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Yesterday 21:09
By staff writer
Officials’ shifting explanations deepen doubts over US airspace shutdown
TEHRAN — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration grounded every departing flight in the country on Friday, and the public’s first explanation fit in a single phrase: a “temporary telecommunications outage.” The order began at 3:54 p.m. Eastern Time and lasted until 8:15 p.m. It left thousands of flights canceled and a government that has spent months promising a modernized air traffic system, explaining why its old one failed everywhere at once.
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Yesterday 21:01
Iran demonstrated remarkable strength in two wars, says ex-FM
TEHRAN – Iran demonstrated extraordinary resilience and strength in the two imposed wars (the 12-day war and the Ramadan war), surprising the international community with its ability to withstand external pressure, former Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said.
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Yesterday 20:55
Iran to press ahead with defense industry development, lawmaker says
TEHRAN – Iran will continue to advance its defense industry with determination and full strength, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said, emphasizing that the country’s military capabilities will undergo significant improvements.
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Yesterday 20:19
Senior MP: Iran’s steadfastness has left US in a strategic dead end
TEHRAN – Iran’s steadfast resistance on multiple fronts has pushed the United States into a strategic dead end, with any further miscalculation by its adversaries likely to provoke an even more consequential response from Tehran, the chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said.
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Yesterday 20:16
Iran rejects normal IAEA inspections under abnormal conditions
TEHRAN – Iran’s Mission to the United Nations Office in Vienna has condemned resolutions adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Iran as legally and technically flawed, stressing that normal implementation of safeguards cannot resume under the abnormal conditions created by attacks on the country’s safeguarded nuclear facilities.
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Yesterday 20:13
By Seyyed Mohammad Torabi
Bet on the losing horse: Abu Dhabi's gamble in Hormuz
How UAE bankrolled a costly, risky southern corridor to break Iran's control — and failed
TEHRAN - When Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber took the screen at CERAWeek in Houston on March 23, 2026, he chose his words carefully. The Managing Director and Group CEO of ADNOC, speaking by video link because war had closed the skies, called any disruption of the Strait of Hormuz “weaponizing” energy and “economic terrorism against every nation.”
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Yesterday 20:07
Iran calls on US to end aggression, lift maritime blockade
TEHRAN – Iran has called on the United States to immediately end its aggression against the country, lift its maritime blockade and provide credible guarantees against further attacks, warning that any renewed US-Israeli aggression would be met with an immediate and decisive response.
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2026-11-13 21:30
Jensen Huang’s exit leaves a much bigger story unexplained
TEHRAN — Jensen Huang built Nvidia into the indispensable supplier of the AI boom and convinced Washington that U.S. leadership depended on it. His resignation on Thursday leaves a harder question: how did a company with such political reach become the center of an export-control scandal the Trump administration supposedly failed to contain?
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2026-11-13 21:27
Lack of trust in US main obstacle to agreement, Qalibaf says
TEHRAN – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who heads the country’s negotiating team, says the lack of trust in the United States remains the main obstacle to reaching an agreement, adding that Washington has yet to provide a formal and specific response to Tehran’s latest proposal.
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2026-11-13 21:00
Bahrain in focus as Iran targets US radar, downs MQ-1 drone
TEHRAN – Iran’s Armed Forces have announced the destruction of a US early-warning radar installation in Bahrain and the downing of an American MQ-1 drone off the country’s southern coast, as Tehran issued a renewed warning that it would respond decisively to further military aggression.
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2026-11-13 20:53
Iran’s top generals reaffirm devastating response to any aggression
TEHRAN – Senior Iranian military commanders have warned that any act of aggression against the country, however limited, would trigger an immediate and devastating response, as the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) highlighted Iran’s growing missile capabilities, including the deployment of missiles carrying two-ton warheads over distances of up to 1,500 kilometers.
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2026-11-13 20:49
By Seyyed Mohammad Torabi
No safe distance: Iran puts US bases in Europe on notice
NATO admissions expose Europe’s role in Operation Epic Fury, as Tehran’s new doctrine removes geography as a shield.
TEHRAN – “If the US launches another war against Iran, every military base involved in the aggression—from West Asia to Europe—will be a legitimate target for Iran’s lethal strikes. NO SAFE DISTANCE. NO SAFE HAVEN. NO IMMUNITY.”
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2026-11-11 22:30
The enemy’s plan must be foiled
In an article, Kayhan examined what it described as the enemy’s objective in spreading reports about the possible resumption of war. The newspaper argued that preserving the current situation is not in Iran’s interest and warned that officials should remain fully alert because the continuation of existing conditions could bring adversaries closer to their goals.
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2026-11-11 21:33
By Xavier Villar
After the strikes, Iran rethinks the nuclear threshold
MADRID - More than eight months have passed since Trump and Netanyahu launched their war on Iran, a war Trump thought would be over within days. Where does it stand today?
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2026-11-11 21:04
Iran warns US, Israel of more devastating response to any new aggression
TEHRAN – Senior Iranian officials have warned the United States and Israel against any renewed military aggression, stressing that Iran’s Armed Forces are better prepared than ever to defend the country and that the geography of any future confrontation will be determined by Iran, not its adversaries.
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2026-11-11 00:22
Trump’s utter nonsense about Persian Gulf Arab states
It is now quite clear that US military bases in Persian Gulf are a liability, not an asset
TEHRAN — United States President Donald Trump has said the U.S. plans to seek compensation from countries it “protected” during its war on Iran.
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2026-11-11 00:20
By staff writer
Massie forces House vote to impeach Hegseth over Iran war, Minab school massacre
Hegseth was ‘very effective at killing schoolchildren in Iran’
TEHRAN — The U.S. House of Representatives was scheduled to vote Tuesday evening on whether to advance the impeachment of “War” Secretary Pete Hegseth, after Republican Rep. Thomas Massie used a privileged resolution to force the issue onto the floor on Congress’s first day back from the midterm elections. A procedural vote to table the measure is expected first.
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2026-11-10 18:54
VP says confrontation with adversaries will continue, whether peace is achieved or not
TEHRAN – Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref has stressed that the country must press ahead with the development of advanced science and technology regardless of political and security conditions, saying that confrontation with adversaries will continue whether peace is achieved or not.
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2026-11-10 18:11
MP: Betting on change in US behavior is a strategic miscalculation
TEHRAN – A senior Iranian lawmaker has warned against expecting the United States to change its approach toward Iran, saying that offering concessions in the hope of ending Washington’s hostility would be a serious strategic miscalculation that could inflict lasting damage on the country’s national interests.
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2026-11-09 20:56
Trump promised an end to Israel aid this year, but the draft deal runs to 2033
TEHRAN — Donald Trump told Fox News on November 3 that U.S. aid to Israel is “cut off at the end of the year.” It is not. Draft terms reported Monday by Yedioth Ahronoth show Washington and Israel negotiating a memorandum that would halve direct military financing and end it only in 2033.
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2026-11-09 20:43
Iran’s two-day proposal most logical path to restoring security in Strait of Hormuz: Baqaei
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei has described Iran’s two-day proposal as the most logical and practical roadmap for restoring security in the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Persian Gulf, stressing that lasting security in the strategic waterway is impossible as long as the United States continues its hostile actions against Iran.
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2026-11-09 20:37
Araghchi: Americans are tired of Israel dragging the US into ‘forever wars’
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that most Americans are fed up with Israel drawing successive US administrations into prolonged wars, warning that the consequences of Washington’s policies have also exhausted the region.
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2026-11-09 20:24
By Akram Hosseini Shabestari
Setayesh's unfinished dream: Remembering the nine-year-old killed in Minab
Her parents remember their daughter, whose dream of becoming a teacher was cut short in the US-Israeli attack on her school.
TEHRAN – The story of a mother and father who lost their nine-year-old daughter in the February 28, 2026 attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab. Setayesh used to hold classes for her dolls and dreamed of one day standing in front of a classroom, teaching children of her own.
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2026-11-08 21:01
By Ali Minabi
The war Americans never wanted
TEHRAN – There is no poll that shows a majority of Americans supporting the illegal U.S. war on Iran. There never was one.
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2026-11-08 21:00
By staff writer
Massie’s ‘kissed The Wall’ jab lands hard after GOP’s historic defeat over Israel
TEHRAN — Thomas Massie needed nine words. “Republicans hit a wall because they kissed The Wall,” the Kentucky Republican wrote on X on November 7, just days after his party lost Congress. The post quietly racked up over 6 million views not long after, the sort of number that makes you raise an eyebrow.
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2026-11-08 20:48
Iran holds trial in lawsuit filed by 100 victims of US-Israeli aggression
TEHRAN – An Iranian court has held a hearing in a lawsuit filed by 100 victims of the US-Israeli wars of aggression against Iran, seeking compensation for material, moral and punitive damages arising from crimes committed against the Iranian people.
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2026-11-08 20:40
Iran dismisses US ‘Iron Gate’ task force as another failed bid to force economic collapse
TEHRAN – Iran has dismissed a newly announced US military initiative targeting its land-based trade and transit routes as another unsuccessful attempt to cripple the country's economy, arguing that Washington's strategy of economic coercion will not achieve its ultimate objective of weakening or dismantling the Islamic Republic.
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2026-11-08 20:28
By Mahmoud Mahmoudian
The Strait is under maintenance!
TEHRAN – The Strait of Hormuz remains at the center of the confrontation between Iran and the United States, with Tehran maintaining its restrictions on maritime passage after the US and Israel launched their war against the Islamic Republic on February 28.
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2026-11-07 21:25
By Ali Minabi
US-Israel military aid: End of dependence, or a new chapter?
TEHRAN – On November 3, President Trump said the U.S. would end what he described as approximately $4 billion in annual aid to Israel by the end of the year.
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2026-11-07 21:01
By Ranjan Solomon
The long road to peace runs through a wall of distrust
Goa, India – Washington wants a settlement on its terms, while Tehran refuses to negotiate under the shadow of military coercion. Between these irreconcilable positions lies the danger of another prolonged conflict in West Asia.