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2026-10-13 20:30
Trump's credibility under question
Khorasan argued that Trump's contradictory behavior has weakened his credibility. Pro-Israel circles in Washington portray Trump's unpredictability as a sign of strength, claiming that Iran should always remain uncertain about his next move.
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2026-10-13 19:23
Rubio’s understanding of thymos is very deficient: Francis Fukuyama
‘Rubio celebrates the agreement over Greenland, without mentioning his desire to grab it away from Denmark’
TEHRAN – The political scientist Francis Fukuyama says U.S. Secretary of State understanding of of thymos -- pride, spiritedness, the desire for recognition -- is very deficient.
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2026-10-12 20:07
By Xavier Villar
The Persians return to Athens
MADRID - Standing before the Acropolis of Athens, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio traced the history of ancient Greece all the way to the rise of American industry in a speech delivered on Wednesday, in which he presented Western civilization as threatened by decline.
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2026-10-11 16:53
Cultural officials reject Rubio’s remarks on Persian history at Athens’ Acropolis
TEHRAN – Joining Iranian political officials, several senior cultural figures, including the tourism minister, the head of the Iranology Foundation and the director-general of the National Museum of Iran, have criticized US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s remarks on ancient Persian history, saying historical civilizations should not be used to justify political hostility or threats of war.
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2026-10-10 20:41
US sanctions the entire ICC to shield American and Israeli war criminals
TEHRAN — The United States placed the International Criminal Court under sanctions on Friday, October 9, dropping any pretense that its quarrel was limited to individual judges and prosecutors.
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2026-10-10 20:20
By Seyed Mohammad Torabi
From Athens to Anger
Why Rubio's history lesson backfired in Iran
TEHRAN – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's October 7 speech at the Pnyx hill in Athens, in which he invoked ancient Greece to call for Western revival and labeled the Islamic Republic of Iran a "cult of death," has triggered a wave of angry reactions across Iran — from senior officials and former diplomats to academics, newspapers, and social media users.
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2026-10-10 19:55
From burning Sardis to bombing Tehran: What Rubio got wrong about Persia
Tehran Times speaks with Touraj Daryaee, historian of ancient Iran and editor of encyclopaedia Iranica
TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s October 7 speech in Athens invoked ancient Greece as the foundation of Western civilization, linking the Persian invasion under Xerxes in 480 BCE to a broader call for Western ambition, national sovereignty and renewed American power. Speaking at the historic Pnyx, Rubio also criticized Iran’s leadership, contrasting his portrayal of Western heroism with what he described as Iran’s “cult of death.”
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2026-09-29 21:58
Rubio invokes ‘blackmail’ to hide US crimes in Iran
TEHRAN — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is once again making inflammatory claims about Iran in an apparent attempt to divert attention from Washington’s own record of aggression and bloodshed.
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2026-09-22 21:12
By staff writer
ICC blacklist plan prompts US senator’s calls to sanction Trump and Rubio
TEHRAN — U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen on Monday called on European governments and signatories to the Rome Statute to impose sanctions on President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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2026-08-19 17:45
By Elaheh Tahmasebi
Post-Maduro Venezuela: Washington’s lab for Latin America
TEHRAN – The ongoing transformations in Venezuela have placed the country in a state suspended between structural collapse and managed transition; a situation that neither indicates the complete downfall of the previous structure nor points to the establishment of a national and independent sovereignty.
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2026-07-25 20:48
By Garsha Vazirian
The empire strikes The Hague
A coordinated U.S.-Israeli campaign neutralized the International Criminal Court
TEHRAN — The unprecedented removal of International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan is the swift execution of international law at the altar of Zionism. When 82 member states gathered at the United Nations to vote by secret ballot for his dismissal, they dismantled the illusion that the rules-based global order applies to the United States or its Israeli outpost.
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2026-07-15 17:33
Garsha Vazirian
Rubio’s crusade to dismantle the ICC is a global confession of guilt
The US war on international law is designed to shield genocidal atrocities
TEHRAN — Marco Rubio’s July 13 Wall Street Journal broadside reads like the frantic howl of an imperial political class that has lost control of the global narrative.
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2026-07-14 21:14
By staff writer
Rubio declares war on international law by openly threatening the ICC
TEHRAN- Writing an article in The Wall Street Journal on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State issued a broadside against the International Criminal Court (ICC) that in 2024 issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former war minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
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2026-07-04 22:06
US pressured dozens of countries to boycott Tehran funeral, Iranian source says
TEHRAN — The United States launched an extensive campaign to pressure countries into staying away from the funeral ceremonies for Iran's martyred Leader, a senior Iranian official has revealed, as nearly 100 nations ultimately defied Washington and sent delegations to Tehran.
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2026-06-29 23:19
By Wesam Bahrani
More Lebanese figures reject the “framework agreement”
TEHRAN – Opposition to the Lebanese government’s “framework agreement” with the Zionist regime continues to grow, as the country’s political parties and public figures condemn it for legitimizing occupation and lacking legal or national legitimacy.
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2026-06-26 20:41
By Hossein Amiri
Iran rejects US-PGCC declaration, defends regional security doctrine
TEHRAN – Iran's Foreign Ministry on Friday strongly condemned the latest joint statement issued following the ministerial meeting between the United States and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC), describing the declaration as "interventionist, irresponsible and provocative" and accusing Washington of attempting to impose its security agenda on the region.
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2026-04-05 22:31
General Soleimani’s family denies US claims linking arrested women to late commander
TEHRAN - The family of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani has rejected US claims that two Iranian women recently detained in the United States are related to the late commander.
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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.
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2026-02-16 22:45
By Garsha Vazirian
The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ and the architecture of engineered darkness
Washington’s energy siege transforms Cuba into a laboratory of calculated humanitarian collapse
TEHRAN – In the obsidian silence of a Havana night, the only light comes from the cold, calculating eyes of Washington’s imperial architects.
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2026-01-17 18:16
By staff writer
Trump's ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza: A blueprint for annexation and erasure
TEHRAN — US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a so‑called ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza — featuring figures such as Tony Blair, Marco Rubio, and Jared Kushner — does not represent a genuine plan for peace. It is a detailed proposal for the international management of Gaza that ignores the core realities of the conflict and the people it claims to help. When scrutinized, the plan reveals itself as an attempt to impose a solution that serves the interests of the United States, Israel, and their allies, while sidelining Palestinian rights and agency.