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Iran confirms 150 Israeli targets hit in large-scale retaliation, warns more strikes may follow
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out a broad retaliatory operation against Israel, hitting at least...
Strait of Hormuz at risk as Middle East tensions mount over potential Israeli strike on Iran
DUBAI (Realist English). Global maritime operators are on high alert amid growing fears that a military confrontation between Israel and...
IRGC vows retaliation after top commander Salami killed in Israeli strike on Tehran
TEHRAN (Realist English). The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has condemned what it called a “brutal act of aggression” after...
Israeli strikes on Iran enabled by year-long intelligence buildup, IDF official says
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Recent Israeli strikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, military infrastructure, and high-ranking personnel were made possible by...
Khamenei vows severe retaliation after Israeli strikes kill IRGC commanders and nuclear scientists
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has issued a stern warning to Israel following a series...
Netanyahu says Israel struck Iranian nuclear sites to prevent ‘existential threat’
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in an early morning address that Israel had carried out...
‘A disgrace to the American people’: Iran’s Supreme Leader slams Trump’s Gulf tour remarks
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a sharp rebuke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday,...
Trump should back Israeli strike on Iran, not return to a weak nuclear deal — Benlevi
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States risks strategic regression in the Middle East if it pursues a renewed nuclear agreement...
Iran to invest $5bn in Afghanistan’s iron ore to boost steel output and regional influence
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran plans to invest $5 billion in Afghanistan’s iron ore sector, positioning itself for significant gains in...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Hormuz crisis reshapes global tanker market as shipping routes collapse
LONDON (Realist English). The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of the Iran war has triggered...
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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