Iranians carry a banner bearing the images of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally in his support, as Shiite Muslims attend the “Tasua” (ninth day) mourning ritual to commemorate martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad One month after Israeli strikes cripple Iranian air defenses, Khamenei turns to old playbook with new power center. It took…
As the Israel-Iran conflict enters its eighth day, both countries traded barrages of missiles and drones on Friday. Israel bombed nuclear infrastructure in Iran. Tehran retaliated by firing missiles armed with cluster munitions, marking the first reported use of such weapons in the ongoing conflict, including a strike that damaged an Israeli hospital. The exchange…
An Iranian man has been charged over an alleged plot by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to kill Donald Trump – the United States president-elect who has already survived two attempts on his life. The Republican leader, set to return to the White House this January, was shot in his ear during an assassination…
An American-Iranian journalist is thought to have spent months in “cruel” detention in Iran, the U.S. government has said, as questions swirl over whether Iran will strike back at Israel and the anniversary of U.S. personnel being held for over a year in Tehran looms. Reza Valizadeh, who had worked for the U.S. government-backed, Persian-language…