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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

By ERFAN FARD
 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

 Illustrative image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in front of the Israel-Lebanon border.

Will Iran's Khamenei send forces to aid Hezbollah against Israel?

By Dr. Yossi Mansharof
 IDF SOLDIERS stand guard near damaged buildings in Gaza earlier this month. Though Israel’s bombardments of Gaza produce Palestinian casualties, legal responsibility for these harms lies entirely with Hamas and Iran, the writer asserts.

Israel vs. its mortal enemies: Deeper meanings of terror, violence against the Jewish state

 Los Angeles, United States. Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi, activist, advocate, and oldest son of the last Shah of Iran, gives a speech at "Live For Liberty", a benefit concert in support of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement in Iran.

Pahlavi: Israel can't just react, it's time to act against Iran’s proxies

 ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY Guard Corps Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami looks on during a ceremony in Tehran, last month. Afshin Payravi, a member of the Iranian opposition, says that the alliance between ISIS and the IRGC is no secret.

Engineering chaos: How ISIS enabled the Islamic Republic of Iran’s expansion

Bullets and Iranian Rial bills are seen placed over the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran (illustrative)

Sources: IDF April Iran strike on S-300 deters Iran, Hezbollah attacks

 Hossein Shanbehzadeh

Iranian activist sentenced to 12 years for tweeting a single dot

 A poster of the Persian film 'Extinction.'

Islamic Republic children’s movie in disguise sneaks its way to Israeli theaters

 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in North Carolina, last week. The regime in Tehran is particularly alarmed at the prospect of Trump’s return to the White House, says the writer.

Safeguarding global democracy against Iran's machinations

By ERFAN FARD
 IRAN’S PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian (right) meets with Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Tehran, last week. Pezeshkian’s administration merely continues the policies of his predecessor, Ebrahim Raisi, the writer argues.

'Harbinger of death, merchant of religion,' Iran's regime remains unchanged

By ERFAN FARD
 Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani walks near an Iranian missile during an unveiling ceremony in Tehran, Iran, in this picture obtained on February 17, 2024.

Iran planning to resume testing nuclear bomb detonators

 An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor missile as rockets are fired from Gaza, in Sderot, Israel, May 10, 2023.

A preemptive strike on Iran and Hezbollah - the strategic vs the tactical