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By Shahrokh Saei
Decoding the deception: How Trump’s ceasefire blocks Palestinian statehood
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan for Gaza has been promoted as a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and eventual statehood. Yet Israeli officials have made clear that such statehood will never be accepted, exposing the truce plan as a diplomatic pretense designed to advance U.S. and Israeli agendas under the guise of peace.
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By Wesam Bahrani
Bombing and coming winter worsen plight of Gaza survivors
TEHRAN — Israeli strikes and bitter cold are driving Palestinians into deeper hardship as humanitarian needs surge.
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By Sondoss Al Asaad
Fortresses of fear: Israel’s walls and the myth of security
BEIRUT - Since its establishment, the Israeli entity has relied on walls, both physical and ideological, as central pillars of its security doctrine. The project itself emerged from the logic of “preventive isolation”: fortifying settlements against an Arab environment portrayed in Zionist discourse as inherently “hostile.”
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By Garsha Vazirian
Trump’s entanglement and the rot of power in Epstein’s shadow ledger
From Mar-a-Lago whispers to Mossad backchannels, the unsealed trove shatters MAGA illusions and Wall Street facades
TEHRAN – Jeffrey Epstein’s archive release unfolds not as a thunderclap but a slow-motion forensic collapse: more than 20,000 pages unsealed by House Democrats on the Oversight Committee, each a page from corruption’s operating manual.
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By Wesam Bahrani
Bombing and coming winter worsen plight of Gaza survivors
TEHRAN — Israeli strikes and bitter cold are driving Palestinians into deeper hardship as humanitarian needs surge.
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By Sondoss Al Asaad
Fortresses of fear: Israel’s walls and the myth of security
BEIRUT - Since its establishment, the Israeli entity has relied on walls, both physical and ideological, as central pillars of its security doctrine. The project itself emerged from the logic of “preventive isolation”: fortifying settlements against an Arab environment portrayed in Zionist discourse as inherently “hostile.”
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By Shahrokh Saei
Decoding the deception: How Trump’s ceasefire blocks Palestinian statehood
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan for Gaza has been promoted as a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and eventual statehood. Yet Israeli officials have made clear that such statehood will never be accepted, exposing the truce plan as a diplomatic pretense designed to advance U.S. and Israeli agendas under the guise of peace.
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Power that devours itself
TEHRAN – Power in politics, if it crosses the boundary of balance, turns from a strategic capacity into an internal threat. In the political realm, power is a double-edged sword: an instrument that can create security and influence, yet if used unrestrained and to excess, it gradually erodes its own foundations.
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By M.A. Saki
Japan-China spat over Taiwan is a source of concern
TEHRAN – It is highly worrisome that China and Japan, two highly important countries in East Asia, are engaged in a verbal clash over Taiwan. China and Japan, respectively the second- and third-largest economies in the world, are great honors of the Asian continent, and it is extremely essential that officials from the two countries avoid inflammatory remarks against each other.
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By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon’s central bank bows to Washington
BEIRUT — When Banque du Liban (BDL) unveiled Circular No. 3, it dressed it up in the usual technocratic jargon—“compliance,” “monitoring,” and “risk mitigation.”
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Trump's luxury Diriyah deal sharpens pay-for-play charge as MBS' visit looms
The Trump Organization is in talks to attach its brand to Diriyah, the Saudi $63 billion government-led redevelopment — a development that arrives just days before Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s planned visit to Washington.
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By Shahrokh Saei
BBC at a crossroads: From Trump dispute to Gaza bias allegations
TEHRAN – The recent dispute between US President Donald Trump and the BBC has drawn renewed attention to the broadcaster’s editorial practices, highlighting questions of accountability and internal oversight.
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By Shahrokh Saei
Connolly’s victory redefines Ireland’s voice
TEHRAN – Ireland’s new president, Catherine Connolly, represents more than just a change of face in a ceremonial office. Her election, with a record-breaking majority, reflects a deeper shift in Irish society — one that is increasingly skeptical of the West, critical of Israel, and determined to assert its own independent path.
