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2026-01-30 20:43
U.S. seeks an Iran that is subservient, says Chinese expert
Hongda Fan warns U.S. and Israeli interference could reshape regional alliances and intensify security rivalries
TEHRAN-Amid renewed unrest in Iran and escalating rhetoric from Washington and Tel Aviv, questions are mounting over whether Western claims of supporting civil liberties mask deeper geopolitical objectives. To explore these dynamics, Tehran Times spoke with Professor Hongda Fan, Professor and director of the China-Middle East Center at Shaoxing University, China.
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2026-01-27 19:32
Open Israeli role in Iran unrest marks new escalation: Canadian historian
Samir Saul says Mossad activity is increasingly visible following the June 2025 failure
TEHRAN — In an interview with the Tehran Times, Canadian historian and political economist Samir Saul offers a critical assessment of U.S. and Israeli involvement in the protests that unfolded in Iran in January, with a particular attention to U.S. President Donald Trump’s rhetoric.
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2026-01-24 19:20
Trump’s ‘support for Iranians’ masks economic warfare and narrative manipulation: Senior analyst
Elija J. Magnier argues US strategy weaponizes dissent while sanctions intensify civilian hardship
TEHRAN- In an interview with the Tehran Times, veteran war correspondent and geopolitical analyst Elijah J. Magnier delivers a rigorous and unflinching analysis of U.S. and Israeli pressure tactics against Iran, situating them within a long-standing architecture of coercion, narrative warfare, and regional destabilisation.
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2026-01-03 20:07
By Ranjan Solomon
Venezuela and the Return of Colonial Seizure Politics
GOA - The phrase "Venezuela and the Return of Colonial Seizure Politics" is a term used primarily by the Venezuelan government and its international allies to describe recent actions by the United States, particularly those involving sanctions, asset seizures, and military pressure. This perspective argues that U.S. actions amount to a modern form of imperialism aimed at seizing the country's vast oil and mineral wealth and imposing a U.S.-backed government.
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2025-12-08 22:04
Another group of Iranian inmates freed in US head home
Another batch of Iranian nationals freed from detention in the United States have left the Mesa Gateway Airport in the state of Arizona to return their homeland, said head of the Iranian Interests Section in Washington, D.C., Abolfazl Mehrabadi.
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2025-12-06 22:18
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Scrambling to Sustain a Waning Hegemony
Decoding the 2025 US National Security Strategy
TEHRAN – The White House's periodic document outlining United States foreign policy and national security strategy was released by the Trump administration on Thursday. The 33-page document, which appears to draw heavily on Trump's "America First" policy, has raised alarms in nearly every region of the world—with the probable exception of Israel.
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2025/12/02
By Ranjan Solomon
US–Maduro head-on: oil, hegemony, and the future of sovereignty
GOA, India - The confrontation between the United States and Nicolás Maduro is one of the most revealing geopolitical conflicts of our time. It is not a clash of democratic ideals versus authoritarianism, as Washington tirelessly claims. It is not a moral crusade to rescue Venezuela from misrule, nor a humanitarian duty to “restore democracy.”
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2025-11-02 18:53
By Sahar Dadjoo
Trump trying to be president of his fans: American sociologist
David Meyer says "No Kings" protests reflect growing fear of executive overreach
TEHRAN- In an exclusive interview with Tehran Times, David S. Meyer, a professor of sociology, political science, and urban planning at the University of California, Irvine, sheds light on the ongoing "No Kings" protests and the potential implications of Donald Trump's policies.
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2025-10-15 17:42
By Sahar Dadjoo
Gaza ceasefire a pause, not the end of the war, says Egyptian sociologist
Prof. Mohamed Sayed Ahmed says the conflict with Israel remains “a battle of existence, not borders”
TEHRAN- In his exclusive interview with Tehran Times, Egyptian political analyst and professor of political sociology Mohamed Sayed Ahmed offers a sharp evaluation of the Gaza ceasefire after nearly two years of devastating war.
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2025-10-10 21:07
By Sahar Dadjoo
Gaza breathes
Displaced Gazans start returning to the north amid uncertain peace
TEHRAN - After two harrowing years of conflict that devastated Gaza and shook the Middle East, a tentative ceasefire has been announced, outlining a phased military withdrawal from the coastal enclave and promising the release of captives and Palestinian prisoners.
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2025-09-22 21:14
By staff writer
What is behind Trump's Bagram dream?
TEHRAN- The recent political and military discourse surrounding the Bagram Air Base in northern Afghanistan underscores the renewed strategic tug-of-war playing out in Central and South Asia.
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2025-07-20 20:21
By Sahar Dadjoo
Exclusive: Political analyst warns Syria is next front in Israel’s colonial roadmap
Munir Daair says recent strikes on Syria mark deeper shift in U.S.-Israeli strategy for regional dominance
TEHRAN - In the aftermath of Israel’s recent airstrikes on Syria, targeting areas near Damascus and the southern regions under the pretext of protecting minorities, analysts are probing the deeper strategic objectives behind Tel Aviv’s escalating military posture across the region.
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2025-07-15 22:01
Kremlin responds to Trump’s 50-day ultimatum
Russia needs time to assess US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose severe sanctions on Moscow’s trading partners if the Ukraine conflict is not resolved within 50 days, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
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2025-07-15 18:59
By Sahar Dadjoo
Sanctions, delegitimization, and resignations: The end of UN oversight in occupied Palestine
TEHRAN- The recent resignation of all members of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory epitomizes the fraught intersection of human rights accountability, geopolitical confrontation, and organizational challenges within the UN system.
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2025-07-12 20:59
State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers
The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a move critics say will undermine U.S. ability to defend and promote U.S. interests abroad, Reuters reported.
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2025-07-07 22:26
China reacts to Trump's new BRICS tariff threat
China said BRICS does not seek confrontation and does not target any country after President Donald Trump threatened a new 10 percent tariff, Newsweek reported.
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2025-06-28 22:32
Congresswoman slams US funding for Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib slammed the Trump administration on Friday for approving $30 million in funding to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) amid Israel’s military operations, Anadolu reports.
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2025-06-10 22:33
Marines arrive in LA under Trump orders as protests spread to other cities
Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in Los Angeles overnight and more were expected on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, who has also activated 4,000 National Guard troops to quell protests despite objections from California Governor Gavin Newsom and other local leaders, Reuters reported.
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2025-06-09 22:50
Arrests after protest in San Francisco sparks violence
Protests against the deportation of migrants without residence permits have also led to riots in San Francisco, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported.
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2025-06-08 22:25
By Sahar Dadjoo
Make America quashed again
Trump deploys 2000 National Guard troops to crack down on LA protesters
TEHRAN - When the Trump administration announced the deployment of 2,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles on June 7, 2025, it significantly intensified its immigration enforcement strategy, making protests throughout the city a focal point of national discussion.
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2025-06-06 21:54
By Sahar Dadjoo
Sanctioning judges, silencing victims: The dangerous precedent set by US against ICC
TEHRAN - The Trump administration's recent sanctions against four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) marked a historic increase in U.S. opposition to the ICC and raised serious concerns about the future of international accountability and justice.
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2025-05-24 20:33
Pentagon puts new limits on reporters
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday issued orders that require journalists to have official escorts within much of the Pentagon building, the latest in a series of Trump administration restrictions placed on the press.
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2025-05-23 20:14
By Sahar Dadjoo
Trump’s war on Harvard
Trump targets academic freedom, civil discourse and viewpoint diversity
TEHRAN - Since the beginning of his second term, President Trump has stepped up his war against elite American universities, claiming that they foster antisemitism and leaning toward certain ideologies.
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2025-05-23 20:11
Trump threatens a 50% tariff on the EU
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union, citing a lack of progress in current trade negotiations.
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2025-05-20 22:25
US terminates $60 million in Harvard grants over alleged anti-Semitism
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday that it was terminating $60 million in federal grants to Harvard University, saying the Ivy League institution failed to address anti-Semitic harassment and ethnic discrimination on campus, Reuters reported.
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2025-05-17 22:12
US stripped of top credit rating as Trump plots tax cuts
The United States has been stripped of a prized top credit rating for the first time, as fears rise that the Trump administration will not tackle its soaring debts, The Telegraph reported.
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2025-05-11 22:43
Netanyahu’s messianic government’s priority is to annex West Bank, expel Gazans: Thomas Friedman
NY Times columnist says Netanyahu is not a US friend
TEHRAN - The famous New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says Benjamin Netanyahu’s “ultranationalist” and “messianic” government is not America’s ally.
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2025-05-11 22:33
By Sahar Dadjoo
Trump’s delivery of advanced arms to Israel without scrutiny
TEHRAN - During Donald Trump’s second presidency, the U.S.-Israel relationship has entered a new phase marked by intensified military, political, and diplomatic support.
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2025-05-10 23:07
Mexico sues Google over 'Gulf of America' name change
Mexico is suing Google for ignoring repeated requests not to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America for U.S. users on its maps service, Claudia Sheinbaum has said, according to the BBC.
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2025-05-07 22:47
By Sondoss Al Assad
As usual, Yemen turns the tables on the magician
BEIRUT — It seems clear that the upcoming days will be witnessing accelerating developments as West Asia is on a political hotbed following the hypersonic ballistic missile launched at Ben Gurion Airport in an unprecedented strategic development.