Palestinians - Tehran Times

By Wesam Bahrani

Evidence of systematic torture of Palestinians is horrific

TEHRAN – The discovery of 135 mutilated Palestinian bodies returned to Gaza has shed light on a disturbing pattern of torture within the Israeli occupation regime’s prison system.

2025/10/15

By Garsha Vazirian

'Let him die'

Palestinian survivors recount systematic torture inside Israel’s prisons

TEHRAN – They emerged from the buses beneath a pale, indifferent sky, their bodies reduced to shadows of the men they once were. Roughly 2,000 Palestinians — released in the first phase of the October captive exchange — returned as specters.

2025-09-15 20:05

'Palestinian Referendum’ book compiling Ayatollah Khamenei's views unveiled at Baghdad fair

TEHRAN - The book “Palestinian Referendum,” compiling the views of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on a legal and practical solution to the Palestinian issue, was unveiled at the Baghdad International Book Fair, highlighting both resistance and a proposed democratic referendum as paths to justice for the Palestinian people.

2025-09-06 20:13

By Wesam Bahrani

Israelis make mass arrests of Palestinian civilians as leverage

TEHRAN – Investigation reveals the majority of Palestinians kidnapped after October 2023 are civilians with no affiliation to Hamas or any resistance movement.

2025-09-05 18:11

Global Solidarity in Tunis: Activists Join Sumud Flotilla for Gaza

On Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, dozens of international activists rallied in front of the city theater to express solidarity with the people of Gaza and prepare for the Global Sumud Flotilla. The mission—comprising more than 45 ships carrying medical supplies and food—seeks to break Israel’s blockade and deliver aid amid warnings of famine. Among the participants are activists from 44 countries, set to join vessels that departed from Spain and Italy, including one carrying Greta Thunberg and Portuguese MP Mariana Mortágua.

2025-09-05 15:05

Illegal Israeli settlers injure 20 Palestinians in West Bank village attack

Around 20 Palestinians were injured early Friday when illegal Israeli settlers attacked the village of Khillet al-Daba in the southern occupied West Bank, Anadolu reported, citing local sources.

2025-08-30 20:03

By Garsha Vazirian

A subcontractor abandoned: PA discovers collaboration buys no protection, or visas

The visa ban is an assault on Palestinian representation

TEHRAN – The Trump administration announced Friday it would deny and revoke visas for about 80 senior Palestinian officials, including President Mahmoud Abbas, ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York in September. The move, unprecedented in scope, would bar most of the Palestinian delegation from one of their few global platforms.

2025-08-20 19:52

‘Stab in the hearts’: Israel’s Gaza City plan sparks outrage

TEHRAN – Israel has approved a plan to seize control of Gaza City, despite mounting domestic and international backlash and renewed calls for a ceasefire.

Except U.S. the entire world is calling for establishment of Palestinian state

2025/07/30

By staff writer

US boycott of UN meeting on Palestinian statehood not unexpected

TEHRAN - While dozens of countries held a three-day conference at the United Nations in New York to urge the world to work towards a two-state solution between Israelis and the Palestinians within the 1967 borders, the United States and Israel boycotted the event.

Rallies across Iran in condemnation of Israel attack

2025-07-25 20:23

Nationwide rallies held in Iran to condemn Israeli atrocities in Gaza

TEHRAN – Thousands of Iranians took to the streets across the country on Friday in large-scale rallies to condemn the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza and express solidarity with the Palestinian people.

2025-07-06 22:27

By Sahar Dadjoo

Nizar Banat Award highlights struggle of Gaza medical workers

Physicians in Gaza fight on despite brutal attacks

TEHRAN- In the ongoing brutal and relentless war in Gaza, healthcare workers are experiencing multileveled unprecedented threats that go beyond the obvious threats of being in a war zone.

Israel killed more than 100000 Palestinians

2025-06-28 22:36

Nearly 100,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza amid Israeli war: Haaretz

Nearly 100,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, representing about 4% of the territory’s population, the Israeli daily Haaretz said on Friday.

2025-05-21 22:43

Israeli attacks kill 82 in 24 hours in Gaza

In the past 24 hours alone (the Wednesday afternoon time), Israeli air and ground assaults killed at least 82 Palestinians and wounded another 262, according to Gaza’s health ministry, Middle East Eye reported.

2025-05-19 23:05

Israel intensified attacks on Gaza after release of US-Israeli soldier, rights group says

Since the release of American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander on 12 May, Israeli occupation forces have intensified their genocidal campaign in Gaza, killing an average of 81 Palestinians per day through direct bombardment, and a further 17 per day due to starvation and the denial of access to medical care and essential means of survival, Euro-Med Monitor said in a report today.

China supportsPlestine's two states solution

2025-05-16 22:45

China urges action on two-state solution to end Palestinian suffering

Speaking at a UN event commemorating Nakba Day, Geng Shuang, Chinese deputy permanent representative to the UN, urged the international community to take real actions to advance the two-state solution and bring a just, lasting resolution to the Palestinian issue.

2025-04-21 22:23

By Sahar Dadjoo

Holy words: Pope’s plea for peace in Gaza was source of Israeli fury

TEHRAN - Pope Francis was a key leader of the Catholic Church and the first pope from outside Europe in almost 1,300 years. He died on the morning of April 21, 2025. During his time as pope, he was clear and caring about global issues, especially the Israeli war in Gaza.

2025-04-09 21:05

By Wesam Bahrani

Pricey war, minimal gains in Yemen

TEHRAN – Yemeni forces have launched new, advanced military operations as American media shifts focus to the mounting costs of America’s bombing campaign.

Demonstrators gather in Tel Aviv to demand the release of hostages held in Gaza. Getty Images

2025-03-31 01:48

Netanyahu revives prospect of Palestinians being forced to leave Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to increase military pressure on Hamas. He said the tactic would pave the way for Israel to take control of Gaza and implement “the Trump plan" for evicting Palestinians from the enclave.

2025-02-24 21:56

Hamas: No negotiations with Israel until Palestinian prisoners are released

Hamas suspends negotiations with Israel, demanding the release of Palestinian prisoners as Israel delays the seventh batch of a prisoner exchange deal.

2025-02-17 21:23

CAIR urges hate crime charges for shooting attack on Palestinian victims

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), the state’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, called on Monday for federal hate crime charges following the arrest of a suspect who allegedly opened fire on a vehicle in Miami Beach after he reportedly saw what he thought were “two Palestinians”.

2025-02-16 21:22

By Wesam Bahrani

Palestinian prisoners were beaten ahead of release

TEHRAN – Palestinian prisoners released on Saturday were “deliberately” assaulted by the Israeli regime’s prison guards.

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with King Abdullah II of Jordan during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on 11 February 2025 (Saul Loeb/AFP)

2025-02-14 01:00

Why Trump’s plans are an 'existential threat' for Jordan

During his quarter-of-a-century rule of Jordan, King Abdullah had few working visits that were more intense than this week's trip to Washington.

2025-01-28 22:09

By Wesam Bahrani

Triumphant return to the north

Palestinians flood Gaza roads to return home

TEHRAN – Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have returned home to northern Gaza, marking yet another victory against the occupying regime of Israel.

Reappearance of Resistance fighters in Gaza is a nightmare for Israel

2025-01-22 22:19

By Matin Jamshidi

Reappearance of Hamas fighters shakes and humiliates Israel

TEHRAN - After the ceasefire went into effect on January 19, the Hamas resistance fighters openly reemerged on the streets of Gaza with military uniforms and Kalashnikov rifles. They were handing three Israeli captives to the Red Cross in Gaza City.

The head of the Government Media Office in Gaza

2025-01-19 22:16

Gaza Media Office: Israel unable to break the will of Palestinian resistance

TEHRAN- The head of the Government Media Office in Gaza says the ceasefire agreement that took effect between Israel and Hamas on Sunday represents a triumph for the Palestinian people.

Children have been the main victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza

2025-01-18 22:39

By Matin Jamshidi

Gaza war only brought more shame to Israel

TEHRAN - Israel pounded the Gaza Strip relentlessly for 470 days and leveled the enclave that houses 2.3 million population, yet it failed to make the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip surrender.