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Today 20:47
By Syeda Farheen Naqi Mossavi
The emperor has no clothes: Trump’s parade of power and the naked American empire
TEHRAN - In 1837, Danish author Hans Christian Andersen published The Emperor’s New Clothes, the story of a vain ruler deceived into believing he was wearing magnificent garments invisible to fools and those unfit for office. His ministers praised what did not exist, and the public followed, until a child finally cried out: “But he hasn't got anything on!”
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Today 18:57
By Michael Bradburn-Ruster
‘No Kings’ protests reflect a crisis of imperial plutocracy in the US
ARIZONA- The most obvious focus of the current “No Kings” protests lies in US citizens’ immediate “bread and butter issues”: brutal cuts to education, social security, and health care ($1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and Childre’s Health Insurance); massive inflation that makes it hard to feed families, pay outrageous costs for health insurance, and endure the exorbitant price of fuel precipitated by the perfidious war on Iran, launched for a second time since June, 2025, in the midst of negotiations.
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Yesterday 22:02
By staff writer
Trump approval crashes to record low 31% as Iran war backlash mounts
TEHRAN — American voters are turning decisively against President Donald Trump on the eve of the November 3 midterm elections, pushing his approval rating down to 31 percent in a nationwide Reuters/Ipsos survey published on Tuesday, October 20. The figure marks the lowest point across both of his presidential terms.
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Yesterday 16:17
Spectrum: The Price of Mistaking Destruction for Victory
The US and Israel may have bombed Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, but in doing so, they risk strengthening the very argument for nuclear deterrence they set out to defeat.
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2026-10-19 19:53
By staff writer
Trump endorses war criminal Netanyahu ahead of Israeli election
TEHRAN - President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed his Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted a war criminal by the International Criminal Court (ICC), as the prime minister is struggling s for an edge in next week’s parliamentary election.
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2026-10-18 20:09
No Kings protests shift focus to early voting ahead of US midterms
TEHRAN- The latest round of “No Kings” protests across the United States on Saturday, October 17, focused on a new objective: turning opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies into electoral participation ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
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2026-10-17 21:10
By staff writer
Trump’s White House chaotically turns on itself as Republicans brace for defeat
TEHRAN — A press secretary hired on a Friday and gone the next. An ambassador’s ouster announced during her only briefing. Loyalists feuding over money while the chief of staff’s family draws scrutiny. With the November 3 midterms less than three weeks away, Donald Trump’s White House has stopped hiding its disorder.
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2026-10-17 18:26
Trump waves Russia sanctions passed by Congress amid deepening row with Ukraine
Donald Trump has put on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause on the legislation passed by both chambers was in the national interest, the Guardian reported.
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2026-10-16 20:34
By staff writer
Caught in an imbroglio, Trump resorts to more blatant lies and misleading claims
TEHRAN – Donald Trump appears to be losing his grip on reality as the November 3 congressional midterm elections approach.
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2026-10-16 20:19
‘Mother of all bombs’ will not rescue Trump from Iran war quagmire
TEHRAN — The possible use of America’s largest non-nuclear bomb against Iran may offer President Donald Trump a dramatic display of military power, but it is unlikely to resolve the strategic predicament facing Washington, analysts have warned, arguing that a spectacular explosion cannot substitute for a viable path out of a protracted war.
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2026-10-14 20:34
Iran’s ambassador to Russia rejects Trump’s allegations about destruction of US cities
TEHRAN — Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali has rejected US President Donald Trump’s remarks suggesting that Iranian military capabilities could threaten major American cities, describing the allegations as unfounded and unrealistic and saying they amount to little more than election campaign rhetoric.
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2026-10-14 16:43
Spectrum: Blood on the Battlefield, Gold in the Boardroom
The US-Israeli war against Iran has exposed a stark divide: while ordinary citizens bear the costs of conflict, defense contractors, energy firms, and politically connected figures stand to reap substantial profits.
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2026-10-13 20:36
By staff writer
Trump targets anti-war Muslim congresswoman three weeks before midterms
TEHRAN — U.S. federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations executed a search warrant early Monday morning at the Washington residence of Representative Ilhan Omar. Law enforcement personnel blocked off the surrounding street and removed multiple boxes labeled as “seized evidence” from the premises.
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2026-10-13 20:30
Trump's credibility under question
Khorasan argued that Trump's contradictory behavior has weakened his credibility. Pro-Israel circles in Washington portray Trump's unpredictability as a sign of strength, claiming that Iran should always remain uncertain about his next move.
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2026-10-13 19:23
Rubio’s understanding of thymos is very deficient: Francis Fukuyama
‘Rubio celebrates the agreement over Greenland, without mentioning his desire to grab it away from Denmark’
TEHRAN – The political scientist Francis Fukuyama says U.S. Secretary of State understanding of of thymos -- pride, spiritedness, the desire for recognition -- is very deficient.
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2026-10-12 20:34
By staff writer
Yemen Leaves Riyadh Grounded
Repeated strikes close Riyadh airport and shatter Saudi air defenses as Ansarallah enforces its 'blockade for blockade' doctrine
TEHRAN — Riyadh’s airport has been hit five times since Tuesday, October 6, by Saudi authorities’ own count, and the government cannot promise a sixth will not come. On Saturday, a missile struck King Khalid International Airport, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 300, according to the kingdom. On Sunday, another projectile set Terminal 4 on fire. On Monday, the Saudi civil aviation authority extended the shutdown.
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2026-10-11 21:54
By staff writer
Midterm panic pushes Trump to trade Zelensky for cheaper diesel
TEHRAN — With the 2026 U.S. midterm elections a month away and diesel at $6.28 a gallon, Donald Trump went looking for someone to blame and settled on Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, whose official presidential mandate expired long ago and whose continued rule under suspended elections remains constitutionally questionable.
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2026-10-11 21:41
By Habib Ahmadzadeh
Hive dwellers vs. screen players: The anatomy of two societies
TEHRAN - This question has puzzled many astute observers in the West — and echoed through the stunned minds of Trump and Netanyahu alike: Why, following the assassination of the leadership, did the Iranian government not collapse like governments in other countries?
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2026-10-11 17:04
Trump's diesel deal with Putin: How much, how long, and will it cut prices?
TEHRAN - On October 9, US President Donald Trump announced an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to supply diesel to the US and global markets, paired with a temporary 6-month US sanctions waiver. The move is aimed at easing record-high US diesel prices weeks before the November 3 midterms. Initial volumes are modest relative to consumption, so analysts expect limited and mostly psychological price effects — unless larger follow-on deliveries materialize and Russian refineries recover.
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2026-10-10 20:43
By staff writer
Yemen hits Riyadh airport again as Saudi flights collapse
TEHRAN — Riyadh’s airport was hit again on Saturday, two days after Yemeni missiles killed three Saudis there. Regional officials told the Associated Press that air traffic stopped and the airport was evacuated.
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2026-10-10 20:42
By staff writer
Trump seethes that no one knows her; Navi Pillay has rattled US and Israel anyway
TEHRAN — Within hours of Navi Pillay being named the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the American president had shared a post calling her a hater of America and Israel, and his secretary of state had sanctioned an entire international court. Israel summoned Joseph Goebbels.
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2026-10-10 20:41
US sanctions the entire ICC to shield American and Israeli war criminals
TEHRAN — The United States placed the International Criminal Court under sanctions on Friday, October 9, dropping any pretense that its quarrel was limited to individual judges and prosecutors.
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2026-10-10 20:40
Diplomacy and the battlefield must be managed
In an article, Etemad examined Iran's current situation and its policy positions. Following the 40-day war, Iran's adversaries have launched a psychological campaign against the Iranian public by repeatedly announcing different dates for the outbreak of a third war involving Iran, the United States, or the Israeli regime.
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2026-10-10 20:16
MP warns any attack on Iran would trigger a much stronger response
TEHRAN — Abbas Goudarzi, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s Presiding Board, has described US President Donald Trump’s threats against Iran as part of Washington’s psychological warfare, warning that any attack on the country would be met with a response many times more forceful.
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2026-10-09 22:20
By staff writer
Mark Levin’s stepson systematically quashed US embassy reports on Israeli war crimes
TEHRAN — A senior official inside the U.S. Embassy in al-Quds (Jerusalem) has systematically suppressed and altered internal diplomatic cables to conceal Israeli land theft, regime-backed violence, and war crimes from Washington policymakers and Congress.
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2026-10-09 22:20
By Syeda Farheen Naqi Mossavi
The illusion of control in Washington’s Iran gamble
TEHRAN — Gore Vidal’s famous observation that the United States is a nation of amnesia, learning nothing because it remembers nothing, was never merely a witty aside. It was a prophecy dressed as satire. Washington has spent decades proving him right.
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2026-10-09 22:18
By staff writer
Trump loses Nobel again as jurist behind Gaza genocide findings takes prize
TEHRAN — Donald Trump has repeatedly shown his desperation to obtain the Nobel Peace Prize, but the Norwegian Nobel Committee handed it to the legal investigator who exposed Israeli genocide in Gaza.
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2026-10-06 20:33
Trump can’t stop demonizing Iran
TEHRAN – Speaking at a campaign rally on Monday in Grand Island, Nebraska, President Donald Trump suggested that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego.
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2026-10-06 19:42
By Maede Zaman Fashami
Blood, Bombs & Billions
For some in America, every new war comes with a new payday.
TEHRAN- The US-Israeli war against Iran was not merely a military and geopolitical crisis; it also created a major economic shock. According to an estimate by the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the direct cost of US combat operations against Iran had reached approximately $38 billion by August 1, 2026. That figure includes the cost of replacing expended munitions and lost equipment, increased flight hours, military operations, and higher fuel costs. It does not include costs borne by other federal agencies or the war’s longer-term economic consequences.
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2026-10-05 20:58
By Seyed Mohammad Torabi
Trump's strait may be open, but Hormuz is not
US claims of normal traffic collide with dark transits, million-dollar tanker rates, and $9.99 diesel fuel signs
TEHRAN — The US president insists the Strait of Hormuz is open. Tanker captains, charter markets, insurers, and motorists in the US tell a different story.