US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in an exclusive interview with Iran International, urged Iranians to stop paying taxes and stock up on fuel ahead of winter, predicting the economy would shrink by more than 25% in the year ending March 2027. 📺 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=8ZxrJIP1…

A screenshot of this video of 3 Indian Air Force Rafale fighters along with a Il-78MKI tanker during the Wings Over Ganges air show in Varanasi yesterday was doctored and posted as 3 IRIAF fighters over Kermanshah by many accounts today.

Forty-seven years ago, David Frost asked Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, then living in exile, how he believed Iranians would judge him fifty years later. His answer was brief, but memorable: “I hope they will discover the truth before fifty years have passed.” The Shah had spent years warning of dangers that others were reluctant to recognise. He spoke of the unlikely alliance between the radical left and religious extremists — what he called the Red and Black alliance. Two movements seemingly opposed in ideology, yet united in their determination to bring down his government. He also warned that the forces destabilising Iran would not necessarily stop at Iran’s borders. He understood that the consequences of extremism and regional instability could eventually reach Europe and threaten Western interests. At the time, many dismissed his warnings. Nearly half a century later, Western leaders are themselves warning of the dangers of political extremism, radical Islamism and threats to European security — dangers the Shah had warned could extend far beyond Iran’s borders. Meanwhile, in Iran, a new generation is challenging the narrative of 1979, questioning the promises of the revolution and openly chanting the name of the man it overthrew. A generation that has returned to history, questioning what it was taught and searching for its own answers. For many Iranians today, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi is no longer the figure portrayed by the revolutionaries of 1979. He has become a symbol of stability, modernisation, national pride and the ambition to build a powerful, prosperous Iran. Perhaps the most remarkable part of his legacy is not simply what he built, but what he saw coming. History has had nearly fifty years to judge him. And in the streets of Iran, a new generation is delivering its own verdict. On the anniversary of his birth, the Shah’s name is once again being heard in the country he was forced to leave.

"Israel and the US are preparing an operational plan aimed at toppling the Iranian regime...a devastating direct strike against the Iranian leadership, similar to operations carried out in the past, combined with additional military measures not previously undertaken, could set in motion a process that would ultimately bring down the regime." israelhayom.com/2026/10/26/n…

The central argument of my book, VALLEY OF DEATH, is that the growing dependence of the U.S. and its allies on commercially developed technologies critical to warfare would inevitably create conflicts over who controls them. The unfolding Starlink controversy is a case in point.

💥Israeli DefMin Israel Katz tries to walk back to scandal: "Israel had no intention of launching an attack on Iran before Israel's election." Note 'intention'. No word on orders given. He dismissed reports of government/IDF clash over Iran as "completely baseless & false."

חשיפה עכשיו במהדורה | עימות חסר תקדים בין הרמטכל לבין ראש הממשלה שהגיע לשיא או לשפל ביממה האחרונה הנושא ברקע: הסוגיה האיראנית וחשש של זמיר שנתניהו והדרג המדיני עלולים להוביל לתרחיש של מיסקלקולציה מול איראן רגע לפני הבחירות גורם ביטחוני: מדובר בפעולה שעלולה להוביל לעימות בזק מול איראן בעיתוי רגיש ודרמטי, ולייצר מיסקלקולציה גורמים בקיאים בפרטים: חשש של הדרג הצבאי מניסיון לנצל את הסוגיה האיראנית לתנופה פוליטית , טענה שגורמים מדיניים מכחישים וטוענים שמדובר בשקר של ממש כך או כך, 2 מקורות מספרים לי שזה הגיע לרמה שהיום בביקור בפלמחים האווירה בדיון הייתה עכורה עד מאוד בימים האחרונים זמיר קיבל איזושהי הנחיה מהדרג המדיני אבל ביקש דיון מעמיק לפני ביצוע הוא גם ביקש אסמכתאות חוקיות וחתומות של הדרג המדיני על המהלך בכיר ביטחוני: ההיסטוריה לא תשכח את התפקיד שמילא פה זמיר בימים האחרונים ובשורה התחתונה: עימות יוצא דופן בחריגות שלו בין זמיר לנתניהו, סביב הסוגיה באיראן, רגע לפני מועד הבחירות. נדגיש: כל הפרטים בידיעה הזו עברו את אישורה של הצנזורה הצבאית

Saudi Military Aircraft Reportedly Lands in Tehran, Iran A Saudi Royal Air Force C-130H Hercules military transport aircraft, identified as RSF1036, reportedly entered Iranian airspace and landed at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran. FlightRadar24 tracking shows the aircraft operating over the Persian Gulf before its reported arrival in Iran.

شاهزاده، دارای همان فره ایزدی است که همیشه ایران را از سیاهی نجات داده. ما در هزاران سال تاریخ ایران و افسانه‌هایش دیده‌ایم که ایران همیشه زیر سایه چنین فرهی دوباره فرهمند شده. جبهه هفت آبان، بازوی انقلاب ملی ایران به رهبری شاهزاده رضا پهلوی، برای نبرد آخر آماده است. برای آخرین نبرد و بازگشت پهلوی به هفت آبان بپیوندید. @7aban_H

“I didn’t have to fire a missile.” - President Obama on Iran. That’s right, Mr. President. You didn’t. Not when Iran-backed militias in Iraq killed American service persons there. Not as the IRGC deepened ties with the Taliban (but also al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network) as it killed Americans in Afghanistan. Not when the IRGC-QF plotted to kill the Saudi Ambassador to Washington in a Georgetown restaurant via Mexican drug cartels Not as Iran began enriching uranium to 20 percent purity, which is highly enriched. Not as Iran began enriching uranium in centrifuges in its highly fortified underground Fordow facility for the first time. Not as Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz. Not as IRGC-Navy fast attack craft routinely harassed American Navy vessels and commercial traffic in and around the Persian Gulf. Not as Iran tested medium range ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear payloads with genocidal phrases against Israel written in Hebrew. Not as Iran continued to work on space launch vehicles with the ultimate goal of developing longer-range strike platforms that could one day threaten the European continent and the US homeland. Not as Iran beefed up its drone program. Not as the regime successfully co-opted the Houthis in Yemen and began to provide them with material support as the group entered the Axis of Resistance. Not as the Islamic Republic backed Assad’s slaughter of Syrians to the hilt and intervened decisively, later along with Russia, in that theater and created a security and humanitarian catastrophe I the Middle East and refugee crises that has thrown a massive curveball into European politics and demographics. And last but certainly not least, not as Iranians whose calls for support you ignored during the Green Movement were killed, arrested, beaten, and tortured.

«آزاد» آزاد شد. توضیحات بیشتر به‌زودی… گفت‌و‌گوی بعدی: عباس امانت و یرواند آبراهامیان | ۲۸ مرداد و درس‌هایی برای ایران امروز