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  • Yemen armed forces Yesterday 20:28

    Yemeni Armed Forces strongly denies claim of attack on Mecca

    TEHRAN - The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) issued a statement on Wednesday strongly dismissing claims by the Saudi Kingdom that its forces had launched a drone attack on the holy city of Mecca on Tuesday evening.

  • Syrian protest price rises Yesterday 20:23

    By staff writer

    Syrians take to the streets as empty Western pledges leave them starving 

    TEHRAN — Streets across Syria erupted this week in the largest wave of civil unrest since the fall of the central government in Damascus in December 2024.

  • Palestinians joyous over Yemen's rapid victories along the Red Sea Yesterday 20:16

    By Ali Minabi 

    Palestinian position on developments in Yemen

    TEHRAN – Palestinian resistance forces, along with the overwhelming majority of the Palestinian people, make no secret of their deep appreciation for Ansarallah.

  • Yemen now holds control of the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb Yesterday 20:07

    By Syeda Farheen Naqi Mossavi

    Two nations, two gates, one golden key

    TEHRAN — For six months, Washington’s story stayed the same: Iran and its allies are isolated, the resistance is finished, and the oil routes are safe under American control. Trump and his officials claimed all this happened in days, not years.

  • Trump Yesterday 19:57

    By M.A. Saki

    Trump’s rejection of AI regulation is similar to his catastrophic climate change remarks

    TEHRAN – In the same way that Donald Trump had dismissed global warming as a “hoax” invented by the Chinese, he has said fears about the safety of artificial intelligence (AI) are a "hoax". He also has criticized calls to have more guardrails in place for the fast-moving technology.

  • MBS and Netanyahu 2026-09-15 21:01

    MBS turns to Israel after disastrous setbacks in Yemen: report

    TEHRAN — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has turned to Israel for “emergency intelligence assistance” through U.S. Central Command following a major collapse of Saudi-backed mercenaries in Yemen, according to reports in Israeli media outlets including Israel Hayom and The Jerusalem Post.

  • NAZA doc filmmakers 2026-09-15 21:01

    By staff writer

    ‘NAZA’ documentary confirms AI mass murder in Gaza, triggers ‘treason’ charges

    TEHRAN — An 80-minute Israeli documentary exposing the systematic, algorithmic murder of Palestinian civilians in Gaza has triggered a severe political breakdown inside the regime.

  • Ali Al Al-Taher heights 2026-09-15 21:00

    By Abir Bassam

    Ali Al-Taher, why Netanyahu needed a closure

    BEIRUT – The news about 'Ali Al-Taher' Hill has been ongoing since June of this year. The ‘Israeli’ political and strategic discussions, discussed on their talk shows and then followed by the rest of the regional TV channels and media outlets, made it the most famous hill ever. It was a dilemma manufactured by 'Israel,' serving as a political and distraction tool more than anything else.

  • The Yemeni Ansarallah's rapid advances against the Saudi-backed militants have surprised military and political analysts 2026-09-15 19:54

    By Ali Minabi 

    Bal al-Mandab battle: Trump watches on

    TEHRAN – Why has the United States not intervened militarily to try to stop the advance of the Yemeni Armed Forces and prevent them from establishing full control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait? 

  • US military chiefs 2026-09-15 19:40

    By Martin Love

    War on Iran the greatest error in U.S. history

    NORTH CAROLINA - Probably half of U.S. citizens have been plunged into misery by the fact of the U.S.-Zionist war on Iran and support for Israel…even among those blindly ignorant of history and foreign countries and most everything else and whose weak primary complaint is the cost of gasoline.

  • Israel's settlements in the West Bank 2026-09-15 19:06

    Israel working to eliminate Palestinians from the West Bank, warn rights groups

    Israel is executing a systematic and accelerated campaign to dismantle “Palestinian collective life” and establish permanent Jewish-Israeli sovereignty across the occupied West Bank, an Israeli human rights group has warned.

  • British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband 2026-09-15 00:38

    By Ali Minabi 

    From Balfour to Miliband: Has the West begun redefining Israel?  

    TEHRAN – It is difficult to treat British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband’s remarks about “ethnic cleansing” in parts of the occupied West Bank as simply another diplomatic position toward Israel.

  • 9/11 Families 2026-09-15 00:32

    By staff writer

    9/11 Families United chair calls out Trump over Saudi cover-up, Iran war narrative

    TEHRAN — The 25th anniversary of September 11 stripped away any lingering illusion of political unity in Washington. At Ground Zero, families of the victims directly confronted the American political establishment over its quarter-century shielding of Saudi Arabia.

  • Rami Naimi 2026-09-15 00:28

    By staff writer

    Nine years after Saudi Ritz-Carlton purge, Rami Naimi remains trapped

    TEHRAN — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s “modernization agenda” has drawn international attention, but a Financial Times investigation into the 2017 Ritz-Carlton purge raises serious questions about how the kingdom treated some detainees during that period.

  • Xi Jinping 2026-09-15 00:24

    By staff writer

    How Xi Jinping positioned BRICS against Western sanctions, power politics

    TEHRAN — Speaking at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered an unyielding critique of Western hegemony, positioning the expanded alliance as a primary shield for the Global South.

  • Ship after strike 2026-09-13 20:55

    By Syeda Farheen Naqi Mossavi

    The arithmetic of US decline

    TEHRAN — The myth of American military omnipotence is dying not on a grand battlefield but in the quiet statistics of empty warehouses and the weary eyes of exhausted sailors. The United States projects an image of infinite power, yet closer inspection reveals a superpower suffocating under the weight of its own hubris. The numbers are devastating. The strategic calculus is broken. For the Islamic Republic, the path to regional dominance is now paved with the debris of American logistical failures. 

  • Israeli troops in Golan 2026-09-13 20:55

    By staff writer

    Israel expands southern Syria footprint; tank columns and artillery push past Golan

    TEHRAN — Israeli armor and heavy artillery have locked the approach to Damascus into a steady rhythm of bombardment.

  • Ansarallah fronts 2026-09-13 20:54

    By staff writer

    Ansarallah widens Yemen’s western-coast gains despite Saudi airstrikes

    TEHRAN — A massive ground offensive by the Yemeni Armed Forces just cleared Saudi-backed troops from 5,400 square kilometers of territory. Seven coalition military divisions dissolved in a matter of days.

  • Yemeni forces in the Red Sea 2026-09-13 20:51

    By Ali Minabi

    Hormuz Strait and Bab al-Mandab: Two strategic chokepoints

    TEHRAN — The current link between the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab is just a geographic connection between two maritime points. 

  • A view of Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center 2026-09-13 19:36

    By Professor Tanveer Haider Naqvi                

    After 9/11…

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Sometimes, in the realm of what appears impossible, relief comes to the oppressed from an unexpected direction—almost as if from the unseen—when those who inflict oppression turn against one another.

  • Irish protests against Trump 2026-09-12 20:54

    Mass Irish protests erupt against Trump over Gaza, aggression against Iran

    TEHRAN — Over 10,000 demonstrators filled central Dublin on Saturday, September 12, transforming Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland into a scathing public indictment of American imperial power and its complicity in Israel’s genocidal war crimes.

  • Aoun and Lebanese officials 2026-09-12 20:54

    Aoun’s dilemma: When diplomacy fails to change reality on the ground

    TEHRAN — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s visit to Nabatieh was intended to convey a powerful political message: the Lebanese state stands with the people of the south.

  • Saudi East-West pipeline bombed 2026-09-12 20:53

    By staff writer

    Iraqi Resistance rejects Saudi pipeline accusation as ‘an honor we do not claim’

    TEHRAN — The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has formally rejected Saudi allegations blaming it for recent drone strikes on the kingdom’s East-West crude pipeline. The resistance movement dismissed the charge on Saturday as “an honor we do not claim” and warned that the accusations are part of “malicious Zionist-American plots” meant to trap Iraq in a regional crisis.

  • Saudi-Yemen-Red Sea map 2026-09-12 20:53

    By Xavier Villar

    Bab el-Mandeb under Ansarallah’s control as oil crisis deepens

    MADRID — In 2011, during the so-called "Arab Spring," the grievances of the Yemeni population reached a critical point, triggering mass protests demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had ruled the country for more than thirty years.

  • UAE AI center 2026-09-11 20:31

    By staff writer

    Iranian strikes force UAE to dismantle plans for its AI mega-campus

    TEHRAN — The United Arab Emirates is quietly dismantling its blueprint for a 5-gigawatt artificial intelligence project, abandoning plans for a centralized campus in Abu Dhabi in favor of a dispersed network of hardened facilities.

  • Protesters in Cyprus 2026-09-11 20:25

    By staff writer

    Protesters in Cyprus condemn Herzog’s visit, denounce embrace of Israel

    TEHRAN — Israeli “President” Isaac Herzog faced sharp condemnation during an official visit to Nicosia on Thursday, as human rights organizations and anti-war activists gathered outside the Presidential Palace to denounce the Christodoulides administration for hosting the head of a regime conducting genocide in Gaza.

  • Yemen 2026-09-11 20:21

    By Ali Minabi

    Ansar Allah Now Commands Bab al-Mandab Strait

    Yemeni forces secure 5,400 km²; Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree confirms ban on Saudi vessels remains active

    TEHRAN – The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) have seized control of the country’s western coast, further consolidating their hold over the vital Bab al-Mandab Strait after capturing more than 5,400 square kilometers of territory from Saudi Arabia.

  • Mark Coeckelbergh 2026-09-11 19:21

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Technofascism is already here; Big Tech built it

    Vienna-based philosopher Mark Coeckelbergh talks about Palantir’s fascist-leaning manifesto in interview with Tehran Times

    TEHRAN – Mark Coeckelbergh, Professor of Philosophy of Technology and Media at the University of Vienna and a member of the UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, has become one of the most prominent voices warning against the alliance between Big Tech and authoritarian politics.

  • Israel's occupation forces in South Lebanon 2026-09-09 20:25

    By Ali Minabi

    Is Israel reshaping its occupation of southern Lebanon?

    TEHRAN – In an attempt to secure legitimacy as an occupying force in Lebanon, Israel is seeking to promote the idea of a withdrawal along three lines to sidestep international demands and withdraw from the Lebanese border.

  • Three ministers who are more notorious than other members of the Bibi Netanyahu cabinet 2026-09-09 20:10

    By Matin Jamshidi

    Comrade criminals

    TEHRAN- Almost all members of the Netanyahu cabinet are criminal, but some are “more criminal”.