Iran’s mountainous geography has shaped its military strategy for centuries, evolving into dispersed underground missile complexes designed not merely to store weapons, but to sustain indigenous production even amid imposed wars.

Roqiyeh Shiri, a first-grade school teacher in Zanjan, was martyred alongside her husband and daughter in a US-Israeli airstrike during the recent war, leaving behind grieving colleagues and students who remember her compassion.

The Israeli military’s bombastic claim of “operational control” over Lebanon’s strategic Ali al-Taher hill is undermined by vague terminology, continued activity in the area, silence from the Lebanese resistance, and the political timing of the announcement, suggesting that the claim is aimed more at shaping perceptions than reflecting reality.

A Filipino Islamic cleric says the martyred Leader’s funeral in Tehran demonstrated global solidarity, challenged the narrative of Iran’s isolation, and showed that Muslim unity is a lived reality.

The US attack on a wedding party in southern Iran is the latest chapter in a decades-long history of such deliberate strikes – from Afghanistan to Iraq and now Iran – that have killed hundreds of civilians and turned moments of celebration into grief and mourning.

From the Minab school massacre in February to the Kouhestak wedding carnage last night, the American war machine has repeatedly and deliberately targeted civilian spaces amid the ongoing war of aggression against Iran, proving that for Washington no red lines exist.

Through Islamic Unity Week, Iran has sought to embody a lived model of Muslim unity, advancing the vision of Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei as a means of countering forces of division and discord while placing Palestine at the heart of efforts to build lasting regional peace and stability.