U.S. - Tehran Times

2025-08-10 22:35

Pezeshkian’s aide warns of rising tensions as US eyes new foothold in Caucasus

TEHRAN – Mehdi Sanaei, an advisor to the Iranian president and former envoy to Russia, has become the second Iranian official to raise concerns over Washington’s expanding footprint in the Caucasus, warning that the current situation could foreshadow heightened regional tensions in the future.

2025-08-10 22:33

From Raisi to Pezeshkian, US has kept derailing diplomacy with Iran, says former negotiator

TEHRAN – Ali Bagheri Kani, Secretary of Iran’s Council for Strategic Foreign Relations, has revealed Washington’s deliberate sabotage of a comprehensive nuclear agreement finalized during the administration of the late President Ebrahim Raisi.

2025-08-10 22:25

By Faramarz Kouhpayeh

US push in South Caucasus raises alarm over stability and sovereignty

TEHRAN – On Friday, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed an agreement at the White House, in the presence of U.S. President Donald Trump, granting Washington exclusive rights to develop a corridor through Armenia’s southern Syunik province, which borders Iran.

2025-08-10 19:30

By Wesam Bahrani

Gaza sees surge in fatalities from failed aid airdrops

TEHRAN – The number of Palestinians killed due to misdirected airdrops of humanitarian aid has risen to 23, with 124 others injured.

2025-08-09 21:46

Iran slams US interventionism after increased bounty on Venezuela’s president

TEHRAN – Iran's Foreign Ministry has strongly criticized the United States' actions towards Venezuela, specifically the increased reward offered for information that could help the U.S. government take President Nicolas Maduro captive.

2025-08-09 21:37

Leader's aide warns against so-called 'Trump Corridor':

“Iran will act, with or without Russia”

TEHRAN – Senior Adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on International Affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati, has reaffirmed that the Islamic Republic will act decisively to protect the stability and security of the South Caucasus — with or without Russia — in the wake of a U.S.-brokered peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

2025-08-08 21:36

By Mona Hojat Ansari

Diplomatic switch?

Oslo could take over Muscat’s role in Iran nuclear talks

TEHRAN – The Tehran Times understands Norway is a likely candidate to mediate potential talks between Iran and the United States after a U.S.-Israeli bombardment campaign on Iranian soil derailed the earlier Oman-mediated negotiations in April and June.

The Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, is on display at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in Virginia after restoration in August 2003.

2025-08-07 19:08

Were the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings necessary?

Was it a show of power to end the war — or shape the peace?

The order to attack Japanese cities with atomic bombs was issued on July 25, 1945, by acting U.S. Army Chief of Staff Thomas Handy to Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces, to "deliver (the) first special bomb as soon as weather will permit after about Aug. 3, 1945. ... The target list: 'Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata and Nagasaki.' "

2025-08-06 19:26

Trump raises India tariffs to 50% over Russian oil purchases

The White House announced Wednesday that it is imposing an additional 25% tariff on India, bringing the total levies against the major United States trading partner to 50%, CNBC reported.

2025-08-05 21:36

By Soheila Zarfam

Aubergine phobia?

Iranian missiles aren’t the only things unnerving the West. Our aubergines are apparently scary too

TEHRAN – In a world where Palestinian children starve to death under accusations of terrorism, Israel’s prime minister receives standing ovations and unwavering support in Western political circles for upholding "democracy” despite being a war criminal, and the U.S. President floats the idea of turning sovereign nations into American states— perhaps it’s no surprise that Iranians are criminalized for selling tomatoes, potatoes, and aubergines.

2025-08-04 14:29

Report: US lawmakers sign letter pushing for Palestine state recognition

US Representative Ro Khanna is one of the latest lawmakers to call for the recognition of a Palestinian state, a position he adamantly advocated for when he held a town hall over the weekend.

Iran's Supreme National Security Council

2025-08-03 21:32

Iran establishes new defense council to centralize military strategy

TEHRAN – In a move to strengthen national security coordination, Iran's Supreme National Security Council has approved the creation of a new defense council, operating under Article 176 of the Constitution.

2025/08/02

By Xavier Villar

Realism, power, and tragedy: Mearsheimer dissects Tel Aviv’s dead end

MADRID – John J. Mearsheimer is, without question, the most influential voice in contemporary realist theory in international relations. A professor at the University of Chicago and architect of the so-called “offensive realism” theory, he argues that the international system – lacking any effective supranational authority—pushes states into an inevitable and brutal competition for power.

2025-08-02 20:36

Iran’s deputy FM discusses key pressing issues with Chinese media

TEHRAN – Saeed Khatibzadeh, an advisor to Iran's foreign minister, a deputy foreign minister, and the president of the Office of Political and International Studies (IPIS), arrived in China for his first foreign visit after the recent US-Israeli hostilities targeting Iran in June.

2025-08-02 17:34

By Shahrokh Saei

Witkoff’s Gaza visit: A ‘photo-op’ meant to whitewash US-Israeli ‘bloodbaths’

TEHRAN — The visit of US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy to Gaza, framed as a humanitarian mission, appears to be a calculated effort to whitewash a humanitarian catastrophe widely seen as fueled by American support for Israel’s ongoing war on the enclave.

2025-08-01 19:25

Path to diplomacy narrow, but still open with serious commitments: Iran FM

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that while the path to diplomacy remains open, any resumption of nuclear negotiations hinges on serious commitments from the United States, including compensation for the recent joint U.S.-Israeli aggression and firm guarantees against future attacks during talks.

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.

2025-07-30 20:46

Legal action against US-Israeli aggression underway: Iran deputy FM

TEHRAN — A senior Iranian official has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s commitment to legally pursue the recent US-Israeli attacks on Iranian territory, calling them clear violations of international law and human rights.

2025-07-29 21:05

No trust in US or Israel, full readiness to repel any aggression: Iran top military chief

TEHRAN – Iran's top military commander has reiterated the Islamic Republic’s total lack of trust in the United States and the Israeli regime, affirming that the country remains fully prepared to respond decisively to any renewed acts of aggression.

2025/07/29

By Peiman Salehi

What the Iran strike revealed about West’s use of diplomacy

TEHRAN – In June 2025, while indirect nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States were still underway, Israeli forces, soon followed by the U.S., launched a coordinated military strike on Iranian territory. This act of aggression occurred not in the absence of diplomacy but at its very height. Communication channels were open. Sanction relief was reportedly on the table. And yet, bombs fell.

2025-07-29 20:21

Leader at a ceremony attended by families of Israeli war's victims:

Iran will not cede its religion and knowledge

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran will persist in its progress across multiple sectors and that Western pressure will not deter the nation from the independent course it established over 46 years ago.

U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack talking to Lebanese officials

2025-07-28 22:06

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Washington intensifying pressure on Lebanon ahead of parliamentary polls

BEIRUT — While Lebanon was awaiting Washington’s position on the latest response to Thomas Barrack’s approach to the arms monopoly, the U.S. envoy warned the Lebanese government to “act immediately.”

2025-07-28 22:00