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Iran's Supreme Leader warns of internal divisions threatening the regime, undermined resilience

Khamenei called for national unity in the face of those threats and said any action that created pessimism or frustration among the public amounted to helping the enemy.

A woman walks next to a banner with a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, May 8, 2026.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi delivers a televised address after assuming office, in Baghdad, Iraq May 16, 2026.

Iraq PM hosts Iranian-backed militias to push disarmament, consolidate state control

A US Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jet climbs after taking off from the former Roosevelt Roads naval base, after the U.S. struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, January 4, 2026.

Trump says US will not return to war against Iran unless American troops are killed - report

 US President Donald Trump seen over an illustrative image of American-Iranian ties (illustrative)

Iran demands frozen assets be released in initial phase of deal with US, leading to stalemate


Trump's Iran negotiations walk him into a $300 b. extortion scheme by the IRGC - opinion

Terrorism is a business. Bombing Iran is significant, but bankrupting Iran is even more significant.

People walk past an anti-U.S. billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, May 17, 2026.

Outgoing Mossad chief Barnea urges Israel to topple wounded Iranian regime

If in the past, Barnea's promise seemed to be to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, this was an additional time that he doubled or even tripled down on regime change for Iran.

	 download high resolution download low resolution add to lightbox file name: F250423CG505  File Size: 9682 KB  caption (en): Head of Mossad David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 23,

Israel, Lebanon resume negotiations in DC, US strikes Iranian military control site

Home Front Command considers easing restrictions • Merz urges Israeli restraint in Lebanon, Hezbollah disarmament • Two IDF troops lightly wounded

OPERATIONS CONDUCTED by troops from the 401st Brigade in southern Lebanon.

'We are in a war,' alleged Iran-backed militant exclaims in US court

US prosecutors say Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi helped plan approximately 18 attacks in Europe in recent months.

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, an Iraqi man accused of helping Iran-backed militia's plans for attacks in the United States and Europe, stands before U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon during his arraignment in Manhattan federal court in New York City, US, June 1, 2026 in a courtroom sketch

Lebanon truce unravels as US strikes Iranian targets along Hormuz

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Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon as seen from a position across the border in the Upper Galilee, in northern Israel on June 1, 2026.

'Memory is a form of resistance': President Herzog commemorates the Farhud

The Farhud marked the beginning of the end of a cohesive Jewish community in Iraq. Ten years later, in 1952, under the code name Operation Ezra and Nehemiah, the bulk of Iraqi Jewry left for Israel.

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog commemorates 85 years since the Farhud.

Cargo vessel struck by drone attack in Gulf, Iraqi officials say

Two explosions struck a cargo vessel near Iraq’s Umm Qasr, with officials saying one was caused by a drone attack.

An oil tanker is seen after it was attacked at the Gulf of Oman

Iran deal on nukes, missiles, Hormuz, and terror cash: A guide for the perplexed - analysis

For Israel to properly understand its security needs and future risks, it is also important to come to a dispassionate and apolitical evaluation of the major issues involved in the US-Iran deal.

Iranians attend the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025.

Iran’s IRGC turned revolution into a system of power, profit - opinion

Iran’s rulers speak of faith and resistance, but the regime’s true strength lies in control, profit and instability.

Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022.

Conflicting Trump, Tehran statements leave US-Iran talks status unclear

"Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Trump said in a Truth Social post.

 President Donald Trump gestures as he talks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 8, 2026.