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2026-03-30 00:04
By staff writer
Global rage drowns out the drums of aggression against Iran
TEHRAN — The final weekend of March 2026 will be etched into history as the moment the global public formally divorced itself from the warmongering dictates of the United States and Israel.
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2026-03-26 22:05
By Matin Jamshidi
Netanyahu shaping Trump’s policy on Iran
TEHRAN - Under the leadership of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, there is a growing perception that Israeli vicious goals are being prioritized over American interests.
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2026-03-19 22:19
By Garsha Vazirian
Schrödinger’s strait
How Trump constructed a parallel reality to mask the failure of his war on Iran
TEHRAN — Beyond the kinetic exchange of bombs and missiles, the 2026 war on Iran has revealed its true foundation: a meticulously constructed parallel reality. Twenty days in, it is clear that Washington is also waging a war of optics, built entirely upon a fragile architecture of institutionalized mendacity.
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2026-03-17 22:20
NATO allies reject Trump’s demands for Hormuz warships
TEHRAN — Two and a half weeks into Donald Trump’s illegal war against Iran, the U.S. president is facing a dual crisis that his advisers reportedly admit was grossly underestimated: The constriction of navigation at the Strait of Hormuz and a stunning diplomatic rebuke from NATO allies who are refusing to send warships to reopen it.
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2026-01-30 21:03
By Saleh Abidi Maleki
‘Iran as ready for diplomacy as it is for war’
In Ankara, Araghchi restates Tehran’s long-held position as neighbors call on Washington to halt escalation against Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, arrived in the Turkish capital on Friday with a message for Washington that was as firm as it was measured: Tehran remains open to a diplomatic resolution regarding its nuclear program, but it will not negotiate under duress, nor will it hesitate to engage in total war if the United States miscalculates again.
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2026/01/17
Is U.S. policy forcing France out of NATO?
Recent parliamentary maneuvers in France to debate a withdrawal from NATO are not an isolated political eccentricity, but a direct symptom of a profound corrosion of the transatlantic alliance, fueled by a consistent pattern of American actions. These actions have systematically undermined international law, European sovereignty, and the foundational principles of collective security, creating a crisis of confidence among traditional allies.
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2026-01-14 19:42
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Europeans reaffirm their role as US lackeys
Iran urges Europe’s leaders to have ‘shame’ and ‘realism’ after support for terrorist riots
TEHRAN – European states have lost significant clout on the international stage since their involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war—a conflict that could have been avoided if NATO had honored its pledge of eastern non-expansion. The war has devastated European economies and left them in an increasingly precarious security position, while Washington has benefited by selling oil to Europe at higher prices, weakening its most important rival after China, and positioning itself to let Europe bear the cost of a losing war until Ukraine collapses.
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2025-12-31 11:26
By Ranjan Solomon
Venezuela, Russia, and the return of nuclear signaling
How a distant crisis exposes the fractures of the global order
GOA - At a time when global discourse is saturated with managed outrage and selective morality, certain crises are rendered invisible not because they lack consequence, but because they expose uncomfortable truths about power. Venezuela is one such crisis. Rarely discussed beyond caricatures of authoritarianism or economic failure, it has now re-entered the global stage in a far more unsettling form — as a strategic fault line in an intensifying confrontation between imperial persistence and geopolitical resistance.
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2025-12-24 18:04
By Ranjan Solomon
Europe’s moral collapse: Ukraine, NATO, and death of a civilization
The real tragedy of Europe is not that it makes mistakes, but that it refuses to learn from them
GOA - The European Union today presents itself as a defender of democracy, human rights, and international law. Yet nowhere is the hollowness of this claim more exposed than in Ukraine. The EU’s uncritical embrace of Volodymyr Zelensky—while condemning leaders like Nicolás Maduro as dictators - reveals not a principled commitment to democracy, but a selective morality rooted in power, obedience, and geopolitical convenience.
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2025/08/31
By Mahdi Zolfaghari
Will the welfare state in Europe be transformed?
Sweden and Finland’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) entails both potential and actual risks that will challenge the socio-economic structure of the welfare state in Scandinavia and the broader Nordic region.
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2025-07-23 22:23
By Bahram Moradi
Trump has turned US into a rogue and pariah state
TEHRAN – The United States under the leadership of Donald Trump is almost at odds with all countries except Israel. The Trump administration is also defying established international institutions, such as UNESCO and the International Criminal Court.
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2025-07-14 21:43
Trump set to unveil Ukraine weapons plan at meeting with NATO chief
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's visit to the White House came on the day that Trump promised to deliver a "major statement" on Russia, AFP reported.
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2025-06-27 21:55
By Sahar Dadjoo
NATO backing for US attack on Iran is astoundingly shameful
Is NATO seeking to protect members or endorse illegal invasions ?
TEHRAN - The decision by NATO to explicitly endorse unilateral U.S. military strikes against Iran represents one of the defining betrayals of its founding spirit.
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2025-06-14 12:59
Ex-diplomat enumerates 10 points about Israel's war against Iran
‘The attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities will undoubtedly impact Iran’s future nuclear strategy’
TEHRAN - Former Iranian diplomat and current Princeton University researcher Seyyed Hossein Mousavian enumerates 10 points behind Israel’s war against Iran and the following repercussions.
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2025-05-25 23:06
By Salman Parviz
China: Afghanistan’s top investor
West’s failure opens doors for East
TEHRAN -- Years of wars, occupation, and anarchy have left Afghanistan’s natural resources unexploited due to a lack of investment and the transfer of technology. According to the U.S. and UN assessments, minerals buried across Afghanistan’s rocky landscape are estimated to be worth a trillion dollars.