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Yesterday 20:42
By Xavier Villar
Escalation with Iran is not a linear process
MADRID - In recent weeks, US military pressure in West Asia has reached one of its highest levels, creating a moment of elevated risk and uncertain outcomes. The reinforcement of naval and air assets, the sharpening of deterrent rhetoric and signals of operational readiness have revived a familiar debate in Washington: to what extent can a credible threat of force alter Iran’s behavior without triggering a regional escalation that would be difficult to contain?
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Yesterday 20:42
American warships in the region serve dual purpose
Shargh spoke with Rahman Ghahremanpour, an international affairs analyst, to examine recent developments and the objectives of the various actors now shaping the region. According to him, the deployment of U.S. naval forces in the Persian Gulf is intended both to facilitate negotiations and to prepare for a possible confrontation with Iran.
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Yesterday 20:41
By Ranjan Solomon
The high-stakes of a US strike on Iran and a hard-hitting retaliation
GOA - As of late January 2026, the United States has engaged in a major, visible naval buildup near Iran, characterized by President Donald Trump as a "massive armada". This deployment - including the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and multiple destroyers - follows intense tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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Yesterday 20:41
Diplomacy advances despite ‘artificial media war narrative,’ says Iranian security chief
TEHRAN — Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has countered the prevailing Western rhetoric of inevitable conflict between Iran and the United States.
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Yesterday 20:40
Qatari FM says Doha backs efforts to ease Tehran-Washington tensions
TEHRAN - The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Qatari Foreign Minister Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani sat down, during his visit to Tehran, with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi and Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani.
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Yesterday 20:31
Iran FM eyes short-term nuclear deal while warning of regional wildfire
Araghchi identifies ‘miscalculation’ as the primary threat to peace
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated Sunday that a “just, fair, and equitable” nuclear agreement with the United States remains achievable in the short term, provided Washington abandons its policy of coercion.
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Yesterday 17:41
Tehran tourism fair postponed amid concerns
TEHRAN - Iran has decided to postpone the 19th Tehran International Tourism and Handicrafts Exhibition following a joint meeting between tourism officials and private sector representatives.
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Yesterday 15:44
By Sheida Sabzehvari
A warning to America, resistance forces placed on alert
Ayatollah Khamenei says any US attack on Iran will trigger an all-out regional war
TEHRAN – As the United States continues to threaten possible war against Iran while expanding its naval military buildup in the Persian Gulf, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that Tehran will not initiate a conflict but will respond decisively, and will also ensure that any future war with the United States becomes a regional one.
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2026-01-31 21:24
Trump’s tower of deceit: Epstein’s files pull back the curtain
Over three million pages of DOJ files fuel critical allegations, placing the U.S. president at the heart of Epstein's elite sex scandal network
TEHRAN – The newest release of the Epstein files has once again pulled U.S. President Donald Trump, along with a long list of powerful figures, into the center of a story that refuses to fade. The U.S. Department of Justice — the federal agency responsible for enforcing the law and overseeing the FBI — published more than three million pages of documents, along with thousands of images and videos, on Friday. What emerged is a portrait of Epstein’s world that is both familiar and newly disturbing: a network of wealth, secrecy, and influence that stretched across politics, entertainment, business, and even intelligence circles.
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2026-01-31 20:23
Egypt urges de-escalation in calls with Iran and US
TEHRAN — Egypt has intensified diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed conflict in West Asia, holding separate phone calls with Iran’s foreign minister and the U.S. Middle East envoy amid mounting regional concern that President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric could push the region toward another war.
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2026-01-31 20:22
By Fatemeh Kavand
American security and double standard of disorder
TEHRAN - While Donald Trump labels American protesters “professional agitators” and calls for their imprisonment or deportation, the very same pattern of behavior has for years been framed in Western narratives of insecurity in Iran as “civil protest”—a stark rupture in how order, security, and the legitimacy of violence are defined.
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2026-01-31 20:21
Araghchi to Washington: Diplomacy is not a one-way street of dictates
Iranian FM says ‘U.S. must give assurances there will be no new attack or threat’
TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has delivered a sharp message to Washington and its European allies, asserting that while Iran remains open to “fair and balanced” diplomacy, it will never negotiate under the shadow of threats or accept dictates from foreign powers.
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2026-01-31 20:21
By Abbas Akhoundi
A framework for collective security in the Persian Gulf and West Asia
TEHRAN - The gradual erosion of the liberal international order and the emergence of a more coercive global environment have profoundly altered the security calculus for middle powers. In the current international landscape—often described as a “new world order”—the direct use of force by major powers has become increasingly normalized.
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2026-01-31 20:19
TEHRAN PAPERS:
The threat facing European security
Hamshahri analyzed the European Union’s move to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. According to the paper, this hostile action by the EU is viewed by experts as a dangerous precedent inspired by Washington and Tel Aviv, and a clear violation of the principles governing international law.
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2026-01-31 20:18
Army chief says ‘Iran’s finger on the trigger’ as US talks up naval military buildup
TEHRAN – The commander-in-chief of Iran’s Army (Artesh) has reaffirmed that the country’s armed forces are on full combat alert, warning that any reckless move by the United States or Israel would backfire catastrophically, threatening not only their own forces but the entire region.
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2026-01-31 20:09
Self-defense or slaughter: U.S. arms drive Israel’s Gaza carnage
TEHRAN – The United States has approved more than $6.6 billion in new arms sales to Israel even as Israeli forces continue to violate a Washington-brokered ceasefire announced in October last year. The State Department confirmed that Israel will receive 30 Apache attack helicopters and other U.S.-made military vehicles, despite the fact that these same systems have been repeatedly used against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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2026-01-31 20:06
By Sondoss Al Asaad
How is Washington’s oil-first strategy redrawing Libya’s geopolitical map?
BEIRUT — The recent visits of Massad Boulos, adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump for the Middle East and African affairs, to Tripoli and Benghazi have ignited intense debate inside Libya.
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2026-01-30 21:17
Qalibaf says Iran will pursue justice for terror riot victims at home and abroad
Parliament Speaker tells CNN genuine dialogue requires respect, guarantees, and peace
TEHRAN – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf has reiterated that Tehran does not reject dialogue or diplomacy in principle, stressing that any negotiations must be genuine, balanced, and grounded in mutual respect, clear guarantees, and the protection of Iran’s national interests.
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2026-01-30 21:13
By Batool Subeiti
Iran's foundations stronger than what Trump dreams of
LONDON - The goal of last year’s June war on Iran was to deliver a strike that would spark unrest. The objective has now shifted toward protests paving the way for another strike. However, both objectives have failed. The driving force behind Trump’s interventions and brutality across various regions lies in the scale of US debt and America’s decline amid competition with China.
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2026-01-30 21:03
By Saleh Abidi Maleki
‘Iran as ready for diplomacy as it is for war’
In Ankara, Araghchi restates Tehran’s long-held position as neighbors call on Washington to halt escalation against Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, arrived in the Turkish capital on Friday with a message for Washington that was as firm as it was measured: Tehran remains open to a diplomatic resolution regarding its nuclear program, but it will not negotiate under duress, nor will it hesitate to engage in total war if the United States miscalculates again.
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2026-01-28 21:24
By Soheila Zarfam
US plan: ‘Make Iran Texas again’
Senator Cruz wants to bring Texas-style weaponization to Iran, openly stating that Washington must arm terrorists
TEHRAN – Ted Cruz, the U.S. senator from Texas, has a reputation for rhetoric that often outpaces his grasp of its consequences. He was a central figure whose remarks fuelled the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and he remains infamous among his constituents for fleeing to Cancun during a deadly winter storm that crippled the state’s power grid. On the world stage, he is a reliable advocate for American military intervention, from West Asia to South America.
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2026-01-28 21:17
Collective efforts needed to counter US unchecked power: Sharif University
‘Overt military intimidation and economic strangulation designed to incite internal fragmentation entail global attention’
TEHRAN - Sharif University of Technology has issued a statement signed by 103 faculty members warning against the global threats of the unchecked power of the United States and the need for a collective responsibility to counter them.
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2026-01-28 21:13
US will suffer greatly if it attacks Iran: admiral
TEHRAN - Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, deputy chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination, on Wednesday warned the U.S. about any military adventure against Iran.
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2026/01/28
By Fatemeh Kavand
The West’s double standards on police violence
TEHRAN- In the West, police pursue opposition figures all the way to hospital beds and call it “law enforcement.” In Iran, police restraint is labeled a “bloody crackdown.” This deliberate double standard is not a media mistake; it is the organized censorship of truth and a core component of the narrative war against Iran.
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2026-01-28 20:55
Resolve issues with Iran one by one, Turkish FM tells US
TEHRAN – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday called on the United States to resolve its problems with Iran one by one.
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2026-01-28 20:52
If Iran attacked, it would unleash a conflict that would be impossible to control: senior analyst
TEHRAN - In an analysis on January 27, a Princeton University researcher argues that if Iran is attacked by the United States and Israel, the Islamic Republic will consider it as an “existential threat” and would unleash a conflict that would not be possible to control.
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2026-01-28 20:44
Diplomacy and threats are incompatible, Iran tells US
TEHRAN - Talking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said diplomacy will fail to prove “effective” or “produce results” through military threats.
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2026-01-27 21:21
Iranian diplomats renew vow to Ayatollah Khamenei, demand tribunal for Trump
TEHRAN- Diplomats and ambassadors from the Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a joint statement on Tuesday renewing their allegiance to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
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2026-01-27 21:01
Tehran denounces US threats of force, state-sponsored unrest
TEHRAN — Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani, has delivered an indictment of United States foreign policy, characterizing Washington’s recent actions and threats as a “deliberate and systematic assault” on international law.
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2026-01-27 21:01
Saudi Arabia considers any threat, escalation against Iran ‘unacceptable:’ MBS
TEHRAN — Reflecting the increasingly coordinated stance of the region’s two major powers, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has declared his kingdom’s opposition to external threats against the Islamic Republic.