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Yesterday 22:35
Navigating the Trump era
TEHRAN – The specter of Nixon’s "Madman Theory" looms large over Donald Trump’s presidency—a strategy predicated on projecting irrational aggression to force concessions from adversaries. The premise is simple: by making seemingly incredible threats appear credible, a leader can intimidate weaker states and extract maximum strategic and economic-military gains. For Trump, this approach was not just theoretical but a cornerstone of his foreign policy, particularly in dealing with West Asia and China.
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Yesterday 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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2025-06-07 22:10
By Soheila Zarfam
This Guy Has No Will for a Deal
TEHRAN – Despite five rounds of indirect nuclear negotiations, U.S. President Donald Trump seems less interested in diplomacy with Iran and more invested in keeping tensions alive.
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2025-06-07 13:02
By Shahrokh Saei
Trump's trade retreat: How China's steadfast strategy forced the US back to the table
BEIJING – US President Donald Trump’s abrupt pivot toward fresh trade talks with China isn't just a diplomatic courtesy; it's a powerful signal revealing who holds the strategic advantage in this high-stakes economic standoff.
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2025-06-06 22:04
'Shameful and calculated deflection:' Iran slams US veto of UN Gaza ceasefire resolution
TEHRAN – In a letter to UN Security Council President Carolyn Rodrigues-Berkett and Secretary-General António Guterres, Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, condemned the United States’ “unfounded and baseless allegations” against Iran during the June 4 Security Council session on Gaza.
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2025/06/06
By Xavier Villar
Iran and its right to a civil nuclear program
Between international law and resistance to western disciplinary logic
MADRID – In the speech delivered on the 36th anniversary of the death of Imam Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, made Iran’s position regarding the recent U.S. nuclear proposals unmistakably clear.
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2025-06-05 21:23
By Shahrokh Saei
Trump’s call to Xi underscores China’s leverage in trade dispute
BEIJING — In a powerful display of China’s growing influence in global trade, U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, amid rising tensions between the two leading economies.
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2025-06-05 13:04
US vetoes Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolution as Israeli strikes kill 95
The United States has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that called for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, as Israeli strikes across the enclave have killed nearly 100 Palestinians in the past 24 hours amid a crippling aid blockade.
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2025-06-02 20:32
US proposal asks Iran for ‘zero’ enrichment, Iran preparing rejection
TEHRAN – A U.S. proposal delivered to Iran via Oman on Saturday calls for an end to Iran’s uranium enrichment—a demand Tehran has consistently rejected, both privately and publicly, since indirect negotiations with Washington over its nuclear program began in April, according to information obtained by the Tehran Times.
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2025-06-02 20:31
‘Israel exploits nuclear issue to manipulate US foreign policy:’ Iran Foreign Ministry
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baqaei, has asserted that the Israeli regime is exploiting Iran’s nuclear program as a tool to control U.S. foreign policy in West Asia.
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2025-05-31 22:36
By Soheila Zarfam
Key Elements Iran Needs in a Potential Agreement
TEHRAN – As diplomatic efforts to revive the nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers gather momentum once again, much of the international focus continues to center on what Iran must do—its nuclear obligations, inspection regimes, enrichment limits, and regional behavior.
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2025-05-30 20:55
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
46 years of economic warfare
A look at how US sanctions regime against Iran started, went on, and still persists today
TEHRAN – Economic sanctions are punitive measures imposed by one or more countries to pressure a targeted nation into changing its policies. Typically involving trade bans, asset freezes, and financial restrictions, sanctions are framed as a "peaceful" alternative to war. Yet in reality, they inflict severe suffering on ordinary people while often failing to achieve their political goals.
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2025-05-30 20:51
By Soheila Zarfam
US and Israel are not at odds over Iran, they are in sync
TEHRAN – Since Iran and the U.S. began indirect nuclear negotiations seven weeks ago, Western media outlets have been turning up every now and then to paint Israel as a potential saboteur of the talks, and Washington as their defender.
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2025-05-28 22:01
Iran may accept US nuclear inspectors if a deal is reached, says atomic chief
TEHRAN – Iran has signaled it may allow American inspectors working for the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) to monitor its nuclear program—but only if ongoing negotiations result in a favorable agreement for Tehran.
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2025-05-28 21:56
EXCLUSIVE:
Iran denies reports of potential agreement on a temporary pause in uranium enrichment
TEHRAN- Iran will not agree to halt uranium enrichment as a result of ongoing talks with the United States, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman declared to the Tehran Times, following Reuters' report suggesting Iran might consider the move in exchange for the unfreezing of billions of its assets held by the U.S.
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2025-05-27 21:33
By Seyed Mehrdad BaniHashemi Kahangi
The Persian Gulf is on edge—regional powers must fix it themselves
TEHRAN – In recent months, tensions in the Persian Gulf have reentered the global spotlight—not through official declarations, but via a silent escalation playing out beneath the waves and between the straits.
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2025-05-27 20:58
By Mohammad Ghaderi
Decoding U.S. negotiation game
TEHRAN – The reported U.S. refusal to present a written plan in five rounds of talks with Iran is part of a complex strategy based on game theory. According to this strategy, Washington, while maintaining ambiguity and without accepting responsibility, tries to unilaterally rewrite the rules of the game and keep its outcome in a halo of uncertainty.
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2025-05-27 14:58
‘U.S. pursues policies impeding Sudanese people’s aspirations for stability, peace, prosperity’
The Government of Sudan is closely monitoring -and unequivocally condemns- the recent accusations and decisions issued by the United States administration. These actions are characterized by political coercion and a deliberate misrepresentation of the facts concerning the situation in Sudan.
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2025/05/26
By Xavier Villar
Israel: A threat that jeopardizes US negotiations with Iran
MADRID – For over a month now, Iran and the United States have been holding indirect talks to explore the possibility of striking a new deal on Iran’s nuclear program. Despite years of mutual distrust, increasing sanctions, and episodes of tension, both sides have shown renewed willingness to reach an understanding that would ease tensions and strengthen stability in a region long plagued by recurring conflicts.
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2025-05-26 21:22
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
‘Enrichment is our right’: Iran’s youth rally behind nuclear program as talks continue
Iranians have a deep-seated love for their country, and that's a big reason why Iran's been around for thousands of years. Whenever the nation is threatened, people from all walks of life tend to put their differences aside and come together to defend it.
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2025-05-24 21:13
By Maryam Geshani
Iran’s right to enrich uranium: A legal reality made political by US
TEHRAN – Amid the ongoing tensions surrounding Iran’s nuclear program, one crucial fact often gets buried beneath heated political arguments: Iran, as a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), holds an explicit legal right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.
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2025-05-23 21:17
By Mona Hojat Ansari
Nuclear talks get one more chance
Iran, US will look into Omani proposals after ‘professional’ and ‘logical’ fifth round
TEHRAN – Iran and the United States put an end to a fifth round of indirect nuclear talks in Rome on Friday, after a week of high tensions spurred skepticism among Iranians about the American side’s sincerity and commitment to reaching a genuine agreement.
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2025-05-21 22:42
US will put weapons in space as part of ‘Golden Dome’ plan
United States President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have laid out their clearest plan yet for the “Golden Dome” missile defense program, which would include putting weapons in space for the first time, Al Jazeera reported.
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2025-05-21 22:37
Iran rejects ‘baseless’ claims of violating Yemen arms embargo, calls for cooperation at UN
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani, firmly denied allegations that Tehran violated the UN arms embargo on Yemen, calling the accusations "entirely baseless" and politically motivated.
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2025/05/21
By Xavier Villar
Tehran’s national policy unaffected by pressure and threats
MADRID – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday dismissed “absurd demands” from the United States in the ongoing nuclear negotiations.
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2025-05-21 22:30
By Sahar Dadjoo
“EU sponsors Israel’s violence through trade and arms deals”: Belgian MEP
Europe needs to stop arms exports to Israel in order not to be complicit in the Gaza genocide
TEHRAN - The European Union faces increasing criticism for its handling of the Israel-Palestine conflict, with many accusing it of maintaining a “business as usual” approach that enables ongoing violence and human rights violations in Gaza.
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2025-05-21 22:24
By Mona Hojat Ansari
With no sway at negotiating table, US turns to media tactics
Washington returns to old playbook, telling Iranians that they should end enrichment or get attacked
TEHRAN – The dispute over Iran’s nuclear program may seem complex, but it is in fact quite simple. Washington insists Iran should not develop nuclear weapons. Tehran says it is not planning to, and agrees to take steps to prove it in exchange for the termination of sanctions. The U.S. then begins asking for more. Negotiations collapse, and the pattern is repeated.
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2025-05-20 22:12
Ayatollah Khamenei's response to US ‘nonsense’:
Iran does not need anyone's permission to enrich uranium
TEHRAN – Iran has repeated its long-standing position that uranium enrichment cannot and will not stop within the country, with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei taking to the public stage this time to ask Americans to stop talking “nonsense”, after multiple warnings by lower-ranking officials seemingly failed to resonate during ongoing nuclear talks with the United States.
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2025-05-19 23:06
By Seyed Mehrdad BaniHashemi Kahangi
Trump 0.2 in Riyadh: Oil, arms, and a shadow over Iran
Donald Trump’s recent visit to Riyadh may have been described as a business trip, but in the world of West Asia politics, symbolism often speaks louder than press releases. For many in the region, his presence in Saudi Arabia felt like the opening act of a broader geopolitical maneuver—one with potential consequences that extend far beyond the Persian Gulf.
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2025/05/19
By Xavier Villar
Marco Rubio and the threat to diplomacy in the Iranian nuclear conflict
MADRID – In recent weeks, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made a series of strong statements about Iran’s nuclear program that go beyond reaffirming a traditional stance within the American establishment.