Israeli forces have carried new wave of aerial raids and bombed multiple residential neighborhoods across southern Lebanon as the regime continues to violate the ceasefire agreement with the Arab country.  

Lebanon’s el-Nashra and al-Manar news networks reported on Thursday that the Israeli warplanes bombed Lebanese villages in Bint Jbeil and struck the outskirts of the town of Tayr Falsayh in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon.

Lebanon’s National News Agency said that Israeli jets also struck the al-Khanouk area of the Aitaroun municipality in the Nabatieh district with air-to-surface missiles. 

The attacks reportedly caused casualties and inflicted heavy damage on civilian infrastructure in the region.

Later in the day, an Israeli drone targeted a Renault Rapid vehicle in the Nabatiyeh district town of Toul, wounding at least one person.

The strike took place in a densely populated area while students were leaving school.

Local media reports quoting local sources said that an Israeli warplane dropped a sonic bomb over the Naqoura beach in southern Lebanon.

Witnesses said that Israeli soldiers also fired volleys of machine guns towards the outskirts of the Kfar Shouba municipality. 

Israeli artillery also shelled on Wednesday night the southern border town of Mays al-Jabal.

Tensions have been mounting in southern Lebanon for weeks, with the Israeli army intensifying near-daily air raids inside Lebanese territory.

Despite a ceasefire reached in November last year, Israel has kept up its near-daily attacks on south and east Lebanon and is occupying five hills it deems strategic in the south.

The Secretary General of Lebanon's Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, in a speech on Tuesday, reiterated that the US and Israel’s calls for the disarmament of the resistance group were designed to weaken Lebanon and leave it exposed to external aggression.

He described the calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah as “a pretext” for launching an aggression on Lebanon

The Hezbollah chief stressed that the US and Israeli threats and pressure “will not change our stance; we will defend our land and dignity, and we will not surrender.”

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Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i, known as Imam al-Shafi'i, is one of the leaders of the Sunnis who lived in the second century AH. He was renowned not only in jurisprudence but also in poetry, and if we look at him from the perspective of a poet rather than a jurist, we will notice his poetic flair. The Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.) have a special place in his poems that attracts the attention of every reader. In the poems he wrote about the Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.), after praising the Prophet's family and expressing his love for them, he considers love for them to be an obligation from God and the Quran, and urges everyone, regardless of ethnic or religious prejudice, to respect, appreciate, and value them, to the point that he considers not sending blessings and salutations upon the Prophet's family and family in prayer to invalidate one's prayer. Finally, he reminds us that in an era when everyone is lost and drowning in the sea of ​​jurisprudential and sectarian differences, we must cling to the rope of God, the family of the Prophet, and their ways and methods in order to be safe from the scourge of differences.

The honors of the Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.) are enough for all the jurisprudential and theological schools of Islamic sects, whether Shia or Sunni, to boast of them, and it can be said with boldness that even the most radical individuals from Islamic sects do not dare to dare to enter their sacred space.

Now, let us turn to some examples of Shafi'i's precious poems:

O family of the Prophet, your love is an obligation that has been stated by God in the Quran.

- This is enough for your greatness, the one who did not greet you in prayer, has no prayer, (his prayer is not valid)

Or

-The family of the Prophet is my support and they are the means for me to reach the Prophet

- I hope that on the Day of Judgment, they will give me the record of my deeds in my right hand.

A review of his poems is available from various sources, the following can be mentioned:

1- Loving the Ahl al-Bayt and the family of the Prophet without any intellectual or jurisprudential bias

2- Loving the Ahl al-Bayt is a recommendation taken from the Quran and the Prophet (PBUH), so that if someone does not send blessings and salutations on the Prophet and his family in his prayer, his prayer is not valid.

3- In the Quran, Allah means the Prophet and his pure family by the divine rope.

4- In times of disagreement, acting in the way and manner of the Prophet and his family leads to victory and salvation, and the right path is to follow the Prophet and his family.

5- Following the Prophet and his family will result in receiving the record of one's deeds in one's right hand on the Day of Judgment and ultimately happiness in eternal life.

The UN’s gender equality agency has warned that rape is being used as a “weapon of war” in Sudan, where mounting violence by UAE-backed militants has claimed thousands of civilian lives amid rampant hunger and displacement.

Violence in Sudan has escalated significantly over the past month, especially after the so-called Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias seized the city of El Fasher in North Darfur in late October.

They have massacred at least 2,000 people in El Fasher, in what some rights groups describe as a “true genocide.”

The conflict has involved widespread atrocities, including ethnic massacres, sexual violence, summary executions, and mass displacement of nearly 89,000 people.

“Women speaking to us from El Fasher, the heart of Sudan's latest catastrophe, tell us that they've endured starvation…displacement, rape and bombardment,” Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, told reporters in Geneva.

“Pregnant women have given birth in the streets as the last remaining maternity hospitals were looted and destroyed.”

Mutavati spoke of “impossible decisions” having to be made by families “forced to choose between food and medicine and dignity."

“What the women tell us is that on their horrific journey…every step that they've taken to fetch water, to collect firewood or to stand in a food line has carried a high risk of sexual violence,” Mutavati said. “There is mounting evidence that rape is being deliberately and systematically used as a weapon of war.”

She warned that women’s bodies “have become a crime scene in Sudan,” adding, “There are no longer any safe places where women can access protection or basic psychosocial care.”

Mutavati also said that health workers report rising cases of severe acute malnutrition in infants, often linked to their starving mothers’ reduced ability to breastfeed.

“There's a ripple effect of the hunger that women are experiencing,” she warned.

While calling for an end to the violence, the official also urged broader humanitarian access and increased support to aid providers, and underlined that women and girls in Sudan “are the measure of our shared humanity.”

“Every day that the world delays to act on Sudan, another woman gives birth under fire or buries her child in hunger, or disappears without justice,” she concluded.

The RSF has been in war with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for more than two years.

Despite denials, the UAE has emerged as a major backer of the RSF, providing weapons and logistics support, in exchange for Sudanese gold.

Israel, the UK, France, Canada, and the US also face international backlash for arms sales and diplomatic cover.

'RSF gang raped me in front of my daughter'

Meanwhile, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor warned in a Tuesday report published on X about the sexual violence perpetrated by the RSF against women in Sudan.

The Geneva-based rights group said dozens of horrifying testimonies are emerging from women and girls in El Fasher after the RSF’s attack, adding that while some survivors are bravely breaking the silence to seek justice, hundreds of others remain unable to speak about the rape and sexual violence they endured.

“Three members of the Rapid Support Forces gang raped me in front of my 12-year-old daughter and my sister-in-law. It was extremely humiliating. I feel shattered,” said a woman.

“Any woman who resisted the rape was subjected to beatings, torture, or even killed. An 11-year-old boy was beaten to death while trying to help his mother.”

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said around 25 women were gang raped in a displacement camp in El Fasher.

“Four members of the Rapid Support Forces came. One of them grabbed me and said he wanted to rape me. I tried to resist, but he beat me and threatened to rape my young daughter,” another woman was quoted as saying.

“They tied me up and stripped me of my clothes, then three of them raped me in front of my daughter.”

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Today, November 12, marks the 14th anniversary of the martyrdom of Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, known as the ‘father of Iran’s missile program’ and a visionary military strategist who was ahead of his time.

He played an instrumental role in developing Iran’s indigenous missile capabilities during the 1980s imposed war and groomed many aerospace commanders who continued his mission.

Born in 1959 in Sarcheshmeh, a neighborhood in central Tehran, Tehrani Moqaddam completed his high school education in 1977.

In 1979, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Sharif University of Technology, which was followed two years later by a Master’s degree in industrial engineering from Khajeh Nasir al-Din Toosi University.

At the young age of 21, when the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was established, Tehrani Moqaddam joined the intelligence division of the third region in northern Iran as a young cadet.

After the successful Samen-ol-A’emeh operation in 1981, which freed Abadan city in southwestern Khuzestan from West-backed Iraqi Ba'athist forces, he recognized the urgent need to strengthen fire support on the front lines.

This realization inspired him to draft a plan to address the challenge, which he submitted to Hassan Bagheri, then-IRGC intelligence chief. Following his proposal, the IRGC artillery corps and the artillery research center in Ahvaz were established.

Tehrani Moqaddam played a leading role in setting up the IRGC artillery, using 155 mm and 130 mm traction shells, as well as Portuguese 105 mm shells.

In the mid-1980s, when Iraq was escalating missile attacks on Iranian cities backed by Western governments, including the United States, Iran sought to compensate for its missile defense shortcomings through limited foreign assistance.

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The US is reportedly backing a plan to construct housing compounds for thousands of “screened” Palestinians in areas of Gaza currently occupied by Israeli forces, raising fears that the project could entrench the territory’s division.

According to The Atlantic, US President Donald Trump’s administration, in coordination with Israeli officials, is advancing a proposal to build so-called “Alternate Safe Communities” behind a “yellow line” that divides Hamas-controlled western Gaza from Israeli-occupied eastern Gaza.

The plan aims to resettle Palestinians who pass anti-Hamas security screenings conducted by Israel’s Shin Bet, effectively separating them from the majority of Gaza’s two million residents.

Movement across the yellow line will be heavily restricted, raising concerns that the communities could become enclosed zones of indefinite displacement.

US Lieutenant General Patrick Frank, who heads the civil-military coordination center overseeing the Gaza ceasefire, outlined the plan in an internal email cited by The Atlantic.

He proposed that each community include a medical center, school, administrative building, and temporary housing for about 25,000 residents.

However, according to the report, US, UK, and Israeli officials later revised the target population down to around 6,000 per site.

The first pilot is expected to be built near Rafah in southern Gaza, an area largely owned by

Palestinians.

The project would be part of a broader US effort to implement Trump’s 20-point peace plan, which envisions an eventual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, even though no timeline has been provided.

The Financial Times reported that the proposal has alarmed Arab and European governments, who fear it could mark the beginning of a permanent Israeli occupation in parts of Gaza.

They think the project could cement a lasting partition, creating a two-tiered system between “approved” Palestinians and those remaining under Hamas administration.

Less than two percent of Gaza’s two million residents currently live behind the so-called yellow line, which was originally intended to be a temporary barrier.

The Trump administration has not committed US funds to Gaza’s reconstruction, instead seeking investments from Persian Gulf states. Meanwhile, the United Nations estimates the cost of rebuilding war-torn Gaza at roughly $70 billion.

Critics note that the proposed sites sit on Palestinian-owned land, raising concerns about potential displacement. The plan, they warn, risks deepening Gaza’s fragmentation while providing no clear path toward Palestinian sovereignty or full Israeli withdrawal.

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Question: There are many narrations about the Mushaf of Hazrat Zahra (peace be upon her); some narrations say that it was from Gabriel, some consider it to be the dictation of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and the handwriting of Imam Ali (peace be upon him), and some say that the divine angels brought that book to the Imam in the form of a book! Which of these narrations is authentic and correct?

Answer: There are narrations from the infallibles, especially Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), about the characteristics of the Mushaf of Hazrat Zahra (peace be upon him). In some narrations, the person who dictated this book is referred to as Gabriel and the angel of revelation, and in some narrations, it is also referred to as the Messenger of Allah. The common point of these two groups of narrations in the author is that it is Hazrat Amir al-Mu’minin (peace be upon him). The common point of these two groups of narrations is that, considering the literal meaning and Quranic evidence, the word “Messenger of Allah” in these narrations does not mean the Prophet (peace be upon him), but rather the divine messenger Gabriel; Therefore, in both sets of narrations, the dictator of these teachings is the trustworthy Gabriel and the writer is Imam Ali (AS).

Detailed answer:

According to narrations, a legacy has been left for the Imams (AS) from the Prophet (PBUH), the Commander of the Faithful (PBUH), and Fatima Zahra (AS). The “Musahf of Fatima” remains with the Imams (PBUH) as a legacy of Imamate and is inherited from one Imam to another. It is stated in authentic narrations that between the death of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and the martyrdom of Siddiqah al-Kubra (AS), an angel would descend upon the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and inform him of the state of his venerable father in the world of Barzakh and also of future events. Of course, it is also derived from some narrations that this Musahf was written during the time of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). In this article, first a reference is made to these two categories of narrations and then the commonality between them is explained.

A) Typology of narrations

According to authentic narrations, the content of the book “Musahf Fatima” was revealed by God to Hazrat Zahra (peace be upon her) by an angel. The content of this Musahf is neither the Quran nor jurisprudential rulings, but all the future events and happenings of the world until the Day of Judgment are recorded in it.

There are two interpretations in the narrations regarding the dictator of the contents of this book. Some narrations consider it to be dictated by Gabriel, and in some narrations, the dictator is interpreted as “the Messenger of Allah”. However, just as there is no doubt about the existence of this book, there is also no disagreement or doubt about its writing by the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him).

1. Gabriel, the Dictator from God

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) says about the content and manner of writing this Mushaf:

"Indeed, Fatima (peace be upon her) was in the world for seventy-five days after the Prophet (peace be upon him) and she was very saddened by the separation of her father. Gabriel (peace be upon him) would come and console her on her father's death, inform her of his condition and status, and tell her the story of his children after him. Ali (peace be upon him) wrote these and those writings are the Mushaf of Fatima (peace be upon her). (1)

It is also narrated in another narration from Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) that "When God Almighty took the soul of His Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), Fatima (peace be upon him) was filled with grief over the death of the Prophet whose extent is known only to God Almighty. Therefore, God sent an angel to comfort her and speak to her. Fatima complained about this story to the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) (or her complaint was that the angel's words were not written down). Ali (peace be upon him) said: When you felt the angel's arrival and heard his voice, tell me." So Fatima informed the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him), and the Prophet (peace be upon him) wrote down everything he heard until he made a Mushaf from those words, but in that Mushaf there is nothing of what is permissible or forbidden, but rather in it is knowledge of future events. "(2)

Some narrations also do not mention the details of the content and how the Mushaf was written, but only state in general terms that this Mushaf was revealed to Fatimah (peace be upon her) by God after the death of the Prophet (peace be upon him). (3)

Although these narrations generally refer to Fatimah's Mushaf, but considering the previous narrations, it can be concluded that this Mushaf was revealed by God after the death of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him).

2. The Messenger of God Dictating on behalf of God

As mentioned earlier, some narrations mention that the Mushaf of Hazrat Zahra (peace be upon her) was written with the dictation of "the Messenger of God" and written by the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him).

Imam Sadiq (a.s.) said: “By Allah, we have the Mushaf of Fatima, which contains not a verse from the Book of Allah, and it is the dictation of the Messenger of Allah and it was written by Ali (a.s.) with his hand....(4) By Allah, we have the Mushaf of Fatima (a.s.) and it is the dictation of the Messenger of Allah and it was written by Ali (a.s.) with his hand.”

Also, in another narration, Imam Sadiq (a.s.) mentioned the Mushaf of Fatima as a legacy of the Imamate and said: “Fatima left behind him a Mushaf that is not the Quran, but rather a word from the words of Allah, revealed to her, dictated by the Messenger of Allah and written by Ali (a.s.).” (5) Fatima Zahra (a.s.) left behind a Mushaf that is not the Quran, but rather a word from Allah, revealed to her, dictated by the Messenger of Allah and written by Ali (a.s.).”

According to the second group of hadiths, the person who dictated the “Mushaf of Fatima” is referred to as the Messenger of Allah, and unlike the first group, Gabriel is not mentioned.

B) The commonality between the narrations: The narrations related to the Mushaf indicate that Hazrat Zahra (peace be upon her) was a hadith speaker and that she had a special position with God, to the extent that the angels spoke to her and the "Mushaf of Fatima" is the fruit of this conversation; but there is a fundamental question:

Senior Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said that Operation al-Aqsa Flood will remain a historic milestone for the Palestinian nation, as it shattered the illusion of a so-called "Greater Israel" project.

Speaking about the al-Aqsa Flood on Tuesday, Hamdan said that the operation carried out by Palestinian resistance groups deep inside the occupied territories in early October 2023 proved to be a prelude to the eventual "vanishing" of the Israeli entity.

"The most dangerous aggression is not the killing and destruction operations, but Netanyahu's talk about the Greater Israel project," the Hamas official said.

“Israel is an aggressive entity in the region that attacks not only the Palestinians but also Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Qatar,” he added.

The notion of "Greater Israel" has been floated by different Israeli politicians; however, it gained momentum recently due to the regime's relentless aggression across the West Asian region.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli media in August that he feels a deep connection to "this vision" of a "Greater Israel,” referring to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories as well as parts of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, describing it as “a historical and spiritual mission.”

Hamas back then denounced Netanyahu’s comments as “madness and delirium” that govern his behavior and his extremist government.

Hamdan further stressed that the Israeli regime had failed to achieve any of its stated goals after more than two years of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

"The Palestinian people have practically confirmed that they are holding onto their right to steadfastness on the besieged land despite two years of the Israeli genocidal war of annihilation."

The Hamas official further added that "Israel aimed for the resistance to surrender, but no fighter raised the white flag, dropped his weapon, or stopped fighting during two years of war.”

Hamdan said that Israel was forced to accept the latest ceasefire deal with the Palestinians. 

"The resistance reached a ceasefire agreement in Gaza more than once, but the occupation quickly reneged on the accord. Everyone reached a conclusion after two years: that all this suffering did not break the Palestinian people, and the harshness of the battle did not push the resistance to leave the field."

He said that the advantage of the ceasefire agreement was the announcement of the end of the war, as the first step, contrary to what Israel and its Western backers were seeking.

“There is a divergence in Western and American positions, but the common factor among them is that the continuation of the aggression has begun to inflict losses on the Zionist entity's arena. There is a will among all parties, with the exception of the Zionist entity, to stop the war," Hamdan added.

Last month's ceasefire was a preliminary deal, not a complete agreement, "and we have three stages ahead of us, the first of which we have completed so far,” the Hamas official said.

US President Donald Trump pushed for a ceasefire deal, engaging regional powers and both parties to halt hostilities and allow humanitarian aid into the besieged strip.

However, Trump's 20-point Gaza deal has been fragile from the start, with Israel violating the agreement multiple times, killing hundreds of Palestinians.

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One of the common issues of the whole heavenly religions is the issue of the universal savior, who reappears at the end of the Time. Not only the Islamic society, but Jewish and Christian communities are waiting for this savior to come.

This fact is clarified when refering to the books of the Old and New Testaments.***

 In this regard, the Prophet (peace be upon him and his descendants) has some hadiths, narrated by the Muslim narrators, including,

لو لم يبق من الدهر اال يوم لبعث هللا رجالً من اهل بيتي يمالها عدال كما

* ملئت جورا

(God will send a man from my household to fill the earth with justice after it has been filled with injustice even if there is only one day remained of the world.)

 As stated before, the whole heavenly religions are in full agreement in the reappearance of such a savior, and also there exist an abundant number of traditions regarding „Mahdi, the Savior‟ in the Sunnite sound and supported books. In addition, the Islamic narrators and researchers (both of the Sunnite and the Shia) have written excessive number of books on him.

 These traditions, which specify his signs and characteristics, clearly verify that he is the son of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s), the eleventh Imam of Shia.

***The Ancient Times : David‟s Psalms, psalm no. 96 – 97 ; the Book of Daniel, the

prophet, section 12. The Modern Times : Mattew, section 13; Luke, section 21

*

 Sahih Ibn Davood, Egypt section, Al-Motbaatul-Taziah, vol.2, p.207 and Yanabiul

Mavadah, p.432, and Noor Ul-Absar, section 2, p. 154

Apropose of these traditions, he is the twelfth Imam,* who has been called after the holy Prophet ** (peace be upon him and his descendants) and is one of Imam Hussein‟s grandsons. *** Mahdi, the Promised, was born in the year 255 of Hijra, and now, like the other men, he is still living among us but unanymously. It is noteworthy to say that such longevity is neither compatable with science nor logic. The science in the world today is about to increase man‟s life-span and firmly believes that human beings have potential to live longer if they manage to anticipale the calamities and then take steps to prevent them happening. The history has recorded the names of some individuals, who have had long lives.

 Concerning Noah, the prophet, the holy Quran states:

فلبث فيهم الؾ سنة اال خمسين عاما

( So he lived among them for nine hundred and fifty years). And about Joseph, it says,

* فلولا انه كان من المسبحين للبث في بطنه الي يوم يبعثون

(Had it not been that he invoked to Allah for accepting his repentance, he would have surely remained in the belly of the crocodile up to Day of Judgment.)

 Besides, according to the holy Quran and Muslims‟ outlook, Elias (a.s) and Jesus (a.s) are still living.

* Yanabi Ul-Mavadah, p. 443

** Sahih,Tirmizi, Delhi publication, 1342, vol.2, p.46; Masnad Ahmad, Egypt

publication, 1313, vol.1, p.376

*** Yanabi Ul-Maradah, p.432

*

Safat Sura, Vers no. 144

By Roya Pourbagher

In a candid confession, US President Donald Trump on November 5 said he was “very much in charge” of the Israeli military aggression against Iran on June 13, which led to the martyrdom of many top military commanders and nuclear scientists, as well as ordinary people.

“Israel attacked first. That attack was very, very powerful. I was very much in charge of that,” the megalomaniac, war-mongering US president told media persons at the White House.

“When Israel attacked Iran first, that was a great day for Israel because that attack did more damage than the rest of them put together,” he hastened to add.

Israel had earlier framed the aggression as “pre-emptive,” claiming without evidence that Iran was planning an attack on the Zionist entity. If so, doesn’t this confession drive a hole through that justification, since the order appears to have come from Washington?

Also, don’t Trump’s remarks make it clear, once again, that it was a pre-planned aggression engineered by the war hawks in Tel Aviv and Washington?

Let us leave these questions for the legal play at the international community stage, as Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei hinted at during his weekly presser on Monday. He called it “the newest and clearest evidence of America's definitive participation in the military aggression.”

“This explicit confession to the commission of an international crime entails the full responsibility of the US government, and we immediately, in extension of this issue, registered it as a document in the UN Security Council and the United Nations,” he asserted.

The facts are plain and crystal clear for the world to see – glaring at us like the genocide live-streamed over the past two years. US seeks to maintain its dominance in West Asia, and any entity that dares to defy its hegemonic and destabilizing policies becomes a target of Washington’s aggression.

This explains the aggression on Hezbollah and Yemen after they began supporting the Palestinian resistance against America’s “military outpost.”  

Make no mistake, all the crimes carried out by Israel in the region, from the genocide in Gaza to the devastating war on Lebanon, the attacks on Yemen, and the aggression on Iran, were at the behest of Washington because the existence of Israel in the first place was the project of the same powers that rule the US as well.

But, of course, we are dealing with the land of Hollywood, and that means the US political-military-industrial complex will get away with its acts of aggression through blatant lies, selective media framing, and theatrics.

Trump’s admission proved that the US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, lied following the June 13 Israeli strikes on Iran by saying that it was not involved in the attacks.

“Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,” Rubio said at the time.

US has a long tradition of using false pretenses for fanning the flames of war, and it’s hardly the first time a US Secretary of State has peddled lies to advance Washington’s interests. Colin Powell’s infamous presentation in February 2003 before the UN, claiming Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction to justify an invasion, was later exposed as a fabrication.

Let us not forget that the US did not merely enable the initial strike; it later directly joined the war by striking Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan using B-2 stealth bombers and 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs.

Trump subsequently celebrated the unprovoked and illegal aggression in a television address, claiming that the nuclear facilities were “completely and totally obliterated.”

However, Iran maintained that its nuclear program cannot be destroyed as it is rooted in knowledge and indigenous innovation. In response to the American aggression, Iranian missiles successfully struck the largest US military base in the region, Al-Udeid in Qatar.

Israeli regime claims to be the strongest military power in West Asia because of the hefty military aid it receives from the US, which has provided at least $16.3 billion in direct military aid to the regime since October 7, 2023.

That’s the legacy he will leave behind – as someone who started wars himself and engaged American proxies in the region to keep the flames burning, because destabilization is what feeds the American war machine. And that’s exactly what the Israeli regime, America’s biggest military outpost in the region, has been doing on its behalf.  

Roya Pour Bagher is a Tehran-based writer.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stated that Western countries will ultimately have no choice but to recognize Iran as a scientific hub for the peaceful nuclear industry.

During a visit to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on Monday, Araghchi highlighted Iran’s significant efforts to advance its nuclear industry, emphasizing that the country will never relinquish its rights in this sector. 

He praised Iran’s remarkable progress in nuclear technology, which has grown into a substantial industry advancing rapidly across various fields.

Araghchi pointed out that Iran's nuclear capabilities extend beyond uranium enrichment to include diverse applications in medicine, health, environmental protection, agriculture, and industrial sectors.

He stated that the West's main concern lies not in the potential for Iran to develop nuclear weapons, but rather in the country's advancements in nuclear science.

He explained that Iran has excelled in a “very complex and sensitive” scientific domain that the West seeks to monopolize. 

The top Iranian diplomat explained that this is why Western powers have used nuclear weapons as a pretext for their actions.

Araghchi remarked that for over 20 years, Iran has engaged in negotiations and dialogue with the West, highlighting that if the intention to develop nuclear weapons had existed, it would have been realized by now, given the country's capabilities.

He reaffirmed the peaceful nature of Iran's peaceful nuclear program, adding, "Wherever necessary, we have built trust and cooperated with international organizations and the International Atomic Energy Agency, but it is crystal clear that they [the West] are seeking pretexts."

The IAEA has carried out about a dozen inspections in Iran since the Israeli-US war in mid-June. However, the UN nuclear watchdog announced last week it had not been given access to nuclear facilities such as Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, which the United States bombed on June 22 in a clear violation of international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the IAEA inspectors visited Iranian nuclear sites last week.

“As long as we are a member of the NPT and committed to the Safeguard Agreement, we are fully aware of our commitments, and just last week, IAEA inspectors visited several nuclear facilities, including the Tehran Research Reactor,” Baghaei added.

During a meeting with senior managers at the AEOI earlier this month, President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized that the country’s expansion of its peaceful nuclear industry is aimed at enhancing the nation’s welfare, not acquiring weapons.

“However, the nuclear industry is a vast collection of scientific and industrial capacities and only a tiny fraction of its disproportionate and inhumane consequences relates to bomb-making,” he added.

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