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Today 00:21
By Ali Minabi
In Gaza, floods finish what the bombs started
TEHRAN – When a shelter collapses in Gaza, the casualties are counted, the world moves on and the real questions go unanswered.
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Yesterday 12:40
How October 7 shattered Netanyahu's grip on power and Israeli stability
The global far-right alliance has suffered three consecutive defeats in recent weeks, beginning with Flavio Bolsonaro's defeat in Brazil's presidential election and his subsequent flight from the country. This was followed by Benjamin Netanyahu's defeat, as the number of seats held by his parliamentary coalition fell below the required majority, and culminated in Donald Trump's major setback in the US midterm elections, which saw Republicans lose control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, handing control of Congress to the Democrats, alongside the loss of several governorships.
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2026-11-09 20:56
Trump promised an end to Israel aid this year, but the draft deal runs to 2033
TEHRAN — Donald Trump told Fox News on November 3 that U.S. aid to Israel is “cut off at the end of the year.” It is not. Draft terms reported Monday by Yedioth Ahronoth show Washington and Israel negotiating a memorandum that would halve direct military financing and end it only in 2033.
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2026-11-09 20:55
By Ali Minabi
Floods have added insult to injury for Gazans
TEHRAN – Four Palestinians have been killed in Gaza after a sand embankment collapsed onto tents sheltering displaced families.
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2026-11-09 20:30
By Ehsan Etesam
Handala warns Israelis of 'life without water and electricity' in new leaflet campaign
TEHRAN -- Handala hacker group claims to have distributed hundreds of thousands of threatening leaflets across Tel Aviv, warning that power plants, oil refineries and desalination facilities could be targeted in retaliation for further attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure.
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2026-11-09 20:24
By Akram Hosseini Shabestari
Setayesh's unfinished dream: Remembering the nine-year-old killed in Minab
Her parents remember their daughter, whose dream of becoming a teacher was cut short in the US-Israeli attack on her school.
TEHRAN – The story of a mother and father who lost their nine-year-old daughter in the February 28, 2026 attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab. Setayesh used to hold classes for her dolls and dreamed of one day standing in front of a classroom, teaching children of her own.
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2026-11-08 21:02
Storm floods 70,000 tents in Gaza as Israel keeps shelter supplies out
TEHRAN — Rain that began late Friday had flooded about 70,000 tents across the Gaza Strip by Saturday, leaving tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians with sodden bedding, no dry ground, and almost no one able to help.
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2026-11-08 21:00
By staff writer
Massie’s ‘kissed The Wall’ jab lands hard after GOP’s historic defeat over Israel
TEHRAN — Thomas Massie needed nine words. “Republicans hit a wall because they kissed The Wall,” the Kentucky Republican wrote on X on November 7, just days after his party lost Congress. The post quietly racked up over 6 million views not long after, the sort of number that makes you raise an eyebrow.
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2026-11-07 21:26
Israel continues demolitions and bombardment in southern Lebanon
TEHRAN — Israeli engineering units detonated structures in the southern town of Bani Hayyan on Saturday, while artillery crews shelled the outskirts of Wadi al-Hujair, capping another day of heavy military operations across southern Lebanon that lay bare the vacuity of Washington’s diplomatic posturing.
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2026-11-07 21:25
By Ali Minabi
US-Israel military aid: End of dependence, or a new chapter?
TEHRAN – On November 3, President Trump said the U.S. would end what he described as approximately $4 billion in annual aid to Israel by the end of the year.
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2026-11-06 20:37
Netanyahu accused of attempting ‘coup’ after election defeat
Israeli politicians and commentators have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of attempting a coup after his election defeat on Oct. 27, which followed a historic turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel.
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2026-11-06 20:26
By Batool Subeiti
Outcome of three years of regional confrontation: The emergence of new alliances
LONDON -- The outcome of the confrontations that have taken place across the West Asia region since October 7 must be understood in the context of all the interconnected fronts, including Gaza, Lebanon, and, most recently, Iran. The U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran will ultimately determine the overall outcome of the conflicts across all these fronts and the changes that have taken place.
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2026-11-03 19:58
By Akram Hosseini Shabestari
Students who are martyred are never marked absent
Families of Minab’s martyred students attend Tehran Students’ Day gathering amid rain and missile damage
TEHRAN – This report goes beyond words. It is about a deeply emotional gathering. Every year on Aban 13 (November 4), Iranian students come together for their annual meeting with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. This year, however, the occasion was marked by a profound absence: the leader they had gathered to meet had been martyred.
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2026-10-31 17:55
By Ali Minabi
Can the US wage a swift military operation against Iran?
TEHRAN – Israeli media are still trying to determine whether Trump favored Netanyahu ahead of the Knesset elections or sought to contain him.
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2026-10-30 23:30
Iran holds US and Israel responsible for disruption of maritime Security
TEHRAN – Iran’s Ambassador and Chargé d’Affaires to the United Nations in New York, Gholamhossein Darzi, has said the United States and the Israeli regime bear direct responsibility for any disruption or obstruction of maritime navigation in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, warning that their continued acts of aggression and maritime restrictions threaten the security of the entire region.
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2026-10-30 21:19
Linking Qatar to high Arab voter turnout in Knesset elections is fundamentally misleading
TEHRAN - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has claimed Israel’s election was “stolen” by Palestinian citizens after their record turnout and electoral gains, even as election officials and opposition politicians dismissed the allegation as "baseless".
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2026-10-30 20:57
By staff writer
Hezbollah chief declares US-brokered framework agreement 'effectively nonexistent'
TEHRAN — Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a speech on October 28 that the resistance will keep its weapons for as long as Israel occupies Lebanese land.
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2026-10-28 22:35
By staff writer
Knesset stalemate plunges Israel into political paralysis
Netanyahu loses his majority, Eisenkot cannot win one, and the wars go on
TEHRAN — Israel voted in record numbers on October 27 and produced a parliament nobody can run.
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2026-10-27 18:50
UN inquiry confirms Israel continued Gaza genocide, committed torture and rape in West Bank
TEHRAN — Israel has kept committing genocide in Gaza since the U.S.-backed “ceasefire” took hold last October, and across the occupied West Bank it has committed crimes against humanity that include extermination, torture, rape and the systematic persecution of Palestinians.
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2026-10-26 20:17
Who is the Hebrew-speaking ‘fox applying for the henhouse guard job?’
Lana Nusseibeh’s close alignment with Israel shadows her bid to lead the UN
TEHRAN — Having spent years whitewashing Abu Dhabi’s submission to Israeli interests, Lana Nusseibeh is now being promoted by her handlers to run the United Nations.
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2026-10-26 20:01
By Mona Hojat Ansari
'The Iranian people will neither compromise nor surrender'
Lawmaker and former FM tells Tehran Times that Iran’s resistance has exposed limits of US military power, sanctions and political influence
TEHRAN — Military attacks and economic pressure will not force Iran into submission, says former foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who argues that Washington has failed to translate its superior resources into its desired outcomes.
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2026-10-26 17:07
Restoration of Isfahan’s Chehel Sotoun palace awaits UNESCO funding
TEHRAN - Restoration of Iran’s UNESCO-listed Chehel Sotoun palace and garden is awaiting additional funding from the government and UNESCO, as experts assess structural damage to the Safavid-era monument following a 40-day war with the US and Israeli forces, the site’s director said.
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2026-10-26 01:00
Iranian MP warns Israeli-occupied territories could become uninhabitable in under an hour
TEHRAN– Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has warned that any action targeting Iran’s national security and interests would trigger a response that could render the Israeli-occupied territories uninhabitable in less than an hour.
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2026-10-26 00:48
Turkey warns Washington against renewed strikes on Iran
TEHRAN– Turkey has warned the United States against launching fresh military strikes on Iran, saying a new attack would widen the conflict across West Asia and that diplomacy remains the only viable path toward ending the war.
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2026-10-25 20:29
By staff writer
Israel seizes civilian houses in al-Khalil, establishes frontline military posts
TEHRAN — Israeli forces have sealed every major entry point into al-Khalil (Hebron), driving more than 2,200 Palestinians out of their homes and transforming entire residential quarters into military barracks.
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2026-10-25 20:28
By Ali Minabi
Israeli elections: What can Palestinians expect?
TEHRAN — Israeli elections, scheduled for October 27, are about more than who becomes the next prime minister or whether Netanyahu stays in power.
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2026-10-25 20:04
Mass rally against Netanyahu government just ahead of elections
Three days before Israel’s first general election since the genocidal war on Gaza began, thousands of Israelis protested against the Netanyahu government late on Saturday in Tel Aviv demanding an independent inquiry into the security failures that led to the October 7, 2023 attacks.
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2026-10-24 22:31
Iran’s judiciary chief: Israel’s existence poses a threat to humanity
TEHRAN – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei has described Israel as a threat to humanity, saying the regime seeks not merely the partition of Iran but its complete destruction.
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2026-10-24 20:29
By Ali Minabi
Operation al-Khalil exposes limits of Israeli aggression
TEHRAN – The resistance operation in al-Khalil (Hebron), which took place just days before the Israeli elections, was far more than an isolated security incident.
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2026-10-24 19:01
Israel brings talks with Lebanon to a standstill by refusing to withdraw from ‘pilot zones’
Talks between Lebanese and Israeli officials, hosted by the US in Tampa, Florida, this week, concluded without any breakthroughs, The New Arab reported on Thursday, citing its own sources.