Hanif Ghaffari

The rule of Anarchism in Washington

The United States is not in a decent position. Donald Trump's political management has led to the creation of a kind of pomegranate in the country. The presence of people like John Bolton at the White House has strengthened this trend.

By M.A. Saki

“We’ll see how it goes”

Here is the deal: President Trump lifted waivers on Iranian oil to strangle the country’s oil-dependent economy under the “maximum pressure” policy. Tehran won relief from international sanctions following a multilateral accord with six world powers, including the U.S., in 2015.

Will Bolton be ousted?

America's National Security Advisor's ambiguous destiny

TEHRAN - U.S. National Security Advisor still has a dilemma! John Bolton is aware of the possibility of his dismissal by Donald Trump. Many traditional Republicans have urged President Donald Trump to remove Bolton from power before the 2020 presidential election.

Zarif: Bolton, Netanyahu lured Trump into killing JCPOA as they did to 2005 Paris agreement

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran said in a Twitter post on Tuesday that John Bolton and Benjamin Netanyahu lured President Donald Trump into killing the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA) with the “delusion” to deprive Iran of its nuclear enrichment right as they did with the Paris agreement that Iran clinched with the European Union trio – Britain, France, and Germany - in 2005.

Bolton claims Trump admin’s pressure campaign against Iran is working

TEHRAN – U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has claimed that the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Iran is working.

By Martin Love

Iran will have the world’s respect, and prevail

NORTH CAROLINA - An outsider with just some knowledge about Iran can be easily whipsawed by the horrible dilemma the U.S. has dumped on the country over the past 14 months. Yes, Iran must do all it can to defend itself, if it is attacked military, and meanwhile must do all it can to circumvent, with assistance, the draconian U.S. economic sanctions.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Unraveling the secret deal between Britain and Bolton 

TEHRAN - Informed sources have recently announced that John Bolton, the American national security advisor has promised the top leaders in London to help them in Brexit by putting Brussels under pressure. Apparently, Bolton has made the offer in exchange for London’s recent activities such as seizing the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1. 

By Javad Heirannia

Impossible to predict where Trump will go with Iran policy: Falk

TEHRAN - Richard Anderson Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, says “We have learned that it is impossible to predict where Trump will go with Iran policy.”

By Javad Heirannia

Trump's willingness to talk with Iran is “Not a serious”: Robert Hunter

TEHRAN – Robert E. Hunter, the former U.S. ambassador to NATO, says Trump's willingness to talk with Iranian authorities is “Not a serious proposal.”

By Javad Heirannia

Trump himself is serious about talking to Iran: Shireen Hunter

TEHRAN - Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, tells the Tehran Times that “Trump himself is serious about talking to Iran and his position is not merely a campaign ploy.”

Zarif says B-Team drags U.S. out of negotiating table and plotting for war

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the “B-Team” dragged the U.S. out of the negotiating table and plotting for war.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Trump’s new deal: exchanging Bolton and Pompeo with Esper

TEHRAN - It seems that the power game in White House has become more complicated than ever. The United States President Donald Trump has nominated Mark Esper as his next Defense Secretary. 

By staff and agency

Susan Rice says Trump should sideline Bolton and Pompeo, send envoy to Iran to defuse tension

Susan Rice, the former U.S. national security advisor, has said President Donald Trump needs to sideline John Bolton, the national security advisor, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and send an envoy to Iran for talks if he seeks to defuse tension.

By Martin Love

Iran is wisest not to damage burgeoning favorable opinion

NORTH CAROLINA - Has the current American government become so sanguine as to assume the American people believe dubious charges that Iran attacked ships near the Straits of Hormuz? Well, maybe it has, and the American people have become or remain that blind or ignorant to believe what the Trump gang tells them.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

Fox news’ role in possible removal of John Bolton

Fox news, an agency closely affiliated with hardline Republicans in the United States, has recently announced that based on the latest polls, Donald Trump will probably lose in the upcoming 2020 presidential elections. 

Bolton: U.S. willing to talk to Iranian leaders

TEHRAN – U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton has said his country is willing to talk to Iranian leaders to ease tensions but also is set for retaliatory action against what he called Iranian military provocations.

Trump growing angry with war-like planning by advisors: Washington Post

President Donald Trump is frustrated with some of his top advisers, who he thinks could rush the United States into a military confrontation with Iran and shatter his long-standing pledge to withdraw from costly foreign wars, according to several U.S. officials, the Washington Post reported recently.

Tehran dismisses Bolton’s accusation over tanker damages

TEHRAN – The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday strongly dismissed accusations by U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton that Tehran had been involved in recent attacks against four crude vessels in Fujairah port, castigating the “B-team” for their anti-Iran plots.

‘Certain elements within Trump administration pushing for war with Iran’ 

TEHRAN – Certain elements in the Donald Trump government are trying to drive the United States into war with Iran, Iran’s deputy foreign minister has said.

By Martin Love

There are good reasons why Iran won’t fold to U.S. extremism

TEHRAN - President Donald Trump claims the vast Military Industrial Complex, otherwise known as the MIC, which has become everything Eisenhower in 1960 warned against, is somehow “pressuring” him in to war on Iran.

Bolton, Pompeo may be going Tillerson’s way over Iran

Trump’s three-month ultimatum to two controversial cabinet members

​​​​​​​ TEHRAN - Sources in the United States have revealed that President Donald Trump while expressing dissatisfaction over the U.S. foreign policy, has set a three-month deadline for the survival of John Bolton and Mike Pompeo.

By M.A. Saki

“Very sad for the Iranian people!”

In a tweet on May 20, Donald Trump said he is “very sad for the Iranian people” that their economy is collapsing.

Iranians will make economic war planners regretful: Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that the Iranian people will make those in the United States who have waged an “economic war” against Iran “regretful”.

Princeton researcher enumerates Bolton-Netanyahu misinformation and gradual approaches against Iran

TEHRAN - Seyyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator who currently acts as a Princeton University researcher, has said that there will be no war between Iran and the U.S. in the current situation.

Focusing on practical skills, attracting more tourists and self-sufficiency in agriculture are the chief priorities

Rouhani orders facilitating investment

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has ordered executive bodies to take immediate steps to remove obstacles to domestic and foreign investment in the country, ISNA reported on Monday.

Judiciary chief urges support for entrepreneurs

TEHRAN - Ebrahim Raeisi, the Judiciary chief, said on Sunday that all officials are duty bound to support businessmen and entrepreneurs.

By Hanif Ghaffari

John Bolton's political death

John Bolton, US National Security Advisor, continues to promote war and terror and violence in his foreign policy. Bolton's title is basically tied to crime, war, and terror. In George W. Bush's presidency, people like Dick Cheney and John Bolton have become the messengers of the White House's defeat in the world. This time Bolton has also become a messenger for defeating Trump and the United States in the world. The US National Security Adviser is having difficult days. John Bolton has not been able to achieve his goals toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. Many American analysts say the National Security Adviser to the Trump government has become the symbol of the White House's failure in the international system.

Zarif says ‘Israel first’ replacing ‘America first’

TEHRAN - Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, said on Saturday that the policy of “Israel first” is replacing the Donald Trump’s policy of “America first”.

‘Mad advisors’ providing Trump with ‘fake news’: Iranian minister

TEHRAN – Iran’s Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has warned U.S. President Donald Trump that his “mad advisors” are providing him with “fake news” about Iran.

By Martin Love

Whether more U.S. sparked chaos or real accord is the question that haunts the world

NORTH CAROLINA - Iran’s leaders, Iran’s many friends and the people of Iran well know what is afoot right now with the Trump Administration, with John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, and with at least some members of the U.S. Congress and with other Neocons in D.C. “think tanks” and their various institutions.