Iran Conflict

Iran prepares to bury slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with week of mass mourning

Iran's supreme leader was killed by US and Israeli strikes in their first attack of the war and the funeral events will begin over the weekend in Tehran, with mass processions planned next week.

PEOPLE RIDE motorcycles near a billboard with an image of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2026.
Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah wave flags while commemorating Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, May 25, 2026.

US must disabuse itself of its Middle East illusions - opinion

Smoke rises above Riyadh, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 5, 2026.

Iraq condemns drone attacks on Saudi Arabia amid US pressure on Iranian-backed militias

 IRGC Navy Martyr Hassan Bagheri warship and an IRGC speed boat are sailing along the Persian Gulf during the IRGC marine parade, on April 29, 2024.

Kuwait captured four IRGC-linked operatives who infiltrated their territory, Foreign Ministry says


'Israel crossed a red line': Iran FM rallies Russian, Islamic counterparts

Bagheri emphasized "that the Zionist regime has crossed the red line" and said that the "Islamic Republic of Iran has a legitimate right to defend itself."

 RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov and Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani shake hands during a meeting of a BRICS group of foreign ministers, in Russia, last week. The threats to Israel from Iran and Hezbollah are also threats to the US, says the writer.

If Pahlavi were here there’d be no war - opinion

The conflict between Israel and Iran highlights the destructive role of the Iranian regime and the potential for positive change through regime change.

 An anti-Israel billboard with a picture of Iranian missiles is seen on a street in Tehran, Iran April 19, 2024.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is responsible for shooting at German synagogue, officials say

Ramin Yektaparast, a biker gang leader wanted on suspicion of murder in Germany who now lives in Iran, is accused of directing antisemitic attacks from Iran.

 ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY Guard Corps Commander-in-Chief, Maj.-Gen. Hossein Salami, reviews military equipment during an IRGC ground forces drill in Iran last year.

Saudi-Iran deal destroys Israel’s defense wall against Iran, Lapid charges

Former defense minister Benny Gantz said that he believes Netanyahu has abandoned the security of Israel and its citizens.

 MK Yair Lapid seen at a protest against the judicial overhaul, outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem. February 13, 2023.

Iranian currency falls to record low amid isolation and sanctions

Iran's central bank governor Mohammad Reza Farzin on Saturday blamed the fall of the rial on "psychological operations" which Tehran says its enemies are organizing to destabilize Iran.

Iran's national currency along with US currency.

Iranians stand firm in fight for freedom, wonder ‘where is the West?’

Iranians inside and outside of Iran about their determination to stay the course, support from members of the armed forces, and the Islamist regime’s secret fears of losing control

 Iranian women chant during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran, Iran October 28, 2022

Top Iranian Sunni cleric says torture of protesters un-Islamic

Religious clerics in Iran said that "confessions under coercion and the beating of the accused have no place in sharia (Islamic law) and our country's constitution."

 Basij militia forces attend a meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran November 26, 2022.

Iran official says 50 police killed in protests

In addition to police deaths, more than 300 demonstrators have been killed since the death of Mahsa Amini in September.

Iran protests

Hulata says Iran protesters’ slogan in Bahrain speech: Woman, Life, Freedom

National Security Advisor Eyal Hulata recited teh slogan of protesters against Iran's regime, "Woman, life, freedom," during an address in Bahrain.

Dr. Eyal Hulata, the new national security adviser.

Former British-Iranian prisoner joins the Freedom for Iran movement

Zhagari-Ratcliffe has been outspoken in her support for the demonstrators in Iran in light of the clashes and violence that have broken out.

 Nazanin and Richard Ratcliffe - New Year's Day 2011.