By Garsha Vazirian

The Board of Peace is bored of peace and hungry for conquest

The US sells illusions while Israel kills Gazans, expands occupation lines

TEHRAN — On July 30, Donald Trump announced that the Board of Peace had reached "a historic agreement" for "the complete disarmament of Hamas." The White House called it a monumental step, even as neither Israel nor Hamas had given an immediate indication of full alignment.

By staff writer

Surveillance of Sciences Po students critical of Israel shows free speech rings hollow in France

TEHRAN - Rightly or wrongly, common people once praised France as the most democratic county in the West. They claimed it valued the right to protest and was tolerant of freedom of speech or opinion. However, that designation, has proven hollow. 

By Garsha Vazirian

The Biggest Red Banner of Vengeance Rises in Karbala

Up to 22 million pilgrims from tens of nations took part in the Arbaeen pilgrimage, transforming the sacred plaza into a unified demand for justice

TEHRAN — Karbala awoke Tuesday beneath a sweltering August sky and a horizon ablaze with the crimson of vengeance. As millions of black-clad pilgrims converged for the climax of this year’s Arbaeen pilgrimage, the space between the twin shrines of Imam Hussein (AS) and his brother Abbas (AS) became the epicenter of a ritual fusing grief with geopolitical defiance.

Families bury 112 recovered three years after Israeli strikes on Gaza

Palestinians on Tuesday buried 112 members of a single clan martyred in Israeli air strikes in November 2023, after their remains were recovered from beneath the rubble last month.

By staff writer

No panacea but acknowledging Iran’s power, respecting its legal rights

TEHRAN – CENTCOM’s appeal to military analysts for fresh proposals to extricate the United States from the crisis triggered by its war against Iran suggests that the Pentagon has exhausted its options for dealing with the conflict.

By Garsha Vazirian

For many Arbaeen pilgrims, every step honors martyred Ayatollah Khamenei

He described the ‘magnetic attraction’ that drew the first pilgrim to visit Karbala on Arbaeen; now his own martyrdom has fused with that gravity

TEHRAN — The architects of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran expected paralysis. They calculated that assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution would fracture the Resistance. They were fluent in the sterile language of decapitation. They were blind to the mechanics of martyrdom. Look at the road from Najaf to Karbala. This is the first Arbaeen since American and Israeli warplanes ignited the current war. The pilgrims did not scatter.

By M.A. Saki

Israel intensifies Gaza killings to quash Hamas’s disarmament plan

Extremists’ ultimate purpose is to exterminate the Palestinian population

TEHRAN - Though the Palestinian Hamas declared on Friday that it has agreed to disarmament and transfer power to a team of Palestinian technocrats, Israeli forces killed at least 11 Palestinians on Sunday.

By Garsha Vazirian

Another coalition meets its grave in the Red Sea

Saudi Arabia’s new coalition against Yemen is doomed to failure because Riyadh does not learn from past experiences

TEHRAN — On a stifling afternoon, the Saudi defense ministry rolled out the red carpet for delegates from 43 nations, eager to announce a grand diplomatic and military recovery. Merely 13 governments and the Saudi-backed regime in Aden signed on the dotted line to back the newly minted “multinational maritime defense coalition.”

Spain's PM blames traffickers for massive migrant influx

Ceuta: 60,000 migrants cross the Spanish border

France and Italy bolstered border controls on Saturday after about 60,000 people crossed into Spain's enclave in North Africa, sparking one of the largest migrant crises for the European Union in recent years.

By staff writer

Ansarullah leader ties Riyadh to Epstein as Yemen locks in naval blockade

TEHRAN — Hundreds of thousands of residents of Sana’a and surrounding areas gathered in Sab’een Square on Friday amid heavy rainfall, chanting in defense of the resistance and the Yemeni armed forces.

By Garsha Vazirian

The letter that tore the mask off US occupation of Jordan

TEHRAN — Hundreds of Jordanian public figures have finally said what the kingdom’s rulers desperately hoped would remain unspoken. They publicly named the price of foreign military entanglement.

No disarmament before Israeli Gaza pullout: Hamas

TEHRAN – A senior Hamas official has said that the Palestinian movement will not take any steps toward disarmament before Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza.

By M.A. Saki

Nature in the crossfire of climate inaction and wars

TEHRAN - Inaction or slow action to fight climate change has started to take its toll. It is getting worse every year. 

By Garsha Vazirian

The time has come for Bahrain's liberation

Bahrain's liberation ends the most absurd colonial relic in the region

TEHRAN — Bahrain is a 760-square-kilometer minority fortress masquerading as a sovereign state. The Al Khalifa crime family operates an occupational tribal garrison transplanted from the Nejd in 1783.

By Garsha Vazirian

Hoover’s ghost stalks Trump as US energy reserves hit 40-year lows

TEHRAN — Look at a terminal in New York and the numbers suggest peace. As of writing this, crude oil futures flicker comfortably in the $80 range. The digital ticker implies Washington has the Persian Gulf under control. The ticker is lying.

By Syeda Farheen Naqi Mossavi

Capture of any Iranian island will be extremely costly and fatal to US

TEHRAN - While the United States boasts some of the world's most advanced military technology, operating close to Iran's coastline presents a formidable challenge; Tehran can rapidly mass large numbers of relatively inexpensive drones and missiles near its own shores.

By Wesam Bahrani

Yemen and Saudi Arabia: What lies ahead?

TEHRAN – Yemeni attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities send a message that the continuation of the Saudi blockade and aggression will be met with escalating Yemeni retaliation aimed at the pillars of the Saudi economy.

By Garsha Vazirian

The unholy alliance of Israel and Ukraine anchoring the new imperial order

TEHRAN — The 23-year-old Iranian sailor Nima Moradi was martyred because the Kyiv regime’s military decided a civilian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea was a legitimate kill. That strike on the late July night was a cold-blooded escalation dragging a rather quiet sea straight into the crosshairs of foreign proxy warfare.

Germany’s opaque arms export policy toward Israel comes under renewed scrutiny

TEHRAN – Germany’s arms export policy toward Israel is again facing scrutiny after Berlin quietly approved nearly €800 million ($913 million) in military export licenses to Israel during the first five months of 2026—more than the total value approved during the previous 20 months combined. The sharp increase has raised fresh questions about the transparency and consistency of Germany’s export controls, particularly as the government publicly voices concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza while continuing to authorize major military transfers.

By Wesam Bahrani

New elected Hamas leader: Implications and priorities

TEHRAN – Hamas ran a leadership vote in the middle of ethnic cleansing and ongoing genocide. The outcome was close, the turnout was real, and the process followed its own rulebook to the letter. That alone is worth pausing over.

Yemen fires drones at Saudi oil transport facilities

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement announced on Sunday that it had fired drones at targets in Saudi Arabia used for the supply and transport of crude oil in the country’s East.

By Wesam Bahrani

West Bank escalation raises concerns within Israel

TEHRAN – The West Bank is witnessing a sharp escalation in Israeli aggression, settlement expansion, and a high level of military battalions placing mounting pressure on the regime.

By Garsha Vazirian

Kuwait must be liberated from the Sabah syndicate

Why replacing the Sabah syndicate delivers a safer, wealthier future for Kuwait and its neighbors

TEHRAN — Kuwait is a hostage. Bound, gagged, and held for decades by a family that treats national wealth as a personal allowance and national identity as a revocable privilege. The House of Sabah manages a portfolio. It extracts rents, quiets the noise, and buys time to enrich the inner circle.

By Syeda Farheen Naqi Mossavi

How Iran holds the key to America’s defeat

HAFIZABAD, Pakistan -In modern warfare, victory is rarely determined by statistics alone. The  annals of military history are replete with examples where the seemingly weaker power, through  strategic ingenuity and an understanding of the fundamental nature of conflict, fundamentally  changed the rules of engagement. Today, we pose a fundamental question: Why are the  immense military efforts against Iran destined to fail? The answer lies not in the balance of fighter jets or warships, but in the strategic transformation of a single, vital geographical location: the Strait of Hormuz. This narrow waterway is no longer merely a maritime passage; it has become a potent strategic weapon capable of challenging the very pillars of the global balance of power.