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Today 02:57
FM says Iran’s refusal to negotiate with US is due to experience, not stubbornness
JCPOA can still serve as a model for nuclear talks, Araghchi suggests
TEHRAN - Stressing Tehran's commitment to diplomacy, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran acts based on its own interests regardless of what U.S. President Donald Trump expects.
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Yesterday 03:14
By Batool Subeiti
Connection between the regional fronts in West Asia
LONDON - Under Trump, the U.S. initially sought to pause the war on Gaza in hopes of reaching a negotiated settlement and assessing possible solutions. However, when it became clear that the Palestinian resistance remained strong and could not be sidelined, the U.S. recognized that the Western position in negotiations was weak.
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2025-03-22 17:05
US envoy Witkoff claims Trump wants to ‘build trust’ with Iran
US President Donald Trump is attempting to build trust with Iran to avoid an armed conflict, Washington's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said in an interview released late on Friday.
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2025-03-22 03:24
US and Israel to meet for Iran talks next week
The US and Israel are set to convene a strategic meeting on Iran's nuclear program as the administration of President Donald Trump ramps up its maximum pressure campaign on Tehran, Middle East Eye reported.
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2025-03-21 02:39
Trump’s policy may put entire Middle East on fire: analyst
TEHRAN - Political analyst Oliver Alexander says due to Donald Trump’s policy one may “wake up this morning and see the entire Middle East on fire.”
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2025-03-20 15:50
Iran committed to ‘diplomacy and dialogue’, FM says in Persian New Year message
TEHRAN – In a message on the onset of the Persian New Year, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran is committed to “diplomacy and dialogue” as alternatives to sanctions and threats in regard to its civilian nuclear program.
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2025-03-20 01:34
Tehran writes to UN about US threatening language against Iran
‘Any strike against Iran will have severe consequences’
TEHRAN – Tehran’s ambassador to the UN has denounced inflammatory remarks by Donald Trump and his senior officials against Iran and said Washington’s accusations against the Islamic Republic regarding Yemen are entirely “baseless”.
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2025-03-20 00:26
Trump’s approach toward Iran suffers from fundamental contradiction: Hill
Publicizing a letter before it reaches intended recipient is an unusual diplomatic move
TEHRAN - In an opinion piece on March 17, The Hill wrote that Donald Trump’s approach toward Iran “suffers from fundamental contradiction”.
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2025-03-17 22:16
By Batool Subeiti
Power and persistence: The shifting dynamics of West Asia in the Trump era
LONDON - The future direction of West Asia remains uncertain, but one fundamental principle holds: power determines survival. Those who lack strength—whoever they may be—will not endure, including the Israeli occupation. Meanwhile, the strong will consolidate their position.
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2025-03-17 22:15
By Mona Hojat Ansari
Trump breaks character as he strikes Yemen, threatens Iran
TEHRAN – The United States renewed strikes against Yemen on Saturday, marking an opening salvo of assaults under President Donald Trump who had said in his inaugural address that contrary to his predecessor Joe Biden, he would act as a “peace-maker”.
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2025-03-16 22:59
Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations
A federal judge barred the Trump administration Saturday from carrying out deportations under a sweeping 18th century law that the president invoked hours earlier to speed removal of Venezuelan gang members from the United States.
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2025-03-16 22:50
“Inevitable” revenge for deadly US raids on Yemen
Ansarallah pledges to make Americans repent for electing Trump
TEHRAN – American and British airstrikes on Yemen have resulted in the deaths of more than 30 civilians and left at least 100 others injured.
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2025-03-16 22:08
By Matin Jamshidi
Attack on Yemen: Afghanistan and Iraq wars are before Trump’s eyes
TEHRAN - The United States carried out 40 air raids on Yemen on Saturday night and continued into Sunday morning.
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2025-03-15 22:45
Trump admin considers sweeping travel ban on 41 countries, memo reveals
The Trump administration is weighing new travel restrictions for citizens of dozens of nations, according to sources and an internal memo seen by Reuters.
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2025-03-15 22:45
Angry Canadians get their ‘elbows up’ in face of Trump threats
Canadians are upset. At first it was the threat, and then the reality, of tariffs. Now, US President Donald Trump’s talk of Canada’s forced annexation – no longer laughed off as a joke - has really angered a population better known for its politeness.
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2025-03-15 22:35
Trump administration reportedly eying visa ban for Iranians, a move likely to escalate tensions
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly considering barring citizens from 43 countries from entering the United States, with the strictest limitations proposed for countries like Iran.
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2025-03-15 22:32
By Professor Hossein Askari
World leaders could learn a lesson from Ayatollah Khamenei
Don’t negotiate with Trump!
PORTLAND - How can a rational person seriously negotiate with an American president:
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2025-03-12 22:21
By Soheila Zarfam
Talks with US will ramp up pressure
Ayatollah Khamenei’s reaction to Trump’s letter:
TEHRAN – As a senior Emirati diplomat arrived in Tehran on Wednesday to deliver a letter from the U.S. President to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said for the third time in recent weeks that Iran will not be negotiating with Washington, pointing out once again that the U.S. has yet to uphold its previous commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), hence there is no reason for Iran to sit down with the Americans.
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2025-03-12 21:39
By Batool Subeiti
A new vision for US global power under Trump
TEHRAN - Trump’s approach to global affairs diverges sharply from the American establishment’s traditional strategy. Trump does not see America as a "police state." He is skeptical of NATO, does not support war with Russia, and believes the U.S. military presence in West Asia primarily serves to protect Arab allies. In his view, they should bear the financial burden of that protection.
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2025-03-12 21:29
Greenland's opposition wins election dominated by independence and Trump
Greenland's center-right opposition has won a surprise general election victory - in a vote dominated by independence and US President Donald Trump's pledge to take over the semi-autonomous territory.
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2025-03-12 21:27
By Martin Love
America may survive, but not as it has been for decades…
NORTH CAROLINA - Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies which give way to tyrannies, claimed the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. Is the U.S. there yet? Is the U.S. being overwhelmed by a Trump tyranny?
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2025-03-12 21:24
Senior Emirati diplomat arrives in Tehran with Trump’s letter
TEHRAN – Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic advisor to the President of the United Arab Emirates, was received by Iran’s foreign minister in Tehran on Wednesday, as he carried a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump.
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2025-03-11 22:29
Trump doubles planned tariffs on Canadian metal
US President Donald Trump has said he will double the tariffs he previously announced on Canadian steel and aluminum imports into the US, taking the levies to 50% in total.
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2025/03/11
By Xavier Villar
Trump's Iran policy punishes Iraq
Iraq could plunge into darkness as Washington targets ties with Iran
MADRID – The information office of the President of the Economic Commission of the Iraqi Parliament announced that Atwan al-Atwani met with Daniel Rubinstein, the Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy, and his delegation.
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2025-03-10 22:37
By Mojtaba Babaei, U.S. affairs expert
Trump and return of institutional versus anti-institutional mentality
TEHRAN - Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on November 5th represents a clash between two opposing groups.
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2025-03-10 22:33
By Habib Ahmadzadeh
Trump’s American Dream for world: becoming Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?
TEHRAN – When Donald Trump and his newly emboldened vice president, J.D. Vance, stood in the White House and delivered their condescending remarks as those broadcasted across the globe, many saw Trump attempting to cast himself as a figure of moral authority, perhaps in the mold of Martin Luther King Jr. or Mother Teresa, where he spoke as if he were a man deeply concerned with global peace, even going so far as to blame Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the tragic deaths of innocent people in Ukraine’s war with Vladimir Putin.
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2025-03-10 15:36
By Najah Mohammed Ali
Trump wants to reopen talks with Iran, but is the West ready to change its approach?
LONDON – U.S. President Donald Trump has resumed discussions about the possibility of negotiating with Iran, claiming that he has sent a message to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
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2025-03-10 10:49
Iran's Araghchi dismisses US demands as 'coercive diktats,' affirms peaceful nuclear program
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has resolutely rejected U.S. attempts to impose negotiations under its “maximum pressure” campaign, describing American demands as coercive diktats incompatible with sovereign diplomacy.
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2025-03-09 23:10
Trump destroyed his letter before sending it to Iran
In a commentary, the Keyhan newspaper analyzed Donald Trump’s letter to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution for negotiations.
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2025-03-09 22:54
By Garsha Vazirian
Is it wise for US to attack Iran? Tucker Carlson ignites national debate
TEHRAN – In a seismic shift from mainstream media’s hawkish rhetoric, American journalist Tucker Carlson has become an unlikely catalyst for rethinking U.S. policy toward Iran.