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Yesterday 21:37
US commentator urges regime change in Iran, backs armed unrest
TEHRAN - US conservative commentator Mark Levin has intensified anti-Iran rhetoric, calling for regime change and the overthrow of Iran’s government in line with positions associated with President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Yesterday 21:32
By Ranjan Solomon
The Cost of the See-Saw – India’s Credibility Crisis in BRICS
BRICS was conceived not merely as an economic grouping, but as a political assertion that the Global South deserved a more democratic, multipolar, and equitable world order free from domination by any single power bloc.
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Yesterday 21:30
Realistic expectation from China
Khorasan examined Trump’s trip to Beijing and its impact on the war with Iran. According to the paper, the U.S. president had planned to defeat Iran and use that major achievement as leverage to extract political and trade concessions from his Chinese counterpart. But now, his biggest supposed advantage has turned into his biggest challenge.
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Yesterday 21:16
Sanders: 'No more money should be spent on US wars'
TEHRAN- Reacting to the United States' endless wars in West Asia, Senator Bernie Sanders has declared that while the country cannot afford housing, healthcare, or childcare, it somehow always finds money for another bloody war.
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Yesterday 21:14
Iran sets five non-negotiable prerequisites for nuclear talks with US
TEHRAN– As diplomatic efforts to resume negotiations between Iran and the United States remain stalled, conflicting reports have emerged regarding the terms each side is setting.
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Yesterday 21:09
Senior Iranian MP warns US of total regional oil shutdown
TEHRAN- A senior Iranian lawmaker has warned that any attack on Iran's energy infrastructure will result in a total disruption of global oil supplies from the Persian Gulf region.
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Yesterday 21:06
Stronger Islamic unity reduces outside interference: Pezeshkian
TEHRAN – In a series of high-level meetings held in Tehran, senior Iranian and Pakistani officials have condemned the 'United States and Israeli military aggression against Iran,' while pledging to deepen bilateral cooperation in border trade, security, and parliamentary relations. The diplomatic engagements, which took place on May 16 and 17, underscored a growing alignment between the two neighboring countries amid escalating regional tensions.
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Yesterday 20:55
Qalibaf appointment elevates Iran–China coordination to highest political level
TEHRAN - The appointment of Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as Iran’s special representative for China affairs elevates bilateral coordination to the highest political level, underscoring Beijing’s central role in Tehran’s strategy amid shifting regional dynamics after the US–Israeli war.
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Yesterday 20:55
By Maedeh Zaman Fashami
Trump’s China visit and Washington’s failure to bring Beijing into alignment on Iran
TEHRAN - The recent visit of Donald Trump to China can be seen as one of the most complex moments in Washington–Beijing relations in recent years. On the surface, the trip was framed around recalibrating bilateral ties, managing strategic competition, and discussing global stability.
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Yesterday 20:54
A war with a painful outcome for America
Kayhan, in an editorial, examined the goals of Israel and the United States in their war with Iran and the failure of those goals. The editorial wrote: launching the Ramadan War was essentially an admission by the US and the Israeli regime that they had failed to achieve their objectives in the 12‑day war.
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Yesterday 20:53
Berlin clashes expose Merz's 'dirty work' policy
TEHRAN - German police violently clashed with protesters in Berlin over the weekend after they gathered to express opposition to the US–Israeli war on Iran and to show solidarity with Palestinians, marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba.
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Yesterday 18:10
Iran president cites ancient Abarkuh cypress in message aimed at Trump
TEHRAN - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has invoked the 4,500-year-old Abarkuh cypress tree in central Iran in remarks directed at US President Donald Trump, using the ancient tree as a symbol of Iran’s historical continuity and civilization.
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Yesterday 17:54
By Afshin Majlesi
Riab assessed against UN Tourism criteria for global recognition
TEHRAN - Officials in Iran’s Khorasan Razavi province said the village of Riab in Gonabad County is being evaluated according to criteria set by the United Nations tourism body as part of its bid to be recognized among the world’s best tourism villages.
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Yesterday 16:20
DOE, UNDP study impact of SDSs on biodiversity
TEHRAN – The Department of Environment (DOE), in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has conducted studies on the impact of sand and dust storms (SDSs) on the country’s biodiversity.
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Yesterday 16:18
Health minister to attend 79th World Health Assembly
TEHRAN – An Iranian delegation led by Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi will participate in the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA), which is scheduled for May 18 to June 23 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Yesterday 16:17
Iranian, Malaysian officials discuss ways to foster scientific ties
TEHRAN – Iran’s scientific counselor in East Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, Alireza Tavakolpour, and scientific officials of the University of Malaya (UM) have explored the opportunities to expand scientific and academic ties between Iranian universities and UM.
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Yesterday 16:14
Iran receives humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan
TEHRAN – Kazakhstan has delivered a consignment of humanitarian aid, including 30 wagons of flour, medicine, canned food, and sugar, to Iran.
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2026-05-16 22:01
Iran warns UN that US-Israeli aggression threatens global energy security and supply chains
TEHRAN- Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations warned that ongoing military aggression by the United States and the Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic has severely disrupted regional stability, damaged critical energy infrastructure, and now endangers global supply chains and worldwide energy security.
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2026-05-16 21:58
By Branko Zujovic
Why does Iran’s resolute defense meet with sympathy in Serbia?
SUBOTICA - Fifty-five years ago, in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia and then-Yugoslavia, a corrida was held. The “fight” with bulls was announced as the first classical Spanish corrida ever organized outside Spain, which attracted great attention from the Yugoslav and the world public of the time.
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2026-05-16 21:57
Iranian president writes to Pope Leo XIV
Pezeshkian thanks pope for his moral and fair stance on US-Israeli aggression
TEHRAN — President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for the pontiff’s strong moral stance condemning the US-Israeli aggression against Iran.
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2026-05-16 21:43
Iran: Palestinian self-determination only solution on Nakba anniversary
TEHRAN- As the world marked the 78th anniversary of Nakba Day (May 15), Iran intensified its diplomatic condemnation of the Israeli regime, calling the event a source of permanent regional instability and reiterating that the future of Palestine must be determined solely by its people.
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2026-05-16 21:33
By Sahar Dadjoo
US military superiority fails to guarantee decisive outcome against Iran: Brazilian analyst
Lourival Sant’Anna highlights political constraints, energy shocks, and regional dynamics limiting Washington’s options
TEHRAN – In this exclusive interview with Tehran Times, Lourival Sant'Anna, Brazilian war correspondent, international affairs analyst for CNN Brasil, and columnist for Estadão, examines the strategic, political, and geopolitical dimensions of the recent US-Israel aggression against Iran.
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2026-05-16 20:50
The UAE’s dangerous overreach
TEHRAN - The geopolitical landscape of the Persian Gulf has been radically redrawn following the intense 40-day military campaign launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28. While the broader conflict reached a fragile, Pakistani-mediated ceasefire in April, the diplomatic and economic aftershocks are still reverberating across the region.
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2026-05-16 18:22
Tehran to host fifth intl. conference on tourism and spirituality
TEHRAN - The fifth International Conference on Tourism and Spirituality will be held on May 20 at the University of Science and Culture, bringing together Iranian and foreign scholars to discuss the role of spirituality in modern tourism, organizers said. The conference is being organized through cooperation among researchers and academics from several Iranian universities, according to conference officials.
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2026-05-16 17:40
UN body expresses solidarity with Iranian youth against US-Israeli aggression
TEHRAN - The United Nations Youth Office has responded to a letter and petition from more than 300,000 young Iranians, mostly ‘Generation Z’, who had urged the UN body to condemn the attacks by the United States and the Zionist regime.
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2026-05-16 16:19
Rice planting begins in Gilan
Farmers in the northern province of Gilan have recently started planting rice seedlings. With 238,000 hectares of paddy fields, Gilan ranks first in cultivated area and second in production in the country.
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2026-05-16 16:16
Government announces policies, programs for infertility treatment
TEHRAN – To address infertility, which is known as one of the main challenges of health and population in the country, the government has adopted different measures, including infertility insurance to lower high-cost and out-of-pocket expenses of infertility treatment.
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2026-05-16 16:14
National Health Week marked by inaugurating 198 projects
TEHRAN – A total of 198 medical projects were inaugurated nationwide via video conference on Saturday morning by Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi on the second day of the National Health Week.
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2026-05-15 21:55
Russia pledges close cooperation with Iran to resolve crisis in West Asia
TEHRAN – Russia is committed to working closely with Iran to find peaceful solutions to West Asia crisis within the framework of international law, a senior Russian security official announced on Thursday, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan’s capital.
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2026-05-15 21:48
By Xavier Villar
Iran and the limits of American power
MADRID - Empires rarely collapse all at once. In his monumental study of Rome, Edward Gibbon argued that decline is usually gradual, shaped by long-term structural transformations. Yet history occasionally records moments when a strategic miscalculation accelerates the process. The question worth asking is whether the United States may have reached one of those moments.