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By staff writer
From sanctions to blockade: Trump’s naval coercion of Venezuela
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to order a “total and complete” blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers marks one of the most dangerous escalations in Washington–Caracas relations. While the Trump administration presents the move as a sanctions enforcement action, the reality is far more serious: the use of military force to control another country’s trade, outside international law and without global consent.
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By Sondoss Al Asaad
Washington’s squeeze on Lebanese Army: Redefining doctrine, loyalty, and identity
BEIRUT—Over the past months, the Lebanese Army has found itself at the center of an escalating campaign of political, security, and ideological pressure led by Washington in close coordination with Israel.
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By Wesam Bahrani
The imposed ‘peace’ on Gaza
Gaza won’t become part of an American project or a lifeline for failed politicians or dealmakers
TEHRAN – Nothing has been more dangerous for Gaza over the past two years than the bombs and missiles that have fallen on it.
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Europe has adopted a posture of submission toward Trump: Foreign Affairs
‘By giving in to Trump on defense, trade, and democratic values, Europe has effectively bolstered far-right forces’
TEHRAN – In an article on December 12, Foreign Affairs magazine highlighted Europe’s submission to U.S. President Donald Trump in realms of security and trade that his administration’s endorsement of far-right parties in the continent.
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By Garsha Vazirian
MAGA's funeral pyre and the rotting White House
Trump's chief of staff lays bare a regime of ego, cruelty, corruption and betrayal
TEHRAN – The most terrifying sound in Washington right now is not the shouting of protesters or the drone of Congressional subpoenas; it is the shattering of the "Ice Maiden."
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By Sondoss Al Asaad
Washington’s squeeze on Lebanese Army: Redefining doctrine, loyalty, and identity
BEIRUT—Over the past months, the Lebanese Army has found itself at the center of an escalating campaign of political, security, and ideological pressure led by Washington in close coordination with Israel.
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By staff writer
From sanctions to blockade: Trump’s naval coercion of Venezuela
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to order a “total and complete” blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers marks one of the most dangerous escalations in Washington–Caracas relations. While the Trump administration presents the move as a sanctions enforcement action, the reality is far more serious: the use of military force to control another country’s trade, outside international law and without global consent.
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By Wesam Bahrani
The imposed ‘peace’ on Gaza
Gaza won’t become part of an American project or a lifeline for failed politicians or dealmakers
TEHRAN – Nothing has been more dangerous for Gaza over the past two years than the bombs and missiles that have fallen on it.
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Zionist lobbyists may use Sydney terror act to polish Israel’s image: Lebanese analyst
Hikmat Amhaz says Mossad may have incited the Bondi terrorist incident
TEHRAN - In an exclusive interview with Tehran Times, Hikmat Amhaz, a Lebanese political analyst and member of the International Association of Political Analysts and Experts, examines the political and media ramifications of the deadly mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
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The selective lens: Why some victims make headlines, and others are numbers
TEHRAN – In today’s world, media serve as the fundamental instrument for both shaping public opinion and actively constructing reality. Western media occupy a uniquely dominant position in this sphere, leveraging their vast organizational reach and advanced technological capabilities to lead global narrative-building.
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By Adnan Allameh
Individual crime in Australia and Israeli massacre at Al-Tabi’een school
BEIRUT - The comparison between the act of one or two individuals attacking Hanukkah celebrants in Australia, and the crime of targeting civilian worshippers at Al-Tabi’een school in Gaza on August 10, 2024, using precise U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs, lays bare the moral and political degradation embedded in Western-Israeli discourse, as well as the blatant double standards in defining terrorism, sanctifying one kind of blood while dehumanizing another.
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By Wesam Bahrani
Behind the Israeli assassination of Raed Saad
TEHRAN – The Israeli regime assassinated the second-in-command of the al-Qassam Brigades on December 13. What is the regime's objective?
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Francesca Albanese nominated for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize alongside Gaza doctors
On Tuesday, a member of the European Parliament (MEP), Matjaz Nemec, publicly presented the nomination of UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, and Gaza-based doctors for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, following its official submission to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
