By Mohammad Homaeefar

Racism, inequality, and conflict: an interview with Prof. Robert Sapolsky

Earlier this month, I conducted an interview with Dr. Robert Sapolsky, a professor of biological sciences at Stanford University, to discuss different issues such as racism, economic inequality, and partisan polarization. He was very generous with his time and provided us with in-depth analyses of such fundamental issues.

By Mohammad Mazhari

World has lost confidence in U.S. to live up to its international commitments: Lebanese academic

TEHRAN- The world has lost confidence in the U.S. to live up to its international commitments, especially after Donald Trump decided to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, says dean of the Faculty of Law, Political, and Administrative Sciences at Lebanese University.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Iran may act more decisively in response to violation of nuclear deal: Russian expert

TEHRAN - If Iran comes under more sanctions pressure, it may take more decisive actions, predicts a senior Russian expert.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Trump not caring about human rights in Persian Gulf Arab states: human rights activist

Sarah Leah Whitson says reforms in Saudi Arabia have come “in a package of repression”

TEHRAN – A former director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch says the Trump administration does not care about the human rights records of Persian Gulf Arab countries, noting Donlad Trump “cares only about selling weapons and making a profit.”

UN Human Rights Council shuns assassination of Gen. Soleimani

Gen. Soleimani assassination has turned into international issue: diplomat

TEHRAN - Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, has said that no country at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday supported the assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani by the United States.

Iran calls Gen. Soleimani assassination clear violation of UN charter

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said that assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was “an arbitrary killing” and a clear violation of the UN Charter.

The United States is losing its influence in the world: Canadian analyst

“Trump's ‘America First’ policy is destabilizing to the world’

TEHRAN - Edward Corrigan, an international lawyer and analyst from Canada, tells the Tehran Times that the power of the United States is declining in the world, and Europeans are taking steps “to separate themselves from the Americans economically and politically.”

By Stephen Lendman

U.S. assassination of Gen. Soleimani an act of state-sponsored terrorism

The Trump regime’s assassination of Iran’s Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Unit commander Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad was a flagrant breach of international and U.S. constitutional law under its Supremacy Clause.

By Payman Yazdani

U.S. is a violent bully internally and internationally: Scottish politician

TEHRAN- Referring to the violent history of the U.S. and its endeavors to abolish the culture of racism, Scottish politician Tommy Sheridan said, "The U.S. has always been a bully, a violent bully internationally, and a domestic bully in relation to police forces polluted by racists from top to bottom."

UN investigator deems Soleimani assassination a ‘violation of UN Charter’

TEHRAN — A UN human rights investigator said on Monday that the U.S. assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani represented a “violation of the UN Charter”.

By UCLA Professor James L. Gelvin

West Bank annexation: The triumph of domestic politics over international law and common sense

If Israel annexes the settlement blocs and/or the Jordan Valley, it will mark the triumph of domestic politics--both Israeli and American--over international law and even common sense.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Why is Tehran not going to a settlement with Trump?

It seems that the time is not proper for settlement talks between Tehran and Washington as the nuclear deal is heading for a total failure.

Bolton: Iran might ‘play Trump along’ if he wins second term

TEHRAN — Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has said he’s worried that Iran might be able to play his former boss along if he’s re-elected.

Tehran slams U.S. military threat as ‘moldy option’

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned the United States’ threat of a military attack on Iran as a “moldy option” which has been sitting on the table gathering dust for years.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Why Arabs remain silent on George Floyd’s death?

From New Zealand and Australia, through Europe, to Canada and Brazil, many countries of the world witnessed demonstrations in solidarity with the protests in the United States against racism after the Minneapolis police officer killed a black American. However, the Arab streets were quiet, except for Tunisia and social media.

Trump exited JCPOA out of hatred toward Obama’s achievements: professor

TEHRAN — A political science professor says Donald Trump’s narrow reason for the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal was prompted by his hatred of any achievement by his predecessor Barack Obama.

Iran has asked Interpol to arrest Trump at the top of the list for the assassination

36 individuals identified in connection to Soleimani assassination

TEHRAN — Tehran Prosecutor General Ali Alqasi-Mehr has said that 36 individuals have been identified in connection with the U.S. assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

By Martin Love

Martin Luther King was right: the world does bend towards justice…

Back 65 years ago when television was in its childhood if not infancy in the U.S. one TV game show had contestants going for a grand prize of $64,000, which in those days was a tremendous sum of money (not any longer, really), so any big issue or question that had not yet been resolved gave rise to the common cliché of “the $64,000 question” as to how it might pan out.

Iran should continue to boost power to face ‘madmen’, says Singaporean professor

TEHRAN — An international relations expert believes Iran should continue to build its “all-round power to face the madmen” – whether in the United States or Israel.

By Hamid Bayati

Trump’s talks offer with Venezuela and Iran doesn't mean policy shift: Argentinian professor

TEHRAN - The head of the International Relations Area for the Observatory of International Trade at the National University of Lujan in Argentina believes that U.S. hostile policies toward Iran and Venezuela will continue despite Donald Trump’s willingness to talk with Tehran and Caracas.

Bolton: JCPOA exit was my happiest moment in Trump admin

TEHRAN — Former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton has said the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal “was my happiest moment, probably of the whole time” in the Trump administration.

Cooperating with Trump ‘unconstructive’, Iran tells Australia

TEHRAN — Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian Parliament speaker, has said Australia’s cooperation with U.S. President Donald Trump’s “illogical policies” will not be conducive to regional security. 

By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili

West Bank annexation plan is a 21st century apartheid with Trump’s approval: Amal Wahdan

TEHRAN - Amal Wahdan, a Palestinian activist who has been campaigning for the liberation of Palestine, tells the Tehran Times that the plan by Israel to annex the West Bank is a “new apartheid” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “would not dare” to implement without the “approval of Donald Trump and his circle”.

Iran views Trump as a ‘culprit’ not a president to negotiate with: advisor

TEHRAN - Hossein Dehghan, a military advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said that Iran considers U.S. President Donald Trump as a “culprit” and not a president to negotiate with.

‘Trump’s policies are all electoral politics’

JCPOA to continue to be in trouble if Trump re-elected: professor

TEHRAN — A professor of international affairs believes if Donald Trump is re-elected president, the JCPOA, commonly known as the Iran nuclear agreement, will continue to be in trouble.

‘Freedom of other’ missing in U.S. leadership: Tehran

TEHRAN — Years of looting other nations prove “freedom of other” is missing in the U.S. leadership, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

By Mohammad Ali Haqshenas

Messages of US spy drone shoot-down, Will US learn lessons?

TEHRAN – One year has passed since a pivotal point in the history of Iran-US tensions – the day when the White House opened its eyes towards the truth of Iran's defense power.

By Shahzad Ramezani Bayani

It would not take long for racist Trump to show his true colors

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 the world watched as the first African American took the oath of the highest office in the country. To most of the world it seemed like the ultimate fairy tale ending. A country that had been so overtly ravaged by racism for so long, had finally overcome hate and prejudice. To the naïve bystander, to most of us, who truly have no understanding of the underlying depths of racism, to a world where too often we are ignorant of own racist ways, the cycle of discrimination had broken.

By Mohammad Mazhari

Protests show ‘American exceptionalism’ is over: political researcher

TEHRAN - Lebanese political researcher Ali Mourad tells the Tehran Times that the anti-racism protests across the United States show that “American Exceptionalism” has come to an end.

By M.A. Saki

Trump's sanctions on ICC is because U.S. record in Afghanistan is not ‘clean’: ex-CIA officer 

TEHRAN - Philip Giraldi, a former CIA intelligence officer, says Donald Trump’s sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) is because the U.S. does not have a “clean” record in Afghanistan.