After talks collapsed, the US imposed 50% tariffs on $27.6 billion in Canadian goods, prompting Canada's dollar-for-dollar retaliation effective September 8, escalating a trade war that now threatens supply chains, consumer prices, and political stability ahead of November midterms.

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei consistently and unwaveringly championed Muslim unity as a religious principle and a source of strength against attempts by enemies to divide Muslims.

Despite enduring decades of occupation that systematically erased his homeland, Palestinian painter Sliman Mansour transformed loss into an enduring visual legacy of sumud through five decades of art, founding institutions and pioneering earth-based techniques to preserve Palestine's memory.

Far from showcasing US naval dominance, the ongoing war of aggression against Iran has exposed a fleet plagued by a series of accidents, logistical failures, and deteriorating morale of soldiers, revealing a so-called “superpower” stretched to its limits.

While Europe reduced Ibn Sina (Avicenna) to a rational medical and philosophical authority detached from his faith, Ibn Sina was in fact an Islamic polymath who rooted his metaphysics in Quranic theology and Islam-influenced "Eastern wisdom" that the West never translated.

From complete missile and drone self-sufficiency to advanced air-defense systems and naval platforms, Iran’s defense industry has transformed decades of sanctions and isolation into strategic strength through resilience, innovation, and indigenous technological development.

Facing a US naval blockade, Iran’s layered sea-denial strategy – combining anti-ship missiles, naval mines, submarines, and alternative overland trade routes through Russia and China – gives Tehran multiple options to sustain its economy, raise the costs of enforcement, and ultimately pressure Washington into retreat.