By Akram Hosseini Shabestari

Students who are martyred are never marked absent

Families of Minab’s martyred students attend Tehran Students’ Day gathering amid rain and missile damage

TEHRAN – This report goes beyond words. It is about a deeply emotional gathering. Every year on Aban 13 (November 4), Iranian students come together for their annual meeting with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. This year, however, the occasion was marked by a profound absence: the leader they had gathered to meet had been martyred.

By Muhammad Akmal Khan

Has Tucker Carlson nuked Trump’s midterm elections? 

ISLAMABAD- Tucker Carlson has warned of a possible American nuclear attack on Iran, but the political bomb he has dropped may have landed much closer to home, on Donald Trump’s Republican Party. His extraordinary warning, issued just hours before the November 3 midterm elections, raises a question that goes beyond another military confrontation: could a prominent conservative commentator be challenging Trump’s political credibility at the most sensitive moment for his party?

By Ehsan Etesam

Operation Midterms Hammer

The Iran war comes home to hit Trump at the ballot box

TEHRAN -- Washington once imagined that its war against Iran would be a swift demonstration of American military superiority. Months later, with the conflict still exacting a heavy economic and political price, the White House is discovering that wars do not always end when their architects declare victory. Sometimes, they come back home — and this time, they may arrive at the ballot box.

Iran rejects uranium transfer abroad, says Hormuz reopening depends on US ending blockade

TEHRAN — Iran has rejected the transfer of its enriched uranium abroad and said the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz depends on the United States ending its naval blockade and meeting Tehran’s demands, as Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei outlined the country’s positions on nuclear issues, regional security and ongoing diplomatic efforts.

By Xavier Villar

Israeli elections: The genocide wins 

MADRID - Preliminary results of Israel's general election show Benjamin Netanyahu, the veteran prime minister, ahead of his rival Gadi Eisenkot, former chief of staff of the armed forces, but still short of a majority of parliamentary seats. 

By Ehsan Etesam

The politics of anti-Semitism: Europe’s historical record and Iran’s Jewish community

TEHRAN — An accusation can be a powerful political weapon. Few carry the moral and emotional weight of anti-Semitism. Originally intended to identify and confront hostility towards Jewish people, the term has increasingly become part of the political vocabulary used to discredit adversaries, silence critics and delegitimize positions across different political arenas and geographical boundaries.

By Ehsan Etesam

Good Nuclear, Bad Nuclear

Europe's nuclear hypocrisy: Why is Iran expected to remain defenceless?

TEHRAN- After decades of lecturing Iran over its nuclear programme, European powers are embracing nuclear deterrence, participating in simulated nuclear warfare and even contemplating the development of their own atomic weapons. The question is no longer simply whether Iran's nuclear programme is peaceful, but why the rules of international security appear to apply differently to Tehran and European capitals.