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2026-09-27 17:38
Sanctions Fly, People Pay
The U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran’s aviation sector have precipitated significant disruptions to air connectivity between Iran and Iraq, exacerbating travel costs and logistical constraints for passengers, businesses and local communities, while simultaneously intensifying economic pressures and political tensions within Iraq.
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2026-09-23 17:40
U.S. Sanctions Take Off, China Says No
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2026-09-07 16:09
‘Economic blockade is difficult in a multipolar world’
TEHRAN- The head of the Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce, stating that the aim of US sanctions is to increase the costs of Iran's economic transactions, said: "In today's multipolar world, an absolute economic blockade against Iran is difficult, and shared economic interests are an important strategy for countering these oppressive measures."
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2026/08/26
With $40 trillion in debt, does Washington have any credibility to police Iran’s economy?
TEHRAN- The United States has just crossed a grotesque milestone: its national debt has ballooned to a record-shattering $40 trillion. This is not merely a number; it is a confession of systemic rot.
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2026/08/25
Strategic vacuum: Why is Trump's economic warfare against Iran doomed to fail?
TEHRAN- Six months into his military campaign against Iran, Donald Trump finds himself trapped in the very quagmire he promised to eliminate. What began as a boastful declaration of "decisive action" to crush Iran and effect regime change has devolved into a strategic fiasco that not only fails to achieve its objectives but is inflicting profound damage on the U.S. economy and global stability. The administration's latest gambit—announcing the "largest financial attack in history" against Iran on August 24, a self-styled "D-Day" of economic warfare—appears less a stroke of genius and more an act of desperation from a presidency with no viable strategy left.
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2026-05-30 21:07
By Dr. Sajjad Farokhipour
Revisiting US-Iran role projection: An emerging "self" vs. a tarnished "image"
TEHRAN- The new war imposed on Iran by the U.S. and Israel has changed the international role of the countries to a great extent. In this analysis we are going to revisit this new role projection from a scientific point of view in the light of role theory in international relations.
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2025-12-23 20:10
By Sahar Dadjoo
Sanctions intended for nuclear pressure instead fuel human suffering in Iran: Stanford researcher
Dr. Ruth Gibson highlights gaps in UNSC Resolution 2231 that leave civilians without critical medical equipment
TEHRAN – In an exclusive interview with Tehran Times, Ruth Gibson, a scholar at Stanford University’s Center for Innovation in Global Health and the Center for International Security and Cooperation, examines how international sanctions have systematically weakened Iran’s public health system under the guise of political pressure.
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2025-12-22 15:58
How sanctions undermine Iran’s health system: Stanford health policy researcher explains
Despite claims that sanctions against Iran include humanitarian exemptions, the country’s health system continues to face severe and systemic disruption, says Dr. Ruth M. Gibson, a Stanford University health policy scholar specializing in the global health impacts of sanctions. In this interview, Gibson explains how legal ambiguity, financial restrictions, and over-compliance by banks and suppliers effectively block Iran’s access to essential medicines, medical equipment, and hospital supplies.