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2025-10-13 21:57
Iran, Israel, Arabs, and the policy of regional engagement
By Xavier Villar
MADRID – On Saturday, October 11, the publication of classified U.S. military documents by The Washington Post revealed a crucial aspect for understanding the current security dynamics in West Asia. Despite the high tensions that characterize the region and the public expressions of opposition to Israeli military operations in Gaza from many Arab states, a discreet network of military cooperation has emerged.
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2025-10-13 21:54
Why did Iran choose to skip the Sharm el-Sheikh summit?
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald arrived in Egypt Monday evening, essentially on a victory lap to celebrate what he claimed no one else could have achieved: a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, but one that virtually no one believes Israel can be expected to comply with in the long run.
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2025-10-13 21:45
By Garsha Vazirian
A Victim of the Banality of Evil
Saleh al-Jaafarawi: Who he was, and why Israel silenced his voice in Gaza
TEHRAN – Hannah Arendt’s phrase “the banality of evil” describes the terrible ordinariness of a system that makes atrocity routine. In Gaza this October, the phrase revealed itself in flesh and blood.
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2025-10-13 13:05
Hamas releases all 20 living Israeli captives
Hamas has released all 20 living Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip as part of a ceasefire deal, Al Jazeera reported.
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2025-10-12 20:14
Netanyahu's Putin-carried de-escalation message fails to sway Iran
Araghchi warns of Israel’s possible deception as commanders prepare for 2nd war
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has touched upon Tel Aviv’s message to Iran sent via Russia, warning of possible deception by Tel Aviv.
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2025-10-12 20:07
Israel readies for captive release as Hamas demands high-profile prisoners
Israel says it is prepared to receive captives after Hamas offered to release them ahead of schedule, though talks remain stalled over the release of high-profile Palestinian prisoners.
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2025-10-11 22:23
Scholars worldwide unite in Tehran to condemn ‘Sophicide’
TEHRAN — Leading intellectuals, scientists, philosophers, and religious figures from across the world gathered in Tehran on Thursday for an international conference titled “Scholars Rise Against Sophicide”, to denounce the deliberate targeting of scientists and thinkers and to defend the sanctity of knowledge and scholarship.
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2025-10-11 22:02
Rumors about assassination of General Qaani denied
TEHRAN – Reports circulating on certain social media accounts linked to the Israeli regime alleging the assassination of Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Quds Force Brigadier General Esmaeil Qaani have been categorically denied.
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2025/10/11
By Garsha Vazirian
Gaza truce’s fault lines: Disarmament, sovereignty, and power
TEHRAN – As tens of thousands of Palestinians returned to northern Gaza on Friday, the fragile relief of the ceasefire was burdened by political ultimatums—a reminder that even a pause in violence cannot erase the deeper struggle over power and sovereignty.
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2025-10-11 22:00
By Silvina Pachelo
'Gaza is not just a humanitarian crisis; it is a crime against humanity:' Argentine physician
BUENOS AIRES - The Tehran Times has interviewed Carlos Trotta, an Argentine doctor and volunteer with Doctors Without Borders, who has dedicated his life to accompanying those suffering the most extreme consequences of inequality, violence, and injustice.
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2025-10-11 21:57
Israel carries out 10 strikes in southern Lebanon, cutting key power lines
Israeli warplanes carried out a series of intense airstrikes along Musaylih Road in southern Lebanon overnight on October 11, cutting off the main route and plunging large parts of the south into darkness after severing key power lines, the Cradle reported.
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2025-10-11 16:12
The war that blew ‘Hasbara’ away
As an agreement to implement the first phase of a peace plan for Gaza was reached in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, and the initial steps to carry out that phase have already been taken, it is timely to examine the consequences and dimensions of the bloody Gaza war over the past two years.
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2025-10-11 15:52
4Mrok and “Bleu Ciel” — When Art Becomes a Human Message
Born in France to Tunisian parents, 4Mrok is an emerging voice in the fusion of poetry, music, and visual art. His latest music video, “Bleu Ciel” (*Blue Sky*), taken from his second EP *“Entre Joie et Peine”* (*Between Joy and Pain*), blends deep emotion with social consciousness. The project, part of a larger artistic journey titled *“Étranger”* (*Stranger*), reflects 4Mrok’s dual identity — *from France, made in Tunisia* — and his belief in the enduring power of humanity. “Bleu Ciel” was inspired by the suffering of the Palestinian people and created using AI-assisted visual storytelling, combining technological innovation with artistic sensitivity. Through evocative imagery, Gringo’s direction, and Ra3D’s atmospheric sound design, the video becomes more than music — it is a call for empathy, unity, and hope, reminding viewers that even in dark times, the blue sky of humanity still endures.
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2025-10-10 21:26
Thousands march across Uruguay calling for justice for Palestinians in Gaza
In a display of solidarity, thousands of Uruguayans took to the streets on Friday, demanding their government's recognition of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza as genocide and the severance of diplomatic and economic ties with Israel.
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2025-10-10 21:19
By Wesam Bahrani
Victory for resistance amid fragile ceasefire
TEHRAN – The Gaza ceasefire agreement marks a decisive failure for the Israeli occupation regime to eliminate Hamas or recover captives through military force.
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2025-10-10 21:18
US, Israel sought to trigger internal chaos through terror plots: Iran intelligence minister
TEHRAN – Iran’s intelligence minister has revealed that during the U.S.-Israeli aggression in June, Washington and Tel Aviv attempted to destabilize the country by mobilizing Daesh and other Takfiri militants from Syria to launch terror attacks inside Iran.
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2025-10-10 21:17
Gaza truce deal not end of road; criminals should be held accountable: Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s Government Spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani has expressed the country’s backing for a ceasefire in Gaza, stressing the truce agreement in Gaza “is not the end of the road” and that those behind the crimes committed by the Tel Aviv regime must be tried in international courts.
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2025-10-10 21:16
International conference launches in Tehran to denounce Israeli-US assassination of scientists
TEHRAN – Iran has inaugurated an international conference titled “Scholars Rise Against Sophicide” to denounce the systematic campaign of assassinations targeting scientists, orchestrated by the United States and Israel.
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2025-10-10 21:14
US and Israel go after Iran's allies, showing no sign of de-escalation
TEHRAN – Israel and the United States are escalating their campaign of economic, military, and diplomatic coercion against Iran, focusing their efforts in recent days on undermining the two of the country's biggest allies, China and Russia, who provide economic, diplomatic, support against external threats, and could potentially offer Iran military aid in the future.
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2025/10/08
By Garsha Vazirian
You can’t unring the bell: The Israeli offensive that lost its grip
When genocide went viral and propaganda struggled to hold sway
TEHRAN — Picture a hush in a room. A nervous voice leans into a mic and admits what everyone has felt: “We have a major, major, major generational problem.” That leaked fragment was less an accusation than a diagnosis: the old pipelines of influence were cracking as short, brutal images poured into young people’s feeds.
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2025-10-08 20:59
By Staff Writer
Exclusive: German troops were directly involved in ‘dirty work’
The Tehran Times reveals Germany’s military role in Israel’s 12-day aggression against Iran
TEHRAN – In June, Germany was one of the few countries to back Israeli strikes on Iran’s civilian, nuclear, and military sites, and arguably the most vocal among them. The German Chancellor angered both Iranians and Germans during the conflict when he defended Israel’s aggression, stating that it was doing "dirty work" for Western states.
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2025-10-08 19:01
By Wesam Bahrani
Gaza genocide rages on without relief
TEHRAN – Forces of the Israeli occupation regime continue an unyielding campaign of violence against Gaza’s civilian population.
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2025-10-08 17:52
By Shahab Sarmadi
Israel’s interception of Gaza aid flotillas sparks global outcry
TEHRAN – Israel’s back-to-back interceptions of two international aid flotillas bound for Gaza have provoked a surge of global condemnation and legal scrutiny, casting renewed light on the blockade of the Palestinian enclave. The seizures — carried out in international waters — targeted the Global Sumud Flotilla a week ago, and the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) on Wednesday, including its lead vessel The Conscience.
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2025-10-08 16:13
Prisoners’ group: More than 11,100 Palestinians held in Israeli jails
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said more than 11,100 Palestinian prisoners and detainees are being held in Israeli prisons as of the beginning of October.
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2025-10-07 21:59
‘United Iran’ event commemorates national unity during 12-day war
TEHRAN – The national event “United Iran”, celebrating the Iranian people’s unity and compassion during the recent 12-day conflict with the Zionist regime, was held Tuesday morning, October 7, at Imam Khomeini Hosseiniyah in Tehran.
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2025/10/07
Operation Pahlavi: Israeli influence engineering and the defense of Iranian sovereignty
By Xavier Villar
MADRID – The modern history of Iran over the past century can largely be read as a narrative of unceasing struggle for national dignity in the face of foreign domination and attempts at fragmentation.
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2025-10-07 21:41
By Mona Hojat Ansari
Fool me once
Americans grill Netanyahu on social media after he suggests Iran could attack Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
TEHRAN – Recent remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting that Tehran is preparing to attack U.S. soil has alarmed American citizens — though probably not for the reasons the Israeli leader had hoped for.
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2025-10-07 20:27
Mehr Media Group hosts roundtable on Gaza ceasefire and Palestinian future
TEHRAN – The Mehr Media Group convened a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the Palestinian issue on the second anniversary of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, Hamas’ surprise military operation in southern Israel that reshaped regional dynamics and highlighted Gaza’s plight.
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2025-10-06 22:05
By staff writer
Two years on: How ‘Al-Aqsa Storm’ redefined Palestinian cause
TEHRAN – The second anniversary of Hamas’ surprise military operation in southern Israel has reignited global debate over its origins, consequences, and political meaning.
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2025-10-06 21:23
By Matin Jamshidi
Humiliation after two years of futile war on Palestinians fighters
TEHRAN - Today marks the second year that Israel is fighting Palestinian rebels in Gaza. The war began as Hamas launched a surprise attack on southern Israel. Israel’s response to the attack has been unimaginably disproportionate.