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Today 20:25
By Shahrokh Saei
Caribbean crisis: U.S. military actions fuel Latin American pushback
TEHRAN – The United States’ deadly attacks on vessels in Caribbean waters off Venezuela and Colombia, coupled with President Donald Trump’s escalating threats, have thrust the region into global attention. Since early September, nearly 30 people have been killed in strikes that the Trump administration claims are aimed at dismantling drug trafficking networks.
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Yesterday 20:27
By Shahab Sarmadi
‘No Kings’ protests against Trump reveal deep divisions in U.S.
TEHRAN – The “No Kings” protests that took place on Saturday across the United States revealed more than opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies—they exposed the nation’s deep political, social, and ideological divisions.
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2025-10-18 16:39
Zelensky fails to secure Tomahawk missiles at talks with Trump
President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have come away empty-handed from a White House meeting after US President Donald Trump indicated he was not ready to supply sought-after Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, the BBC reported.
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2025-10-17 21:23
Iran condemns US military moves near Venezuelan waters
TEHRAN - Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has denounced an escalation of U.S. military moves in the vicinity of Venezuelan coasts as flagrant violation of the basic objectives and principles enshrined in the UN Charter, particularly the principle of not resorting or threatening to resort to force in intergovernmental relations.
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2025-10-17 17:58
Maduro blasts ‘open conspiracy’ as Trump confirms CIA directive to targeting Venezuela
Venezuela on Thursday stepped up its diplomatic push against Washington, formally asking the UN Security Council to declare recent U.S. strikes in the southern Caribbean illegal and to condemn what Caracas calls an unprecedented authorization for the CIA to carry out covert lethal operations against the country.
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2025/10/15
By Batool Subeiti
Victory for Gaza and the Axis of Resistance
LONDON - It seems this round of war in Gaza has come to an end. Standing firm in position, refusing to be broken, and moving the struggle to a different stage is the measure of victory or defeat for the resistance parties.
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2025-10-14 21:29
By Soheila Zarfam
An olive branch between the wolf’s teeth
Iran says Trump's words and actions don't match after he extends 'hand of friendship' to Tehran amid sanctions and threats
TEHRAN – The remarks U.S. President Donald Trump made in Egypt, as he had participating world leaders bathe him in adulation for ending a war he had done everything to maintain in recent months, did not sit well with many globally, including Iranians, who appear increasingly impatient with the president’s refusal to accept that he cannot force Iran into concessions through threats, sanctions, bombardments, and insincere messages of reconciliation.
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2025/10/13
By Minoo Khaleghi
The Nobel Peace Prize has lost its meaning
Jurist and researcher in international relations
TEHRAN - The Nobel Prize, established under the will of Alfred Nobel in 1901, was meant to be awarded annually to “the person or organization that has done the most or the best work for the benefit of humanity” in relation to peace. Yet from the very beginning, the interpretation of its criteria has rested in the hands of the Norwegian Committee, and its decisions — especially in politically sensitive cases — have repeatedly stirred controversy.
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2025-10-13 21:54
Why did Iran choose to skip the Sharm el-Sheikh summit?
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald arrived in Egypt Monday evening, essentially on a victory lap to celebrate what he claimed no one else could have achieved: a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, but one that virtually no one believes Israel can be expected to comply with in the long run.
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2025-10-12 19:54
By Sahar Dadjoo
Exclusive: Israel’s military failures forced partial withdrawal from Gaza, Aleef Sabbagh says
Senior Palestinian analyst highlights Netanyahu’s inability to defeat Hamas or relocate Gaza’s population
TEHRAN- Following two years of devastating war and unprecedented human suffering in Gaza, Hamas and Israel accepted a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on October 9 under Donald Trump’s controversial 20-point plan. While the agreement temporarily halts Israel’s military operations and paves the way for prisoner exchange and phased withdrawals, analysts warn that it leaves unresolved the root causes of the conflict and may only postpone another round of violence.
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2025-10-11 22:06
By Wesam Bahrani
Driven by Venezuela’s oil riches, Trump intensifies clash with Maduro government
TEHRAN – Tensions between Caracas and Washington are mounting amid the White House’s continued push for regime change in Venezuela.
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2025-10-11 22:00
Egypt prepares summit as Trump seeks credit for Gaza ceasefire
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend a signing ceremony in Egypt after a brief stop in Israel, joining European, Arab, and regional leaders to endorse the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-exchange plan that could pause the two-year conflict.
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2025-10-11 21:38
Nobel Peace Prize 2025: A fusion of dynamite’s memory, fresh genocide, and coup dream
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
TEHRAN – For years, many have argued that the Nobel Peace Prize has become a tool of Western states, used to promote opposition figures capable of replacing governments at odds with the West.
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2025-10-10 21:08
By Garsha Vazirian
Bloodied hands, misplaced laurels: Why neither Trump nor Machado deserves praise
Sponsoring war, sanctions, and regime change is not a résumé for peace
TEHRAN – In a move that pleased Washington’s propaganda machinery, the Norwegian Nobel Committee chose Venezuelan opponent María Corina Machado over a president who spent months begging for a medal.
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2025-10-08 21:07
False intelligence, Israeli pressure fuel U.S. miscalculations on Iran: Araghchi
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has criticized the U.S. President Donald Trump over his recent remarks on Iran’s nuclear program, urging Washington to return to diplomacy instead of repeating past mistakes driven by false intelligence and Israeli influence.
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2025-10-07 21:41
By Mona Hojat Ansari
Fool me once
Americans grill Netanyahu on social media after he suggests Iran could attack Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
TEHRAN – Recent remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting that Tehran is preparing to attack U.S. soil has alarmed American citizens — though probably not for the reasons the Israeli leader had hoped for.
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2025-10-04 17:34
Caracas warns US military buildup seeks to seize Venezuela’s oil and gold
Venezuela condemned a fresh U.S. military strike that killed four people aboard a vessel off its coast, calling the attack an illegal, extrajudicial killing and part of a pattern of coercion by Washington.
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2025-10-01 22:06
By Muhammad Akmal Khan
Hunting West Asia: Who is next?
ISLAMABAD – When a hunter enters the woods, he is seldom alone. Behind him march the beaters, stirring the dust, hurling stones, forcing the prey from freedom into a single, fatal path. Exhausted and terrified, the prey stumbles before the hunter’s feet, and one blow ends its life.
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2025-10-01 18:59
By Garsha Vazirian
The arsonist as fire chief: Tony Blair must not govern Gaza
TEHRAN – Washington and Tel Aviv’s latest idea for Gaza’s “post-war transition” is as reckless as it is insulting: hand the reins to Tony Blair. Draft plans released by the White House name him as a member—and potential coordinator—of an international body supervising Gaza’s transitional governance, under a board chaired by Donald Trump.
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2025-10-01 13:16
U.S. federal government shuts down
Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline, AP reported.
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2025-09-30 20:18
By staff writer
Peace plan or disaster plot
Inside Trump's 20-point proposal to end the Gaza war
TEHRAN – Nearly two years into its genocidal war on Gaza, Israel backed by the United States finds itself at a stalemate. Despite relentless military campaigns, Gaza’s resistance groups remain active, their networks weakened but far from defeated. The battlefield has failed to deliver the decisive victory Israel had hoped for, and a new strategy is now emerging.
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2025-09-30 20:09
Pakistan split over Shehbaz’s endorsement of Trump’s Gaza plan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s public welcome of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal has drawn criticism at home, with some political figures cautioning that the government’s stance could be seen as aligning too closely with Washington at the expense of Palestinian concerns.
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2025-09-30 14:47
Venezuela weighs emergency decree as Maduro warns of US aggression
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said he is prepared to declare a state of emergency in response to what he called U.S. “aggression,” after deadly American strikes on small boats in international waters off Venezuela’s coast.
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2025-09-30 14:46
Israel’s edits shaped Trump’s Gaza plan, limiting Palestinian sovereignty: Report
Israel helped shape the Trump plan, according to The Wall Street Journal's report on Tuesday, and pushed for several amendments that appeared in the final draft presented to Arab mediators.
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2025-09-28 19:13
Hamas rejects reports of new ceasefire plan as Trump pushes Gaza blueprint
Hamas has dismissed reports of fresh ceasefire proposals, saying negotiations have been suspended since an alleged assassination attempt against its leadership in Doha earlier this month.
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2025-09-26 17:27
Tony Blair tipped to run Gaza under US-backed transitional scheme
Reports in Haaretz and the Times of Israel reveal that the White House is backing a proposal to install former UK prime minister Tony Blair at the head of a new “Gaza International Transitional Authority” (GITA), which would serve as Gaza’s supreme political and legal authority for as long as five years.
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2025-09-26 16:10
Trump: Israeli annexation of the West Bank ‘not going to happen’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will not allow Israel to annex the occupied West Bank, AFP news agency reported.
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2025-09-26 12:45
Israel is increasingly being treated as a global pariah. It’s shielded by Trump, for now
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders at the United Nations on Friday, it will be at the helm of a country that is increasingly being treated as a pariah, even by some of its longtime allies.
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2025/09/24
By Faramarz Koohpayeh
How many lies did Trump tell about Iran in his speech at the UN General Assembly?
TEHRAN – The U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday was less a diplomatic statement than a performance of falsehoods and distortions.
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2025-09-24 20:44
By Sahar Dadjoo
EXCLUSIVE: Global recognitions of Palestine send message to Washington, says ex-Palestinian official
Khalid Abd al-Majid says wave of Palestinian recognition is fruit of people’s sacrifices
TEHRAN- As international momentum builds up behind the recognition of the Palestinian State, several Western countries—France, Canada, Britain - have officially recognized the Palestine State.