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2026-03-19 22:24
Out of control: Trump, the machine of lying
TEHRAN – The U.S. President Donald Trump's contradictory statements about the war with Iran, especially when it comes to attacking civilians, has turned him into a pathological liar who has no control over chronic lying.
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2026-03-19 22:19
By Garsha Vazirian
Schrödinger’s strait
How Trump constructed a parallel reality to mask the failure of his war on Iran
TEHRAN — Beyond the kinetic exchange of bombs and missiles, the 2026 war on Iran has revealed its true foundation: a meticulously constructed parallel reality. Twenty days in, it is clear that Washington is also waging a war of optics, built entirely upon a fragile architecture of institutionalized mendacity.
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2026-03-19 22:07
Trump misled the world: Iran’s leadership unshaken and unyielding
TEHRAN - From the earliest days of the U.S.–Israeli military aggression that began on February 28, President Donald Trump has repeatedly asserted that Iran’s political leadership has collapsed and that the country is seeking a ceasefire out of desperation. These statements have circulated widely in his public remarks, where he has described Iran as being on the verge of political disintegration and portrayed the initial wave of strikes as having eliminated the core of the Iranian state.
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2026-03-19 22:00
By Afshin Majlesi
Headline-grabber footballers back home - What happened in Australia?
TEHRAN - After more than a week of intense debate and widespread international media attention, Iranian female footballers have finally returned home from Australia, bringing an end to a wave of speculation and conflicting reports.
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2026-03-19 21:42
Trump feigns ignorance after Iran retaliates for strikes on its energy infrastructure
TEHRAN - U.S. President Donald Trump sought to distance himself from responsibility after Iran followed through on its warning that any attack on its energy infrastructure during the ongoing war would be met with strikes on regional energy assets in which the United States holds shares or interests.
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2026-03-19 00:54
Joe Kent’s resignation is telling that speaks volumes
Americans are worried that Israel is shaping U.S. policies
TEHRAN – In a social media post on Tuesday, Joe Kent announced that he was resigning as Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center in protest to the Trump administration’s decision in joining Israel in the war against Iran.
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2026-03-18 22:56
Iran defies enemy’s ‘decapitation’ strategy
TEHRAN – Despite a relentless, campaign of targeted assassinations conducted by the United States and Israel, Iran has successfully resisted what strategists in Washington and Tel Aviv believe would led to a swift collapse of the government.
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2026-03-17 22:45
By Xavier Villar
Iran and the limits of Western fantasy
MADRID - For nearly three weeks, the United States and Israel have acted on a set of assumptions about Iran that were as rigid as they were detached from reality. Their campaign sought not merely to degrade capabilities but to reshape the political order. Senior leaders were targeted. Symbols of state authority were assaulted. Diplomatic openings were exploited to create the impression of leverage. Everything suggested a strategy designed to produce systemic transformation.
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2026-03-17 22:20
NATO allies reject Trump’s demands for Hormuz warships
TEHRAN — Two and a half weeks into Donald Trump’s illegal war against Iran, the U.S. president is facing a dual crisis that his advisers reportedly admit was grossly underestimated: The constriction of navigation at the Strait of Hormuz and a stunning diplomatic rebuke from NATO allies who are refusing to send warships to reopen it.
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2026-03-16 21:17
Trump’s Iran war: A hubristic gamble bogged down in escalation and miscalculation
TEHRAN - President Donald Trump had been laboring under the delusion that a war on Iran would yield a decisive victory in a short period. Trump assumed that through political and military leadership decapitation, Iran would descend into chaos, allowing him to advance his plans. He had proposed the idea of a Venezuela-style scenario for Iran, referencing the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro in a military operation on Venezuelan soil.
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2026-03-16 20:26
Iran FM rejects Trump’s ceasefire claim, says aggression must end
TEHRAN - Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran is appealing for a ceasefire. “We have not sent any messages and do not request a ceasefire, but this war must end in a way that it is not repeated,” Araghchi told reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tehran on Monday.
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2026-03-16 20:25
What Trump failed to calculate
TEHRAN - American sources have recently revealed that senior U.S. commanders had warned President Donald Trump before the start of the aggression against Iran that such a war could lead to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump reportedly responded to this warning by saying that Iran would surrender before things ever reached that stage.
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2026-03-16 20:25
By Xaviar Villar
The cost of U.S. miscalculation
MADRID – War is often framed in terms of military objectives: targets destroyed, command structures degraded, and contested territory measured in maps and coordinates. Yet in practice, modern conflicts rarely remain confined to the battlefield. When hostilities intersect with the infrastructure that underpins global trade and energy flows, the consequences extend far beyond kinetic engagements.
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2026-03-16 00:28
Homecoming: Iranian women players opt for return amidst speculation
TEHRAN - The saga surrounding the Iran's women football team took a significant turn as five players, who had initially opted not to return to Tehran from Australia, have now decided to come back. This decision follows an earlier announcement that seven players had chosen to remain in Australia, where Team Melli played three matches in Group A of the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
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2026-03-15 23:05
By Afshin Majlesi
Beyond the field: Iranian women's return sends message to enemies
TEHRAN - The recent decision by five Iranian female footballers to return to their homeland, instead of pursuing residency or refugee status in Australia represents a significant setback for Iran’s adversaries, most notably the United States under the Trump administration.
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2026-03-15 19:34
U.S. allies and China decline warship deployment after Trump’s call for Strait of Hormuz escort
TEHRAN - Countries including the United Kingdom, France, Japan, South Korea, and China have so far declined to commit warships in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s appeal for a naval escort mission through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical corridor for global energy shipments. None have publicly agreed to send military forces to accompany oil tankers despite Trump’s high‑profile request.
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2026-03-14 23:12
Senior military official tells Tehran Times:
Iran has plans for other global corridors
TEHRAN – When he was planning to attack Iran for the second time in less than nine months—and again in the middle of nuclear negotiations—U.S. President Donald Trump was warned about the potentially devastating consequences of the day after, according to reports by U.S. media.
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2026-03-14 21:46
By Shahrokh Saei
Bases hit, radars down, oil soaring: The fallout of a U.S. war built on strategic misjudgment
TEHRAN — In the third week of the joint U.S.–Israeli assault on Iran, the strategic miscalculations of the administration of President Donald Trump are becoming increasingly apparent.
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2026-03-14 21:22
Iran warns of wider retaliation as Trump claims massive strike on Kharg Island
TEHRAN — President Donald Trump has highlighted a U.S. strike on Iran’s Kharg Island, as Tehran warned that any attacks on its energy infrastructure would trigger harsher retaliatory measures against American-linked facilities across the region.
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2026-03-14 19:33
Though Trump knew Iran may close Hormuz Strait, he ordered war: WSJ
Trump was intoxicated with deep confidence that his military would achieve swift and decisive victory
Before the U.S. went to war, Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told President Trump that an American attack could prompt Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz.
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2026-03-13 20:28
By Shahrokh Saei
Trump administration in disarray: How Washington miscalculated Iran's resolve
TEHRAN — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is struggling to control the message around its rapidly escalating war with Iran, offering mixed and often contradictory statements as the conflict widens. What began as a show of force has quickly turned into a crisis with global consequences, revealing confusion inside the U.S. and raising serious questions about the goals, planning, and direction of the operation.
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2026-03-13 00:33
Trump and his advisors misjudged Iran’s retaliation to war: NY Times
In a commentary on Tuesday, the New York Times said in the lead-up to the surprise U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, President Donald Trump downplayed the risks to the energy markets as a short-term concern. The Times also said “the search for pathways out of the war has gained urgency since the weekend.”
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2026-03-13 00:21
By Afshin Majlesi
Death of morality: appalling lie of Trump on Minab tragedy
TEHRAN -- A missile strike that martyred at least 175 people at a girls’ elementary school in the southern city of Minab has become one of the most controversial episodes of the United States’ ongoing war with Tehran, prompting accusations that President Donald Trump misled the public about responsibility for the attack.
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2026-03-12 20:19
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Epstein scandal and the war on Iran: Coincidence, conspiracy, or political timing?
SOUTH LEBANON—At first glance, there appears to be no direct connection between the publication of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files and the United States’ decision to move toward war with Iran.
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2026-03-12 20:06
By Xavier Villar
Whatever happened to ‘America First’?
How Israel’s war with Iran became America’s war
MADRID - “America First” was meant to be simple. Donald Trump promised restraint abroad and clarity at home. The United States would reduce unnecessary commitments, avoid “endless wars”, and focus on its own national interests. Yet the war with Iran raises an unavoidable question: if America truly comes first, why does US policy appear to follow the strategic priorities of others?
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2026-03-12 17:39
By Shahrokh Saei
Rabbit in the headlights: Trump resorts to manufactured face-saving exit from Iran war
Tehran — Barely two weeks after launching a joint military operation with Israel—ostensibly aimed at regime change—the United States now finds itself sinking into a deepening quagmire of war with Iran.
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2026-03-12 17:02
Talk therapy fails: Trump's erratic Strait of Hormuz messaging roils oil markets
TEHRAN- In the wake of the joint US-Israel military action against Iran, Donald Trump’s attempts to manage the ensuing geopolitical and economic fallout appear to be backfiring, creating a fog of war that has sent global oil markets on a tumultuous ride.
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2026-03-12 00:09
By Garsha Vazirian
Trump's Iran war gamble is bleeding America into strategic humiliation
Just empty coffers, depleted arsenals, and an empire trapped in its own miscalculation
TEHRAN — The arithmetic of defeat is sometimes written in blood, sometimes in treasure, and sometimes in the quiet dismantling of air defense systems that cost a billion dollars to build.
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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.