How did a country under sanctions for 47 years achieve a literacy rate of over 90 percent? How did they achieve a literacy rate of 98 percent for their female citizens? How did they create an advanced healthcare system?

How did they build a powerful military? How did they train world-class scientists and build a strong scientific base? How did they provide uninterrupted electricity to their people despite sanctions? How did they build and operate a refinery despite sanctions? Which country on earth can achieve this under war and sanctions?

Why can’t those countries that are not under sanctions achieve such achievements?

1- The escalation of the approach of assassination by the US and Israel and the attempt to assassinate Dr. Larijani and General Soleimani is actually due to the enemy's frustration and a reaction to their severe stalemate on the battlefield.

2- Seventeen days after the start of the invasion of Iran with the aim of overthrowing the Islamic Republic; Trump the fool; is struggling under the most severe criticism inside and outside the United States, as the head of the White House Counterterrorism Center, Joseph Keynes, who was a Trump supporter and whose wife was also killed in the Iraq War, resigned after attacking Trump and this news bombshell shocked the United States!!;

3- The Daily Telegraph, which is close to Zionist circles, wrote with a big headline: Trump's miscalculation in attacking Iran was the mother of all his miscalculations.

4- John Brennan, former director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, stated yesterday: Trump understands that the situation on the ground has become very complicated and chaotic.

5- The continuation and expansion of severe attacks on sensitive Israeli centers by Iran and Hezbollah and the plowing of all US strategic bases in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf and Iraq; Trump's global ridicule for his inability to open the Strait of Hormuz and the increase in the price of energy carriers in America; have marked the shameful defeat of the infidel front in the field.

6- Although these testimonies are heavy for the nation, they are based on Shiite culture and epistemological foundations; they strengthen the courage, perseverance and will of the nation to achieve the goal of destroying Israel.

✍ Analyst: Professor Mir Ahmad Reza Hajati

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Peace be upon whoever God has destined to read my writing;

To tell you the truth, I feel like I spent the brightest blessed month of my life...

I experienced the most heavenly days on earth;

It seems like I visited the brightest and most luminous people in history...

I don't know if the angels who said to God, "We glorify You and sanctify You, so who is this that You will place as Your successor on earth?" have received their answer upon seeing these people or do they still not know what God knew?

I experienced the most separated, single-hearted, self-sacrificing, pure-hearted, and most militant nation from the earth. I really don't know if our lives will allow us to experience such days again, but I am the most regretful in the longing for these days.

The people who spent all these family nights in their city watching over the most heavenly government on earth.

I saw people whose voices were intertwined with the sounds of bombs, defenses, prayers, and sobs;

I saw the most pleading and distraught people.

I saw people who stopped the most powerful army and economy in the world with a woman and a child in the street.

I saw a father who said that he had seen the most beautiful face of a martyr whose entire body was burned, and a mother who complained about being informed of her child's martyrdom late, saying, "Why did you make me happy so late?"

The world should take off its hat after this, out of respect for Iran, the superpower, but we were born as servants and have nothing but servitude, and a master and a superpower are only worthy of that absent friend.

I saw people who love the guardian of a cause they have never heard a word from or seen a picture of as much as their own life;

It seems that they have been raised to accept that unseen great guardian of Allah, whom they have neither seen nor heard, but whom they know more familiarly than their parents.

If the Islamic Republic had come to raise the ceiling of human stature, not to build a manger bigger than the manger of worldly-minded people, it would be in its most successful era.

However, it will soon be shown that there is no other way to ensure a prosperous world that is not created by a decisive death.

Sheikh Ismail Ramezani

In a message on X-Channel, Ismail Baghaei, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote:

In order to justify their illegal war against Iran, US officials are repeating a "big lie" - "Iran's attempt to obtain a nuclear weapon".

The world, the American people, the region, Europe and the international community must accept that this is a brutal and unjustified act of aggression that lacks any legal, logical or moral justification.

This is an unjust war; a war that cannot be accepted by repeating lies to the world, nor can it be justified with false pretexts.

It further emphasized that the attack on Iran was carried out because of its positions in support of Palestine.

The movement called on the Islamic nation to stand by Iran against what has been called the "Zionist attack."

It was also emphasized that these attacks are carried out within the framework of a plan for complete domination of the region and must be countered.

Iranian Foreign Minister: I don't know why Americans and Israelis still haven't understood that the Islamic Republic of Iran has a strong political structure that has established political, economic and social institutions.

The presence or absence of an individual has no effect on this structure. Of course, individuals have an impact and everyone plays their role; some better, some weaker and some less. But what is important is that the political system in Iran is a very solid structure.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has offered his condolences to the nation on the martyrdom of Minister of Intelligence Esmaeel Khatib, who was assassinated in a US-Israeli targeted attack on Tuesday.

“The cowardly assassination of my dear colleagues Esmaeel Khatib, Ali Larijani, and Aziz Nasirzadeh, along with some of their family members and team members, has left us in mourning,” Pezeshkian wrote in a message on X on Wednesday.

He offered his condolences to “the great people of Iran on the martyrdom of two cabinet members, the Secretary of the Supreme Council, and military and Basij commanders,” who were assassinated in coordinated targeted strikes by US-Israeli forces on Tuesday.

Pezeshkian said in a separate message on Tuesday that the martyrdom of Larijani “is bitter and unexpected, but the steadfastness of the Iranian nation and “their achievement of ultimate victory” will make the Zionist criminals regret imposing a war on Iran.

“I am certain their path will continue stronger than ever,” Pezeshkian said.

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians paid their respects to Dr. Larijani, and General Soleimani during a mass funeral procession in Tehran on Wednesday.

The procession witnessed one of the largest public gatherings in recent weeks, with crowds filling the streets of Tehran from early morning.

Iranian authorities have denounced all the assassinations as cowardly acts, vowing to avenge them in the most decisive manner. In retaliation, the IRGC launched massive overnight airstrikes targeting over 100 locations in Tel Aviv.

The United States and Israel launched a large-scale, unprovoked war against Iran on February 28, assassinating Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and a number of senior commanders.

Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh was among those martyred on the first day of US-Israeli joint military aggression on the country.

Press TV’s website

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has issued an urgent evacuation order for people living near key energy‑production facilities in three Persian Gulf Arab states after attacks on gas‑processing installations in southern Iran.

The IRGC warning said five complexes, two refineries, two petrochemical complexes, and a gas field in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have become now legitimate targets for Iranian retaliation.

The IRGC urged citizens, residents, and workers in the vicinity of these facilities to evacuate immediately to protect their lives.

The facilities named in the warning were SAMREF Refinery and Jubail Petrochemical Complex in Saudi Arabia, the Al‑Hosn Gas Field in the UAE and Al‑Mesaieed Holding and Petrochemical Complex, as well as Phases 1 and 2 of Ras Laffan Refinery in Qatar.

Iran had warned since the start of the US-Israeli aggression on February 28 that any attack on its key energy installations would cross a major red line, promising retaliation against oil and gas sites in Persian Gulf countries that are linked to the United States.

Authorities in the Iranian Oil Ministry said on Wednesday that US-Israeli airstrikes targeted parts of the refining installations in Asaluyeh, a coastal city that processes a bulk of the natural gas from South Pars, the world’s largest gas field, located on the maritime border between Iran and Qatar in the Persian Gulf.

The IRGC’s note added that the rulers of the Persian Gulf Arab states had ignored Iran’s warnings, persisting in “blind subservience” and making decisions that do not reflect the will of their peoples.

“We have repeatedly warned your leaders against following this dangerous path and dragging their peoples into a major gamble with their fate,” the note said.

“Therefore, they bear full responsibility for all consequences that will result from this course.”

Press TV’s website

Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran to participate in the funeral procession honoring the martyrdom of Iranian sailors and top officials, Ali Larijani and General Gholamreza Soleimani, assassinated during unprovoked US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic.

Many attendees arrived ahead of the ceremony to pay their respects to the 84 Navy personnel martyred aboard IRIS Dena on March 4, as well as to Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Ali Larijani, and the head of the Basij forces, Major General Gholamreza Soleimani, who were assassinated in targeted strikes on Tuesday.

The funeral procession witnessed one of the largest public gatherings in recent weeks, with crowds filling the streets of Tehran from early Wednesday morning.

People were holding photos of the martyrs and banners calling for justice.

The event was attended by the families of the martyrs, government officials, and military leaders.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced the martyrdom of General Soleimani, and Dr. Larijani alongside his son, Mortaza Larijani.

The high-ranking Iranian officials were killed in coordinated targeted strikes by the US-Israeli forces.

Iran has denounced all strikes as cowardly acts, vowing to avenge them in the most decisive manner.

In retaliation, the IRGC launched massive overnight airstrikes targeting over 100 locations in Tel Aviv.

Iran's navy personnel were killed while they were on an official mission in international waters to participate in a naval exercise in India.

The ship was struck by a US Navy MK 48 torpedo from a submarine, approximately 40 nautical miles off the coast of Galle, Sri Lanka.

Reports indicate around 20 sailors remain unaccounted for, while 32 were rescued by Sri Lankan authorities.

The United States and Israel launched a large-scale, unprovoked war against Iran on February 28, assassinating Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and a number of senior commanders.

Subsequent terrorist strikes on civilian and military targets have killed hundreds of people, including more than 200 children.

Press TV’s website

If something happens, it is America's fault, not ours

The Foreign Minister told Al Jazeera:

We did not limit ourselves to the enemy's official bases, wherever American forces were gathered, wherever their facilities were, they were targeted.

Some of these places may be near urban areas, this is not our fault, it is America's fault.

They moved their forces out of the military base and into hotels in the cities; in general, it is the behavior of the United States that has brought the region to this situation.