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Yesterday 22:08
China and US agree to ease tariffs for 90 days as trade war talks extended
China and the United States have agreed to suspend some of the heavy trade tariffs imposed against one another as they prepare to extend negotiations aimed at lowering trade war tensions, Al Jazeera reported.
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Yesterday 22:08
By Xavier Villar
Washington’s self-sabotage: Why US media tactics threaten Iran deal prospects
MADRID – The fourth round of nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran, held in Muscat on Sunday, May 11, concluded on a surprisingly constructive note.
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Yesterday 22:07
Iran, Egypt discuss nuclear talks and Gaza ceasefire efforts
TEHRAN – A high-level conversation took place Monday between Iranian and Egyptian diplomats, focusing on the indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington as well as the situation in Gaza.
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2025-05-11 22:43
By staff writer
Red Sea truce and Israel’s dilemma between Sanaa’s calculations and Trump’s priorities
LONDON - On May 7, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire agreement with the Sanaa government, mediated by the Sultanate of Oman, aimed at securing navigation in the Red Sea.
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2025-05-11 22:42
Prospects of Saudi ties to Israel elusive as Trump seeks $1 trillion bonanza
When U.S. President Donald Trump lands in Riyadh on Tuesday, he will be greeted with opulent ceremonies, gilded palaces and the prospect of $1 trillion in investments. But, the raging war in Gaza has denied him one goal he has long craved: Saudi-Israel normalization.
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2025-05-11 22:35
By Sondoss Al Asaad
What is Washington's interest in drying up Lebanon's cash economy?
BEIRUT — Ahead of May 2026 parliamentary elections, Washington is counting on the impact of a series of punitive measures against the Shiite duo, Hezbollah and the Amal Movement.
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2025-05-11 22:33
By Sahar Dadjoo
Trump’s delivery of advanced arms to Israel without scrutiny
TEHRAN - During Donald Trump’s second presidency, the U.S.-Israel relationship has entered a new phase marked by intensified military, political, and diplomatic support.
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2025-05-10 23:06
China, US hold talks on tariffs in first bid to de-escalate trade war
China’s trade envoy He Lifeng has met United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Switzerland for talks aimed at easing a trade war between the superpowers that is roiling global markets.
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2025/05/10
By Mona Hojat Ansari
Witkoff dims prospects for nuclear agreement as he demands concessions on Iran’s red lines
TEHRAN – President Donald Trump’s special West Asia envoy Steve Witkoff dampened hopes for a potential breakthrough in indirect nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington ahead of a fourth round of the discussions, as he told a U.S. news outlet that Iran should “dismantle” its uranium enrichment facilities and ship the material “far away”.
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2025/05/09
By Jafar Yaghoubi
Narrative warfare: How Trump uses preemptive optimism to pressure Iran
TEHRAN – In a world increasingly shaped by narratives, optimism can be used in a preemptive strike. While recent rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump and his confidantes oscillates between threats of dismantlement and a sense of measured optimism regarding a potential deal with Iran, Iran’s strategic patience must be translated to strategic caution at this stage. Iranian policymakers know better than to be drawn into the illusion of goodwill.
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2025-05-09 22:22
‘Enrichment is our right,’ Iran’s academics rally behind nuclear negotiators
A coalition of prominent Iranian professors, scholars, and professionals has issued a public statement endorsing the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic efforts in nuclear negotiations and advocating for peaceful engagement with the United States and Western nations.
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2025-05-09 22:11
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lessons Lebanon can learn from what is happening in Syria
BEIRUT — By intensifying its attacks on “New Syria”—under the pretext of protecting the Druze—the Israeli enemy is trying to make anyone who dares to challenge the HTS-led regime’s positions understand that they are forbidden from objecting to Israel’s known conspiracy to expand, destabilize, and subjugate West Asia’s peoples.
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2025-05-07 22:51
Next round of Iran-U.S. talks pending Omani coordination, says Tehran
TEHRAN – Iran says the date and venue of the next round of indirect negotiations with the United States will be announced by Oman once finalized.
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2025-05-07 22:48
US, China to hold ice-breaker trade talks in Geneva on Saturday
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and chief trade negotiator Jamieson Greer will meet China's economic tsar He Lifeng, in Switzerland this weekend for talks that could be the first step toward resolving a trade war disrupting the global economy, Reuters reported.
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2025-05-07 22:44
By Wesam Bahrani
Yemen warns Israelis to stay in shelters
TEHRAN – Yemen has warned the Israeli regime of a painful response while revealing that America had called for a ceasefire.
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2025-05-07 02:35
Oman says it mediated US-Yemen ‘ceasefire’
In a statement late on Tuesday night, Oman announced it had conducted “recent discussions and contacts” with the United States and “relevant authorities” in the Ansarallah-controlled Yemen.
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2025-05-06 22:41
Netanyahu seeking to drag it into another disaster: Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry Abbas Araghchi has sharply criticized the destructive role of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in exacerbating regional instability and undermining diplomatic efforts between Iran and the United States.
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2025-05-06 22:36
By Soheila Zarfam
Iran says ‘swift’ response will follow any US-Israeli aggression
TEHRAN – Recent statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who have threatened unwarranted action against Tehran based on unsubstantiated claims of involvement in Yemeni resistance against Israeli aggression, have drawn a firm response from Iran, with the country’s Ambassador to the United Nations promising a “swift” response to any illegal aggression by Washington or Tel Aviv.
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2025-05-06 20:35
By Wesam Bahrani
Yemen warns Israelis of “severe consequences”
TEHRAN – A deadly Israeli-American aerial assault on Yemen and its airport has prompted stern warnings of escalation from the Sanaa government.
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2025-05-06 20:19
Trump and Canada’s Carney meet at White House
Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the U.S. president, Donald Trump, on Tuesday in a closely watched encounter at the White House that could hint at the future relationship between the two countries and their two leaders.
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2025-05-06 18:28
Iran announces adjustment to visa validity for U.S. applicants
TEHRAN - Iran’s Interests Section in Washington, D.C. has announced a reduction in the validity period for tourist and entry visas issued to U.S. applicants.
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2025-05-05 22:58
By Jafar Yaghoubi
Pre-mortem vs. post-mortem
How US foreign policy keeps repeating its mistakes with Iran
TEHRAN – There is a fine line between intelligence and wisdom. Smart people solve problems; wise people, however, steer clear of them. While nation-states, like the U.S., are deemed to be smart in pursuit of their interests, civilization-states, such as Iran, can better be understood as wise.
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2025-05-03 22:14
Iran’s nuclear dispute a political standoff, not a legal matter: Leader’s aide
TEHRAN – Ali Larijani, a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and member of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, says the nature of Iran’s nuclear dispute has turned entirely political, driven by global power dynamics rather than international law.
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2025-05-02 23:04
By Garsha Vazirian
Iran warns Trump’s sanctions ‘deepen distrust’ as two sides work for new potential deal
TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a sharp rebuke of the United States on Friday, condemning President Donald Trump’s renewed sanctions targeting buyers of Iranian oil as a repetition of “failed tactics” that undermine diplomatic efforts to resolve tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program.
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2025-05-02 22:56
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Is replacing UN Resolution 1701 Supervisory Committee chief a routine?
BEIRUT — Following the recent Israeli aggression on the southern suburbs, Lebanese media outlets exaggerated the dimensions of the visit of U.S. General Jasper Jeffers, the head of the committee supervising the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in southern Lebanon.
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2025-05-02 22:54
By Soheila Zarfam
Will Iran-U.S. nuclear talks fall victim to U.S. political turmoil and internal discord?
TEHRAN – The fourth round of indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States—set to take place on Saturday—has been postponed, with the Islamic Republic reiterating its firm and unwavering commitment to a diplomatic resolution.
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2025-04-30 22:18
By Wesam Bahrani
Yemen issues warning to Britain
TEHRAN – Britain pounds Yemen, marking the first joint attack with the U.S. under the Trump administration.
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2025-04-30 22:06
By Sahar Dadjoo
Yemen’s resilience: How Ansarallah outmaneuvers US military might
TEHRAN- For nearly a decade, Yemen has been embroiled in a devastating conflict, with Ansarallah emerging as a formidable force against both the Saudi-led coalition and, more recently, the United States. Despite relentless airstrikes and a crippling blockade, Ansarallah has not only maintained control over significant portions of the country but have demonstrated an increasing ability to strike back, reshaping regional dynamics.
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2025-04-28 20:10
By Wesam Bahrani
U.S. airstrike kills scores in Yemen
TEHRAN – U.S. airstrike kills and injures scores of African migrants in Yemen, marking the latest civilian casualties in America’s aggression.
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2025-04-28 20:07
Canadians vote in an election upturned by Trump
Canadians head to the polls in a federal election overshadowed by fury at Donald Trump’s threats to the country’s sovereignty and fears over his escalating trade war.