UAE from Iran war to BRICS: ‘The lady doth protest too much’

TEHRAN - The United Arab Emirates’ “direct involvement” in the US–Israeli aggression against Iran has come to light against the backdrop of a BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in India, alongside revelations that senior Israeli officials travelled to the small Persian Gulf state during the conflict.

Nakba continuing unstoppably

TEHRAN – In 1917, British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour set the stage for a tragedy that is still bleeding, and there is no light at the end of the tunnel.

By Garsha Vazirian

The rape factories Israel can no longer bury

TEHRAN — The New York Times report on the sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners did not reveal a mystery so much as force open a door that had been held shut by fear, propaganda, and Western cowardice. What emerged was the outline of a detention system where humiliation, sexual violence, starvation, and medical neglect have been allowed to harden into routine. Israel’s response, predictably, was denial, legal threats, and the old smear that anyone exposing Palestinian suffering is somehow trafficking in “antisemitic blood libel.”

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah inflicts more casualties on IOF

TEHRAN – Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) admit another soldier has been killed by the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah’s drones expose Israel’s costly defenses

TEHRAN – Israel’s slow, bureaucratic technology transfer to the battlefield is fueling a crisis against Hezbollah’s fast-adapting, low-cost weapons with major strategic impact.

Christian Zionist ideology best fits Trump’s Mideast policies 

TEHRAN — The term "Christian Zionism" refers to a belief among some Christians that supports the flood of the Jews to Israel and the establishment of a Jewish state as part of biblical prophecy.

By Garsha Vazirian

The architecture of a new Nakba in the West Bank

How settlements, demolitions, and daily terror are erasing Palestinian life

TEHRAN — Fakhri Abu Diab stands in the jagged graveyard of rebar and gray dust that used to be his living room in al-Bustan, a neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem (al-Quds). For decades, this was where he shared tea with his mother and watched his children grow.

By Garsha Vazirian

The Israeli bad cop’s rebranding and the guilty scapegoat theater

Netanyahu’s vow to end U.S. subsidies is a strategic gaslight designed to hide a deeper fusion

TEHRAN — When Benjamin Netanyahu sat for his interview with CBS News, now essentially an Israeli propaganda vehicle following Ellison’s acquisition, he delivered a performance meticulously engineered for an audience increasingly exhausted by his cycle of endless warfare and political maneuvering.

By staff writer

Filmmakers expose Israel’s medicide in Gaza while slamming BBC’s complicity

TEHRAN — The creators of the documentary “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack” utilized the platform of the BAFTA TV Awards to expose Israel’s systematic medicide in Gaza while delivering a scathing rebuke of the BBC’s complicity in silencing the truth.

By Wesam Bahrani

Rising Israeli casualties amid regime’s ongoing failure in southern Lebanon

TEHRAN – The Israeli regime has confirmed the death of another soldier as Hezbollah ramps up its resistance operations, intensifying pressure on occupation forces through increasingly sophisticated drone and battlefield attacks.

Patriots in the streets for +70 nights

TEHRAN - Iranians across the country continue holding nightly rallies for more than 70 consecutive days, forming a sustained nationwide expression of public unity and a historic moment of cohesion and solidarity. The gatherings, held in cities, towns, and smaller communities throughout Iran, have become a regular feature of public life in the aftermath of the joint US-Israeli aggression that initially began on February 28.

By Garsha Vazirian

Handala’s digital storm topples US-Israeli cyber supremacy

TEHRAN – For decades, the U.S. and Israel have sold the image of their cyber defenses as an absolute fortress, a multi-billion-dollar architecture designed to ensure that while American and Israeli forces struck the region, they themselves would remain untouchable behind layers of code.

Misjudged war underestimated Iran’s technological sophistication: Jeffrey Sachs

‘Trump’s war on Iran will significantly reduce US military presence in Persian Gulf’

TEHRAN – The only path that the United States seems to be taking in its misjudged war on Iran “is a retreat,” the internationally famous Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs and co-writer Sybil Fares say.

By Wesam Bahrani

Netanyahu between war fallout and internal crises

TEHRAN – As war repercussions persist and multiple fronts remain open, the Israeli regime has effectively entered election mode.

Hezbollah is Iran’s red line, not Trump’s photo op

The upcoming Israel–Lebanon negotiations will take place against the backdrop of ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon

TEHRAN - Israel’s continued deadly bombardments of Lebanon, despite a ceasefire agreement, clearly indicate that the truce exists only on paper — and that Israel has no scruples about violating it.

French presidential hopeful Mélenchon calls Israel the ‘region’s most dangerous state’

French politician and presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon described Israel as “the most dangerous state in the region,” accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of fueling wars and carrying out attacks against neighboring countries amid escalating tensions across the Middle East.

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah strikes Israeli bases for Beirut attack

TEHRAN – Hezbollah has waged a series of operations against the Zionist regime in response to an Israeli airstrike on Beirut.

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah bravely confronting IOF commando unit

TEHRAN – Hezbollah continues to mount fierce resistance against Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), inflicting losses on the regime’s military as it attempts to occupy southern Lebanon.

By Wesam Bahrani

Why should Lebanon’s president avoid meeting Netanyahu?

TEHRAN – Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has said it is “not appropriate” to meet Israeli regime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at this time, amid mounting pressure from Washington to hold direct talks.

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah ambushes more Israeli infantry

TEHRAN – Hezbollah is putting more emphasis on surveillance before taking direct military action against Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).

By Garsha Vazirian

A federation of frayed shards insists on becoming the ‘United Hebrew Emirates’

The Israeli albatross clamped tight around Abu Dhabi’s glass neck equals strategic suicide

TEHRAN — There’s a special breed of fool who picks fights with giants while sheltered in a glass palace. Abu Dhabi’s adventurers, Mohammed and Tahnoon bin Zayed, along with their clique, embody that folly.

Israel could drag UAE back into war quagmire

TEHRAN – The United Arab Emirates has intensified rhetoric against Iran as the United States attempts to project military strength in the Persian Gulf region amid rising tensions.

Rome prosecutors open criminal probe into Israeli abduction of Gaza aid activists

TEHRAN — Rome prosecutors formally initiated a criminal investigation into Israeli forces on Monday following the violent abduction of international activists and the illegal seizure of humanitarian vessels in international waters.

By Wesam Bahrani

Israel lacks troops and ammo for a prolonged war

TEHRAN – The Israeli military is depleted and overstretched, unable to sustain multi-front warfare without American support.

Has Merz faced reality after mindless remarks against Iran?

TEHRAN – After one year in office, it seems that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is gradually coming to his senses or facing the realities on the ground by seeking to correct himself regarding his surprisingly repetitive and reckless remarks about Iran.