From ‘dirty work’ to ‘great things’: How Europe became America’s lackey

By Saleh Abidi Maleki 

TEHRAN – “Do you still believe that by helping the United States commit its crimes we will be safe?” Irene Montero, Spain’s representative in the European Parliament, asked her colleagues this week. It was not a rhetorical flourish so much as an indictment.

By staff writer 

Davos showdown over Greenland: Europe confronts Trump, faces its costly US reliance 

TEHRAN — Europe and the United States remain locked in a tense political standoff. That tension was on full display at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, where European leaders openly criticized President Donald Trump’s push to take control of Greenland and his threats to impose new tariffs on European countries. Their remarks underscored a growing sense of frustration in Europe over Washington’s increasingly confrontational approach.

By staff writer 

Hostage to the hegemon: How Trump's Greenland tariff exposes Europe's strategic impotence

TEHRAN — The tariff threat issued by US President Donald Trump over Greenland represents a profound rupture in the logic of the transatlantic relationship. It is not merely an economic measure, nor even a diplomatic provocation, but a demonstration of how far Washington is willing to go to impose its will on its closest allies.

By Soheila Zarfam 

UNSC session shows West failed in snapback gamble 

Meeting sees US and Europe defend hardline stance, Iran and allies call for end to failed approach

TEHRAN – Western states dragged Iran and members of the UN Security Council to a session on Tuesday to push for the implementation of pre-JCPOA UN sanctions against Iran, which the E3 (Germany, UK, France) managed to be reinstated back in August, but faced substantial challenges in implementing them due to opposition from a host of countries, including Iran’s most powerful allies, Russia and China.

By Faramarz Kouhpayeh 

Scrambling to Sustain a Waning Hegemony

Decoding the 2025 US National Security Strategy

TEHRAN – The White House's periodic document outlining United States foreign policy and national security strategy was released by the Trump administration on Thursday. The 33-page document, which appears to draw heavily on Trump's "America First" policy, has raised alarms in nearly every region of the world—with the probable exception of Israel.

By Soheila Zarfam

Pezeshkian says 'Iran will not kneel'

President appears less hopeful of diplomacy with West after an all-out war and snapback of UN sanctions

TEHRAN – Iran will not bow to Western pressure and is prepared to defend itself against any threat, President Masoud Pezeshkian declared on Monday, signalling a hardening stance as the nation strengthens its military capabilities and regional alliances in response to renewed Western pressure and security threats.

By Soheila Zarfam

'US betrayed diplomacy. Europe buried it'

Iranian officials decry UNSC vote as ‘illegal’ farce, vow snapback will fail

TEHRAN – After a controversial voting at the UN Security Council on Friday, senior Iranian officials have inveighed against the decision to reimpose pre-JCPOA UN sanctions on the country, labeling the move an “immoral and illegal” act of bad faith that undermines international law and diplomacy.

By Soheila Zarfam 

Last chance for diplomacy 

A China-Russia resolution could prevent a dramatic Iran-West escalation as Tehran attempts to address illogical demands

THERAN – The United Nations Security Council on Friday, was preparing to vote on a resolution put forth by China and Russia, calling for the extension of UN sanctions relief for Iran, sanctions that E3 (Germany, Britain, and France) began a process to reinstate in late August. 

By Soheila Zarfam 

Pezeshkian says US and Israel ‘betrayed’ trust and diplomacy 

President adds E3 acted on Washington’s orders to resurrect dead UN sanctions against Iran  

TEHRAN – In his second address to the UN General Assembly since taking office in 2024, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the US-Israeli war imposed on Iran earlier this year was a "great betrayal of diplomacy" that has crippled the prospect for regional peace

By Mona Hojat Ansari 

Iran says Europe ignored ‘logical’ offer based on ‘baseless excuses’

A day after Macron accused Araghchi of lacking agency, the E3 caved in to US pressure and officially began snapback of UN sanctions

TEHRAN – As a leader who has frequently talked about how “concerned” he is about Iran’s battered nuclear program in recent weeks, Emanuel Macron of France inarguably blunted any efforts to prevent tensions from shooting up when he sat down with a Zionist journalist on Thursday and announced that Europe will re-instate UN sanctions against Iran, regardless of what the country has done or might do in the future.