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Yesterday 21:49
‘This is piracy’: Iran condemns US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuelan coast
TEHRAN – Iran has roundly condemned the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela by U.S. forces.
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Yesterday 21:46
Tehran condemns US tightening of restrictions on Iran’s UN Diplomatic Mission
TEHRAN – Iran has roundly condemned the intensification of restrictions, by the United States, against the Iranian Diplomatic Mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York, saying the U.S. government’s abuse of its host-country status disrupts the efficiency and credibility of the world body.
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Yesterday 21:41
Leader: Enemy seeks Iranian mind shift as only path towards success
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Aytaollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with a large number of elegists and eulogists in Tehran on Thursday to mark the birth anniversary of Lady Fatimah Zahra (pbuh), the beloved daughter of the prophet (pbuh).
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Yesterday 20:21
By Sahar Dadjoo
U.S. actions, not Iran’s behavior, triggered nuclear standoff: Chinese analyst
Professor Jin stresses that progress is impossible unless Washington demonstrates genuine commitment.
TEHRAN – On the sidelines of the Conference on “People’s Rights and Legitimate Freedoms in the Thoughts of Ayatollah Khamenei,” the Tehran Times spoke with Professor Jin Liangxiang, a senior research fellow at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, to explore the shifting dynamics of global governance, human-rights discourse, and power politics in West Asia.
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Yesterday 19:14
By staff writer
Piracy and pressure: US push against Venezuela
TEHRAN – The confrontation between the United States and Venezuela in late 2025 is not a sudden flare-up but the continuation of Washington’s long-standing pressure campaign.
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Yesterday 17:40
Top admiral forced out as U.S. escalates military aggression in the Caribbean
The admiral in charge of U.S. military forces in Latin America will retire two years early on Friday, amid rising tensions with Venezuela that include Wednesday's seizure of an oil tanker and more than 20 deadly strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats, Reuters reported.
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Yesterday 17:05
Tucker Carlson condemns ‘abominable’ human cost in Gaza after visiting maimed children
TEHRAN – In a landmark episode of The Tucker Carlson Show released Thursday, prominent media personality and political commentator Tucker Carlson issued his most blistering condemnation to date of the ongoing atrocities in Gaza.
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2025-12-10 18:47
By Tannaz Karimi
Trump’s immigration policy: Global threats and domestic messaging
TEHRAN - In 2017, President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda marked a turning point in U.S. policy—delivering a jarring shock through travel bans, stricter border enforcement, and steep refugee limits. His most recent announcement in late 2025, declaring a “permanent pause” on migration from so-called Third World countries, represents the most radical extension of this trajectory so far.
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2025-12-09 21:53
By Soheila Zarfam
Politics on the Pitch
Is the U.S. weaponizing 2026 World Cup against Iran?
TEHRAN — The contradiction between sport’s stated mission to unite people and the reality of restricted access was laid bare last week when several members of Iran’s World Cup delegation were refused U.S. visas and could not attend the FIFA 2026 draw in Washington on December 5, 2026.
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2025-12-09 16:29
Blair dropped from leading Trump’s Gaza board after regional objections
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has been removed from consideration to lead U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed “board of peace” in Gaza, the Financial Times revealed, following objections raised by several Arab and Muslim states.
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2025-12-08 22:04
Another group of Iranian inmates freed in US head home
Another batch of Iranian nationals freed from detention in the United States have left the Mesa Gateway Airport in the state of Arizona to return their homeland, said head of the Iranian Interests Section in Washington, D.C., Abolfazl Mehrabadi.
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2025-12-08 21:34
By Garsha Vazirian
The tail that trained the dog to heel
From Pollard’s tea party to hidden microphones in Gaza “aid” center—same leash, same blood
TEHRAN – They built the room together. America paid for the walls, the fake grass carpet, and the giant posters of Trump’s twenty-point plan. America flew in the logisticians who know how to move rice through war zones. America even invited a few Dutch and Emirati officers to keep up the pretense of multilateralism.
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2025-12-07 21:52
MPs denounce 'terroristic' US threats in discussions with Venezuelan envoy
Ambassador says Iran and Venezuela share the same enemy
TEHRAN – A group of Iranian parliamentarians have denounced the United States’ escalating threats against Venezuela.
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2025-12-07 21:47
What Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said at his weekly briefing
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson has addressed a wide range of regional and international issues, from U.S. visa restrictions for World Cup participants to tensions in the West Asia, underscoring Tehran’s positions on sovereignty, security, and diplomacy.
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2025-12-07 21:46
Tehran ready for dialogue, but only after US policy shift, Araghchi says
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran remains unconvinced that the United States is prepared to engage in genuine and serious negotiations over the future of nuclear talks, while reaffirming that Tehran is ready to resume dialogue if the United States adopts a fair and balanced approach.
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2025-12-07 16:06
America, exhausted and broken
Deciphering the new U.S. National Security Strategy
TEHRAN – The second Trump administration has released a 33-page National Security Strategy document, unveiled under the “America First” banner and centered on redefining Washington’s role in the world.
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2025/12/06
By Fatemeh Kavand
Implications of potential transformations in US-aligned governments for Iran’s future
Instead of using the help of Arab states, Israel may leverage Arab instability to target Iran
Political shifts in West Asia are rarely calm or gradual; rather, they tend to be sudden, multilayered, and deeply interconnected. For decades, countries in the region have repeatedly witnessed how a single spark can alter the course of history.
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2025-12-06 22:31
Iran gaining access to technology of advanced American GBU bombs: Report
TEHRAN – Lebanese media have reported that Hezbollah, the Lebanese Resistance movement, has provided its ally Iran with images and components of the advanced U.S.-made GBU-39B bomb.
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2025/12/06
By Ranjan Solomon
Venezuela after the vote: democracy, deterrence, the geopolitics of oil
“Those who preach democracy to Venezuela spent twenty years undermining its right to breathe.”
GOA, India - Six months have passed since Venezuela concluded its national elections, yet Western capitals continue to behave as though the ballots were still being counted. Their critiques, statements, and carefully staged condemnations have not diminished; if anything, they have intensified.
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2025-12-05 21:50
Unilateral US measures are ‘crimes against humanity’, says Tehran
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has reiterated that unilateral sanctions amount to “crimes against humanity,” insisting that the United States must be held accountable for imposing illegal and inhumane measures.
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2025-12-05 21:48
Public back-and-forth continues between Araghchi and Lebanese counterpart
Iran’s FM reiterates support for Lebanon’s sovereignty after Rajji lashes out over concerned warnings
TEHRAN – Tehran moved to calm diplomatic waters on Thursday after Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, firmly reiterated the Islamic Republic’s unwavering respect for Lebanese sovereignty, following what appeared to be an excessive and unexpected reaction from Lebanon’s top diplomat to an Iranian politician’s warning about the whittling away of Lebanon’s defense prowess in the face of continued Israeli aggression.
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2025-12-05 18:58
U.S. kills four more in Pacific strike as Pentagon war-crime controversy intensifies
The U.S. military destroyed another suspected narcotics vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing all four men aboard in the 22nd such lethal operation since September.
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2025-12-05 15:57
The arsonist masquerading as peacemaker
How the U.S. sacrificed Ukraine for its own geopolitical interests
TEHRAN – The Ukraine war has evolved into one of the most intricate and tangled issues on the global stage. On one side, the Ukrainian government is beset by severe internal crises—acute manpower shortages and sprawling corruption scandals—while on the other, Russia, despite sustaining various losses and setbacks, continues to hold the clear upper hand on the battlefield.
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2025-12-03 20:23
By Garsha Vazirian
The empire’s orphan strikes back
A tragedy forged in CIA’s narco-empire has been weaponized for a technocratic police state
TEHRAN – Amid a bitter clash over Trump’s attempt to federalize the National Guard, Rahmanullah Lakanwal allegedly opened fire outside a D.C. recruitment center on November 26, killing one soldier and critically wounding another.
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2025-12-03 20:21
Pezeshkian says no degree of pressure can force Iran into submission
TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that no degree of pressure can force a determined and resilient nation into submission, declaring that Iran’s adversaries “cannot impose their demands with equipment and aircraft.”
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2025-12-03 15:15
Kremlin aide: No breakthrough in Russia-US Ukraine peace negotiations
Five hours of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and top United States negotiators did not yield a breakthrough on a possible Ukraine peace deal, a Kremlin aide said early Wednesday, CNN reported.
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2025-12-02 22:09
By Mona Hojat Ansari
How the Iran-US mediator obsession sidelines what actually matters
The real barrier to diplomacy isn't that Tehran and Washington can't talk —it’s that Washington insists on dictating all terms
TEHRAN – Hopes for a renewed diplomatic breakthrough between Iran and the U.S. have lingered ever since their last round of talks was shattered in June by Israeli and American airstrikes—an unprecedented bombing campaign targeting Iranian nuclear, civilian, and military sites that killed approximately 1,100 people and raised serious questions about Washington’s choice to bomb a country it was negotiating with.
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2025-12-02 22:05
Araghchi says Iran was ‘very close’ to deal with US before June attacks
An ongoing American intransigence blamed for the failure
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran was very close to reaching an agreement with the United States during Omani-mediated talks held earlier this year, but Washington’s refusal to accept any of Iran’s many solutions torpedoed the process, and its subsequent attacks further eroded trust in the U.S. commitment to diplomacy.
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2025-12-02 22:04
Tehran court orders U.S. to pay over $22 Billion in damages for inciting deadly riots
TEHRAN – A Tehran court has ordered the United States government to pay more than $22 billion in material, moral, and punitive damages for Washington’s involvement in the deadly riots that convulsed Iran in 2022.
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2025/12/02
By Fatemeh Kavand
Iran, Lebanon, and the fog of West’s psychological warfare
The recent remarks by Lebanon’s foreign minister about “Iranian interference” have triggered a wave of reactions across the region’s political landscape.