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2025-12-15 21:54
By Ranjan Solomon
Iran and the ethics of power - a civilisational rebalancing of world politics
GOA – The contemporary international order is showing unmistakable signs of moral fatigue. The promises that once accompanied global power—democracy, stability, prosperity—now ring hollow across vast regions of the world.
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2025-12-15 21:51
Unveiling Iran’s latest innovations, nuclear chief says Western pressure ineffective
TEHRAN – Iran's nuclear chief, Mohammad Eslami, dismissed political pressure from Israel, the E3, and the U.S. regarding inspections of Iranian nuclear sites.
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2025/12/08
By Fatemeh Kavand
Geopolitical opportunities for Iran in light of West’s structural challenges
The contemporary world is undergoing a transition from a unipolar order toward a multi-centered one—an order in which power is distributed among numerous actors, and the ability of states to influence global affairs increasingly depends on their geopolitical capacities, deterrent power, strategic independence, and their capability to shape their regional environment.
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2025-12-03 22:23
In a UN letter, Iran, Russia and China hit back at West’s exploitation of the deal it abandoned
TEHRAN – Iran, Russia, and China appeared to react to the West’s ongoing attempts to leverage the already battered and now expired JCPOA as a pressure tool against Iran when their UN ambassadors, in a joint letter, reminded that all provisions of UNSC Resolution 2231—the resolution endorsing the JCPOA— were terminated after October 18, 2025, under Operative Paragraph 8 of that resolution.
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2025/11/28
By Xavier Villar
The rise of sovereign voices after decades-old persistence of a Western monologue
For centuries, the relationship between what is conventionally called “the West” and the rest of the world has been narrated as a monologue.
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2025/11/28
By Xavier Villar
Araghchi: Pressure will not determine Iran’s nuclear decisions
MADRID – Abbas Araghchi’s recent interview with France 24, during his visit to Paris, provides a clear window into how Iran projects power, manages its international relations, and balances domestic interests with complex regional dynamics.
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2025-11-26 21:41
By Mona Hojat Ansari
Iran's active diplomacy despite West's bad faith
Araghchi arrives in Paris for discussions on regional issues, bilateral relations, and the nuclear challenge
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Paris on Wednesday, attempting diplomacy amidst a dangerously escalating crisis where his country and the wider region have been subjected to an unrelenting vise imposed by the West, fuelling a growing conviction across West Asia, after almost two years of failed diplomatic efforts, that a more heavy-handed response is required against the Europeans, the Americans, and their sponsored proxy, Israel.
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2025/11/24
By Fatemeh Kavand
The real Iran vs. the Iran of Western imagination
A recent Foreign Affairs article about Iran’s future is a clear example of the deep gap between the real Iran and the imaginary Iran constructed in Western think-tanks.
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2025-11-21 21:34
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
One more sign IAEA is a Western tool
New resolution asks Iran allow UN inspectors into battered nuclear sites, doesn’t mention US-Israeli strikes
TEHRAN – The growing possibility that Iran may be forced to take drastic measures regarding its nuclear program has yet to frustrate the West’s ambitions to unnerve the country. On Thursday, the IAEA’s Board of Governors passed a resolution—drafted by the E3 (Germany, France, and the UK) and the U.S.—demanding that Iran step up cooperation with the UN nuclear agency.
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2025/11/19
By Mohammad Khatibi
Panda or dragon? China’s strategy amid UN sanctions on Iran
TEHRAN- The snapback of pre-JCPOA UN sanctions against Iran have created a complex and delicate balancing act for China.
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2025-11-16 21:42
Anger grows in Tehran over renewed Western pressure on nuclear program
TEHRAN – Iranians are reacting strongly to a draft anti-Iran resolution expected to be circulated at this week’s meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors.
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2025-11-11 21:59
World is moving from a unipolar to a just multipolar order: Leader’s advisor
TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, Advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on International Affairs, said the world is moving away from a unipolar system dominated by the United States toward a fair and balanced multipolar order, signaling the end of U.S. global supremacy.
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2025/11/09
By Xavier Villar
Iran and the political construction of a complex identity
MADRID – In the tumultuous arena of global politics, few nations bear symbols as dense and varied as Iran. But while each of these images belongs to a distinct narrative, they all coexist within the body of a single state.
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2025-11-09 20:48
By Sahar Dadjoo
‘Iran’s solidarity with Sudan reflects commitment to Muslim unity,’ says Ambassador Saleh
Envoy expresses gratitude for Tehran’s condemnation of El Fasher killings and anticipates deeper cooperation following restoration of ties
TEHRAN- On Sunday, November 9, Sudan’s Ambassador to Tehran, Abdulaziz Hassan Saleh, visited the Tehran Times newsroom, where the daily conducted an exclusive interview with him on the ongoing crisis in Darfur and the prospects of Sudan-Iran relations.
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2025-11-03 21:35
Iran hosts press briefing on ‘We and the West’ conference set for November 10
TEHRAN – Ahead of Iran’s Day of Anti-Imperialism, the press conference for the conference “We and the West: The Thoughts and Views of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution” was held at the Islamic Revolution Research and Cultural Institute.
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2025-11-01 21:44
By Fatemeh Kavand
What the West fails to understand about Iran
The recent article published by the American magazine The Atlantic, titled “In Iran, Anything Can Happen,” once again reflects the same biased and colonial gaze that the West has long held toward Iran and its people.
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2025-10-25 21:13
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
FATF's moving goalposts
The financial watchdog snubs Iran's legislative pogress and keeps it on the blacklist, putting to question its impartiality
TEHRAN – The ongoing saga between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) took another frustrating turn this week, as the global financial watchdog once again decided to keep Iran on its "high-risk" list. This decision came despite continued efforts by Iran to engage with the FATF process, and amidst opposition from some political factions within the country.
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2025-10-19 21:48
By Mona Hojat Ansari
A shifting world order: Iran finds broad support in nuclear dispute with West
In letter to UN chief, Iran, Russia, and China say expiration of Resolution 2231 marks end of UNSC monitoring
TEHRAN – Iran, China, and Russia have once again joined forces to prevent the implementation of pre-JCPOA UN sanctions against Tehran, which were officially re-instated last month but have yet to bear practical fruit due to growing international opposition.
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2025-10-18 21:59
By Soheila Zarfam
The sunset of the JCPOA in the twilight of distrust in Western diplomacy
Resolution 2231 officially expires, ending UN endorsement of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal
TEHRAN – The jubilant crowds that gave then-Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif a hero’s welcome in April 2015 as his flight landed in Tehran from Switzerland were cheering what they believed was the dawn of a new era for Iran.
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2025-10-07 21:58
Situation in West Asia extremely grave due to West’s meddling, Iran UN envoy warns
TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has described the situation in West Asia as “extremely grave,” which, he says, is the result of interventionist policies and militarism by certain extraregional countries, perpetual armed conflicts and the Israeli regime’s genocide.
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2025-10-07 21:57
By Mohammad Ghaderi
Iran's strategic position in the new world order
TEHRAN – The logic of realism governing international relations dictates that the transition period from the existing order to the new international order is inevitably going through a period of disorder in which the current valid rules are challenged and the geopolitical structures of the previous order collapse.
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2025/10/07
Operation Pahlavi: Israeli influence engineering and the defense of Iranian sovereignty
By Xavier Villar
MADRID – The modern history of Iran over the past century can largely be read as a narrative of unceasing struggle for national dignity in the face of foreign domination and attempts at fragmentation.
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2025-09-29 20:12
By Soheila Zarfam
Pezeshkian says 'Iran will not kneel'
President appears less hopeful of diplomacy with West after an all-out war and snapback of UN sanctions
TEHRAN – Iran will not bow to Western pressure and is prepared to defend itself against any threat, President Masoud Pezeshkian declared on Monday, signalling a hardening stance as the nation strengthens its military capabilities and regional alliances in response to renewed Western pressure and security threats.
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2025-09-28 21:39
By Sahar Dadjoo
Exclusive: China’s UNSC stance on Iran boosts its credibility as mediator, says Chinese scholar
Professor Fan notes Beijing’s support is grounded in fairness, justice, and universal international interests
TEHRAN- As debates intensify at the United Nations following the Security Council’s failure to extend sanctions relief for Iran, global attention has shifted to the broader geopolitical rift between Western powers and rising challengers such as China and Russia.
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2025-09-26 22:32
By Mohammad Khatibi
Eastward bound: How US is driving West Asian states into China and Russia’s embrace
TEHRAN – As tensions across West Asia escalate once again, the prospect of regional stability hangs by a thread. Repeated failures of Western peace initiatives have driven states to seek new partners.
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2025-09-14 21:05
By Sasan Karimi
Enrichment under the NPT, JCPOA, and UNSR2231
A legal and political reassessment in light of recent developments
TEHRAN – The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), established in 1968, continues to serve as the bedrock of international efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons while promoting peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
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2025/09/13
By Xavier Villar
Selective mourning: Power, death, and recognition in contemporary necropolitics
MADRID – The death of Charles Kirk and the way it has been received in public and media spheres allows for a profound political analysis of how the right to mourning and commemoration is regulated in the contemporary world.
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2025-09-12 19:21
By Sahar Dadjoo
Exclusive: If IAEA remains politicized, safeguards system may collapse, ex-senior inspector warns
Abu Shadi calls for nuclear-weapon-free zone in West Asia, urges equal accountability for Israel
TEHRAN – Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently agreed to resume cooperation after the agency's inspectors left Iran during a U.S.-Israeli bombardment campaign on Iranian nuclear facilities in June, and were subsequently barred from re-entry.
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2025-09-07 21:11
American activist sends message of support to Iranian people ahead of Gaza voyage
Kathy Greaves, an American activist from California and Virginia, is participating in the international solidarity flotilla Sumud, which set sail on September 7 with the aim of breaking the Israeli blockade of Gaza and delivering humanitarian aid, including food and medicine.
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2025-09-05 21:18
By Soheila Zarfam
Iran vies with West for UNSC votes
A Russian resolution would put snapback of Iran UN sanctions on hold if passed
TEHRAN – Two distinct blocs have emerged within the UN Security Council as nations maneuver for votes ahead of a Russian proposal, which will offer to extend the implementation period of Resolution 2231 by six months.