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  • Gharibabadi Yesterday 21:57

    Iranian people will never submit to threats or aggression: deputy FM

    TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs says the Iranian people would never submit to threats or aggression, stressing that they would remain united in the face of any attack.

  • Velyati and Hezbollah rep. Yesterday 21:52

    Leader’s aide reiterates Iran’s backing for Hezbollah amid US push to disarm Lebanese Resistance

    TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Iran’s Leader and the country's former foreign minister, stated to Hezbollah’s representative in Tehran that Iranians will continue to lend their full support to the group in the face of Israeli aggression on Lebanon and an American push for the Lebanese government to disarm the Resistance movement.

  • Lebanon Yesterday 19:39

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    Lebanon at the edge: Diplomacy between fire and restraint

    BEIRUT—Lebanon has entered a critical moment. An intense flurry of regional and international contacts is unfolding against the backdrop of open Israeli threats against Lebanon and mounting internal pressure. 

  • Baqaei 2025-12-14 22:12

    What Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said at his weekly briefing

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday addressed a broad range of regional and international developments, reaffirming its diplomatic positions on issues spanning regional conflicts, relations with neighboring countries, and disputes with the United States and its allies.

  • Afthermath of Iranian attack on Israel 2025/12/14

    By Xavier Villar

    Israel’s misstep and the resilience of Iran’s strategic autonomy

    MADRID – Few disclosures in West Asia carry as much weight as an admission of intelligence failure, particularly when it comes from an apparatus long celebrated for its carefully cultivated aura of omniscience. 

  • Tehran meeting on Afghanistan 2025-12-14 20:13

    Afghanistan’s neighbors gather in Tehran to coordinate support for the war-torn country

    Araghchi tells participants ‘external’ solutions cannot ensure stability

    TEHRAN – Representatives of Afghanistan’s neighbors — Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, China, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan — and Russia met in Tehran on Sunday to discuss the current and future situation of the war-stricken country, where security and safety have improved since the Taliban first returned to power in 2021, but poverty and hunger have increased and the question of international recognition remains unresolved.

  • US forces in Syria 2025-12-14 16:48

    US troops and a civilian executed by Washington’s ‘partner forces’ in Syria

    TEHRAN – A deadly ambush near the historic ruins of Palmyra on Saturday claimed the lives of two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter, marking the first American fatalities in Syria since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad a year ago.

  • Brown U shooting 2025-12-14 16:43

    Deadly shooting disrupts finals at Brown University, underscoring America’s gun violence crisis

    More than 400 law enforcement personnel were deployed on Saturday as police sought the suspect in a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island that left two students dead and another nine people wounded at the Ivy League school, Reuters reported Sunday, citing local officials.

  • Nepal coup 2025-12-13 19:12

    US funded covert training of activists ahead of Nepal coup, leaked documents reveal

    Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone indicate that U.S. government–funded organizations covertly supported and trained Nepalese youth activists in the years leading up to the violent overthrow of Nepal’s government in September, amid Washington’s efforts to curb what it perceives as Chinese and Indian influence in the country.

  • New batch of Epstein photos 2025-12-13 16:33

    New Epstein estate photos show Trump surrounded by women with blacked-out faces

    House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and the former Prince Andrew, AP reported Saturday.

  • Oil tanker 2025-12-12 21:49

    ‘This is piracy’: Iran condemns US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuelan coast

    TEHRAN – Iran has roundly condemned the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela by U.S. forces.

  • United Nations 2025-12-12 21:46

    Tehran condemns US tightening of restrictions on Iran’s UN Diplomatic Mission

    TEHRAN – Iran has roundly condemned the intensification of restrictions, by the United States, against the Iranian Diplomatic Mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York, saying the U.S. government’s abuse of its host-country status disrupts the efficiency and credibility of the world body.

  • leader 2025-12-12 21:41

    Leader: Enemy seeks Iranian mind shift as only path towards success

    TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Aytaollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with a large number of elegists and eulogists in Tehran on Thursday to mark the birth anniversary of Lady Fatimah Zahra (pbuh), the beloved daughter of the prophet (pbuh).

  • Professor Jin Liangxiang 2025-12-12 20:21

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    U.S. actions, not Iran’s behavior, triggered nuclear standoff: Chinese analyst

    Professor Jin stresses that progress is impossible unless Washington demonstrates genuine commitment.

    TEHRAN – On the sidelines of the Conference on “People’s Rights and Legitimate Freedoms in the Thoughts of Ayatollah Khamenei,” the Tehran Times spoke with Professor Jin Liangxiang, a senior research fellow at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, to explore the shifting dynamics of global governance, human-rights discourse, and power politics in West Asia.

  • US Venezuela 2025-12-12 19:14

    By staff writer 

    Piracy and pressure: US push against Venezuela

    TEHRAN – The confrontation between the United States and Venezuela in late 2025 is not a sudden flare-up but the continuation of Washington’s long-standing pressure campaign. 

  • Alvin Holsey 2025-12-12 17:40

    Top admiral forced out as U.S. escalates military aggression in the Caribbean

    The admiral in charge of U.S. military forces in Latin America will retire two years early on Friday, amid rising tensions with Venezuela that include Wednesday's seizure of an oil tanker and more than 20 deadly strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats, Reuters reported.

  • Tucker in Doha 2025-12-12 17:05

    Tucker Carlson condemns ‘abominable’ human cost in Gaza after visiting maimed children

    TEHRAN – In a landmark episode of The Tucker Carlson Show released Thursday, prominent media personality and political commentator Tucker Carlson issued his most blistering condemnation to date of the ongoing atrocities in Gaza.

  • Trump immigration policy 2025-12-10 18:47

    By Tannaz Karimi

    Trump’s immigration policy: Global threats and domestic messaging

    TEHRAN - In 2017, President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda marked a turning point in U.S. policy—delivering a jarring shock through travel bans, stricter border enforcement, and steep refugee limits. His most recent announcement in late 2025, declaring a “permanent pause” on migration from so-called Third World countries, represents the most radical extension of this trajectory so far.

  • Trump 2025-12-09 21:53

    By Soheila Zarfam

    Politics on the Pitch

    Is the U.S. weaponizing 2026 World Cup against Iran?

    TEHRAN — The contradiction between sport’s stated mission to unite people and the reality of restricted access was laid bare last week when several members of Iran’s World Cup delegation were refused U.S. visas and could not attend the FIFA 2026 draw in Washington on December 5, 2026.

  • Tony Blair 2025-12-09 16:29

    Blair dropped from leading Trump’s Gaza board after regional objections

    Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has been removed from consideration to lead U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed “board of peace” in Gaza, the Financial Times revealed, following objections raised by several Arab and Muslim states.

  • U.S. Prison 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.

  • Officials at the CMCC 2025-12-08 21:34

    By Garsha Vazirian

    The tail that trained the dog to heel

    From Pollard’s tea party to hidden microphones in Gaza “aid” center—same leash, same blood

    TEHRAN – They built the room together. America paid for the walls, the fake grass carpet, and the giant posters of Trump’s twenty-point plan. America flew in the logisticians who know how to move rice through war zones. America even invited a few Dutch and Emirati officers to keep up the pretense of multilateralism.

  • MPs meet envoy 2025-12-07 21:52

    MPs denounce 'terroristic' US threats in discussions with Venezuelan envoy

    Ambassador says Iran and Venezuela share the same enemy  

    TEHRAN – A group of Iranian parliamentarians have denounced the United States’ escalating threats against Venezuela.

  • Baqaei 2025-12-07 21:47

    What Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said at his weekly briefing

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson has addressed a wide range of regional and international issues, from U.S. visa restrictions for World Cup participants to tensions in the West Asia, underscoring Tehran’s positions on sovereignty, security, and diplomacy.

  • Araghchi 2025-12-07 21:46

    Tehran ready for dialogue, but only after US policy shift, Araghchi says

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran remains unconvinced that the United States is prepared to engage in genuine and serious negotiations over the future of nuclear talks, while reaffirming that Tehran is ready to resume dialogue if the United States adopts a fair and balanced approach.

  • US flag broken 2025-12-07 16:06

    America, exhausted and broken

    Deciphering the new U.S. National Security Strategy

    TEHRAN – The second Trump administration has released a 33-page National Security Strategy document, unveiled under the “America First” banner and centered on redefining Washington’s role in the world.

  • Netanyahu 2025/12/06

    By Fatemeh Kavand

    Implications of potential transformations in US-aligned governments for Iran’s future

    Instead of using the help of Arab states, Israel may leverage Arab instability to target Iran

    Political shifts in West Asia are rarely calm or gradual; rather, they tend to be sudden, multilayered, and deeply interconnected. For decades, countries in the region have repeatedly witnessed how a single spark can alter the course of history. 

  • American GBU bombs 2025-12-06 22:31

    Iran gaining access to technology of advanced American GBU bombs: Report

    TEHRAN – Lebanese media have reported that Hezbollah, the Lebanese Resistance movement, has provided its ally Iran with images and components of the advanced U.S.-made GBU-39B bomb.

  • Venezuela after the vote 2025/12/06

    By Ranjan Solomon

    Venezuela after the vote:  democracy, deterrence, the geopolitics of oil

    “Those who preach democracy to Venezuela spent twenty years undermining its right to breathe.”

    GOA, India - Six months have passed since Venezuela concluded its national elections, yet Western capitals continue to behave as though the ballots were still being counted. Their critiques, statements, and carefully staged condemnations have not diminished; if anything, they have intensified.

  • Baqaei 2025-12-05 21:50

    Unilateral US measures are ‘crimes against humanity’, says Tehran

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has reiterated that unilateral sanctions amount to “crimes against humanity,” insisting that the United States must be held accountable for imposing illegal and inhumane measures.