By Garsha Vazirian

The war on Iran broke the NATO protection racket

The war exposed a legacy of American control that stretches back to the shadows of Operation Gladio

TEHRAN — The 2026 U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has incinerated the 70-old myth of Atlantic solidarity. What was sold to the world for decades as an ironclad shield has been exposed as a hollow ritual, sustained by habit and propaganda but incapable of surviving a genuine collision with reality.

By Wesam Bahrani

Why does Hezbollah insist on resisting Israel in Lebanon?

TEHRAN – Hezbollah follows a strategy of tactical response with a strategic objective, aimed at reshaping the rules of engagement.

Israeli forces torture Sumud activists aboard vessel

TEHRAN — The Mediterranean Sea was transformed into a site of kidnapping and brutality as Israeli naval forces violently and unlawfully intercepted the Spring 2026 Global Sumud mission, subjecting humanitarian volunteers to what eyewitnesses describe as systematic torture.

Pentagon to cut 5000 troops in Germany amid Merz’s criticism of Trump’s war on Iran

The U.S. War Department plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, amid a spat between President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war with Iran.

Iran has damaged majority of US military sites in Mideast, CNN reveals

At least 16 American military sites have been damaged in Iranian strikes, making up the majority of U.S. positions in the Middle East, a new CNN investigation can reveal.

By staff writer

Israel’s high-seas piracy returns to the Mediterranean

Global outrage follows the violent midnight raid on the Sumud flotilla

TEHRAN — In the early hours of April 30, the Mediterranean Sea became the stage for another brazen act of international piracy as Israeli naval forces executed a violent ambush against the Spring 2026 Global Sumud mission.

History will not forget the blow to human morality, Islamic philosopher says of the Minab tragedy

‘Silence toward human rights violations is a stain on human history’

TEHRAN - The chief of the Islamic Studies at the Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran has criticized countries' silence about the massacre of 167 students and staff in a school in the city of Minab in southern Iran in the early hours of the U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran on Feb. 28.

By Wesam Bahrani

Israeli casualties mount amid south Lebanon aggression

TEHRAN – As Hezbollah targets more Israeli occupation forces (IOF), the Zionist regime has escalated airstrikes that have killed dozens of Lebanese civilians.

Trust in NP is steadily eroding: ACA director

If states conclude that the NPT no longer provides security, more countries may seek nuclear arms as protection against coercion

TEHRAN - Kelsey Davenport, the director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association (ACA), says the NPT remains the cornerstone of the global nonproliferation system. However, she warns that “trust in the treaty is steadily eroding.”

By staff writer

The Eiffel Tower could not outshine the tears for Minab’s children

TEHRAN — The rain had softened the stones of Place du Trocadéro, but it did not dim the candles. Beneath the Eiffel Tower, hundreds gathered in Paris on April 25 for a vigil that was part mourning, part protest, and part accusation.

By Garsha Vazirian

State visit of staged amnesia for two untouchable Epstein-era dynasts

TEHRAN — The 2026 state visit of Charles III to Washington was supposed to be a victory lap for the Western world. In reality, it felt more like a high-stakes funeral for accountability.

By Wesam Bahrani

The new Hezbollah drone threat is unsettling Israel

TEHRAN – Hezbollah’s loitering attack drones are now treated in the Israeli media discourse as a central and prominent challenge to the regime’s military.

Amnesty wants US strike on Yemen to be studied as war crime

Amnesty International has called for a United States air strike on a migrant detention center in Yemen to be investigated as a possible war crime, Al Jazeera reported.

By Garsha Vazirian

The South Lebanon death marsh, where Israeli ambitions wither

Strike-back doctrine and asymmetric warfare turn Israeli occupation into a losing gamble

TEHRAN — The landscape of the confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel has undergone a seismic shift, marking the definitive end of an era. While the fragile ceasefire was initially framed as de-escalation, the reality on the ground has revealed a systematic campaign of Israeli violations that has forced the Resistance’s transition into a new, more lethal doctrine.

By Wesam Bahrani

PMF helps break the Iraqi PM impasse

TEHRAN – Iraq’s largest parliamentary bloc has officially nominated its candidate for the country’s powerful post of Prime Minister. 

Quad erosion shows US no longer a reliable strategic partner: analysis 

TEHRAN – The Quad, known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is on the verge of collapse as Donald Trump’s return to power has degraded its “geostrategic” significance, says a professor of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California.

By Garsha Vazirian

Israel’s multi-front collapse exposes a regime weaker and more desperate than ever before

Multi-front exhaustion and failed objectives mark a clear strategic reversal for the entity compared to its pre-war position

TEHRAN — As we hit the two-month milestone of the unprovoked campaign of aggression launched on February 28, the bravado surrounding the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has evaporated. What remains on Israel’s side is the sight of a militarily exhausted and overstretched aggressor that has taken a beating on every front.

Israel feared Amal Khalil the most as she refused to be intimidated into silence

TEHRAN – Israel greatly feared Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and finally targeted her in southern Lebanon on April 22.

Rising support for Trump's impeachment

TEHRAN- A growing wave of domestic dissatisfaction and mounting expert concerns over leadership decision-making are casting a shadow over the political future of U.S. President Donald Trump, as new polling data and analytical assessments point to increasing instability within the American political system.

Report reveals Israel deployed Iron Dome battery to UAE amid aggression on Iran

TEHRAN — As the Israeli military continues its military aggression across the region, new revelations have emerged detailing the unprecedented depth of the military alliance between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi.

Persian Gulf states no longer trust US as security guarantor

TEHRAN - Fawaz Gerges, a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, says Persian Gulf Arab states can no longer trust the U.S. to provide security for them.

By Garsha Vazirian

Political violence claims spotlight at White House Correspondents’ dinner

Familiar venue of past U.S. presidential shootings becomes a scene of fresh chaos and public disillusionment

TEHRAN — The annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, marketed as a carefully stage-managed tribute to the bond between power and the press, collapsed into raw panic on the night of April 25 at the Washington Hilton’s cavernous International Ballroom.

By Wesam Bahrani

Syrian accusations against Hezbollah aimed to curry favor with Israel and US

TEHRAN – Syria’s rulers keep directing accusations against Hezbollah, the Lebanese resistance movement.

Bibi says ‘shocked by attempted assassination’ of Trump, though US has not said Trump was the target

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, known as Bibi, says he is “shocked by the attempted assassination” of U.S. President Donald Trump at a gala dinner in Washington DC, the Times of Israel reported.

By Garsha Vazirian

The catfights Trump can’t hide

While lecturing Tehran’s imaginary “new regime”, Washington’s purges and military misadventures reveal the true source of disorder

TEHRAN — When President Trump sneered that Iran’s leaders “are fighting like cats and dogs” because the U.S. has “created a real mess for them,” it was meant as a gotcha line, proof of American triumph. Instead, it hangs in the air like an unwitting self-portrait.

Iran is following Ho Chi Minh’s playbook in Vietnam: FP 

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is proving to be a “cartoonish version” of Robert S. McNamara  

TEHRAN - Michael Hirsh, a columnist for Foreign Policy, says Iran “is following Ho Chi Minh’s playbook in Vietnam” in the face of the U.S.-Israeli war against the country.

By Wesam Bahrani

Lebanon’s talks with Israel are a ‘cunning deception’

TEHRAN – The head of Lebanon’s Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc has lashed out at direct talks with the Zionist regime of Israel.