When the American arsonist wears a rescue uniform in Venezuela

The cynical theater of the U.S. military’s aid in a sanctioned and suffering nation

TEHRAN — The twin earthquakes that struck north-central coastal Venezuela on June 24, registering magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, brought immense destruction to Caracas and La Guaira. With the death toll nearing 1000 as of writing this article, Western media frames the catastrophe as an isolated natural event met by American charity.

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah’s core principles amid the Lebanon-Israel agreement

TEHRAN – Analyzing Hezbollah’s positions is essential to grasping the current reality in Lebanon amid a framework agreement between the Lebanese government and the Israeli regime.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Night of rage: Berri sounds alarm as opposition to the Israel framework agreement intensifies

SOUTH LEBANON — Beirut awoke on Saturday to the aftermath of one of its most tense nights in recent months.

By Faramarz Kouhpayeh 

US bombs MoU

Fresh American strikes on Iran and continued Israeli aggression against Lebanon further cast doubt on Washington's seriousness about a deal

TEHRAN – Iran carried out fresh attacks against U.S. military installations in the region on Friday night in response to earlier American strikes on Iran’s southern territories, attacks that have further raised doubts about Washington’s genuine commitment to peace and whether a final agreement with the Trump administration remains feasible.

By Wesam Bahrani

IOF manpower crisis: A battle over identity, not tanks

TEHRAN – The Israeli occupation regime's military is facing a severe manpower crisis that threatens its very collapse, amid a deep struggle over its identity and future.

By Wesam Bahrani

Israeli casualties mount in southern Lebanon

TEHRAN – The Israeli military announces two more soldiers were killed and dozens were injured amid clashes and ambushes by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

‘Greater Israel doctrine has been the cause of wars in Iraq, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran’

TEHRAN – Two senior scholars believe that the absurd and dangerous doctrine of “Greater Israel” has been the cause of wars in Iraq, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. Jeffrey Sachs, a globally famous Columbia University professor, and Sybil Fares, a senior advisor on government affairs, say this doctrine is backed by secular hardliners like Benjamin Netanyahu and the Jewish supremacist creed of Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir that “God gave the land (Palestine and neighboring Arab lands) to the Jews alone.” 

By Garsha Vazirian

The little girl from Gaza who became a global reckoning

Hind Rajab’s voice now echoes through every airport lounge and courtroom where Israeli war criminals once felt safe

TEHRAN — For three agonizing hours on January 29, 2024, a five-year-old girl named Hind Rajab was the only living soul in a car filled with the bodies of her family. Israeli tank fire had devastated their vehicle in Gaza City. Wounded and terrified, she stayed on the phone with emergency dispatchers and begged for rescue.

By Garsha Vazirian

10 sobering lessons the war on Iran forced into the open

TEHRAN — Just four months ago, American and Israeli officials and pundits spoke about Iran as if it were a brittle structure waiting to collapse under enough force. They imagined that strikes, assassinations, sanctions, blockades and psychological pressure would force Tehran into surrender. Instead, the war produced the opposite result.

By Syeda Farheen Naqi Mossavi

The end of a 100-day war 

HAFIZABAD, Pakistan – After more than 100 days of intense fighting, the conflict officially entered its final chapter on June 15, when representatives of the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending hostilities. While a final peace treaty is expected to follow a 60-day negotiation window, both sides have acknowledged that the active phase of the war has effectively concluded.

By Wesam Bahrani

‘Israel targets civilians, as usual, to cover up military failures’

TEHRAN – Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched more deadly attacks in southern Lebanon in a sharp escalation that has killed more civilians, including a family of four.

By staff writer

In a city of rubble and martyrs’ posters, Ashura becomes the war’s requiem

TEHRAN — The procession moved with solemn purpose through streets that barely resembled a city. Flanked by mounds of pulverized concrete and snarled metal, the crowd chanted and beat their chests.

By Wesam Bahrani

Civilian deaths mount in southern Lebanon as Israeli aggression escalates despite ceasefire

TEHRAN – Despite the so-called ceasefire agreement, the Israeli regime has intensified its attacks on southern Lebanon, killing at least 30 people, including women and children.

Iran opposition once calling Trump “Uncle Trump” now insults him as "Yellow Head

Thrown under the bus: The fate of US-Israeli proxies

TEHRAN - The US–Israeli war on Iran has ended in a strategic failure for the aggressors and an even deeper humiliation for the exiled Iranian opposition groups who hoped to ride foreign intervention into power. 

By Garsha Vazirian

Inside Washington’s meltdown over Iran and the rising chorus of imperial defeat

TEHRAN – When a sparse memorandum of understanding (MOU) is all that remains for Washington after months of imperial aggression, the political theater in the home capital becomes far more instructive than the ink on the paper.

By Wesam Bahrani

Families returning to southern Lebanon witness widespread destruction

TEHRAN – Some residents of southern Lebanon have begun returning to their homes following the announcement of an MOU between the U.S. and Iran, which includes ending the Zionist regime’s aggression in Lebanon.