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2026-03-09 21:14
By Sheida Sabzehvari
The Leader they tried to kill is still here
TEHRAN – Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei long regarded security as the most valuable asset a nation could possess. When he became Iran’s Leader in 1989, the country was emerging from one of the most devastating periods in its modern history.
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2026-03-09 20:44
On the tenth day of U.S.–Israeli aggression, Iran strikes back with precision
Tehran - On the tenth day of U.S. and Israeli aggression, Iran pressed ahead with powerful retaliatory measures against military and strategic targets, demonstrating both resilience and advanced capabilities.
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2026-03-09 20:40
By Fatemeh Kavand
Trump is gone, Khamenei remains; America's never-ending nightmare with "young Khamenei"
TEHRAN - No Iranian will ever forget the Minab incident; the day the criminal American army set fire to a school in Iran and martyred nearly 170 students, proving once again that the oppressor's garment is sewn only with the blood of children.
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2026-03-09 17:18
Ben Stiller asks White House to remove ‘Tropic Thunder’ clip from Iran video: ‘War is not a movie’
Ben Stiller criticized the White House for using a clip from his 2008 satirical action movie “Tropic Thunder.”
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2026-03-08 23:10
By Afshin Majlesi
Trump, look them in the eyes
With hundreds of Iranian children dead, the U.S. president still denies the bombing of Minab’s elementary school
TEHRAN - U.S. President Donald Trump’s pronouncements on the ongoing military invasion of Iran have been marred by a pattern of demonstrably false claims, deflection of responsibility for atrocities, and a defiant rejection of diplomatic solutions.
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2026-03-08 22:13
By Kurosh Alyani, Iranian cultural critic
Trees and books, or invasion and plunder?
Tehran - Look at the martyr leader. He not only planted trees and maintained a serious personal library, visited the book fair extensively every year, and read books every night; he was also warm and affectionate in meetings with children and kind and tolerant in his encounters with adults.
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2026-03-08 22:10
Pezeshkian says enemy misinterpreted his remarks; Iran will respond forcefully to any aggression
TEHRAN – President Masoud Pezeshkian warned on Sunday that Iran will continue to respond decisively to any attack stemming from U.S.-Israeli aggression, including strikes launched from the territory of neighboring countries. He emphasized that any Iranian response would be strictly defensive, aimed at protecting national security and sovereignty.
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2026-03-07 23:25
Iranian diplomats defy U.S.–Israel ‘psychological warfare
TEHRAN – Iranian ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions around the world have firmly rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Iranian diplomats defect amid the joint U.S.–Israeli military aggression against Iran.
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2026-03-06 22:29
By Sondoss Al Asaad
The imperial fantasy of choosing Iran’s leader
SOUTH LEBANON—In yet another astonishing display of political arrogance, Donald Trump arrogantly declared that he believes he should personally be involved in selecting Iran’s next leader following the martyrdom of Sayyed Ali Khamenei.
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2026-03-06 22:11
Iran says war will continue as Trump asks for ‘surrender’ and world questions his decisions
TEHRAN — U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be in a completely different headspace from many fellow politicians in the United States and across the West, saying in a social media post that he wants “unconditional surrender” from Iran while U.S. regional bases continue to be struck and energy prices rise around the world.
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2026-03-06 21:55
Abraham Lincoln flees region for second time within a week
TEHRAN — U.S. President Donald Trump said this week that he had ordered the U.S. Navy to escort vessels wishing to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has limited navigation since Trump launched a second war against the country on February 28. But the plan has already failed before U.S. forces were able to begin implementing it.
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2026-03-06 00:13
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Beyond geopolitics: Understanding Iran’s enduring popular base
SOUTH LEBANON—Forty-seven years after the victory of Imam Khomeini’s Islamic Revolution on 11 February 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran remains a political phenomenon that cannot be understood solely through the language of state power or geopolitical rivalry.
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2026-03-05 23:45
US-Israeli war on Iran backfires and reinforces national unity
TEHRAN - Like the 12-day war against Iran last June, the joint U.S.-Israel war against Iran has strengthened unity among the Iranians.
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2026-03-05 23:33
The Iran Ayatollah Khamenei told Trump about — and Trump ignored
TEHRAN – “There is no nation like the Iranian nation,” Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said in 1989, only a few months after he was elected as Iran’s Leader. “Iran stands with power, selfconfidence, and determination against any power that seeks to dominate it,” he added.
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2026-03-05 23:02
Netanyahu admits Israel’s goal is the ethnic cleansing of Iranians
TEHRAN - While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the Iranian people in English-language video messages that his goal in bombing their homes, hospitals, and schools is to bring them “freedom,” when speaking in Hebrew to Israeli audiences he openly admits that the objective is the elimination of the Iranian nation.
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2026-03-05 15:16
By Ranjan Solomon
Iran pounds Israel, US seeks to save face
Iran holds the military edge
GOA, India - Trump and Netanyahu must have dreamed wild dreams of an across-the-board victory, almost-instant victory after launching the war against Iran. Alas, the war surges, and Israel is under attack with citizens pleading for a stoppage. Fighter jets in U.S. bases in Persian Gulf states have fled in fear.
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2026-03-04 22:19
By Abbas Akhoundi
Israel–US war on Iran and position of Persian Gulf states
TEHRAN- At dawn on Saturday, February 28, 2026, Israel and the United States officially and jointly attacked Iran and, at the very outset, assassinated the Leader of the Islamic Republic. This occurred while negotiations between Iran and the United States were ongoing.
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2026/03/04
By Saleh Abidi Maleki
Why Trump’s proposed ship escorts will likely never happen
U.S. President Donald Trump had been talking up the two aircraft carriers he had sent to Iran’s vicinity for days. Back in early February, he claimed he had sent “big, beautiful” equipment to the Persian Gulf specifically to intimidate Tehran and force it to abandon its nuclear and missile programs out of fear of imminent attacks during the new negotiations the two countries had started.
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2026-03-04 20:54
Growing anger in US over Trump's war on Iran
TEHRAN – Anger and anxiety are growing among politicians and the public in the United States over President Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran for the second time in eight months, while the two countries were in the midst of ongoing nuclear negotiations.
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2026-03-04 00:19
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Why Iran is fighting like never before
TEHRAN – The United States’ problem, according to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, is not with the Islamic Republic, but with Iran itself. He articulated this view in one of the dozens of speeches he delivered throughout 2025, explaining the foundation of nearly five decades of U.S. hostility toward the nation.
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2026-03-03 02:05
By Sheida Sabzehvari
Trump’s ‘help on the way’ rained down as bombs on schoolgirls
TEHRAN – "Help is on the way," is what U.S. President Donald Trump stated back in January, as he urged the Iranian people to seize government buildings, police stations, and military bases, to take up arms, and to kill their authorities and security forces.
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2026-02-28 19:39
By Xavier Villar
Trump’s justification and the logic of war
How language shapes action against Iran
MADRID – The US–Israeli strikes on Iranian territory on 28 February cannot be read as isolated tactical actions. They represent a structural intervention in the regional balance of power and, from Tehran’s perspective, an existential signal.
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2026-02-27 23:15
Missing FBI memos contain sexual abuse claims against Trump
The Guardian reported Thursday that it has reviewed three missing FBI memos from 2019 containing explicit but unsubstantiated claims that Donald Trump sexually abused a minor in the early 1980s with Jeffrey Epstein’s assistance.
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2026-02-27 19:19
US lawmakers to curb Trump’s powers to wage war on Iran
TEHRAN - A group of U.S. congressmen is seeking to vote on a motion to circumscribe the American president’s authority to launch military aggression against Iran.
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2026-02-25 23:10
Iran warns Trump using ‘Hitler-era’ propaganda to justify potential aggression
TEHRAN – Iranian officials have rejected claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump in his recent State of the Union address, accusing him of spreading deliberate falsehoods aimed at derailing upcoming nuclear negotiations between Tehran and Washington.
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2026-02-25 16:04
Trump’s 2026 State of the Union: Painting a mirage of power
TEHRAN – In his 2026 State of the Union address, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered an extended narrative of American resurgence and foreign policy accomplishments. While the tone was confident and assertive, a factual review reveals that many of the president’s most dramatic claims were exaggerated, misleading, or unsupported by credible evidence. In particular, his discussion of conflicts abroad and military actions mischaracterized complex realities and overstated the United States’ influence and achievements.
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2026-02-24 22:02
By Soheila Zarfam
Trump admits his ‘help on the way’ means a ‘bad day’ for Iranians
Meanwhile, on one of the two aircraft carriers sent to ‘help’, the crew cannot find a working toilet!
TEHRAN – The ailing Iranian “opposition” factions based in the West—those who were either toppled during the 1979 Islamic Revolution or failed to compete with the popularity of Imam Khomeini and his followers for a place in the country’s new political establishment—have spent nearly five decades in exile.
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2026-02-24 19:35
Dead end of maximum pressure
Khorasan analyzed Steve Witkoff’s admission about Donald Trump’s surprise at Iran’s resilience under maximum pressure. According to the newspaper, Witkoff’s recent remarks—expressing Trump’s astonishment and frustration that Iran has not surrendered despite Washington’s escalating pressure—carry several strategic messages about the real state of U.S. policy toward Iran and the balance of power in the region.
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2026-02-24 19:21
Epstein scandal goes far beyond one man, says American journalist
Christopher Helali says focusing on Epstein alone obscures deeper structures of power
TEHRAN- The Jeffrey Epstein scandal continues to generate headlines as new documents are unsealed, yet fundamental questions about accountability, power, and institutional complicity remain unanswered. While the case is often framed as a series of horrific but isolated criminal acts, critics argue that such a narrow focus obscures a far deeper political and structural reality.
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2026-02-24 17:16
Most American adults think Trump is moving the country in the wrong direction
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll released before Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech shows 55% of U.S. adults believe he is moving the country in the wrong direction—a 13-point increase compared to his first term, The Guardian reported Monday.