Iran - Tehran Times

2026/03/14

By Xavier Villar

The scholar-soldier and the architecture of erasure: Knowledge production on Iran

MADRID – In the weeks since the United States and Israel launched their coordinated and illegal military campaign against Iran, a familiar cast of figures has reappeared across Western media platforms and policy institutes. They arrive as analysts, senior fellows, Iran specialists. Their titles confer the aura of scholarly detachment. They speak about escalation thresholds, deterrence calculations and government survival dynamics. Their tone is measured. Their language is technical. Their authority appears unquestionable.

A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters, following unidentified attacks that targeted two foreign tankers, according to Iraqi port officials,
near Basra, Iraq, March 12, 2026.

Yesterday 23:12

Senior military official tells Tehran Times:

Iran has plans for other global corridors

TEHRAN – When he was planning to attack Iran for the second time in less than nine months—and again in the middle of nuclear negotiations—U.S. President Donald Trump was warned about the potentially devastating consequences of the day after, according to reports by U.S. media.

Yesterday 21:46

By Shahrokh Saei

Bases hit, radars down, oil soaring: The fallout of a U.S. war built on strategic misjudgment

TEHRAN — In the third week of the joint U.S.–Israeli assault on Iran, the strategic miscalculations of the administration of President Donald Trump are becoming increasingly apparent.

Yesterday 21:40

WSJ reveals Iranian strike on U.S. refueling fleet in Saudi Arabia

TEHRAN — Five U.S. Air Force KC‑135 refueling aircraft were damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia during an Iranian missile strike, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal. The attack, confirmed by two U.S. officials, marks one of the most consequential blows to American aerial logistics since Washington and Tel Aviv launched their joint campaign against Iran on February 28.

Yesterday 21:25

French regional presence under scrutiny after death of officer

A drone strike on Thursday evening killed 42-year-old French officer Arnaud Frion at the Mala Qara Kurdish base near Erbil, raising concerns over the risks of France’s involvement in the U.S.-led conflict against Iran. The attack highlights growing opposition to Western military presence in Iraq.

Yesterday 21:22

Iran warns of wider retaliation as Trump claims massive strike on Kharg Island

TEHRAN — President Donald Trump has highlighted a U.S. strike on Iran’s Kharg Island, as Tehran warned that any attacks on its energy infrastructure would trigger harsher retaliatory measures against American-linked facilities across the region.

Yesterday 17:29

“Bloody Angels” documentary screened at UN building in Tehran to expose Minab school tragedy

TEHRAN- In a powerful move to bring international attention to the recent tragedy in southern Iran, the documentary "Bloody Angels” was premiered on Friday evening in front of the United Nations building in Tehran.

Yesterday 17:11

Iran warns FAO: Warmongers have endangered countries’ food routes

TEHRAN- In a letter to the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Iran’s Minister of Agriculture warned about the threat to the food security of regional nations posed by American and Zionist aggressors.

Yesterday 17:02

Persian Gulf states lose $15b in energy revenues since start of war

TEHRAN- Persian Gulf oil producers have lost an estimated $15.1 billion in energy revenues since the start of US and Israeli strikes on Iran, with millions of barrels of crude trapped by the near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, Financial Times reported on Friday.

Yesterday 15:33

Inside the message of Iran’s new Leader: 10 questions and answers

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei was elected as the third Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution last week. His election came after his predecessor and father, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, was assassinated in the early hours of the ongoing war against the United States and Israel.

Yesterday 15:24

Mashhad saw large number of people attending Quds Day Rally

Yesterday 01:38

By Soheila Zarfam

Bombed, but standing

Millions of Iranians flood the streets for Quds Day under US-Israeli bombardment, declaring they will not yield

TEHRAN – She was a middle-aged woman residing in Tehran. For the past two weeks, she had been taking part in every demonstration held in the capital. On Friday, attending the mass rallies marking the international Quds Day was a no-brainer, one of the individuals accompanying her told an Iranian reporter, as she lay on the ground in her blood.

Yesterday 00:19

Bombed Iranian girls school had yearslong online presence, raising questions over U.S. targeting

TEHRAN - An Iranian girls school that was hit by a missile attack on the first day of the war had maintained a yearslong online presence showing students and school activities, raising questions about how the United States vets strike locations, a Reuters investigation found.

2026-03-13 20:28

By Shahrokh Saei

Trump administration in disarray: How Washington miscalculated Iran's resolve

TEHRAN — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is struggling to control the message around its rapidly escalating war with Iran, offering mixed and often contradictory statements as the conflict widens. What began as a show of force has quickly turned into a crisis with global consequences, revealing confusion inside the U.S. and raising serious questions about the goals, planning, and direction of the operation.

2026-03-13 20:25

US aircraft losses mount as Washington struggles to contain narrative amid expanding Iran conflict

TEHRAN — The United States appears to be concealing the scale of its military losses as its joint campaign with Israel against Iran enters its third week, with a series of aircraft incidents and rising casualties challenging Washington’s efforts to project control.

2026-03-13 19:20

Protests in Seoul feature faces of slain Iranian schoolchildren

TEHRAN — With the faces of over 100 martyred Iranian schoolchildren staring out from newspaper pages held aloft, protesters gathered outside the Israeli and United States embassies in Seoul on March 12 to condemn ongoing military operations and mourn the young victims of last month's strike on an elementary school in southern Iran.

2026-03-13 18:03

By Wesam Bahrani

Iraqi anger boils over ‘cowardly’ American attacks

TEHRAN – More than two dozen killed in the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on positions of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMS) in a “blatant violation’ of sovereignty”.

2026-03-13 17:45

By Seyed Hamid Hosseini, Mehdi Hasanvand, and Reza Mokhtar

Iran’s long-range blows against US are economic, not military

TEHRAN - In many wars, the first reactions appear on the battlefield. The deeper consequences, however, tend to surface in markets, supply chains and the strategic calculations of governments. The recent confrontation between Iran on one side and the United States and Israel on the other was initially portrayed as a rapid and limited military clash. Yet growing signs suggest that the crisis could evolve into a far more consequential test — not only for the global economy, but for the stability of the international order itself.

2026-03-13 17:28

People of Tabriz attend Quds Day Rally

Iran’s ambassador to Kazakhstan, Ali Akbar Jokar

2026-03-13 16:33

Ethnic Kazakhs in Iran have no plans to return home amid war, says ambassador

TEHRAN– Ethnic Kazakhs living in Iran have not expressed any intention to move to Kazakhstan even under the ongoing U.S.-Israeli imposed war on Iran, according to Iran’s ambassador to Kazakhstan, Ali Akbar Jokar.

2026-03-13 16:09

President Pezeshkian attends Quds Day Rally without bodyguards

2026-03-12 23:24

By Garsha Vazirian

The growing chorus of American opposition to the war on Iran

TEHRAN —The "shock and awe" Washington pursued in its 2026 war on Iran has been met with a different kind of astonishment: a political earthquake at home, where 59 percent of Americans now reject this war, where the president's own base feels betrayed, and where 46 senators are demanding answers about the massacre of Iranian schoolchildren in Minab.

A new poll shows majority of Americans believe Trump launched war on Iran to cover up Epstein scandal

2026-03-12 20:19

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Epstein scandal and the war on Iran: Coincidence, conspiracy, or political timing?

SOUTH LEBANON—At first glance, there appears to be no direct connection between the publication of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files and the United States’ decision to move toward war with Iran.