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2026-01-30 21:14
Iran to EU: IRGC is world’s premier anti-terror vanguard
FM Araghchi says Europe would be battling ISIS on its own streets without the IRGC
TEHRAN — The Islamic Republic of Iran has launched a sweeping diplomatic and political counter-offensive following the European Union’s decision to classify the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
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2026-01-28 17:56
Kaja Kallas: Europe no longer Washington's center of gravity
In the aftermath of the Greenland crisis, the EU's top diplomat has urged European nations to stop outsourcing their security and defense, Euro News reported.
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2026-01-23 20:27
Tehran vows reciprocal action following ‘malicious’ European Parliament resolution
TEHRAN — The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday issued a scathing rebuke condemning a recent resolution by the European Parliament as a “malicious distortion of reality” and an “unlawful interference” in the country’s sovereign affairs.
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2026-01-21 21:01
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.
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2026-01-20 19:02
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.
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2026-01-18 20:39
Europe should lift sanctions if it truly cares about human rights in Iran: Foreign Ministry
TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that the Europeans’ concerns about human rights in Iran are a sheer lie.
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2026-01-18 19:16
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.
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2026-01-14 19:51
Iran warns against Trump’s military threats
‘Missile arsenal is bigger than ever’
TEHRAN – Despite political, diplomatic, and logistical backing from American and Israeli officials, the riots that disrupted peaceful protests in Iran over economic grievances last week were swiftly curtailed within two days.
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2026-01-14 19:42
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Europeans reaffirm their role as US lackeys
Iran urges Europe’s leaders to have ‘shame’ and ‘realism’ after support for terrorist riots
TEHRAN – European states have lost significant clout on the international stage since their involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war—a conflict that could have been avoided if NATO had honored its pledge of eastern non-expansion. The war has devastated European economies and left them in an increasingly precarious security position, while Washington has benefited by selling oil to Europe at higher prices, weakening its most important rival after China, and positioning itself to let Europe bear the cost of a losing war until Ukraine collapses.
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2025-12-22 18:38
By Shahrokh Saei
Orban slams EU’s Ukraine policy: ‘Sanctions crushed Europe, not Russia’
TEHRAN – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sharpened his long-standing criticism of the European Union’s approach to the war in Ukraine, warning that Brussels’ decisions are placing an increasingly heavy burden on European citizens.
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2025-12-19 18:57
EU agrees to loan Ukraine $105 billion after bid to use Russian assets fails
European Union leaders reached a deal early Friday on a $105 billion loan to keep Ukraine’s economy and military from a budgetary blackhole through 2027. While it didn’t come about in the way some of them wanted, the fact it came about at all has been hailed by top officials as a win for the bloc, CNN reported.
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2025-12-17 19:35
Europe has adopted a posture of submission toward Trump: Foreign Affairs
‘By giving in to Trump on defense, trade, and democratic values, Europe has effectively bolstered far-right forces’
TEHRAN – In an article on December 12, Foreign Affairs magazine highlighted Europe’s submission to U.S. President Donald Trump in realms of security and trade that his administration’s endorsement of far-right parties in the continent.
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2025-12-02 21:22
Putin warns Europe: If you want war, then Russia will defeat you
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned European powers that if they started a war with Russia then Moscow was ready to fight and that the defeat of European powers would be so absolute that there would be no one left to even negotiate a peace deal, Reuters reported.
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2025-11-07 16:48
UNESCO recognizes Cyrus Cylinder as one of world’s earliest human rights charters
TEHRAN - UNESCO’s General Conference on Thursday adopted a resolution recognizing the Cyrus Cylinder as one of the world’s earliest declarations promoting cultural diversity and human rights.
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2025-10-21 14:39
Sarkozy behind bars: France’s elite reels as former president jailed
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy in connection with illicit Libyan financing of his 2007 campaign, was incarcerated at Paris’s La Santé prison on Tuesday, Mediapart reported.
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2025-10-21 13:54
EU under fire for halting Israel sanctions
The EU has been criticized for pausing sanctions against Israel in response to Donald Trump’s peacemaking efforts in the Middle East, as the fragile ceasefire came under threat.
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2025-10-20 22:19
What Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said at his weekly briefing
TEHRAN – The spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baqaei, addressed a wide range of domestic and international issues during his weekly press briefing on Monday.
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2025-10-08 21:06
Anger continues to grow over EU’s backing of UAE claims to Persian islands
Iran’s top legislator says no ‘appeasement’ over the groundless allegations
TEHRAN – After a strong-worded statement from Iran’s foreign ministry, the country’s Parliament speaker has now turned up to condemn a joint statement issued by foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union over the three Iranian Persian Gulf islands of the Greater and Lesser Tunbs and Bu Musa.
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2025-10-06 19:14
By Wesam Bahrani
Europe turns against Israeli occupation regime
TEHRAN – Mass pro-Palestine protests across Europe reflect Israel’s deepening isolation in Western public opinion.
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2025-10-06 14:55
Political free fall: Lecornu resigns as Macron’s fifth prime minister in two years
France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned Monday, hours after unveiling a cabinet that kept 13 of 18 ministers from the toppled Bayrou team—ending the shortest-lived government in modern French history and sealing a record-breaking 27-day premiership.
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2025-09-30 21:45
Iran FM: I came to NY with fair and constructive proposals, but West ignored them
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that when he arrived in the United States earlier this month to accompany President Masoud Pezeshkian to his address at the UN General Assembly, he had also brought proposals aimed at securing a negotiated settlement of outstanding issues with the West over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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2025-09-30 20:26
By Sahar Dadjoo
Spain’s arms embargo on Israel will influence EU states, says analyst
TEHRAN- Spain has recently intensified its stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by not only imposing an arms embargo on Israel and banning the shipment of military fuel through its ports and airspace but also authorizing an official investigation into Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
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2025-09-19 19:22
By Sahar Dadjoo
Exclusive: EU bans on Israel remain symbolic, says Swedish university scholar
Ashok Swain says public outrage from European capitals forced Brussels to act
TEHRAN - As tensions in Gaza and the West Bank escalate, the European Union has taken an unprecedented step by proposing the suspension of trade concessions with Israel, signaling growing international concern over the humanitarian crisis. The move comes amid widespread protests across European capitals, raising questions about the effectiveness of symbolic sanctions versus tangible political pressure.
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2025-09-17 19:33
EU proposes suspension of trade concessions with Israel over Gaza war
The European Commission, the European Union’s main executive body, presented a much-anticipated and delayed proposal to “suspend certain trade-related provisions of the Association Agreement between the EU and Israel” in response to Israel’s war on Gaza, Al Jazeera reported.
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2025-09-13 20:10
By staff writer
From trade bans to cultural boycotts: The Netherlands’ comprehensive stand for Gaza justice
TEHRAN – Standing by as catastrophe advances in Gaza—fueled by Israel’s unrelenting military aggression—gross human rights violations, and a deepening humanitarian crisis should compel the world, especially European countries, to take stronger and united action. This means pressing Israel to halt the violence and extending unequivocal support to the people in dire need in Gaza.
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2025-09-06 22:15
By Sahar Dadjoo
Exclusive: Europe has become a ‘vassal’ of US in Iran policy, says Norwegian professor
Glenn Diesen argues EU dependence on Washington leaves no room for independent diplomacy
TEHRAN - In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times, Glenn Diesen, a Norwegian political scientist and professor specializing in international relations, offered a critical perspective on the U.S. approach toward Iran’s nuclear program and the escalating tensions across West Asia.
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2025/09/01
By Mojca Pišek Mika
Western response to Israeli genocide: Insufficient and hypocritical
LJUBLJANA – There is strong public pressure on the centre-liberal government in Slovenia, as the majority of the population strongly supports the Palestinian cause—not only calling for a ceasefire and an end to the genocide but also backing the Palestinians' efforts toward their own state and autonomy within it.
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2025/08/31
By Mahdi Zolfaghari
Will the welfare state in Europe be transformed?
Sweden and Finland’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) entails both potential and actual risks that will challenge the socio-economic structure of the welfare state in Scandinavia and the broader Nordic region.
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2025-08-30 18:55
By staff writer
Rising Gaza famine sparks calls for Europe to pressure Israel
TEHRAN – European governments are facing increasing pressure to act against Israel as civilian casualties mount and widespread starvation intensifies in Gaza amid the nearly two-year-long conflict in the Palestinian territory.
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2025-08-24 15:01
Dutch government in crisis as ministers resign over Gaza policy
The Netherlands’ caretaker government plunged into a political crisis as all ministers and state secretaries from the New Social Contract (NSC) party resigned on Friday following Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp’s departure over the government’s refusal to impose stronger sanctions on Israel regarding its military operations in Gaza.