US irrational demands bring Islamabad talks to inconclusive end

TEHRAN – Excessive and irrational demands from the United States during the marathon talks in Islamabad brought the negotiations between Iranian and American negotiators to a failure.

By Garsha Vazirian

Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes

Why Tehran sees Washington’s Islamabad ultimatum as a mafia-style shakedown

TEHRAN — After around twenty-one hours of talks in Islamabad on April 11, the highest-level meeting between Tehran and Washington since 1979, no agreement emerged. Vice President JD Vance stepped off Air Force Two and delivered the verdict with chilling clarity: "They have chosen not to accept our terms."

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The heavy shadow of the Strait of Hormuz over global economic calculations

Kayhan, in a commentary, highlighted the importance of the Strait of Hormuz as a pressure lever for Iran in its confrontation with the United States. Managing the Strait of Hormuz can not only weaken the position of the United States, but, through collecting transit fees and generating revenue for the country, may even help ease sanctions.

Iran medical body identifies over 3,750 victims of US–Israeli aggression 

TEHRAN – Iran’s Forensic Medicine Organization has identified 3,753 people killed in the joint US-Israeli war, the head of the body announced, amid efforts to assess the human toll of the aggression launched on February 28.

By Shahrokh Saei

Hegseth faces backlash for calling the Persian Gulf the ‘Arabian Gulf’

TEHRAN - US War Secretary Pete Hegseth has come under fire after referring to the Persian Gulf as the “Arabian Gulf” in a post on X, reigniting a long-standing dispute over the internationally recognized name of the body of water.

No deal in Islamabad due to US extortion

Holding the upper hand on the battlefield, Iran sees no reason to yield to Washington’s excessive demands

TEHRAN- US President Donald Trump has once again intensified threats against Iran following negotiations between Tehran and Washington in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, where high-level talks ended on Sunday without a deal.

By Garsha Vazirian

Do not believe Tucker Carlson; Trump owns this war

From My Lai to Minab, America has never needed Israeli blackmail to slaughter innocents, and we should not fall for its latest escape hatch

TEHRAN — The latest split inside the American right has produced a familiar and dishonest story. Donald Trump’s current and former defenders now want the world to believe he is not truly responsible for what he says, orders, or destroys.

By Shahrokh Saei

Tehran enters Islamabad talks with deep distrust of Washington

TEHRAN - High-profile Iranian and American officials held their first round of talks in Pakistan on Saturday in the wake of a two-week ceasefire, following a 40-day US–Israeli war against Iran that began on February 28.

By staff writer 

A leaky umbrella: The fraying myth of US security pacts

TEHRAN – For a long time, Washington has peddled the same story to the world: hand your security over to us, and all you need to do is obey and pay. Once, there were those who believed it. Now, even the storyteller can no longer keep the tale straight.

‘Minab 168’ flight: Iran carries the weight of US aggression into Islamabad talks

TEHRAN – As Iran’s delegation departed for negotiations with the United States in Pakistan, the journey itself became an act of remembrance — and a quiet indictment.

By Garsha Vazirian

Why the war on Iran will dictate the next era in American politics

On Washington’s deepening fissures, the economic backlash, and the right’s good-cop, bad-cop routine

TEHRAN — The fragile two-week ceasefire that took effect around April 8, decidedly not a victory for Washington or Tel Aviv, has forced Iran’s adversaries to confront the limits of their military pressure and the internal rivalries that both fuel the war and are now being reshaped by its possible fallout.