The Illusion of the Religious Legitimation of a U.S. War Against Iran

Ali Larijani: Iran’s Martyr of the Humanities

Dr. Ali Larijani was precisely what former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei recently called an «interlocutor». He is the kind of figure the world today is desperately short of. Mediators are those rare individuals who can navigate a world trapped in irreconcilable binaries and steer it toward peace. Our current global order is built on such binaries: they don’t reconcile, they keep fighting, and ordinary people end up paying the price. That dialectical, conciliatory spirit is familiar to anyone who knows German idealism, and it’s no accident that ElBaradei specifically mentioned Larijani’s four books on Immanuel Kant.

Our resistance is steadfast and unwavering

More than thirty days have passed since the third war imposed on Iran, and the third Sacred Defense is still ongoing. Days that were not only a difficult test for the people inside Iran, but also a field for measuring loyalties and exposing the true faces of many claimants abroad.

An Analysis of What Quran Says about Fighting Zionism

Street Presence; An Example of ‘Momentous Matter’ in Quran

“Amr Jami’ (Momentous Matter)” in the Holy Quran is any important work that requires the cooperation and presence of the people, and it is not permissible for anyone to leave the scene without the permission of the leader.

Censorship and Narrative Framing in Media Coverage of the U.S.–Israeli Attack on Iran

In times of international conflict and crisis, the media do far more than relay information. Through the processes of selection, prioritization, and framing, they play a decisive role in shaping public perceptions of unfolding events. In the era of global communications, public understanding of military crises is largely constructed through their media representation.

Shockwaves of war on Iran’s historical heritage

Following consecutive airstrikes by the United States and the Israeli regime from late February through the closing days of March, a number of Iran’s most important historical monuments and sites across multiple provinces have been damaged or destroyed.

Trump's assassination of Soleimani and Ayatollah Khamenei: A factor in his downfall?

The twentieth century began with the emergence of a new concept in terrorism studies and criminology within political science: a notion titled “gaining fame or attracting public attention through the assassination of an important figure.” The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth in 1865, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip in 1914, are often considered examples of this type.

Enemy and destruction of history

Why do you think Alexander set fire to Persepolis when he invaded Iran, or what benefit did the Mongols gain from burning our cities? The issue seems to lie in foundations and cultural manifestations. Setting fire to buildings and urban symbols is to set fire to a nation's

Nowruz in the shadow of war

This year, Nowruz does not feel the way it used to. Many things still look the same on the outside. The Haft-Seen table is ready, just like every year. There is green wheat, flowers, a mirror, a copy of the Holy Quran, and a glass bowl with small red fish swimming quietly

Nowruz in the midst of unwarranted war

Iranian citizens are celebrating the ancient Nowruz (the Persian New Year) while their country is under an illegal and borderless war by the United States and Israel.

The spirit of spring

This year, Nowruz was different. It is no exaggeration to call it the most unprecedented Nowruz in Iran’s contemporary history. The Persian year 1404 was a difficult and bitter one for Iranians. Early in the year, the country became embroiled in a 12-day war imposed by the United States and Israel, during which more than a thousand honorable Iranian citizens lost their lives and became victims of the lies, ambitions, and crimes of those two regimes.

The messages of the first message

The first message of the Ayatollah seyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Leader of the Islamic Revolution, was issued in the right time.

Success in Divine Tests: Prerequisite for Final Victory over Enemy in Quran

In the Quran’s account of the battle led by Talut, ultimate victory comes only after a series of divine tests in which the believers are filtered through trials of loyalty to divine authority, attachment to worldly desires, and fear of anything other than God.

An Analysis of What Quran Says about Fighting Zionism

Immutable Divine Law in Contemporary Battle of Ahzab

According to the verses of Surahs al-Fat’h and al-Ahzab of the Holy Quran, the Almighty God has guaranteed that whenever the enemy launches aggression and the front of truth remains steadfast, the retreat and defeat of the aggressor become an inevitable and unalterable outcome.

An Analysis of What Quran Says about Fighting Zionism

Why War, Not Negotiation?

Iran stood at a crossroads between two paths — war or negotiation. Most people preferred diplomacy, yet fate decreed war.

Life of Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei is a prominent Iranian cleric and the second son of the late Leader and marja', Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. He was born in 1969 in the city of Mashhad, one of Iran’s most important religious centers.

An Analysis of What Quran Says about Fighting Zionism

When Human Strength in Battle Becomes Infinite

The Holy Quran emphasizes that the degree of one’s belief in God determines the degree of one’s power to act.

A Glance at Radiant Visage of Martyr Imam Khamenei

Iranian scholar Dr. Mohammad Fanaei Eshkevari recently delivered speech on the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

By Syed Farid Alatas, Department of Sociology & Anthropology National University of Singapore

Iran, United States and Imperialism

Recent events, namely the abduction of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores by the United States, the US and US-backed Israeli war of against Iran, the unjust blockade of fule shipments to Cuna and, of course, the Israeli genocidal war against Gaza with full US backing, have all merely served to confirm the reality of imperialism in our contemporary lives.

365 Scars on My Heart: A Year Since Martyrdom of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

It’s not blame I carry in these words — how could we, the people of this earth, ever blame those who belong to the heavens?

Mausoleum of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: Reproducing Identity and Resistance

On his first martyrdom anniversary, the crowds surrounding the mausoleum of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah revealed its central role as a visual and symbolic landmark. Over the past months, the site has become a destination for his followers from across Lebanon, as well as citizens, activists, and journalists from Arab, Islamic, and Western countries...

Sayyed Nasrallah’s Secretary and Fighters’ Companion

The catastrophe of September 27, 2024 was unbearably heavy. Every detail still wounds— the names, the comrades, the places, and the memories that linger. On that day, the name of jihadi commander Hajj Muhammad Khair al-Din—known as Hajj Hassan—emerged into the light.

Glory to God and to the Sixteenth of February

Sheikh Ragheb Harb, the Sheikh of the Martyrs of the Islamic Resistance, was a pioneering and exemplary figure-true in his faith in God and in the rights of His servants, both individual and collective; deeply conscious of his responsibility toward society and the homeland; tireless in striving and struggling to establish justice and liberation, to oppose oppression, to resist occupation, and to confront projects of humiliation and imposed tutelage.

Unmasked: The scandal of the “saviors” of Muslim women

The case of systematic crimes on Epstein’s island is not merely a moral scandal or the sexual corruption of several wealthy figures; it has now become a fully documented indictment — a decisive unmasking of the Western human rights discourse. Within this case, a network of Western politicians, capital holders, media personalities, and intellectual elites—figures who for years portrayed themselves as flag-bearers of “human rights” and “women’s rights”—...

Zainab Mughniyeh: We Would Suddenly Find Him beside Us, and Then He Would Leave Again

Beirut - It is impressive how every time something is written about Hajj Imad, the words captivate the readers’ eyes and hearts. There is no need for a structural or anecdotal display in the writing. It is only enough to read the name "Imad Mughniyeh" several times, carefully and with passion. Perhaps that beautiful mystery is the reason, or perhaps his abilities, personality, history and jihad are the cause. But the inevitable is that Hajj Radwan was the magic of the resistance and its secret. He was that distant unknown innovator, who was only near once he was martyred.

Hajjah Saada Badreddine Mughniyeh: In God’s Eye, I Saw Nothing but Beauty

Hajjah Saada Badreddine is puzzling. She doesn’t hail from the world of philosophy or the world of knowledge and thinkers. Perhaps she is a combination of all of these worlds.

Enhancing Iran’s armed forces’ combat power with Khorramshahr-4 missile

One of Iran’s new and powerful missiles, regarded as an effective component of the country’s offensive doctrine, has been deployed for the first time in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) underground missile cities, elevating the combat capability of Iran’s armed forces to an unprecedented level.

Hijab, the Islamic Revolution, and the women of Iran

For several years, the issue of hijab and its legal status for Iranian women has been a constant topic in political, intellectual, and human rights circles connected to Iran. Since the online campaigns that began in 2017, the subject has rarely left the media space. Every few days, a major outlet publishes an article, broadcasts a documentary, or produces news coverage that keeps the issue alive in public attention.

Admitted realities; US unable to shape Iran's future

Recent assessments indicate that many of the United States’ key assumptions about Iran have not only failed to emerge but have instead led to a strategic impasse. Policies predicated on maximum pressure, military threats, and reliance on internal unrest have not produced the intended outcomes. Notably, even security analysts close to U.S. and Israeli circles have begun to acknowledge realities that were previously absent from official calculations in Washington.