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If the Islamic Republic falls, Islamism may fall with it

The notion that the US has been somehow dragged into the war by a scheming Benjamin Netanyahu utterly misunderstands what’s going on

By Stephen Pollard

3 min read

Military parade in 1998 in Iran with images of Ayatollah Khomeini (left) and (right) Supreme Leader Khameini (Jamshid Bairami/AFP via Getty)

By Ali Hamedani

Day I met the Supreme Leader whose death inspired parties across Iran

5 min read

An Iranian Jew prays in the Rabbi Zadeh synagogue in Shiraz 29 April 2000 (Photo by HENGHAMEH FAHIMI/AFP via Getty Images)

By Alan Aziz

For this Jew with Iranian roots, the conflict isn’t just geopolitical. It’s geopersonal

2 min read

IRGC/Basij parade in Tehran on January 10, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Roger Macmillan

Khamenei’s death leaves the IRGC stronger – the UK must finally proscribe it

3 min read

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Letters to the Editor, March 6 2026

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By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

Is fighting antisemitism a losing battle?

3 min read

By Gio Esfandiary

Iranians in Britain fear the IRGC’s reach on UK soil

2 min read

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By Lawrence J. Haas

Europe’s Iran stance is a strategic error that hurts its US alliance

Wiser leaders would stop picking fights with Washington over a war they can’t influence and that ultimately advances their own security

4 min read

March 6, 2026 14:55

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) welcomes Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the European leaders' summit on March 2, 2025 in London to discuss future peace in Ukraine. (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

Ed Miliband’s toxic legacy: Syria, Corbyn and Britain’s retreat on Iran

Despite being so disastrously wrong so many times, he maintains the air of smug superiority that he has had since he first became Labour leader. Now we learn of the latest example of his indifference to tyranny and terror

3 min read

March 5, 2026 15:17

Secretary for Energy Security Ed Miliband (Image: Getty)

By Kasra Aarabi

To topple the Islamic Republic, dismantle the IRGC machinery of repression

There are about 200,000 highly radicalised and armed members that make up this core suppressive force, with at least 50,000 in Tehran alone

5 min read

March 5, 2026 14:22

Members of the Basij militia march in a parade at a Revolutionary Guards base in northeastern Tehran (Image: Getty)

By Maureen Lipman

I think my genes contain not one iota of athleticism

My own failure to compete was probably because my brother was so much better than me at everything, arguably, with the exception of my Eartha Kitt impersonation – or as he called it, my showing off – so I opted out

5 min read

March 5, 2026 13:41

Boxer Daniel Mendoza in an open air ring. (Image: Getty)

By Dominic Green

Starmer-Hermer legal posturing on Iran is government by Guardian editorial

The PM failed to take a stand, so we will fall. That was the week that was, and this is the UK that was

4 min read

March 4, 2026 18:10

Attorney General Lord Hermer and Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Katz

How the Iran war forged the closest US-Israel alliance yet

Hundreds of aircraft flew side-by-side. They refuelled one another. They protected one another. This was not symbolic coordination. It was operational fusion

3 min read

March 4, 2026 17:15

US Air Force refuelling tankers at Ben Gurion airport (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Daisley

How the BBC turned Palestinian adults into children – and erased Israeli kids

It matters if the corporation’s Arabic service has an institutional hostility to the Jewish state. It does untold harm to popular attitudes and crucial debates in the global public square

4 min read

March 4, 2026 17:13

By Daniela Grudsky Ekstein

Israel is determined to free the Middle East from Iran’s reign of terror

Divided democracies invite escalation, while unity can deter it. This is the time to stand together, for the people of the region, who deserve a future defined by dignity rather than fear

3 min read

March 4, 2026 14:34

Anti-Iranian regime protesters in Paris on March 1, 2026 (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Amidror

Inside Israel’s final campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran

The war is being fought in exceptionally close cooperation between the IDF and US forces. For the first time in the history of the Jewish state, a genuine military coalition has emerged

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March 4, 2026 12:16

Plumes of smoke rise following explosions in Tehran on March 1, 2026 (Image: Getty)

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If the Islamic Republic falls, Islamism may fall with it

Day I met the Supreme Leader whose death inspired parties across Iran

For this Jew with Iranian roots, the conflict isn’t just geopolitical. It’s geopersonal

Khamenei’s death leaves the IRGC stronger – the UK must finally proscribe it

Letters to the Editor, March 6 2026

Is fighting antisemitism a losing battle?

Iranians in Britain fear the IRGC’s reach on UK soil

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Europe’s Iran stance is a strategic error that hurts its US alliance

Ed Miliband’s toxic legacy: Syria, Corbyn and Britain’s retreat on Iran

To topple the Islamic Republic, dismantle the IRGC machinery of repression

I think my genes contain not one iota of athleticism

Starmer-Hermer legal posturing on Iran is government by Guardian editorial

How the Iran war forged the closest US-Israel alliance yet

How the BBC turned Palestinian adults into children – and erased Israeli kids

Israel is determined to free the Middle East from Iran’s reign of terror

Inside Israel’s final campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran