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Today 00:54
Joe Kent’s resignation is telling that speaks volumes
Americans are worried that Israel is shaping U.S. policies
TEHRAN – In a social media post on Tuesday, Joe Kent announced that he was resigning as Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center in protest to the Trump administration’s decision in joining Israel in the war against Iran.
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Yesterday 22:28
Ali Larijani: A life dedicated to Iran’s security, stability, and progress
TEHRAN - Dr. Ali Larijani was a distinguished philosopher–statesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran whose intellectual depth, political experience, and strategic vision shaped the country’s policies over his decades of public service.
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Yesterday 22:24
Iran poised to respond to US-Israeli strikes on energy infrastructure
TEHRAN – Iran is preparing to retaliate against a U.S.-Israeli attack that struck parts of its refining facilities in the southern port city of Asaluyeh on Wednesday morning. The targeted installations process a significant portion of natural gas extracted from South Pars, the world’s largest gas field, located on the maritime border between Iran and Qatar in the Persian Gulf.
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2026-03-17 23:13
By Afshin Majlesi
With women of such bravery, Iran will always be victorious
TEHRAN - Amidst the ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes, a powerful wave of national unity is sweeping across Iran; people gather in public spaces to express resilience and defiance.
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2026-03-17 22:45
By Xavier Villar
Iran and the limits of Western fantasy
MADRID - For nearly three weeks, the United States and Israel have acted on a set of assumptions about Iran that were as rigid as they were detached from reality. Their campaign sought not merely to degrade capabilities but to reshape the political order. Senior leaders were targeted. Symbols of state authority were assaulted. Diplomatic openings were exploited to create the impression of leverage. Everything suggested a strategy designed to produce systemic transformation.
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2026-03-17 22:11
Power of presence: Why Iran’s street mobilization matters in the face of U.S. and Israeli aggression
TEHRAN - In the midst of the joint U.S.-Israeli aggression, the Iranian people have once again demonstrated a defining feature of the nation’s resilience — unity between the state and society. Across cities and provinces, the spontaneous turnout of citizens supporting the Islamic Republic has become far more than a patriotic gesture. It stands as a clear strategic message to adversaries and allies alike: Iran’s legitimacy is not sustained by coercion or propaganda, but by deeply rooted social consciousness and collective identity.
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2026-03-17 22:11
Hybrid defeat: The failed U.S.–Israel strategy of airstrikes and unrest against Iran
TEHRAN - More than two weeks after the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran, the failure of their strategic plans is coming into sharp focus day by day. The offensive that began on February 28 was primarily aimed at crippling Iran’s military capabilities and dismantling the nation’s leadership structure.
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2026-03-16 22:37
The Strait of Hormuz becomes Trump’s nightmare
Iran’s decisive control of the vital waterway exposes U.S. military failures and media warfare tactics
TEHRAN - Iran’s decision to control the Strait of Hormuz, set against the backdrop of the ongoing U.S.-Israeli joint assault, has further exposed President Donald Trump’s strategic miscalculations. It appears President Trump has resorted to psychological and media warfare against Iran to gloss over U.S. military failures in the war with Iran, which began on February 28.
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2026-03-16 22:26
Renewable power plants with capacity of 2,878 MW under construction in 26 provinces
TEHRAN- As announced by the deputy head of Iran’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (SATBA) for investment and development, renewable power plants with capacity of 2,878 megawatts (MW) are simultaneously under construction in 26 provinces of the country.
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2026-03-16 22:22
Exports from Iran’s free zones increase by 14% in 11 months on year
TEHRAN- As announced by Iran’s Secretariat of the High Council and the Free Zones Organizations, the value of exports form the country’s free zones has increased by 14 percent during the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2025-February 20, 2026), as compared to the same period of time in the previous year, IRNA reported.
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2026-03-16 22:18
Disruption in Strait of Hormuz paralyzes global economy: intl. energy analyst
TEHRAN- Fereydoun Berkashli, an international analyst in the oil and energy sector, believes that disruption in the Strait of Hormuz paralyzes global economy.
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2026-03-16 21:25
Iran urges UNESCO to investigate UAE’s closure of Iranian schools following U.S.-Israeli strikes
TEHRAN - Minister of Education, Alireza Kazemi, has formally requested UNESCO to investigate a decision by the United Arab Emirates to suspend the operation of Iranian schools following recent military strikes by the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel against Iran.
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2026-03-16 21:17
Trump’s Iran war: A hubristic gamble bogged down in escalation and miscalculation
TEHRAN - President Donald Trump had been laboring under the delusion that a war on Iran would yield a decisive victory in a short period. Trump assumed that through political and military leadership decapitation, Iran would descend into chaos, allowing him to advance his plans. He had proposed the idea of a Venezuela-style scenario for Iran, referencing the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro in a military operation on Venezuelan soil.
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2026-03-16 20:38
By Garsha Vazirian
Iran's strategic and operational mastery over US-Israeli aggression
TEHRAN – To assess the current trajectory of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran as of March 2026, it is essential to analyze how the involved parties have arrived at their present positions.
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2026-03-16 20:34
By staff writer
US facing military humiliation in its illegal war on Iran
TEHRAN - The United States and Israel started an illegal and unprovoked war on Iran Feb. 28. The war began two days after Iran and the U.S. held their third round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, first in Muscat, Oman, and second and third rounds in Geneva.
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2026-03-16 20:26
Iran FM rejects Trump’s ceasefire claim, says aggression must end
TEHRAN - Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran is appealing for a ceasefire. “We have not sent any messages and do not request a ceasefire, but this war must end in a way that it is not repeated,” Araghchi told reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tehran on Monday.
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2026-03-16 20:25
What Trump failed to calculate
TEHRAN - American sources have recently revealed that senior U.S. commanders had warned President Donald Trump before the start of the aggression against Iran that such a war could lead to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump reportedly responded to this warning by saying that Iran would surrender before things ever reached that stage.
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2026-03-16 20:25
By Xaviar Villar
The cost of U.S. miscalculation
MADRID – War is often framed in terms of military objectives: targets destroyed, command structures degraded, and contested territory measured in maps and coordinates. Yet in practice, modern conflicts rarely remain confined to the battlefield. When hostilities intersect with the infrastructure that underpins global trade and energy flows, the consequences extend far beyond kinetic engagements.
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2026-03-16 20:24
‘Retaliation for crimes’: Iran’s Army targets Israel’s Rafael and IAI with drone strikes
TEHRAN - Iran has continued retaliatory strikes against Israel and American bases in the Persian Gulf in response to the joint U.S.-Israeli aggression against the country.
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2026-03-16 20:23
Iran’s Leader upholds his late father’s appointments
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a directive underscoring the continued service of managers and officials who were directly appointed by his late father, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
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2026-03-16 19:08
Iran commends China’s humanitarian assistance for Minab school victims
TEHRAN – Iran’s Red Crescent Society has thanked China for providing $200,000 in emergency humanitarian assistance to support the families of scores of children and teachers who were killed in a U.S. missile strike on an elementary school in southern Iran.
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2026-03-15 21:07
By Batool Subeiti
This war will change the face of the region and the world
LONDON - After this war, the region of West Asia will not be as it was before, and the world will not be the same as it was. The American presence in the region will change. The status of American bases will change radically. The global economic situation and American dominance over it will be greatly affected. The American economy and the dominance of the petrodollar will weaken significantly.
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2026-03-15 20:26
Automakers produced 735,334 passenger cars in 11 months
TEHRAN- Over 11 months this Iranian year (ends on March 20) automakers produced 735,334 passenger cars, a drop of 74,634 units, equivalent to 9.2%, compared to the same period last year.
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2026-03-15 19:34
IRGC vows to ‘pursue and kill’ Netanyahu as questions grow over his whereabouts
TEHRAN - Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has vowed to pursue Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he is still alive, as speculation continues to circulate about his whereabouts following days without a public appearance.
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2026-03-15 19:34
U.S. allies and China decline warship deployment after Trump’s call for Strait of Hormuz escort
TEHRAN - Countries including the United Kingdom, France, Japan, South Korea, and China have so far declined to commit warships in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s appeal for a naval escort mission through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical corridor for global energy shipments. None have publicly agreed to send military forces to accompany oil tankers despite Trump’s high‑profile request.
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2026-03-15 19:34
Iran fires strategic Sejjil missiles at Israel for first time
TEHRAN - The United States and Israel pressed ahead with a joint assault on Iran on Sunday, targeting military installations, and civilian areas across Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, and western provinces. A strike on a factory in Isfahan alone killed at least 15 people.
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2026-03-15 14:39
By Afshin Majlesi
Airstrike shockwaves put Iran’s ancient landmarks at risk
TEHRAN - Although Iran’s enemies have repeatedly claimed that their strikes target nuclear and missile infrastructure, their massive airstrikes have also damaged historic districts and monuments that represent centuries of Persian civilization.
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2026-03-15 14:23
They Don’t Understand Iranians
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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.
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2026-03-14 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.