Negotiations resume in Doha on Thursday with the aim of defusing the promised responses from Tehran and Hezbollah to the assassinations of Hamas’ political leader and the Lebanese militia’s number two
The Republican candidate has denounced Tehran’s interference without providing evidence while the agency has been investigating the Democratic team’s communications since June
US State Secretary Antony Blinken urges all parties to avoid any action that could derail ceasefire negotiations in Gaza
Tehran’s brazen assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has fueled fears that the Gaza war could spread to the Middle East
The fundamentalist organization, which has not announced who will be installed as its new figurehead, has been replacing political and military leaders killed in Israeli operations inside and outside Palestine for four decades
The Palestinian fundamentalist movement and the Tehran regime accuse Israel, which has not made any official statement on the strike launched early Wednesday
The regime is now forced to hold a new presidential election and risks seeing a new abstention record that would evidence widespread popular discontent
The bilateral security agreement with Riyadh is ‘near-final’ according to Washington, which has offered ‘official condolences’ to Tehran for the death of President Raisi in a helicopter crash
The president, who died in a helicopter accident, was at one point touted to succeed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He is seen as the embodiment of ultraconservative orthodoxy, a man against change and in favor of repression
Among the dead was Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, 60. The helicopter also carried the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, other officials and bodyguards
The big question now is whether Israel will invade Rafah, despite international calls for restraint. ‘This is a war against civilians, not against Hamas,’ says one Gazan who escaped the southern city fearing an Israeli ground invasion
The Islamic Republic is closer than ever to possessing atomic weapons, but the regime insists that it does not intend to manufacture them
Israel’s nearly seven-month offensive against Hamas militants in the Palestinian territory has led to a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East, notably between Israel and Iran
The situation situation remains a delicate one for Biden as he gears up his reelection effort in the face of headwinds in the Middle East, Russia and the Indo-Pacific
The restrained Israeli response allows both countries to save face and claim achievements in deterring the enemy, in a sort of return to the covert war they had been waging until the bombing of Damascus that triggered the escalation
From her exile in Barcelona, one of the promoters of the Me Too movement within Iranian cinema has published the testimonies of women who have suffered sexual violence in her country
The target of the operation, a response to the Iranian attack last weekend, was Isfahan, where the heart of the country’s nuclear program is located. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that no nuclear facilities were damaged. Tehran says it has shot down three drones and is downplaying the situation
U.S. and Israeli representatives discuss plans for that city, the only one ground troops have not entered, as military retaliation against Iran remains up in the air
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israeli territory
In the Middle East conflict it seems that words have been dissociated from reality, and this traps the left in simplistic categories
Critics of the Islamic regime fear that a conflict will deepen the serious economic situation, with skyrocketing inflation and corruption that especially affects the Revolutionary Guard
Anti-aircraft batteries and jets from the U.S., the U.K. and Jordan shot down 170 drones and 30 cruise missiles. Only a few of the over 120 ballistic missiles fired in the attack reached Israeli territory
The decades during which these arms have not been used in armed conflicts represent a significant achievement for humanity
He also rejected a call on Tuesday to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office
The nation’s dependence on the United States and its distrust of Tehran outweighed the protests, sparked by the invasion of Gaza, over its peace agreement with the Jewish state
The town where a projectile hit at the weekend, seriously injuring a seven-year-old, is under permanent threat of demolition by the authorities, which consider it illegal
‘Our partnership is pivotal for our nations, the Middle East and the world,’ President Biden told Prime Minister al-Sudani, who noted that Monday’s meeting comes at a ‘sensitive time’
