By Garsha Vazirian

The trillion-dollar folly of America’s war on Iran

TEHRAN — As the fog of war partially thins, the economic numbers have hardened into a reality that Washington can no longer mask with the kind of military bravado it relied on during the height of its campaign of aggression against Iran.

US naval blockade risks wider conflict at sea

Iran threatens to halt trade in three seas

TEHRAN - Iran has issued a stern warning to the United States over the imposition of a naval blockade on Iranian ports, cautioning that continued pressure could endanger regional maritime security and undermine the fragile post-war ceasefire environment.

TEHRAN PAPERS:

America has no weapon capable of disabling Iran’s defense system`

Kayhan, in its editorial, examined Iran’s defensive strength and capabilities. According to the paper, the 12‑day war and the Ramadan War clearly demonstrated that the United States possesses no weapon capable of disabling Iran’s entire defense system. Such a weapon, it argues, exists not in America’s military arsenals but only in the imagination of Western‑oriented Iranians.

By Alireza Najafli

A return to Stone Age thinking in Washington

TEHRAN - The destruction of critical civilian infrastructure in Iran and the wider region as a result of the US–Israeli war will initially fuel inflation and erode living standards worldwide.

By staff writer

President Xi presents four-point Middle East peace plan amid US escalation against Iran

China has actively called for dialogue and de-escalation of the situation in the Middle East, seeking to play a constructive role. In particular, President Xi Jinping has set out a four-point proposal on maintaining and promoting peace and stability in the region, underscoring what Beijing presents as its objective and impartial stance, as well as its image as a responsible major power.

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Why didn’t Iran close the Strait of Hormuz years ago?

Hamshahri examined why Iran did not close the Strait of Hormuz in previous years. The paper argues that closing the strait would have required military action within the waterway, and Iran’s policy has never been to initiate war.

Aref to Vance: US has suffered 'structural humiliation' over Israel briefings

TEHRAN - Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref took a jab at US Vice President JD Vance, accusing Washington of “structural humiliation” following Pakistani‑mediated negotiations between Iran and the United States in Islamabad over the weekend.

Trump’s blockade forged in the ashes of strategic failure

The US military blockade on Iranian ports follows Washington's military and political failures to force Iran to succumb to its demands

TEHRAN - President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a naval blockade on Iranian ports in an effort to force Tehran to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz has drawn fierce criticism at home and abroad, with many warning it risks igniting a broader regional crisis and destabilizing the global economy.

Naval blockade: A desperate, erratic and hasty decision

TEHRAN - Just hours after the talks between Iran and the U.S. in Islamabad ended on Sunday morning with a breakthrough, President Donald Trump declared a naval blockade of Iran.

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."