Iran
Georgia senator calls for removal of Iran official's daughter from Emory university faculty
Dr. Ardeshir-Larijani is the daughter of Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. The Emory University School of Medicine lists her as an assistant professor.
Iran disputes claim that Trump stopped over 800 executions, say none were scheduled - report
Middle Israel: The life and times of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – opinion
Online gambler who predicted Israel military action may be security insider
'80 million hostages': Iranians under a digital siege amid internet blackout
“The Islamic Republic turned the streets into rivers of blood. No one has been able to show the depth of the crimes, because the regime shut down the internet," one anonymous citizen wrote.
Fate of Iran's protest revolution rests on Trump and US military aid - analysis
What Trump will do if he decides to attack is far from clear, and whether he would succeed in toppling the regime is also a big question.
Iran's parliament vows to fight 'holy war' if US targets Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in strikes
This follows a similar statement made by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who stated that "Any aggression against Khamenei is tantamount to all-out war against the Iranian nation."
Iran, Turkey must forget 'dreams of empires,' Israel Katz warns at summit with Greek counterpart
Jerusalem is on high alert for a variety of imminent threat scenarios, the defense minister stressed, in a clear reference to the stand-off with Iran.
Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as 'tool of intimidation,' UN says
Human rights groups warned the regime stepped up executions in response to the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests, which erupted in response to the regime’s murder of Mahsa Amini.
Iranian public opinion rallies around Reza Pahlavi as leader - opinion
This support is embedded in a broader context of severe and long-term loss of legitimacy facing Iran’s incumbent theocratic regime.
UN Human Rights Council to hold emergency meeting on Iran to discuss 'alarming violence'
An Iranian official said authorities have verified at least 5,000 deaths in the protests, which are the biggest demonstrations since 2022, prompting UN rights chief Volker Turk to condemn violence.
Iran’s mullahs prove how antisemitism is a despot’s best friend - opinion
Americans and Israelis shouldn’t need haters to remind us how closely our two countries are interconnected – with aligned values, overlapping liberal-democratic ideologies, and intertwined fates.
Iran, Muslim Brotherhood may turn Sudan into an attack platform against Israel - opinion
A Sudan captured by Brotherhood doctrine and Iranian influence represents not only an African crisis but another potential platform in the expanding arc of pressure against Israel.
‘Anti-Iranian criminal’: Pahlavi targets Khamenei over deaths of demonstrators in Iran protests
"You are an anti-Iranian criminal,” the crown prince said. “You have neither honor nor humanity. Your hands are stained with the blood of tens of thousands of Iranians."