Venezuelan envoy advises Iran against ‘talks under pressure’

TEHRAN – The Venezuelan Ambassador to Tehran, Carlos Antonio Alcala Cordones, has advised the Islamic Republic against entering talks with the United States under the pressure of sanctions, saying Washington is after undermining independent countries.

By Pooya Mirzaee

American sanctions and global economic crisis

TEHRAN - U.S. new sanctions on Iran, Russia, Venezuela and N. Korea and tariff conflicts with China and E.U. is going to be a part of daily news. Broadening the criteria of sanctions and putting concentration on financial systems, not only decreases the effect of the sanctions in wider view but also makes the policy makers of the targeted countries to reach to this conclusion that for preventing the collapse of international economy, global financial system generally and common global trade currency (USD) specially must be replaced with more independent alternatives.

Zarif departs to New York

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif departed to New York on Saturday to attend the annual meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Rouhani felicitates Venezuela on Independence Day

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Friday congratulated the Venezuelan people and government on Independence Day, saying Iran is fully ready to expand ties with the South American nation, Tasnim reported.

By Saeed Sobhani

The probability of defeat of Trump in the upcoming presidential election

Controversial president in deadlock!

Recent polls in the United States show that Donald Trump's defeat in presidential elections next year is likely. These polls are published while Trump in the field of foreign policy is extremely confused and incapacitated. He has practically lost the game against Iran, China, and Venezuela.

By Martin Love

With U.S. President Trump, money trumps all

NORTH CAROLINA - Donald Trump during his career as a real estate mogul cheated any number of contractors over several decades who helped build his real estate holdings. He did not pay them what they were due, just as he cheated the world of continued U.S. participation in the JCPOA, and with that cheated or robbed the Iranian people of relative prosperity by applying draconian economic sanctions. (Not to mention the threats of war.)

Tehran welcomes Venezuela peace talks in Norway

TEHRAN – Tehran says it welcomes peace talks between the Venezuelan government and the opposition hosted by Norway, expressing the hope that the talks would result in a political solution.

By Javad Heirannia

Future of the JCPOA does not look good: Paul Pillar

TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells that the future of the JCPOA does not look good. 

 By Javad Heirannia

'Counterintelligence failure by CIA and NSA in Venezuela'

An opportunity for Donald Trump to reform U.S. Intelligence

TEHRAN - Robert David Steele, a former Marine Corps infantry officer and CIA spy as well as an activist for Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE), regularly answers questions for Tehran Times.

By Mohammad Bahrampour

Trump Box

TEHRAN - What is going on? This is a $1M question when we want to understand Donald Trump and its Administration. But I have a dream to be a millionaire! So let’s do it. Before the winning of the presidential election, most of the analysts, especially in CNN, said that world will be madder with Donald Trump as the US president. It seems that they have come true. But I think slightly different and want to see other side of it.

By Martin Love

Trump’s “Threat” Administration is a one trick pony so far

The Trump Administration ought to be renamed “The Threat Administration”. Even the so-called “special relationship” between the U.S. and the U.K. has been threatened simply because the Brits seem to want to buy top of the line Chinese 5G Huawei broadband technology. In fact, it’s not hard to get the impression that Trump and his foreign policy team, Bolton and Pompeo especially, are now bouncing off the bloody walls of the White House of late frustrated by their own failures so far and beginning to bump in to each other.

Sherman says she has never seen a war Bolton didn’t want to wage

TEHRAN - Wendy Sherman, the former undersecretary of state for political affairs who led the U.S. negotiating team that concluded the Iran nuclear agreement, has said that she has never seen a war U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton did not want to wage.

Advisor: U.S. pressure on Venezuela proves Iran oil ‘irreplaceable’

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, has said Washington’s pressure on oil-rich Venezuela proves that Iran’s oil cannot be replaced.

Iran condemns U.S. military threats against Venezuela

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has condemned the United States for threatening to use military force to topple the legitimate Venezuelan government.

Tehran: Pompeo’s claim that Iran interferes in Venezuela is ‘ridiculous’ 

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi on Sunday denounced the U.S. Secretary of State’s claim that Iran is interfering in the internal affairs of Venezuela, describing it as “ridiculous”.

By Christopher Helali

Hands off Venezuela!

MASSACHUSETTS - “Leftists think a revolution is like a Disney movie,” María Fernanda Barreto explained over a drink. “There are stars, fireworks, and everyone lives happily ever after. That is not at all the case. A revolution always has failures. That does not mean that we won’t be critical, learn and keep improving.” 

Iranian airline launches Tehran-Caracas direct flights

TEHRAN – Iran’s Mahan Air has launched direct flights between Tehran and the Venezuelan capital Caracas, Mehr reported.

By Misión Verdad

Venezuela under attack: 7 notes on electric shock 

CARACAS - Between the afternoon of March 8 and the early morning of March 10, Venezuela was the victim of a new sabotage attack, the biggest in its republican history, this time on the Guri hydroelectric plant, which left at least 80% of the population without electricity, with the aim of undermining any attempt by the Venezuelan government to stabilize the economy and curb the insurrectionary context the United States and its minions, like Juan Guaidó, are trying to bring to fruition in the country.

Cuba condemns the terrorist sabotage against the power supply system in Venezuela

HAVANA- The Revolutionary Government strongly condemns the sabotage perpetrated against the power supply system in Venezuela, which is a terrorist action intended to harm the defenseless population of an entire nation and turn it into a hostage of the non-conventional war launched by the government of the United States against the legitimate government headed by comrade Nicolás Maduro Moros and the civic and military union of the Bolivarian and Chavista people.

Power supply resumes in Venezuela post cyber attack

CARACAS - Electricity supply is being rapid restored in Venezuela after three days of power failure in 70% of the country as a result of the sabotage of a vital hydro-electric facility. Massive power outages began on March 7 following a cyber-attack on the Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Plant or the El Guri plant in Bolivar State. Telesur reported that as of 6 am local time, 40% of supply to Caracas was restored, with more and more suburbs regaining power in the following hours. The provinces of Aragua, Carabobo and Yaracuy to the north were still awaiting resumption of supply as of morning.

By Heshmatollah Rahnama 

The collapse of American empire is a warning to Europe

TEHRAN - The wars in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and threats and violence against Latin America, and imposition of sanctions on various nations, all can deface the United States and its unpopular policy in the international community, set to protect U.S. financial institutions.

Iranian diplomat in Moscow to discuss Venezuela

TEHRAN – Director of the Foreign Ministry Department for the Americas was expected to depart Tehran for Moscow on Monday night to exchange views about Venezuela with the Russian side.

By Heshmatollah Rahnama 

The effects of U.S. oil sanctions on Venezuela

TEHRAN - Progressively, the sanctions against the Venezuelan government produce an expansive wave that affects the interests of the United States and its foreign policy. despite the reassuring projections that the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of that country has communicated to reduce concerns about the global impact of the freezing of Venezuelan assets on US soil by the Treasury Department.

Russia, China veto U.S. push for UN action on Venezuela

Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a US push for the United Nations Security Council to call for free and fair presidential elections in Venezuela and unhindered aid access.

By Martin Love

The U.S. may have created a pool of quicksand…and jumped in

NORTH CAROLINA - It has been suggested that the various hostile moves initiated by the Trump administration against Venezuela and Iran, to cite just two countries under economic siege, is that the U.S. literally has no alternative. No alternative but to try to counter every single development anywhere that might diminish the concept (at the least) of America as the sole superpower and hegemon, as it has been especially since the fall of the Soviet Union. This, it has been argued, is because the U.S. is fundamentally tapped out financially (with over $22 trillion in debt and at least $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities) and must resort literally to stealing resources and power and demanding obeisance wherever it can be had wherever it may be waning.

By Heshmatollah Rahnama

Changing the imposed system 

TEHRAN - The U.S. policy of “regime change” in the world countries is to keep America intact and prevent the collapse of the American Empire. After losing power in the West of Asia, Washington is struggling to regain influence in the Latin American region. 

Iran says ready to send medical aid to Venezuela

TEHRAN – An official has voiced Iran’s readiness to send medicine and medical equipment to Venezuela, which has been gripped by mounting economic and political tensions in recent months, Tasnim reported on Sunday.

Meddling in Venezuela doomed to fail

Zarif backs dialogue between Venezuelan rival factions

TEHRAN – Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister Ruben Dario Molina met with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on Sunday to discuss the latest status in bilateral ties as well as ways to enhance cooperation between Tehran and Caracas.

By Heshmatollah Rahnama

U.S. gradual plan to intervene in Venezuelan affairs

TEHRAN - The U.S. imposed sanctions on Venezuela following the Venezuelan presidential election of 2013 that led to Nicolas Madura presidency.