult conditions for the White House. On the other hand, revelations against former Vice President Joe Biden have diminished his popularity in the polls. In such a situation we are witnessing the rise of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

By Ehsan Baqeri

Why does Trump beg mediators?

TEHRAN - According to a Pakistani source, Prime Minister Imran Khan will travel to Iran and Saudi Arabia to mediate between Tehran and Riyadh. 

*By Mohammad Ghaderi

Continuous duality by Washington

The U.S. Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook, claimed in an interview with Alhurra recently that Iran should decide between its economy or talks with the United States. 

What can we expect from Trump? Is Pastor Chuck Baldwin also a chosen one?

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. by Javad Heirannia

Iranian FM says the Adana agreement between Turkey and Syria is still valid

Zarif says Syria and Turkey should together guard border

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Syrian Army together with Turkey can guard the border with Turkey.

By Saeed Sobhani

Trump: one step to fire!

U.S. President Donald Trump is having a terrible day! According to the latest news and opinion polls inside the United States, most American citizens now agree with his impeachment and removal from office.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Erdogan’s dreams in northern Syria won’t be realized 

TEHRAN - Although Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s goals in northern Syria are beyond the issue of Kurds, but this dream will not be interpreted. 

By Martin Love

Reasons to be optimistic and steadfast in Iran

NORTH CAROLINA - So, Donald Trump is abandoning the Kurds in northeastern Syria and allegedly pulling out U.S. troops, giving Turkey a green light to try to ensure that a Kurdish state will not threaten Turkey’s eastern Anatolia. But the fear is that ISIS will be resurrected somehow, and on it goes in a kaleidoscope of sectarian and political confrontations in the Middle East where the sands beneath one’s feet seem to shift on a weekly basis.

Economic war has targeted people’s health, Zarif laments

TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that the United States’ sanctions and economic war on Iran have targeted the ordinary people’s health and livelihood.

By Saeed Sobhani

The endless Trump-Biden war

TEHRAN-Former US President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden continue their fight. In the end, it looks like the loser has two losers: Biden and Trump!

Trump enjoyed destroying nuclear deal as Obama’s major foreign policy success: professor

TEHRAN - Roy Licklider, an adjunct senior research scholar at the Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies and adjunct professor of political science, says Donald Trump was happy to kill the 2015 nuclear deal which was President Barack Obama’s major foreign policy success.

By M.D.

Iran’s coup de grace

In a Washington round table in May 2012 I was asked what I thought about Iran’s role in our region. I said, when the U.S. and Iran reach a coexistence arrangement, we will all sleep peacefully. 

Iran to legally seek reparations caused by JCPOA violation

TEHRAN - Laya Joneidi, the presidential aide for legal affairs, has said that Iran will legally seek reparations caused by the U.S. violation of the JCPOA, the official name for the 2015 nuclear deal.

Europeans legally not in a position to quit nuclear deal: Zarif

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Europeans are not legally in a position to quit the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

By Saeed Sobhani

Democratic Party in the 2020 U.S. election

The fate of the election depends on public health insurance

“The Health Insurance Act” is the only winning card for Democratic Party and its supporters. Over 40 million Americans have no valid health insurance due to the high costs of health care and their financial inability to afford it. In addition, about 160 million people are not satisfied with their private insurance and believe it is very expensive and insufficient.

By Maryam Khormaee

The world in the shadow of regional hegemons/ how does china beat the U.S.?

TEHRAN - Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of China is an opportunity for Trump to learn that more than a slogan needed to revive a country’s majesty.

By Afshin Majlesi

Words versus deeds: Are White House sanctions on Iranians economic terrorism?

Tehran accuses Washington of launching an economic terrorism against Iranian people, a claim that the U.S. denies.

Iran can only trust an independent Europe, MP says

TEHRAN - Hassan Norouzi, a spokesman with the Majlis Legal and Judicial Committee, has said that the European countries should prove their independence in order to gain Iran’s trust.

Rouhani says Iran’s status has improved over the past year and a half

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that despite economic pressure Iran’s status has improved over the past year and a half.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

The fate of 2020 U.S. election depends on public health insurance

TEHRAN - “The Health Insurance Act” is the only winning card for Democratic Party and its supporters. Over 40 million Americans have no valid health insurance due to high costs of health care and their financial inability to afford it. In addition, about 160 million people are not satisfied with their private insurance, and believe it is very expensive and insufficient.

Jahangiri says Iran has defeated U.S. maximum pressure policy

TEHRAN – Iran has succeeded to defeat the United States’ policy of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic, First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Tuesday.

*By Robin Wright

Trump’s close-call diplomacy with Rouhani 

On the evening of Tuesday, September 24th, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, went to see his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, at the Millennium Hilton Hotel, across the street from the UN headquarters, in New York.

By Saeed Sobhani

The U.S president cannot escape his responsibility

Trump game with John Bolton's coffin!

TEHRAN-The President of the United States of America is in a very difficult situation. Although some US media outlets are trying to portray John Bolton's expulsion from the White House as a clever response from Donald Trump, we must not forget that the American president is also responsible for what happened to his country's foreign policy in the last two years! Even Trump has primary responsibility for this.

Trump will change policy as he sees Iranians’ determination, government predicts

TEHRAN - Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that the U.S. exit from “self-inflicted dead-end” requires something more than “enthusiasm”.