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Analysis / Israel Invades Lebanon: While Hezbollah Fighting, Lebanon’s Govt. Waiting Mirage of Talks
Exactly at a time the Lebanese president and prime minister are sitting in their offices and waiting for success of the Washington negotiations for end of the barbarous Israeli attacks on Lebanon, the Israeli army is making advances deep in the Lebanese territory, marching beyond Litani River and close to the city Nabatieh in the south. The Israeli push is so hard that if it was not for resistance of Hezbollah fighters, the presidential palace would have been occupied now.
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Analysis: Is Oman Facing a Repeat of 2017 Qatar Crisis?
Having thought that all of the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf will align with the US policies regarding the Strait of Hormuz and join the pressures against Tehran, the US President Donald Trump now faces a different reality, one in which some regional players are uninterested to fully comply with the American demands. Within this context, any country moving out of the US orbit faces strong reaction of the White House.
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Analysis: As Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Aggression, He Faces Three Risks
While regional mediators and key international actors are trying to end a lingering crisis and restore stability by pushing for end of the war in the Persian Gulf, the Israeli war machine in Lebanon is moving to generate further crisis and chaos. Tel Aviv not only has not stopped its attacks on southern Lebanon, but also broaden its range.
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Defiance will define the world order
A hegemony never simply fades into history on its own. In fact, over the last couple of years, the world has witnessed U.S. hegemonic policy reach new extremes—even as the power sustaining that hegemony declines.
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The shock absorber doctrine and the ‘Abraham’ suicide pact
The old American playbook in the Middle East has completely shed its diplomatic veneer. Arab capitals are not treated as sovereign partners; instead, they have been strategically downgraded to regional shock absorbers designed to absorb the geopolitical, economic, and military blows meant for Tel Aviv and Washington
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Analysis: Iran Must Keep the Blade of Hormuz Strait on Trump’s Head
Years of successive, intensive, and turbulent negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 finally led to the signing of the 2015 nuclear deal under the Obama administration. Although the agreement denied Iran certain key nuclear rights, something which pleased the US and Western countries, Trump tore it up with a single stroke upon taking office in his first term in 2018. The other signatories also failed to fulfill their obligations toward Iran as outlined in the deal, leaving Iran stripped of all its rights and suffering heavy losses.
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Muharram Gatherings Are Platforms for Resistance, Not Just Rituals, Scholar Says
The tragedy of Karbala is not a closed chapter of history but an ongoing movement for justice and truth. A Shia scholar making the remarks ahead of Muharram said Imam Hussain's (AS) sacrifice speaks to all of humanity. He urged the youth to draw lessons of honesty and courage from the event.
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Analysis: World Outraged by Israeli Treatment of Sumud Flotilla
These days, the epic move by the Steadfastness (Sumud) Flotilla and the recurring tragedy of the brutal suppression of small boats carrying meager food and medical aid crushed by the heavily armed warships of the Israeli army have once again hit the news headlines on Gaza developments.
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Analysis / Untold Angles of Minab School Crime: Unending Stories of that Black Day
“After the first explosion, I rushed to the class and then called the parents to come collect their children. Around 11:20 a.m. a massive explosion hit the school. I struggled to open the door of the class and around five seconds later, I heard the second and third explosions, the sound of which was closer and more horrifying. I barely managed to pull myself up, and with my own eyes I saw the second floor of the school collapse onto the first.”
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Analysis / Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious
Trump is claiming he has won the war against Iran, but his remarks about possible deal with Iran raise questions by many about whether he is losing the war.
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Analysis / Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?
The US President Donald Trump, who claims that with the aggression and the Sea blockade he has destroyed Iran economically and militarily, is trying on the diplomatic arena to establish the picture that the policy of threat and pressure has succeeded in keeping Iran’s partners from expanding cooperation with Tehran, tightening the noose on the Islamic Republic.
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Analysis: Amid Mediators’ Visits to Tehran, Questions Rise about Terms of Any Iran-US Agreement
Last week, the diplomatic stagnation that set in after the first Islamabad talks finally began to lift. At least, that is the picture emerging from officials’ remarks and a flurry of new diplomatic movements, suggesting a window is opening for a fresh round of negotiations.
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Analysis / Back to Roots: Why’s Hezbollah Re-embracing Guerrilla Warfare in Fight against Israel?
In the face of the massive and occupational invasion by the Israeli regime, Lebanese Hezbollah has introduced a tangible change to its operational doctrine.
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Analysis / Pipeline VS. Strait: How’s Riyadh Aspiring to Bypass Strait of Hormuz?
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Israeli aggression on Iran has left the fate of one of the most important energy arteries through which 20 percent of the world energy flows in a state of ambiguity for an uncertain time.
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Analysis / Shadow Fleet: The Story of Iran Beating US Sea Blockade
Iran has managed to break through the US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. Ample data now shows that numerous ships have slipped past US’s so-called maritime siege on Iran. On Monday, for instance, media reports said that an Iranian tanker, which is subject to US sanctions and spotted off the coast of India just two weeks ago, has now docked at Kharg Island. The vessel, said to be carrying LNG, reportedly evaded detection, pierced the US blockade line, and entered Iranian waters.
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Analysis: What Are Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?
After years of trying various ways to deal blows to Iraq's resistance groups, the US has now embarked on its latest and most dangerous gamble yet, one that could push tensions between the two sides to a boiling point.
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Analysis: Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire
As the living costs, especially the fuel, rise in the US, one of the constant criticisms of the opponents of the warmongering of the Trump administration is the damage of the war to the US economy.
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Analysis; From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order
Earlier in this century, the the US with invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and then Iraq in 2003 intended to consolidate its hegemony in the world. Such politicians as Condoleezza Rice openly talked about the New Middle East and the Greater Middle East, with central aim being blockading Iran and and reshaping the region in the favor of Washington and its allies. But soon it become clear to American war hawks that military intervention alone could not meet their aims.
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Analysis: Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining the War of Wills
The developments of recent days in the Persian Gulf and reports of confrontations between IRGC and American naval forces have shown that in deeper layers of the ceasefire that followed the US-Israeli aggression on Iran on February 28, the military conflict has not stopped yet and actually war continues in the Persian Gulf in other forms that can be labeled the "war of wills."
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Strait of Hormuz revives Iran's neglected trade corridors
The disruptions in commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz have not only affected Iran's maritime trade but have also redirected a portion of regional trade flows toward alternative land and rail routes , an event that once again highlights Iran's geopolitical importance in the region's transit equations.
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The UAE’s dangerous overreach
The geopolitical landscape of the Persian Gulf has been radically redrawn following the intense 40-day military campaign launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28. While the broader conflict reached a fragile, Pakistani-mediated ceasefire in April, the diplomatic and economic aftershocks are still reverberating across the region
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Head of Presidential Office Public Relations Visits ABNA News Agency
Habib Abbasi, Director General of Public Relations at the Presidential Office, visited the Ahlulbayt (a.s.) International News Agency (ABNA) on May 16, 2025, where he praised the agency’s professional team of international journalists for their tireless work in countering false war narratives and presenting ground realities — including live field reports from recent bombings in Tehran.
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The value of gold is known by the goldsmith, the value of a gem by the jeweler; the status of poets with the martyred leader of the revolution
Two kings, one poet, two destinies. One standing on the heights of Ghazni, with a crown of gold and a heart of stone, and the other seated on the seat of the revolution, with a heart of light and an ear for listening to the heavenly whispers of poets.
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Analysis: From Balfour to Today, a Century‑Long Tragedy Deepens as Nakba Expands Across the Region
In 1917, British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour set the stage for a tragedy that is still bleeding, and there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
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Persian Gulf monarchies, US hegemony, and the limits of Muslim solidarity with Iran
The relationship between Iran and the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf has often been described through the familiar vocabulary of sectarian rivalry, strategic competition, and balance of power. Yet this vocabulary, although useful, is incomplete. It conceals a deeper contradiction: the persistent gap between the Islamic language publicly invoked by the Persian Gulf ruling elites and the security architecture through which they have tied their survival to the United States
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An enduring handwritten note on the body of history; Ferdowsi, a sage beyond epic
The 25th of Ordibehesht in the Iranian calendar is not merely a commemoration of an epic poet; it is the manifestation of the awakening of a nation's historical conscience and the honoring of an architect who rebuilt Persian civilization with the bricks of words.
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Do gender-based restrictions in Islam fuel sexual thirst and violence?
Why has Islam placed "restrictions" on relations between men and women that cause "sexual thirst" to erupt among citizens of Muslim societies and produce violence!?
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A superpower that is stronger than mountains
In the Quran and Nahj al-Balaghah, a true superpower is measured not by weapons and wealth but by "divine glory" (وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِینَ - "And to Allah belongs all honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers"), the "soft power of justice," and "influence over hearts"; not by the expanse of land, but by the expanse of mercy and dignity. Lasting power lies in "the competence of officials, the elimination of oppression, and the development of the country by the people," and it considers material criteria such as massive armies and full treasuries as "tools" not "inherent honor." Based on the verse (أَشِدَّاءُ عَلَی الْکُفَّارِ رُحَمَاءُ بَیْنَهُمْ - "hard against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves"), a divine superpower must be both severe against the enemy and kind among themselves – and this is the secret of immortality, not the atomic bomb and tanks.
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Analysis: Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining War of Wills
The developments of recent days in the Persian Gulf and reports of confrontations between IRGC and American naval forces have shown that in deeper layers of the ceasefire that followed the US-Israeli aggression on Iran on February 28, the military conflict has not stopped yet and actually war continues in the Persian Gulf in other forms that can be labeled the "war of wills."
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The Seven Labors of Easy Marriage
Keeping up with the Joneses, illusory values, false customs and habits, fleeting whims, the pursuit of false honor, status, and imaginary prestige - in short, the seven labors: unrealistic and dreamlike expectations, unnecessary fault-finding by parents and relatives, crippling dowries, excessive formalities and a thousand kinds of "preliminaries" and "aftermaths" and deadly rivalries, pointless objections about the two families being of equal standing, fiery and uncontrollable yet uncalculated loves, and excessive suspicion and lack of trust regarding possible future betrayal by one another - these are serious obstacles to marriage.