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  • Pakistani ambassador in exclusive interview with Tehran Times 2024-03-15 22:23

    Pakistani ambassador in exclusive interview with Tehran Times: 

    Iran, Pakistan should have robust cooperation in different fields

    TEHRAN – Encouraging further cooperation across various domains such as culture, tourism, and trade, the Pakistani ambassador to Iran has emphasized the importance of strengthening the longstanding bond between Iran and Pakistan. 

  • Discovering Iran: Chinese influencers’ tale of hospitality and friendship 2024-03-15 18:16

    By Afshin Majlesi

    Discovering Iran: Chinese influencers’ tale of hospitality and friendship

    On Friday, in the serene ambiance of Golestan Palace, amidst the whispers of ancient history, I sat down with a group of Chinese media influencers visiting Tehran’s sole UNESCO-listed site.

  • Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif 2024-03-12 21:56

    Zarif in exclusive interview with Tehran Times:

    Israel can defeat Arab armies but not Arab resistance

    TEHRAN – During an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times, former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted that Israel’s ongoing deadly campaign in Gaza though disastrous, is completely futile. 

  • Ilgar Rahimov 2024-03-06 11:53

    By Masoud Hossein

    Rahimov: Iran is a developed country in Paralympic Movement

    TEHRAN - The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) President Ilgar Rahimov praised the Iranian Para athletes and considered the country as a developed nation in the Paralympic Movement.

  • Venezuela's Foreign Minister 2024-02-27 21:14

    Venezuela FM to Tehran Times: 

    A new world is taking shape

    GENEVA– In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times, Venezuela's Foreign Minister stated that the world is on the cusp of a transformation that would allow different countries to build their relations based on solidarity and respect. 

  • Professor Mehran Kamrava 2024-01-14 10:45

    'Primary objective of Israel is to depopulate Gaza of its Palestinian population

    ‘U.S. policy toward the war has been nothing other than hypocritical’: GU professor

    TEHRAN – A professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar says the United States’ approach toward the Israeli war on Gaza is purely hypocritical.

  • Travel facilitation helps diminish Iranophobia, minister says 2024-01-07 18:27

    Travel facilitation helps diminish Iranophobia, minister says

    TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism minister Ezzatollah Zarghami has said the impact of anti-Iran sentiments, fueled by the U.S. and some other Western powers, will be diminished by attracting more visitors to the ancient land.

  • Abbasali Kadkhodaei 2024-01-05 22:39

    By Alireza Akbari

    Justice will prevail for martyr Soleimani: official

    TEHRAN- Iran remains steadfastly committed to bringing to justice those responsible for the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, says the head of the Constitutional Council's Research Institute.

  • Ammar Hakim 2024-01-03 20:17

    General Soleimani pushed for unity among Iraqi Shias, Sunnis and Kurds: Ammar Hakim

    BAGHDAD - Ammar Hakim, leader of Iraq's National Wisdom Movement, calls Lieutenant General Soleimani a kind-hearted person who established good interactions with all Iraqi religious and ethnic groups, including Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds.

  • Former CIA chief analyst Paul Pillar 2023-12-23 21:47

    By M.A. Saki

    Ex-CIA chief analyst says Israel “really cannot” destroy Hamas

    ‘Western support a major factor in enabling Israel to continue down the tragic path’: senior expert

    TEHRAN – “Obviously the unqualified Western support has been a major factor in enabling Israel to continue down the tragic path that has led to the situation we see today,” says Paul Pillar, a nonresident fellow at the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University.

  • Abbasali Kadkhodaei Talking to Tehran Times correspondent 2023-12-17 22:34

    By Alireza Akbari

    Young minds collaborating with research center of Constitutional Council: official

    TEHRAN- Head of the Constitutional Council's Research Institute Abbasali Kadkhodaei shed more light on the activities of the Institute in an interview with the Tehran Times.

  • Greta Berlin has been seeking justice for Palestinians for years 2023-12-17 22:31

    ‘Israelis want all of Palestine,’ activist says of the war on Gaza

    “Israel is the most dangerous country in the world for Jews”

    TEHRAN - Greta Berlin, an American anti-Zionist activist, says Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip is primarily intended to drive out Palestinians from the coastal enclave and shove them into Egypt.  

  • محسن کاوه - کشتی آزاد 2023-12-03 00:53

    Mohsen Kaveh named Iran freestyle wrestling coach

    TEHRAN – Mohsen Kaveh was named as new head coach of Iran freestyle wrestling team on Saturday.

  • Major General Abdullah Al-Jafri 2023-11-24 22:46

    Senior Yemeni military official confirms to Tehran Times: 

    Palestinian cause is one of the first priorities of Yemen’s policy 

    On November 19, the Yemeni Armed Forces seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route and took its crew members hostage over the Israeli aggression against Gaza. With this step, the Yemenis have forced the major countries to reconsider their absolute support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The Yemeni army has also noted that through its savage acts the Israeli entity is involved in sabotaging global trade, 12% of which passes through the Bab al-Mandab Strait. 

  • Biden has refused to call for a ceasefire in Gaza carnage 2023-11-22 23:09

    Biden's sanguinary stance on Gaza runs counter to wishes of most Americans: analyst

    It is no wonder some sources are referring to Biden as “Genocide Joe”

    TEHRAN – A political analyst says President Joe Biden’s ruthless position on the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip even contravenes the views of most American citizens.

  • Richard Falk 2023-11-20 23:43

    By Mohaddeseh Pakravan

    Ex-UN official urges boycotts, sanctions against Tel Aviv

    TEHRAN – Referring to the lack of self-defense rights for the Israeli regime, the UN's former rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories called for punitive and substantive actions against Tel Aviv.

  • Breaking bread and borders: a taste of Italy in Tehran 2023-11-17 18:48

    By Afshin Majlesi

    Breaking bread and borders: a taste of Italy in Tehran

    TEHRAN - On Thursday, Rome’s embassy in Tehran organized a culinary event that went beyond just taste to the realms of craftsmanship, memory, cultural heritage, and novelty.

  • Frank N. von Hippel 2023-11-14 21:59

    By M.A. Saki

    Israel’s Eliyahu is criminally insane: nuclear physicist

    ‘Suggesting to nuke Gaza refugees wouldn’t significantly increase Israel’s deterrence’

    TEHRAN – A senior nuclear physicist describes Israeli far-right minister Amihai Eliyahu who proposed using nuclear arms against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as “criminally insane”.

  • Daryl Kimball 2023-11-12 20:47

    By M.A. Saki

    Threatening to use nuclear arms is ‘counterproductive in the extreme’: Kimball

    ACA chief says every country should strongly condemn Eliyahu for threatening to nuke Gaza

    TEHRAN – Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director of the Arms Control Association (ACA) in Washington, suggests that threatening or using nuclear weapons, especially against a non-nuclear state or population, goes against “international law”, is “immoral” and is “counterproductive in the extreme”.

  • جنگ غزه 2023-11-11 11:07

    Israel willing to use nuclear bombs whenever is in danger: security and nuclear policy specialist

    ‘NPT signatories should push UN Security Council to act fast to denuclearize Israel’

    TEHRAN - A Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University says countries in the Middle East region should realize that Israel is willing to nuclear weapons whenever it feels it “is in danger”.

  • Iran to celebrate 6th anniversary of Chogan’s UNESCO designation 2023-11-08 17:59

    Iran to celebrate 6th anniversary of Chogan’s UNESCO designation

    TEHRAN – The ancient city of Bam prepares to host an international event to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Chogan’s registration on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

  • Russian Professor Andrey Bezrukov 2023-10-31 23:19

    By Mehdi Soltani

    Russian professor proposes free trade regime and common technological space with Iran 

    Bezrukov believes ‘Western sanctions are expediting the global redistribution of power’ 

    MOSCOW - Russian Professor Andrey Bezrukov suggests establishing a free trade agreement and a common economic and technological space between Russia and Iran.

  • سینا ضیغمی نژاد 2023-10-25 17:31

    Iranian swimmer Zeighaminejad wins one more gold at Hangzhou 2022

    HANGZHOU, China – Iranian swimmer Sina Zeighaminejad won his third gold medal in the 2022 Asian Para Games on Wednesday.

  • Celina R. Caesar-Chavannes 2023-10-19 09:21

    United front needed to stop genocide against Palestinians: Trudeau's former parl. sec.

    TEHRAN – Urging for an international united front to stop Israel including sanctioning Tel Aviv, Celina R. Caesar-Chavannes says what is happening in Gaza is genocide against the Palestinian people.

  • Iranian president sees handicraft fair in visit to Fars province 2023-10-13 18:15

    Iranian president sees handicraft fair in visit to Fars province

    TEHRAN – On Thursday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi went to a local handicraft exhibition during his two-day visit to the southern Fars province.

  • General Soleimani  2023-10-04 11:17

    By Ali Karbalaei 

    The humanity of General Soleimani 

    TEHRAN - The martyr Iranian lieutenant general was known around the world for his bravery on the battlefield. He played a critical role as a top military advisor to help Iraq and Syria emerge victorious in their battle against the Daesh terrorism. 

  • Translation 2023-10-03 21:57

    By Mohamadreza Seyedagha

    Bridging cultures: the art and impact of translation in Iran

    TEHRAN-International Translation Day, celebrated annually on September 30, serves as a tribute to the art of translation and the invaluable role it plays in fostering cross-cultural communication and understanding. On this occasion, the Tehran Times explored the state of translation in Iran, which is historically known for its vast and diverse literary heritage.

  • Bright Kupemba 2023-09-24 22:12

    By Eshrat Mardi

    We are happy to have Iran as a strategic partner: Zimbabwean ambassador

    Kupemba says there is “political will” to implement all projects between Harare and Tehran

    TEHRAN - The Zimbabwean ambassador to Tehran tells the Tehran Times that his country is happy that it has established a “strategic” partnership with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

  • Professor Hossein Askari 2023-09-20 12:37

    By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan

    'New corridor' US political ploy, unlikely to succeed: Prof. Askari

    TEHRAN– Prof. Askari says the success of the new corridor connecting India to Europe depends on political alliances and the willingness of Arabs to come up with the financing and forgetting the plight of their Palestinian brethren.

  • Interview: Indian adventurer tells of epic journey on 73-year-old car 2023-09-17 18:17

    By Afshin Majlesi

    Interview: Indian adventurer tells of epic journey on 73-year-old car

    Indian adventurer Daman Thakore has kindly taken time out of his transcontinental journey to share us a little bit of information about the amazing expedition in a 73-year-old car!