Attacks by Hezbollah and an Iraqi militia appear to be a calculated step by Tehran to widen the arena of conflict in a bid to raise the costs for its adversaries
[caption id="attachment_55250129" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Mavi Marmara approaches the southern Israeli port of Ashdod on May 31, 2010, after the Israeli navy raided a flotilla of aid ships…
[caption id="attachment_55250104" align="alignnone" width="620"] A young Syrian boy holds a poster of Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad during a pro-regime demonstration in conjunction with the…
[caption id="attachment_55250090" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian National Defense forces who just finished training, stand to attention at their training center in Wadi Al-Dahab in the Syrian…
[caption id="attachment_55250061" align="alignnone" width="620"] Libya Special Forces Commander Colonel Wanis Abu Khamada (L2) announces that his forces will join Khalifa Haftar's cause, Benghazi,…
[caption id="attachment_55250056" align="alignnone" width="618"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a press conference at the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia …
[caption id="attachment_55250034" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iranian boy stands among Shi'ite Muslim worshipers attending the weekly Friday prayer on May 16, 2014, at the University of Tehran…
[caption id="attachment_55250023" align="alignnone" width="620"] Jewish pilgrims from Tunisia, Europe and Israel perform the annual pilgrimage to the Ghriba synagogue, the oldest Jewish monument in…
[caption id="attachment_55249990" align="alignnone" width="620"] Abbas Araqchi (C), Iran's chief nuclear negotiator arrives at the Austria Center Vienna after another rounds of talks between the EU…
[caption id="attachment_55249973" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man kisses his son, who was rescued from Soma coal mine after an explosion inside the mine on May 13, 2014. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty…
[caption id="attachment_55249943" align="alignnone" width="620"] Gulf leaders meeting for the 34th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Kuwait on December 11, 2013 (Photo by Mohammed Saber…
The US and Israel carried out strikes across Iran, and Tehran has retaliated by striking US/Israeli assets across the region. Could this turn into the regional war analysts have been warning about?
A clerical member of the Guardian Council, he was selected to serve on the Leadership Council along with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei