Critics often frame Iranian politics as a struggle between moderates and hardliners, but this distinction has repeatedly proven disastrously misleading.
Rayan Amiri, an Iranian opposition leader, fled to Turkey after filming violent crackdowns on anti-regime protests and now advocates replacing Islamist rule with secular nationalism.
For the Iranian regime and its proxies, survival equals victory. If they are not destroyed, if they retain their weapons, if they remain in power, they can claim success.
Footage shows the inside of a Hezbollah tunnel located at the Lebanese-Israeli border, highlighting the terror group's preparation and intention for a cross-border assault into Israel.
Not only is the Iranian regime scrambling to rebuild the military capabilities it lost in Israeli-American airstrikes, but it is also cracking down hard on anyone who dares oppose its rule.
At its peak, Lebanon enjoyed one of the highest GDP per capita levels in the region and was regarded as a rare oasis of stability in a turbulent Middle East.
Khadami was one of the most central commanders in the Revolutionary Guards and had accumulated extensive military and security experience over many years.
The ongoing strikes are part of efforts to damage Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities and reduce the scale of missile fire directed at Israeli civilians.
In September, a Hamas terrorist cell from the Hebron area was arrested by Israeli security forces for plotting to assassinate Ben-Gvir using explosive-laden drones.
Over the weekend, an Iranian missile struck a kindergarten in the central Israeli city of Rishon LeZion, causing heavy damage but no injuries as school was not in session.
Instead of foregrounding Larijani’s role within a regime accused of violently suppressing protests, coverage leaned into biography. Scholar. Pragmatist. A man of ideas.
'This is not the time for peace,' Khamenei reportedly said, insisting the United States and Israel must first be defeated and made to pay a compensation.
Even as Iran’s ballistic missile barrages on Israel decline in volume, the regime’s rising use of cluster munitions is creating a new and escalating threat.
'The Iranian terrorist regime did not abandon its program and continued to develop and advance the capabilities required for nuclear weapons,' the military said.
For the first time in decades, truly courageous leadership has emerged in the presence of U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Whoever is in charge, the leadership has yet to hold a funeral for Khamenei—a striking delay, given that Islamic tradition calls for burial as soon as possible.
Like his Palestinian proxies, Khamenei was always prepared to sacrifice as many Palestinians as possible as part of the Jihad against Israel and the US.
Since Hezbollah broke the ceasefire with Israel by firing rockets and drones in solidarity with Iran, Israeli forces have eliminated several senior leaders and destroyed a central branch of the terror group’s financial arm in Beirut.
Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Monday that 777 people have been evacuated to hospitals since the launch of 'Operation Roaring Lion' on Saturday morning.