By Mohammad Ghaderi

Iranians to Western nations: We will never do what you did to us in hard days!

This is my last article for the Tehran Times before the new Persian year arrives. As always, I deeply trust the almighty God’s grace and the pleasing morning of reappearance of Imam Mahdi (MGHHR) to save human being.

Iran sustains military spending in face of U.S. ‘maximum pressure’: general

TEHRAN — Former Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has rejected claims by the Trump administration that Tehran had cut its defense budget due to the United States’ “maximum pressure” policy against Iran.

‘Maximum pressure’ policy on Iran is failing, says Bolton

TEHRAN — The Trump administration’s maximum pressure policy against Iran is failing, says former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton, the architect of Washington’s so-called “maximum pressure” policy.

Rouhani: U.S. maximum pressure has failed

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the United States’ maximum pressure against Iran has failed and sanctions will be ineffective.

Iranians to keep resisting enemies' pressure: Rouhani

TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Iranians will strongly resist against arrogant countries’ maximum pressure campaign to ultimately foil their plots.

U.S. maximum pressure has become ‘ineffective’: Hatami

TEHRAN - Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Saturday that the United States’ “maximum pressure” against Iran has become “ineffective”, calling it a “failed policy”.

Jahangiri says U.S. policies to collapse Iranian economy have failed

TEHRAN - Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Tuesday that the United States’ policies against Iran to collapse its economy have failed.

U.S. has no way but ending maximum pressure on Iran: Rouhani

TEHRAN - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the White House has no way out of standoff with Iran except putting an end to its policy of “maximum pressure” on the Islamic Republic. 

Expert says maximum pressure has not weakened Iran

Defense officials and reports indicate that the maximum pressure campaign has not weakened Iran strategically or caused a reduction in Iran’s regional influence, the Atlantic Council said in a commentary published on Thursday.

Rouhani: People’s resistance against U.S. maximum pressure foils anti-Iran plots 

TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday highlighted once again the key role of the people’s maximum resistance against the U.S. maximum pressure in thwarting plots aimed at bringing the Iranians to their knees. 

U.S. cannot cut Iran’s oil sale to zero: Jahangiri

TEHRAN - First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Monday that the United States could not cut Iran’s oil sale to zero despite pressure and sanctions.

Larijani says U.S. must stop the wrong maximum pressure policy

TEHRAN – Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday that maximum pressure is a “wrong policy” and the United States must stop it.

‘We will resist until U.S. learns to speak respectfully with Iran’

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Saturday that Iranians will succeed to offset the current U.S. policy of maximum pressure as they have done so over the past four decades, noting that Tehran’s strategy of resistance will go on till Washington learns to speak with language of respect with the Iranian nation.

Nation has overcome ‘maximum pressure’, says Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the Iranian nation has successfully passed the difficult test of countering the “maximum pressure” policy of the ill-wishers.

Pressure and sanction against Iran have failed, Jahangiri says

TEHRAN – Thanks to people’s unity, pressure and sanction against Iran have failed, First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Monday.

By Shireen T. Hunter

Persian Gulf Arab states should accept Iran’s olive branch

Hopes for some sort of breakthrough in U.S.-Iran relations were thwarted at the United Nations General Assembly last week. A supposed deal struck by French President Emmanuel Macron to arrange a telephone conversation between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and U.S. President Donald Trump did not go through.

By Afshin Majlesi

Words versus deeds: Are White House sanctions on Iranians economic terrorism?

Tehran accuses Washington of launching an economic terrorism against Iranian people, a claim that the U.S. denies.

Jahangiri says Iran has defeated U.S. maximum pressure policy

TEHRAN – Iran has succeeded to defeat the United States’ policy of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic, First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Tuesday.

Hatami: U.S. to change its Iran policy of maximum pressure to ‘maximum groveling’

TEHRAN – Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami predicted on Sunday that Iran’s resistance will force the foes to change their “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran to “maximum groveling”.

Jannati says Iran will never surrender to U.S. ‘maximum pressure’

TEHRAN – The United States intends to impose its wish on the Islamic Republic through negotiations but Iran will never surrender to Washington’s “maximum pressure”, Assembly of Experts Chairman Ahmad Jannati said on Tuesday.

‘Maximum pressure’ has produced ‘maximum resistance’, says Iran’s Araqchi

TEHRAN – Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has said that “maximum pressure” from the United States has produced “maximum resistance” from Iran, and that Tehran will continue to resist.

Washington’s policy of maximum pressure has not worked: Zarif

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Washington’s policy of sanction and pressure against Iran has not worked.

U.S. ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran is not working, says cleric

TEHRAN – Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani says Washington’s “maximum pressure” policy against Iran is not working.

“Yemenis’ attack on Aramco was a response to Saudi crimes against civilians” 

MP: U.S. ballyhoo against Iran is intended to dishearten Arabs

TEHRAN – An Iranian MP says Yemeni forces’ attack on Saudi oil installation is a result of Saudi crimes against the Yemeni people.

U.S. backs off when faced with resistance: Army chief

TEHRAN – Chief of the Iranian Army Abdolrahim Mousavi says the United States pushes forward in the face of submission and backs off when faced with resistance.

Zarif likens 1953 coup to Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ on Iranians

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday commemorated the anniversary of the 1953 coup in Iran, saying the Americans and the British orchestrated the coup following years of “maximum pressure” on Iranians, hinting at U.S. President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy against Iran.

By M.A. Saki

Release of Grace 1 marks a suicide for Bolton 

When Britain impounded the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 on July 4, John Bolton, Donald Trump’s ultra-hawkish national security adviser, tweeted: “Excellent news”. 

Why Trump’s 'maximum pressure' foreign policy yields minimum results: Guardian

Donald Trump is heading into the 2020 elections with no clear-cut foreign policy successes, some dramatic failures and a string of looming crises around the world that could undermine his bid for re-election.

By M.A. Saki

“We’ll see how it goes”

Here is the deal: President Trump lifted waivers on Iranian oil to strangle the country’s oil-dependent economy under the “maximum pressure” policy. Tehran won relief from international sanctions following a multilateral accord with six world powers, including the U.S., in 2015.

Zarif says Iran won’t bow to sanctions pressure

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that Iran will never bow to sanctions pressure by the United States.