Tag: International
The empty chairs of Minab
MASHHAD — The courtyard was full before the first bell rang. Thousands of children in freshly pressed uniforms stood under a sky that felt too ordinary for the day. They hadn’t gathered to start a new school year.
The reality behind Trump’s misleading UN address
TEHRAN — Donald Trump’s address to the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly was a cascade of verifiable falsehoods, internal logical collapses, and explicit threats of destruction.
Shock therapy threatens post-Assad peace in Syria: analysis
TEHRAN – A number of economic policies adopted by new Syrian leader Ahmed al-Shara has made the people’s lives “even harder,” says a senior nonresident fellow at the Center for International Policy.
ICC blacklist plan prompts US senator’s calls to sanction Trump and Rubio
TEHRAN — U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen on Monday called on European governments and signatories to the Rome Statute to impose sanctions on President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Shifting regional dynamics deepen pressure on Israel
TEHRAN – Developments in Yemen reveal the Axis of Resistance’s new strategy to reshape the strategic landscape from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and East Africa.
Washington and Tel Aviv face global revolt at 81st UN General Assembly
TEHRAN — The 81st United Nations General Assembly opened Tuesday under a cloud of unprecedented hostility toward the United States and Israel.
Ground incursions, incendiary strikes mark dangerous Israeli escalation in south Lebanon
TEHRAN — Israeli forces launched a heavy wave of artillery fire, low-altitude air raids, and destructive ground incursions across southern Lebanon on Monday.
Impulsive German leader left in a quandary
TEHRAN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is being squeezed badly by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Ansarallah consolidates Red Sea control as Trump rejects MBS’ desperate appeals
TEHRAN — The Saudi campaign of aggression in Yemen is unraveling on the western coast. In a lightning offensive that swept through the coastal plain, Yemeni forces under Ansarallah command have captured the port city of Mokha, Mayyun Island, and strategic highlands in Lahij province.
The security and economic gamble facing Iraq
TEHRAN – This withdrawal of U.S. forces is not like its predecessor in 2011, and comparisons drawn from earlier stages of the American-Iraqi relationship are of no use here.