Operation Roaring Lion

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

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Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the site of a rocket strike on March 1, 2026, in Tel Aviv (Getty Images)

Lebanon

Lebanese president calls for fresh ceasefire following Israeli strikes on Beirut

By Jacob Jaffa

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Israel

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

By Jacob Jaffa

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By Stephen Pollard

If the Islamic Republic falls, Islamism may fall with it

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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

Iran

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

By Jacob Jaffa

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Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a press conference on May 10, 2024 (Getty Images)

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Letters to the Editor, March 6 2026

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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)

Iran’s next supreme leader owns properties overlooking Israeli embassy in London

Mojtaba Khamenei is also reported to own 11 properties on The Bishops Avenue, also known as ‘Billionaire’s Row’

By Mark Wood

1 min read

March 6, 2026 16:45

Mojtaba Khamenei (centre), the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Photo by Rouzbeh Fouladi / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

By Gio Esfandiary

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

Those who fled the Islamic Republic want to live in a safe and stable country. They want to protect the freedoms they came here to enjoy

2 min read

March 6, 2026 15:46

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)

The Iran war has been a showcase for new weapons systems – from Lucas drones to Blue Sparrow

It is thought that Israel used the Blue Sparrow to kill the ayatollah

By Mark Wood

1 min read

March 6, 2026 14:18

An Israeli F-16 fighter jet (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Spread the love’: Golders Green Israeli restaurant hosts Purim party for dissidents amid Iran War

Around 200 Iranians and Jews ate, drank, and danced together, sharing their hope that Iran would soon be free of the regime

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

March 6, 2026 12:48

Bracha hosted a Purim party for Iranian dissidents in Golders Green (Courtesy)

‘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)

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Operation Roaring Lion

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

Lebanese president calls for fresh ceasefire following Israeli strikes on Beirut

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

If the Islamic Republic falls, Islamism may fall with it

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

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

Letters to the Editor, March 6 2026

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