Bloomberg’s account of the risks of various scenarios for US ground forces:

The Kharkov attack scenario is “very high risk”

The Kharkov siege scenario is “high risk”

The Iranian threat to the Strait of Hormuz is “very high risk”

The ship escort scenario is “high risk”

The uranium seizure scenario is also “very high risk”

All scenarios are very high risk, very resource-intensive, and very unlikely to have the impact Trump is seeking.

Official confession of Zionist security and political officials: Mossad failed against the social and popular base of the Islamic Republic; all projects of chaos and civil war in Iran were thwarted by the people!

The Hebrew channel "Kan" of the Zionist regime:

Mossad had presented very, very important plans for overthrow, but all of them failed; even some of the things that were planned and were supposed to be done during this war failed!

There were officials in Israel who thought that the rebellions could be resumed during the war, but they soon realized that in the end, this would not happen.

The wish and hope for the collapse of the Iranian government did not actually come true, and Trump and Netanyahu also realized that this would not happen; the Islamic Republic is still standing.

In an official letter on Thursday addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the President of the Security Council, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, expressed deep concern over the reported assassination plots.

“I draw the immediate attention of Your Excellency and the members of the Security Council to the reports published in the media,” Iravani stated.

“These reports indicate that the United States and the Israeli regime have identified and designated high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Mr. Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, as assassination targets. The reports describe any suspension of such plans as merely temporary.”

The ambassador emphasized that the reports point to an operational framework aimed at assassinating Iran’s highest political officials. This criminal policy has been systematically implemented since the start of the unprovoked US-Israeli aggression against Iran on February 28, which began with the assassination of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and several other senior officials.

“Such a policy clearly indicates a serious violation of the peremptory rules of international law. The conditional nature of the alleged ‘suspension’ also confirms that the threat remains real, deliberate, and ongoing,” Iravani warned.

He added that these threats are the products of “criminal mindsets” that have openly called the “rules of engagement” “foolish.”

The same forces, working with the terrorists ruling Tel Aviv, have deliberately bombed and killed hundreds of students, targeted hospitals, destroyed cultural heritage sites, and committed other heinous crimes in an open campaign of state terrorism.

“The promotion of the term ‘kill lists’ should be seen as another manifestation of the same terrorist acts that initiated a criminal war against Iran and have so far resulted in the deaths of more than three thousand civilians,” the letter stressed.

Iravani underlined that a premeditated policy of assassinating high-ranking officials of a sovereign UN member state constitutes a flagrant violation of the UN Charter, as well as gross breaches of international human rights law — including the right to life — and international humanitarian law.

He further recalled that officials at the level of Foreign Minister enjoy complete personal immunity under customary international law, a principle repeatedly affirmed by the International Court of Justice.

Iran urges intl. community to condemn US-Israeli strikes on telecom infrastructure

Iran urges intl. community to condemn US-Israeli strikes on telecom infrastructure

The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva urges the international condemnation of US-Israeli strikes on the country’s telecommunications sites.

Any attack on their lives would undermine the foundations of peaceful international relations. Iran firmly condemns any attempt to normalize the assassination of high-ranking government officials, describing it as a destructive and biased policy that represents state terrorism, sets a dangerous precedent, and poses a serious threat to international peace and security.

Iran to UN: KSA, Qatar, Kuwait and UAE must halt use of their territory for US-Israeli aggression against Iran

In separate letters, Iravani issued strong protests to the United Nations against Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates for allowing their territory and airspace to be used by the United States and the Israeli regime to carry out attacks on Iranian soil.

Iran’s ambassador firmly renewed Tehran’s objection to these illegal and hostile actions by the four Persian Gulf states.

The Iranian ambassador stressed that states bear clear international responsibility when they make their territory available for acts of aggression and armed attacks against a third sovereign country.

“Considering the international responsibility of states arising from making their territory available for committing acts of aggression and carrying out armed attacks against the territory of a third state, the Islamic Republic of Iran has expressed its strong and firm protest against the above-mentioned illegal actions,” Iravani stated in the letters.

He called on the kingdoms of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to immediately observe the principles of good neighborliness and prevent any further use of their territory against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The senior Iranian diplomat also underlined that while the Islamic Republic continues to uphold the principle of good neighborliness and fully respects the sovereignty of these states, it reserves its legitimate right to take all necessary and appropriate measures — including the exercise of its inherent right of self-defense — in order to safeguard its sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence.

Press TV’s website

The Iranian foreign minister says the US-Israeli massacre of schoolchildren in Minab is just the "tip of a far larger iceberg" of the invading coalition's war crimes. 

Abbas Araghchi delivered the statement in an urgent meeting of the UN Rights Council on Friday to address the US-Israeli terrorist strike against Shajare Tayyebe Elementary school in the city of Minab, south of Iran, which left 175 students and teachers massacred in cold blood on February 28.

"Iran stands today amid the throes of an illegal war imposed by two bullying nuclear armed regimes, the United States and Israel," Araghchi said, adding that the "blatantly unjustified and brutal" aggression began when Tehran and Washington were engaging in a diplomatic process. 

"They betrayed diplomacy for a second time in the course of nine months by torpedoing the negotiating table," he said, referring to the US-Israeli attacks on Iran in June 2025.

"Among the most harrowing manifestations of this aggression," maintained the minister, was the "calculated, phased assault on Shajare Tayyebe Elementary school."

Iran’s retaliatory strikes have rendered many of the 13 US military bases in the Persian Gulf region “all but uninhabitable,” forcing American troops to work remotely from hotels and office spaces.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has issued a statement addressing people across West Asia, saying it is obligated to eliminate US and Israeli “terrorist forces” wherever they are found for indiscriminately killing Iranian civilians and targeting key figures. 

The statement, released on Friday, urged residents to immediately leave areas where American forces are stationed to avoid harm, stating that the US and Israeli militaries are hiding behind civilians and using noncombatants as human shields.

“The cowardly American-Zionist forces, who lack the courage and ability to defend their own military bases, out of fear of the fire of the warriors of Islam, are attempting to use civilian locations and innocent people as human shields,” the statement said.

“Since we are obliged to eliminate the terrorist forces of America and the usurping regime wherever we find them, as they recklessly engage in the killing of Iranian civilians and the assassination of key figures, we advise that you urgently leave the locations of American forces so that no harm comes to you.”

The Iranian warning comes shortly after a report by The New York Times revealed that US military across West Asia is facing mounting strain after sustained Iranian strikes rendered key American bases increasingly uninhabitable, forcing troops to disperse and operate from "improvised" locations across the region.

According to the newspaper, the shift has effectively transformed parts of the US-Israeli terrorist war campaign into a remote operation, with personnel working away from traditional command centers.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced the execution of wave 83 of Operation True Promise 4 in the early hours of Friday, targeting key American and Israeli military installations across the region with missiles and drones.

According to a statement from the IRGC's Public Relations, the operation was dedicated to the "warm-hearted people of the southern strip of the country in the north of the ever-Persian Gulf" and was conducted under the blessed code "Ya Aba Abdullah Al-Hussein (AS)."

The strikes targeted a range of strategic assets belonging to American and Zionist forces.

Among the targets were storage tanks and the oil depot in Ashdod, a military personnel site in the Modi'in settlement, and a US military information exchange center in the region.

The IRGC also struck American military bases at Al-Dhafra and Al-Udeiri, along with maintenance and storage hangars for transport aircraft and drones at Ali Al-Salem Air Base.

Additional targets include fuel tanks for jets and fighter aircraft of American forces, as well as the maintenance and repair hangar for the Patriot missile system at Sheikh Isa Base.

Dr. Seyed Yasar Jabrayili

These days, a set of five conditions for ending the war has been put forward in the country’s official media, as stated by a political-security official. These conditions include an end to aggression and terror, creating guarantees that the war will not be repeated, paying compensation, stopping the conflict on all fronts, and recognizing Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. At first glance, these conditions may seem logical, but if we look at them carefully and from a strategic perspective, we see significant flaws in them. The main problem is that this type of bet is more like a normative statement than a tool for consolidating field achievements.

The fact is that in the current situation, many international analysts believe that Iran has the upper hand in this asymmetric battle. Reports have even been published in media outlets such as the New York Times indicating that a number of US bases in the region have become practically unusable. The disruption of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has put significant pressure on the global economy and increased oil prices. In such circumstances, it is not logical for field superiority to be transformed into vague demands that are neither verifiable nor necessarily in the hands of the other party.

One of the most important drawbacks of these conditions is the issue of “guaranteeing the non-recurrence of war.” In the international system, there is basically no such thing as a real guarantee of non-recurrence of war. Historical experiences, including agreements such as the JCPOA, have shown that great powers can easily withdraw from their commitments. In an anarchic international system, what prevents war is not a commitment on paper, but a change in the calculation of the costs and benefits of the other party. That is, conditions must be created in which an attack is fundamentally uneconomical for the enemy.

The condition regarding the payment of war reparations may be the only clause that can have a practical function, but even this clause becomes a mere political demand if it does not have an enforcement and collectable mechanism. In the history of international relations, compensation makes sense when the victorious side can impose it within the framework of a balance of power; not simply as a moral demand.

The condition regarding the cessation of attacks on the resistance fronts faces the same problem. If the cost of action against these forces remains high, the attacks will stop even without an agreement. But if the cost is low, even with an agreement and a signature, there is no guarantee that the conflict will stop. Therefore, the real way is to strengthen deterrence and increase the cost of any military action against these fronts; not to rely on verbal commitments.

The strangest part of the story is perhaps the condition regarding the recognition of Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. Sovereignty in such strategic points is formed by the “exercise of power,” not by the approval of a foreign power. Basically, whether a country like the United States wants to recognize Iranian sovereignty in this region or not is not a decisive legal issue. If the ability to exercise sovereignty exists, there is no need to obtain such approval.

The important point is that when a country has managed to change the balance of power in the field, it must convert this change into sustainable gains. Converting a practical advantage into a political demand is, in fact, lowering the level of play from “power realities” to “diplomatic statements”; something that may undermine field achievements.

Ultimately, the main question is: when the cost of war for the other side has risen and economic and political pressures have increased, is it not time to demand practical and irreversible concessions? In international relations, the common language is power. Diplomacy succeeds when it is based on power. If an achievement has been achieved in the field, the art of politics is to consolidate that achievement; not to turn it into an ineffective agreement at the political level.

The Ruler; A Deep Narrative of Politics and Economics

I am Yahya Abu Zakaria, an Algerian citizen and son of martyrs in Algeria. I wish you would give me a military uniform from the IRGC to pass on to my children and grandchildren and tell them; This is the uniform of heroes and noble people... When Palestine was slaughtered and Gaza was destroyed, the owners of this uniform resisted, fought jihad, raised the flag of Islam, won for Palestine and dedicated their commander and the achievements of their country to help Palestine and the oppressed.

An intelligence official in Tehran told our reporter: Decision-making circles in Tehran are summarizing numerous reports that show that the UAE has played an effective role in both the beginning and continuation of the war, in order to end this several-week tolerance towards this country.

There are also numerous reports that in addition to the barracks and bases of the US terrorist army in the UAE, given that they were hit by Iranian defensive attacks, the Emiratis have also provided some of their exclusive air bases to the US to use to attack Iran.

Some analysts believe that the UAE is Israel's foothold in the region and that it has carried out some of the false flag operations against Oman and some other countries.

Another cooperation between the Emiratis and Iran's enemies is to supplement their target bank using the artificial intelligence infrastructure provided in this country.

Also, given that private Iranian barges and vessels and some of our coastal geography have been hit by the areas of this sheikhdom, a strong Iranian response is on the way.

Israeli media reported an increase in the exodus of residents from settlements in the north of the occupied territories following the escalation of clashes with Hezbollah.

Reports indicate that a wave of residents has begun to flee from the northern border settlements as shelling intensifies.