All rights reserved.
© 2017-2026
Iran War
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...
Iran 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...
Iranian 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...
US-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...
Israeli 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...
Israeli 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...
Medvedev 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...
Trump 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...
United 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...
Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran’s new supreme leader as regional war intensifies
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Assembly of Experts has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...
China says Middle East war “should never have happened” as Beijing prepares for Trump visit
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the war in the Middle East “should never have happened,” warning...
Trump attends dignified transfer for six US soldiers killed in Middle East war
DOVER (Realist English). US President Donald Trump attended a dignified transfer ceremony on Saturday at Dover Air Force Base for...
Iran pledges to halt attacks on neighboring states as war with US and Israel escalates
DUBAI (Realist English). Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would halt attacks against neighboring countries as the war with the...
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...
Follow Realist English
