[ad_1] Mourners gather in the city of Qom on Thursday for war victims’ funeral By Ben HubbardDespite long being treated as a pariah by the West and isolated by US sanctions, Iran’s revolutionary Islamic govt maintained diplomatic, commercial and military ties with a range of countries.Turkiye and India engaged with it on trade and security. […]
[ad_1] PC: Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology Cyrus the Great of Persia stands out even today, more than 2,500 years after his death. Not just for conquering vast lands, but for the way he did it. He wasn’t like other kings who would rely only on bloodshed. His victories were massive, yet humane. And somehow, […]
[ad_1] Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, accused US President Donald Trump of dragging Americans into what he called an “unfair war” with Iran, declaring that Tehran would not negotiate with Washington amid the escalating conflict.Larijani, who heads Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, made the remarks after a weekend of intense US-Israeli strikes on Iranian […]
[ad_1] Netanyahu’s government’s warning for Iran’s next supreme leader Israel warned on Wednesday that whoever Iran selects as its next supreme leader will be “a target for elimination.”Israeli defence minister Israel Katz wrote on X, “Every leader appointed by the Iranian terror regime to continue and lead the plan to destroy Israel, to threaten the […]
[ad_1] Just three days into the conflict, the Iran war has become attritional. Waves of drone attacks by the Islamic Republic are putting pressure on the defences of the US and its partners from Bahrain to the UAE, depleting weapons stockpiles. The outcome of the fight may depend on which side runs out of munitions […]
[ad_1] A police station lies in ruins after an airstrike in Tehran on Tuesday By Steven ErlangerThe Islamic Republic of Iran’s first priority is to survive. To do that, its leaders will want to drive up the cost of the war for President Trump – in terms of American casualties, costs and inflation – to […]
[ad_1] Masih Alinejad returned to the headlines after posting an emotional video reacting to the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. “Finally, you’re dead, finally, you’re gone, Ali Khamenei,” she said, her voice breaking. In the same clip, she is seen hugging strangers in New York. For Alinejad, those embraces were not theatrical. They […]
[ad_1] Dubai has always been the Gulf’s glittering safe haven amid endless Middle East turmoil — a dazzling hub of glamour, grandeur, towering skyscrapers, and a skyline that pierces the clouds. But recent shocks raise a stark question: Is the “Pearl of the Gulf” truly secure anymore?The city — drawing millions of tourists yearly — […]
[ad_1] Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility was struck during recent US and Israeli military operations, Iran’s envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog said on Monday. “Again they attacked Iran’s peaceful, safeguarded nuclear facilities yesterday,” Reza Najafi told reporters at a meeting of the 35-nation board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Asked which sites […]
[ad_1] In the immediate aftermath of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing, Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani struck a defiant tone, vowing retaliation against the United States and outlining plans for a transitional leadership structure.“The Americans have stabbed the Iranian people in the heart and we will stab them in their heart,” Larijani said […]
