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2026-02-08 16:33
Suspect in his 60s extradited from Dubai over Russian general shooting
A suspect in his 60s has been arrested in Dubai and extradited to Russia for the Moscow shooting of senior GRU officer Vladimir Alekseyev, The Guardian reported Sunday.
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2026-02-07 16:17
Ukraine faces June deadline from U.S. to reach peace deal with Russia: Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that the U.S. has set a June deadline for Ukraine and Russia to reach a peace deal, and warned that the Trump administration will likely increase pressure if this schedule isn’t met, AP reported Saturday.
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2026-02-06 18:18
Trump cannot risk war with Iran, John Helmer says
Veteran journalist warns that a prolonged conflict would trigger inflation, casualties, and a political crisis in Washington
TEHRAN — As tensions persist between Iran and the United States amid intensified military signaling and renewed talk of negotiations, critical questions remain about Washington’s real strategy and the risk of a broader regional conflict. In this context, Tehran Times spoke with John Helmer, a veteran journalist and geopolitical analyst based in Moscow, to examine the shifting balance of power and the prospects for de-escalation.
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2026-02-05 23:09
War on Iran could blow up entire region, Lavrov warns
TEHRAN - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned the Middle East is like a powder keg waiting for a chain reaction, and a war between the U.S. and Iran could trigger it.
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2026-02-02 22:02
Foreign ministry repeats warning that any attack on Iran would trigger massive war
TEHRAN – Iran warned on Monday that any military aggression against the country would have sweeping consequences for the entire West Asia region, as regional states intensify diplomatic efforts to prevent escalation amid a growing U.S. military presence and contradictory signals from Washington.
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2026-02-01 18:32
Shoigu: Russia supports China's position on Taiwan
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that Moscow continues to support Beijing over Taiwan, TASS news agency reported.
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2026-01-31 20:23
Iran, China and Russia to hold naval drill
TEHRAN – Iran, China, and Russia plan to hold a naval drill, codenamed “security belt”, on the last day of the current Iranian month of Bahman (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19), Tasnim reported.
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2026-01-31 20:20
Putin hosts Iranian security chief in Kremlin
TEHRAN — President Vladimir Putin received Ali Larijani, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, for a high-stakes summit at the Kremlin on Friday.
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2026-01-28 15:59
Tehran to host Iran–Russia joint economic committee meeting
TEHRAN – The 19th session of the Iran–Russia Joint Economic Committee meeting will be held in Tehran in mid-February, reflecting expanding cooperation prospects between the two countries, Iran’s deputy oil minister for international and commercial affairs said.
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2026-01-24 18:32
No breakthrough in Abu Dhabi as Western policy toward Ukraine faces new questions
TEHRAN — The first trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States since the start of the Moscow–Kyiv war in 2022 have concluded in Abu Dhabi with no sign of progress. The two-day meeting, which wrapped up on Saturday, brought the three sides together for direct discussions for the first time in nearly four years. But the core disagreements that have defined the conflict from the start remain firmly in place, and none of the parties suggested that a breakthrough is anywhere close.
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2026-01-20 20:23
Lavrov says Trump’s remarks against Iran are ‘deeply concerning’
TEHRAN - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that US President Donald Trump's incendiary remarks against Iran in support of violent protestors are “deeply concerning”.
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2026-01-18 19:57
International group condemns threats of force and interference in Iran
TEHRAN – The Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter has strongly condemned recent threats of force against Iran, characterizing foreign interference and the incitement of violence as flagrant violations of international law.
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2026/01/13
By Dr Ahmed Moustafa
Strategic quagmire: Expert analysis suggests U.S. will pay a high price for Maduro's "illegal captur
CAIRO – In what geopolitical analysts describe as the most provocative U.S. intervention in Latin America in decades, the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. special forces has backfired catastrophically, implicitly uniting competitors China, Russia, and North Korea in a stark warning to the Trump administration. The trio of opposition has unofficially warned of further escalation and threatened an appropriate response from the U.S. and its allies if Washington does not back down, a move experts believe could expose the fragile foundations of American sovereignty.
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2026/01/12
By Dr Ahmed Moustafa
Media analysis: How Maduro's kidnapping affects US relations with Russia and China
On January 3, 2026, U.S. forces conducted a large-scale military operation in Venezuela, involving strikes on Caracas and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. They were flown to New York to face U.S. charges related to drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, and narco-terrorism.
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2026-01-06 22:24
By Mona Hojat Ansari
Baghaei tells Tehran Times ‘relations with Lebanon matter greatly’ ahead of FM’s visit
Spox says new Lebanese and Iranian ambassadors will begin missions soon
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei recently visited the Tehran Times, where he met with the newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief and CEO and gave a detailed interview to a correspondent.
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2026-01-06 19:31
By Shahrokh Saei
From ally to aggressor: Greenland exposes Europe’s security illusion
TEHRAN - For years, European leaders have spoken of Russia as the singular threat to Europe’s security. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen captured this consensus in October 2025 when she stated: “There is only one country that is willing to threaten us (Europe), and it is Russia, and therefore we need a very strong answer back.” That statement reflected the prevailing mindset that NATO’s purpose was to contain Russia, and the United States was the indispensable ally in that mission.
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2026-01-05 17:12
17 foreign tour groups visit Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom
TEHRAN - Seventeen foreign tour groups from nine countries have paid visits to the Fatima Masumeh Shrine in the city of Qom over the past week, the shrine’s international affairs office said.
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2025-12-31 22:39
Russia berates US president for issuing threats against Iran
TEHRAN – Russia has expressed serious concern over statements made by US President Donald Trump during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the United States regarding potential new military strikes against Iran, urging US and Israeli officials to refrain from escalating tensions with Iran.
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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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2025-12-29 22:25
Russia says Tehran showing 'maximum restraint' despite western provocations
TEHRAN – Sergey Lavrov, in an interview with Russian media, said that Iran has shown the highest level of restraint and readiness for dialogue in response to all Western provocations.
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2025-12-29 15:49
UNODC, Russia hold training course for Iran's anti-narcotics police
TEHRAN – Iran's anti-narcotics police have attended a training course organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in cooperation with the Siberian Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
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2025-12-27 16:09
Russia launches ‘massive strike’ on Kyiv ahead of Zelensky-Trump meeting
Russia struck Kyiv with missiles and drones early Saturday, killing one and wounding 27, AP reported. Explosions hit energy and civilian infrastructure, leaving districts without power or heat.
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2025-12-26 16:32
Authentic Iranian clothing exhibition held at Cultural Heritage Ministry
TEHRAN --An exhibition of authentic, royal, ethnic Iranian clothing and, for the first time, sustainable clothing produced from recycled materials was recently held in the vestibule of the Cultural Heritage Ministry recently.
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2025-12-26 15:50
INSF, RSF to support implementation of 15 joint research projects
TEHRAN – Iran and Russia will support the implementation of 15 out of 115 research projects proposed after the second joint call by the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) and the Russian Science Foundation (RSF).
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2025-12-24 22:08
By Soheila Zarfam
UNSC session shows West failed in snapback gamble
Meeting sees US and Europe defend hardline stance, Iran and allies call for end to failed approach
TEHRAN – Western states dragged Iran and members of the UN Security Council to a session on Tuesday to push for the implementation of pre-JCPOA UN sanctions against Iran, which the E3 (Germany, UK, France) managed to be reinstated back in August, but faced substantial challenges in implementing them due to opposition from a host of countries, including Iran’s most powerful allies, Russia and China.
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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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2025-12-24 14:34
Zelensky unveils peace plan with demilitarized zones
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has given details of an updated peace plan that offers Russia the potential withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the east that Moscow has demanded, the BBC reported.
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2025-12-23 20:11
In nuclear standoff with US, Moscow reiterates backing for Iran, says Tehran has ‘right’ to program
TEHRAN – Russia continues to throw its weight behind Iran as a nuclear standoff with the United States shows no sign of resolution, and leaders in Tehran grow increasingly doubtful whether they can expect diplomacy to ever bear fruit with the West.
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2025-12-22 18:38
By Shahrokh Saei
Orban slams EU’s Ukraine policy: ‘Sanctions crushed Europe, not Russia’
TEHRAN – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sharpened his long-standing criticism of the European Union’s approach to the war in Ukraine, warning that Brussels’ decisions are placing an increasingly heavy burden on European citizens.
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2025-12-22 15:44
Senior Russian general killed in Moscow car bomb explosion
A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow on Monday, Russian investigators said, adding that they suspected Ukrainian special services could have been behind the attack.