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Ayatollah Alireza Arafi appointed to Iran’s interim leadership council
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran has appointed Ayatollah Alireza Arafi to its interim leadership council, the body now responsible for governing...
Read moreIran to be temporarily governed by leadership council after Khamenei’s death
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran will be temporarily governed by a leadership council composed of the president, the head of the...
Read moreIranian state media confirm death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Israeli strike
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday as part of a...
Read moreUS-Israeli strikes on Iran rattle global markets as oil risks dominate outlook
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting senior leadership and military...
Read moreIsraeli media report assessment that Khamenei may have been killed in strike
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli television channel Channel 12 reported that Israeli officials assess Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was likely...
Read moreIsraeli officials assess IRGC chief likely killed in latest Iran strikes
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli officials assess that the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, was...
Read moreMedvedev says US-Iran talks were “cover operation” after strikes on Iran
MOSCOW (Realist English). Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said negotiations between the United States and Iran had...
Read morePakistan-Taliban clashes enter third day as global powers urge restraint
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban forces entered a third consecutive day on Saturday, following overnight exchanges...
Read moreTrump announces major US operation against Iran, calls on Iranians to “seize your freedom”
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump declared the start of large-scale American military operations against Iran, vowing to eliminate...
Read moreUnited States and Israel launch strikes on Iran as explosions rock Tehran and region
TEHRAN (Realist English). The United States and Israel have launched coordinated military strikes on Iran, with multiple explosions reported in...
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US aircraft losses mount as Iran claims downing of F-15E
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. forces are searching for a missing crew member after an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet went...
Iran says it can sustain Hormuz disruption for years amid standoff with US
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran could maintain the current disruption in the Strait of Hormuz for years, a senior Iranian security...
Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi, appoints Todd Blanche as interim chief
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump has dismissed Attorney General Pam Bondi and appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche...
Trump frames Iran war as support for regional partners
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States entered the war with Iran primarily to support its...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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