Iran

Pro-regime accounts spread false claim Ben-Gvir was killed in Iranian airstrike

Death hoaxes concerning the national security minister, as well as the head of Mossad and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s brother, have received millions of views online

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Israel

Second Israeli dies after Iranian ‘cluster bomb’ strikes Tel Aviv

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Tom Tugendhat

UK should have bolstered regional defence before Iran strike, former security minister says

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

By Stephen Pollard

If the Islamic Republic falls, Islamism may fall with it

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

US President Trump holds a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

Iran

Trump and Netanyahu will make ‘mutual decision’ on when to end Iran War

By Jacob Jaffa

1 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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Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader of Iran?

The second son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the backing of the IRGC and a reputation for brutal suppression of dissent

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 9, 2026 11:32

Mojtaba Khamenei (C), the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, on May 31, 2019 (Getty Images)

One dead after Iranian ‘cluster bombs’ hit central Israel

Several others are in serious condition in hospital as the Islamic Republic ramped up attacks in the region

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 9, 2026 11:05

Mojtaba Khamenei confirmed as new supreme leader of Iran

The 56-year-old, the second son of the last supreme leader, is closely linked with the IRGC and, ideologically, has been described as ‘like his father – but on steroids’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

March 8, 2026 22:54

Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader, pictured in 2020 (Getty Images)

Israel strikes Iranian regime’s military fuel facilities

Israeli and US joint operations enter their second week, aiming to further erode the Islamic Republic's power

By Joshua Marks

3 min read

March 8, 2026 11:13

Smoke and fire rise from the site of airstrikes at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, March 7, 2026 (Credit: ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

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)

‘I have to be involved’ in selection of Iran’s new supreme leader, says Trump

The US president said the current reported candidate would be ‘unacceptable’ and likened the military operation against Iran to Washington’s effective takeover of Venezuela

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 6, 2026 12:07

US President Trump takes questions from the media during a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House on March 03, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel eases public restrictions as Iranian strikes slow

US commanders estimate that the number of missiles fired by the Islamic Republic has dropped by 86 per cent since the start of the conflict

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 6, 2026 11:18

Rocket trails from an interception by Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system are pictured over Jerusalem on March 1, 2026 (Getty Images)

IDF sets out legal justification for Khamenei strike

Two of Iran’s most senior clerics have issued a fatwa calling on Muslims worldwide to take revenge against ‘bloodthirsty Zionists’ for the supreme leader’s death

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

March 6, 2026 10:31