By staff writer

Beyond the headlines of 3117 dead: Security body unmasks the architects of urban warfare

Official analytical statement links recent atrocities to failed military aggression by the US and Israel

TEHRAN — Iran’s Martyrs Foundation and the State Security Council released an official account on Wednesday night of the recent unrest that has scarred the country.

Pezeshkian: Enemies wrought recent crisis in revenge for defeat in 12-Day War

By Soheila Zarfam 

TEHRAN – President Masoud Pezeshkian issued a message to the Iranian nation a day after casualty figures from the terrorist surge convulsing Iran early this month were released, confirming official accusations that the U.S. and Israel had mobilized mercenaries and exploited legitimate protests to compensate for the defeat they suffered during the 12-Day War in June.

By Wesam Bahrani 

Israeli wars deepen domestic anxiety 

TEHRAN – Rather than increasing settlers’ sense of security, the Israeli regime’s aggression across the region has had the opposite effect.

By Faramarz Kouhpayeh 

10 lies Western media is telling you about the unrest in Iran

TEHRAN – January marked Iran’s most eventful month since the nation came under direct U.S.-Zionist strikes in June of 2025. What began as harmless, peaceful protests by business owners demanding economic reforms—the fundamental source of the Iranian people’s hardship being years of crippling Western sanctions—devolved into what can essentially be characterized as systemic urban terrorism.

Araghchi blasts Davos billionaires’ club for Zionist surrender

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has fiercely condemned the World Economic Forum (WEF) for revoking his invitation to the Davos summit, pointing out that the organization succumbed to fabricated narratives and intense political pressure from Israel and the U.S.

By Sondoss Al Asaad 

From ceasefire to coercion: How Lebanon is dragged into a surrender framework

BEIRUT — What is unfolding around Lebanon’s so–called “ceasefire oversight mechanism” is not a misunderstanding nor a technical dispute—it is a deliberate campaign of pressure. 

By Soheila Zarfam 

Stabbed, burned, beheaded, and then sanctioned

A look at the January bloodshed the West and Israel fueled in Iran, and how they hope to do it again

TEHRAN- Qassem’s colleagues at the police force had been searching for him for several agonizing hours. They lost sight of him on the night of January 8th, shortly after they were dispatched to quell potential violence erupting from demonstrations over economic grievances. Until that point, most of the protests across the country had remained peaceful and orderly.

Israel continues attacks in Gaza in violation of October ceasefire

Israeli forces have wounded several Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, firing on civilians and launching air and artillery attacks in the latest near-daily violations of the ceasefire in place since October, as its genocidal war on the besieged enclave continues unabated, Al Jazeera reported. 

Public tip-offs aid arrest of 3,000+ in terror network crackdown

Intelligence operations continue to surge days after short but deadly riots backed by US and Israel  

TEHRAN – Extensive intelligence operations have so far resulted in the detention of over 3,000 individuals, including armed terrorists responsible for killings, criminal gangs, youth instigating vandalism, and key figures linking them all to foreign spy agencies and incentivizing participation in the deadly riots that struck Iran on January 8 and 9.

By Sondoss Al Asaad 

Hybrid warfare on Iran and intensified squeezing of Hezbollah 

BEIRUT—As regional and international powers escalate what can only be described as a sustained hybrid war against the Iranian people, Lebanon finds itself perilously exposed—trapped in a web of pressures it neither commands nor can evade.

Naim Qassem on Hezbollah’s arms: Israel has no right to intervene

Hezbollah’s Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a speech on Saturday that Lebanon has entered a “new stage in the conflict” and a “new era,” as Israel continues its attacks on Lebanese territory despite the late 2024 ceasefire.

Iran warns against Trump’s military threats

‘Missile arsenal is bigger than ever’

TEHRAN – Despite political, diplomatic, and logistical backing from American and Israeli officials, the riots that disrupted peaceful protests in Iran over economic grievances last week were swiftly curtailed within two days.