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2025-07-09 16:40
By Afshin Majlesi
Cultural heritage is a voice against hostile narratives, Iran tourism minister says
TEHRAN – In a press conference held on Tuesday afternoon, Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, along with his deputies, addressed the ministry’s role in shaping cultural resilience during the recent 12-day conflict with Israel.
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2025-07-09 10:46
Iranian nation will not surrender
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2025-07-08 23:04
Iran says no talks scheduled with US
TEHRAN – Iran has flatly denied claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that nuclear negotiations are back on the table.
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2025-07-08 22:14
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Concern over Barrack’s political storm: Will the trick of former US envoys be repeated?
BEIRUT — Observers took note of the unusually optimistic tone expressed by U.S. Special Envoy to Syria, Thomas Barrack, particularly in light of the heightened rhetoric suggesting that Lebanon could face major escalation if it failed to comply with his proposal to disarm Hezbollah.
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2025/07/08
By Xavier Villar
Pezeshkian defends Iranian sovereignty in a key interview with Tucker Carlson
MADRID – The online interview between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and American journalist Tucker Carlson in July 2025 goes far beyond a media spectacle. It becomes a political act of high symbolic voltage.
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2025-07-08 10:59
By Salman Parviz
Why Iran emerged victorious in its war with Israel
A new-found unity among Iranians was the most tangible result of the war
TEHRAN – The so-called ’12-Day War’ started with Israeli airstrikes against Iran in the early morning of June 13. The regime’s assault occurred just days before Iran and the United States were set to meet for a sixth-round indirect nuclear talks in Oman, sabotaging the diplomatic process and unravelling any potential progress made during the previous five rounds.
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2025-07-07 22:50
Foreseeable flaws in Gaza aid project led to shooting of Palestinians
GHF program has drawn huge crowds near Israeli troops, who opened fire multiple times
The repeated fatal shootings of Palestinians seeking food at distribution centers in Gaza since late May are an outcome of the aid project’s flawed design, which drew enormous crowds and brought them in proximity to Israeli troops, who opened fire on multiple occasions, according to experts in humanitarian aid programs, witness testimony and visual evidence.
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2025-07-07 22:30
Pezeshkian says Iran open to dialogue, but finds it hard to trust US again
TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian carried out an online interview with an American journalist, where he spoke of the 12-day war with Israel, and how Iran finds it increasingly difficult to trust the U.S. when it comes to diplomacy.
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2025-07-07 22:25
By Garsha Vazirian
BRICS backs Iran
Bloc's joint statement condemns US-Israeli attacks on Iranian soil
TEHRAN – In a display of Global South solidarity, the expanded BRICS bloc representing 11 nations and nearly half of humanity issued a resounding condemnation of the U.S.-Israeli military aggression against Iran during its 17th summit in Rio de Janeiro.
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2025-07-06 22:24
By Wesam Bahrani
Hamas sends unified truce response
TEHRAN – Hamas has responded to a ceasefire proposal in a “positive” manner reflective of a unified stance among all Gaza resistance forces.
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2025-07-06 22:22
Texas flood death toll hits 50 as search intensifies
Twenty-seven girls remained missing from a riverside summer camp in the US state of Texas on Sunday, almost two days after the area was hit by devastating floods, DW reported.
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2025-07-06 22:18
Switzerland resumes embassy operations in Tehran
TEHRAN – Switzerland officially announced it is reopening its embassy in Tehran, marking a step in the gradual restoration of diplomatic normalcy after a brief closure triggered by the Israeli regime’s 12-day war on Iran.
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2025-07-06 21:05
Fresh data exposes scale of Iranian missile success against US-Israeli air defenses
TEHRAN — New analyses by Western think tanks and Hebrew-language media have unveiled more details of Iran’s missile campaign against the Zionist regime during the 12-day June war, confirming at least 60 successful strikes—including direct hits on Israel’s Ministry of War headquarters—while exposing systemic censorship of military losses and $1.47 billion in unreported infrastructure damage.
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2025-07-04 01:16
No talks unless US abandons deception and commit to diplomacy, Iran says
TEHRAN - Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the United States must first prove its genuine commitment to diplomacy if Washington seeks further negotiations with Tehran on the country's nuclear program.
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2025-07-02 22:26
Fordow nuclear site ‘seriously damaged’, declares Araghchi
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has stated that the recent U.S. airstrikes on the Fordow nuclear site have caused severe damage to the facility, though the full extent remains unclear.
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2025-07-02 22:24
By Kurosh Alyani, Iranian cultural critic
Culture, ethics, and martyrdom
Understanding Iran’s approach to war
TEHRAN – Talk of Iranian warfare often brings to mind the country’s long and rich history of conflict. From the campaigns of Cyrus the Great to the fierce resistance against invaders, Iran’s past is filled with stories of valor and combat.
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2025-07-01 23:18
US betrayed diplomacy, Araghchi tells EU policy chief after attacks on nuclear sites
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the United States betrayed the diplomatic process and undermined dialogue by attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities while the two countries were in the middle of negotiations.
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2025-07-01 22:38
A week into a pause in hostilities, Israel faces fallout of failed offensive against Iran
TEHRAN – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vision of a swift and successful strike against Iran has turned into what many, including Israeli analysts, now describe as a strategic miscalculation of historic proportions.
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2025/07/01
By Xavier Villar
Islamophobia, orientalism, and power: The Iranian case
MADRID – In recent days, the coordinated attack by the United States and Israel on Iranian nuclear facilities—under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)—has once again brought to the forefront a discursive framework deeply rooted in the colonial tradition: the portrayal of Iran as an irrational, unpredictable, and therefore dangerously uncontrollable actor.
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2025-07-01 22:33
By Mona Hojat Ansari
From a dollar-filled suitcase in 1953 to illusory bags in 2025
How the Israeli-American plot to topple the Iranian government failed
TEHRAN – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared belated and euphoric as he addressed a camera on June 13, claiming he had averted a "nuclear holocaust" by attacking two of Iran's nuclear sites, assassinating its top military officials and nuclear scientists, and targeting the country's infrastructure.
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2025-06-30 22:21
Negotiations are meaningless under current conditions: Iran Foreign Ministry
TEHRAN – Iran says the negotiations with Europe are futile under the current conditions, urging European nations to reassess their conduct.
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2025-06-30 20:58
Exclusive: Iran let US know it’s attacking American bases 12 hours before strike
TEHRAN – An Iranian source told the Tehran Times that Iran informed the United States 12 hours before its June 23 strike on Al Udeid Air Base that it intended to target U.S. installations in the region.
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2025-06-29 22:38
Four takeaways from Shamkhani’s first interview after surviving Israeli terrorist attack
TEHRAN – Admiral Ali Shamkhani, advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, talked to Iranian TV on Sunday, over two weeks after he was targeted by Israel in simultaneous attacks that led to the massacre of dozens of Iranian civilians, military officials, and nuclear scientists on June 13.
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2025-06-29 22:35
Araghchi urges UN to hold Israel and US accountable for their aggression
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has formally called on the United Nations Security Council to recognize the Zionist regime and the United States as perpetrators of an act of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran and to hold them accountable under international law.
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2025-06-28 22:35
Gaza authorities say drugs found inside US-dispatched flour bags
Palestinian authorities in Gaza said Friday that narcotic pills had been found inside U.S.-dispatched flour bags in the Israeli-besieged enclave, Anadolu Agency reported.
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2025-06-28 22:25
By Tehran Times Staff Writer
Israel’s doctrine of deception: A strategic tool facing diminishing returns
TEHRAN - For eight decades, Israel has orchestrated false flag operations—covert maneuvers disguised as enemy attacks—to manipulate global powers, ignite conflicts, and demonize adversaries.
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2025-06-28 22:24
By Xavier Villar
The failure of an offensive: Israel’s unfulfilled objectives and Iran’s strategic resilience
MADRID – According to the official statement released by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, Israel achieved all of its stated objectives in its operation against Iran. “All the goals of the operation have been fulfilled,” the text declared, thereby justifying Israel’s acceptance of the ceasefire proposed by former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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2025-06-28 22:24
No American will be safe if senior clerics are threatened: IRGC commander
TEHRAN – The deputy commander for coordination in the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) warns any attempt to harm Iran’s senior clerics would provoke a harsh regional backlash against U.S. interests.
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2025-06-28 22:23
Iran UN envoy reaffirms right to domestic enrichment
TEHRAN – Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Amir-Saeid Iravani, has emphatically restated Tehran’s non-negotiable position that uranium enrichment for its peaceful nuclear program must take place on Iranian soil.
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2025-06-28 22:22
By Soheila Zarfam
Hearts mourn nation’s heroes
Millions attend the funeral in Tehran to say farewell to commanders and scientists martyred during Israel’s war on Iran
TEHRAN – Tehran, Iran's beating heart, has witnessed centuries of tragedies as the nation's capital. It has seen all the major events and dramas that have sculpted the ancient land's modern history.