Total:720
-
Yesterday 23:47
By Ranjan Solomon
Trump’s bluff meets Iran’s resolve : Limits of American power
Goa, India – Donald Trump has been bluffing for far too long. He threatens, he warns, he issues ultimatums, and then he expects the world to believe that he has everything under control. But there comes a point when even the loudest threats begin to lose their effect. Iran may well be that point for Trump. He seems to have underestimated a country whose political instincts, historical memory and civilisational confidence cannot be understood through the narrow lens of American power.
-
Yesterday 23:04
By staff Writer
Washington’s Midterm Letter Game
From Carter to Vance, US messages have failed to break Iranian resistance
TEHRAN — The disclosure of a letter from US Vice President JD Vance to Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei has triggered a wave of contradictory narratives in Washington, speculative reporting in American media, and a calm, conditional response in Tehran.
-
Yesterday 20:45
By staff writer
Trump’s falling popularity hangs over a midterm vote shaped by Iran war, inflation
TEHRAN — Donald Trump is not on the ballot, yet the election is about little else. On November 3, roughly 210 million registered voters will decide all 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats and 36 governorships.
-
2026-10-28 22:36
US-Iran war bill reaches $47.1 billion
TEHRAN — The cost of the US war against Iran reached an estimated $47.1 billion by October 16, with bombs, missiles and other munitions accounting for more than 60% of the total, according to figures the Pentagon provided to US lawmakers, The New York Times reported.
-
2026-10-27 18:37
By Batool Subeiti
Israeli and US elections could hasten the end of Iran war
LONDON - Alongside military and economic calculations, the Knesset elections in Israel and midterm congressional elections in the U.S. are emerging as factors influencing the duration of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the terms under which it might end. These electoral considerations also shape the relationship between Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future and Donald Trump’s decisions.
-
2026-10-27 17:59
By Sahar Dadjoo
‘No Kings’ sees public mobilization as essential to defending US democracy, says American activist
Rebecca Winter discusses the role of mass protests, electoral participation and community organizing in challenging authoritarianism
TEHRAN- Rebecca Winter, executive director of Massachusetts 50501, is involved in organizing grassroots efforts to defend democracy and oppose authoritarianism in the United States. The movement, which emerged from a nationwide call for protests in February 2025, seeks to mobilize Americans through demonstrations, boycotts, voter participation and community action.
-
2026-10-26 21:02
Oil at $117 exposes Trump’s illusion
In its analysis, Kayhan discussed Iran’s position on international affairs and its influence over key strategic and economic routes. According to the newspaper, oil prices reaching $117 per barrel sends a clear message to policymakers in Washington and Tel Aviv: Iran has the ability to influence major economic and vital waterways, making the threats issued by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu increasingly difficult to carry out.
-
2026-10-26 20:17
Trump vilifies Senate hopeful El-Sayed with Islamophobic rhetoric
Trump mocks Jews mulling to vote for El-Sayed
President Trump turned to Islamophobic stereotypes to motivate Michigan Republicans on Sunday, claiming at a rally that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee, if elected, would bring a wave of jihadists to the United States.
-
2026-10-26 20:15
By staff writer
Lula defeats pro-Israel Bolsonaro, dealing Trump a major Latin American blow
TEHRAN — Brazilians re-elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday, October 25, giving the 80-year-old leftist a fourth term and the Trump administration its most consequential defeat in the Western Hemisphere. Lula took 51.8 percent to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s 48.2, a lead of more than 4 million votes, three weeks after trailing by 2.2 million. No one had ever won Brazil’s presidency after finishing second in the first round.
-
2026-10-26 00:38
Tehran has "veto power" over Strait of Hormuz: Obama
TEHRAN — Former US President Barack Obama has criticized President Donald Trump over the war against Iran, rising consumer prices, and chaos and corruption within his administration.
-
2026-10-24 20:33
By staff writer
American are done paying for Trump’s family business
TEHRAN — Donald Trump won the White House promising to “Make America Great Again,” then promised Americans a short, cheap war on Iran. They got a closed Strait of Hormuz, Brent crude above $116 a barrel, and gasoline past $5 a gallon in several states. He and his family got a windfall.
-
2026-10-24 19:24
By staff writer
The limits of American power: Trump’s reckless gamble against Iran
TEHRAN - The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has exposed the limits of American military power and the dangers of an administration that appears to have mistaken technological superiority for the ability to dictate political outcomes, William H. McRaven, who served in the U.S. Navy, wrote in Foreign Affairs.
-
2026-10-23 22:37
By staff writer
Kushner’s hacked iPhone exposed billions in secret Saudi and Emirati money
TEHRAN — Dutch military hackers sat inside Jared Kushner’s iPhone in 2018 and watched him log in to a Dubai bank account that had taken in hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a new book by journalist Matthew Cole.
-
2026-10-23 15:17
“No Kings” in America—Just Billionaires Wearing Crowns of Democracy
In the land of “No Kings,” the growing influence of billionaires over politics raises an awkward question: has America rejected monarchy, only to let wealth become its modern crown?
-
2026-10-21 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!”
-
2026-10-21 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.
-
2026-10-20 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.
-
2026-10-20 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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.