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The embroidered flags of Lebanon, Israel, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Palestinian Authority (illustrative)

Documents captured from Hamas reveal Iran's complex weapons smuggling network

By Avi Ashkenazi
CHILDREN HOLD flags next to a sculpture of Druze warrior Sultan Pasha al-Atrash after Syrian rebels announced the ousting of president Bashar Assad, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, earlier this month.

Iran's declining power opens door for US, Israel to support Iranian people seeking change

 (Illustrative) An AI-generated image of Ayatollah Khamenei sniffing a flower

Khamenei makes cryptic post about Iranian women on X

 A view of the entrance of Evin prison in Tehran, Iran October 17, 2022.

Iran moves political prisoner to solitary in preparation for execution over Israel ties, NGO says

 Pro-government protesters chant slogans during a demonstration staged in support of the Islamic Republic's mandatory hijab laws in Tehran on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Could Iran’s new hijab law bring down Khamenei?

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his Sunday address following rising tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, September 22, 2024

'One day, Iran will be free,' Netanyahu tells Iranian people in message of hope

 Activist Gazelle Sharmahd.

Iranian-American activist Gazelle Sharmahd speaks out on her dissident father’s kidnapping

 Irwin Cotler participates in the Organization of American States (OAS) news conference with a panel of independent international experts who will present their conclusions and recommendations on "whether crimes against humanity have been committed in Venezuela, in Washington, US, May 29, 2018.

Canada foils Iranian plot to assassinate pro-Israel human rights lawyer

 AN IRANIAN woman holds a poster of former senior Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, during a rally in Tehran earlier this year. Donald Trump’s previous term as president was marked by tough measures against Iran, including the assassination of Soleimani, the writer notes.

Iran rethinks strategy amid Trump's return to power and regional shifts

By AVIRAM BELLAISHE
 Funeral ceremony of IRGC deputy commander Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, in Tehran, Iran, October 15, 2024

IRGC commander: Islamic countries should form Muslim army to confront ‘hegemony of America’

 ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY Guard Corps Commander-in-Chief Maj.-Gen. Hossein Salami speaks during an anti-Israel protest in Tehran last year.

Islamic Republic is in a Solomon-sized dilemma after Israel's retaliation

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along a street painted in the colours of the Israeli flag during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad

Iranian militias in Iraq could take center stage against Israel

IAF forces preparing for Israel's retaliation attack against Iran, 25-Oct-2024

Israeli retaliatory attack on Islamic Republic severely damaged air defenses, missile program

IRANIANS WALK through a market in Tehran.

The Iranian people reject war and defy the regime’s warmongering

 IRAN’S SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends Friday prayers and a memorial ceremony for Hassan Nasrallah in Tehran earlier this month.

Iran's Khamenei seriously ill, son likely to be successor as supreme leader

 A general view of Tehran after several explosions were heard, in Tehran, Iran, October 26, 2024.

'Backbone of Iran's missile industry' destroyed by IAF strikes on Islamic Republic

 Hojjatoleslam Va Moslemeen Mohammad Sabahi.

Iranian Imam shot dead in Kazeroun attack in third such killing since 1979

 An anti-Israel billboard is seen next to the Iranian flag during a celebration following the IRGC attack on Israel, in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2024.

Islamic Republic TV targets the Combat Antisemitism Movement