Tag: International
Palestinian resistance repels covert Israeli kidnapping mission in Gaza City
TEHRAN — Israeli special forces slipped into the crowded Katiba district of western Gaza City before dawn on September 1. They did not leave unnoticed.
Persian Gulf equilibrium: The fracturing of US hegemony
TEHRAN — The metaphor of Tom and Jerry has long served financial journalists describing the Federal Reserve’s pressure on Wall Street. That narrative, however, is a sideshow. The real contest unfolds in the Persian Gulf, and the dynamics defy cartoon logic entirely. Iran, cast as Jerry, does not flee; it stands its ground, exhausts its…
Netanyahu and the approaching election
TEHRAN – Benjamin Netanyahu’s election strategy is based on keeping his camp united and avoiding a prison sentence domestically or in The Hague as a war criminal.
Tel Aviv expands occupation of south Lebanon through mass destruction, cluster munitions
TEHRAN — Israeli forces are aggressively accelerating a scorched-earth campaign across southern Lebanon to physically erase border communities while Washington attempts to force a diplomatic surrender in Beirut.
Why is the world rooting for Iran to win?
TEHRAN – Six months later, Trump finds himself trapped in a losing war with no end in sight. Officials around the world are relieved that Iran’s successful resistance has effectively prevented Trump from moving on to his next targets.
Trump’s war on reality: when AI becomes a substitute for victory
TEHRAN – In yet another delusional outburst from the decaying American empire, Donald Trump has once again proven that Washington’s leadership has lost all touch with reality. His August 31 declaration that “Iran is officially a Failed Nation. IT IS DEAD!” represents not strategic analysis, but the desperate hallucinations of a regime accustomed to imposing…
Iran war becomes Trump’s biggest political liability heading into midterms
TEHRAN — Donald Trump can dismiss unfavorable survey data as “fake news” all he wants, but the mathematical reality is unyielding. Six months into the U.S. military campaign of aggression against Iran, the administration is drowning in public disapproval, with even traditionally friendly pollsters recording historic drops in support.
Israeli settler arson and military sieges devastate West Bank towns
TEHRAN — A coordinated campaign of arson, land seizures, and military raids is accelerating across the occupied West Bank. Documentation from Palestinian human rights organizations shows that Israel and its armed settler militias are systematically clearing Palestinian communities from their ancestral territory.
Naftali Bennett: Israel is known for ‘baby killers’ just as Italy for pasta
TEHRAN — Naftali Bennett has admitted the collapse of Israel’s reputation among younger Americans. In a recent interview with Itai Segal, the former Israeli prime minister conceded that among American youth, Israel is synonymous with genocide.
Why and how Israeli assassinations in Gaza intensify
TEHRAN – Israeli assassinations in the Gaza Strip have barely let up over the past ten months. They have been carried out regularly and systematically in what appears to be pre-prepared measures.