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President Donald Trump spoke by telephone with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Monday to discuss the conflict between Sharaa’s forces and the Kurds of northeastern Syria, who have complained of abuses by government troops and blamed them for releasing around 120 Islamic State terrorists from a Kurdish-run prison in Hasakah province.

Iran’s judiciary declared it will “pursue” and “punish” President Donald Trump and leaders of the “Zionist regime” for “crimes” linked to fomenting protests, according to the Islamic Republic’s judiciary chief who accused Washington and Jerusalem of backing “terrorists.”

An unnamed Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday that at least 5,000 people were killed during the regime crackdown on protests last week.

The Muslim group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), is ripping the NFL for fining Houston Texans player Azeez Al-Shaair for wearing anti-Israel eye black, and they are suggesting that the league should sanction Jewish New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft instead.

President of Argentina Javier Milei signed a decree this weekend designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s (IRGC) Quds Force a terrorist organization.

The government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), signed an agreement on Sunday with American-allied Kurdish forces in the country that dramatically strips away the latter’s autonomy in exchange for Damascus recognizing “Kurdish cultural and linguistic rights.”

President Donald Trump’s proposed international Board of Peace, a new body initially tasked with overseeing the next steps in Gaza’s rebuilding, seeks $1 billion in individual national contributions to secure a seat at the table.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed the United States for Iran’s crises, accusing Washington of imposing “inhumane” sanctions while warning that any challenge to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would amount to an “all-out war” against the Iranian nation.

NFL has fined Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair after he wore eye black with the message “stop the genocide” during last week’s game.

Pink Floyd co-founder Rogers Waters defended the murderous regime in Iran, one week after defending former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, calling claims that Iran has been a leading sponsor of terrorism around the world “nonsense.”

“The Iranian nation defeated the U.S.,” declared Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, insisting the U.S. must “be held accountable.”

President Donald Trump, responding to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s attempt to blame him for recent protester deaths, slammed the Iranian Supreme Leader as a “sick man” and called for “new leadership,” declaring: “His country is the worst place to live anywhere in the world because of poor leadership.”

US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force.

Chief Constable walks away with pension amid a roaring scandal over Israeli football fans, A.I. hallucinations, and Islamic extremism.

Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a high-ranking member of the Iranian theocracy who sits on several of its highest governing bodies, on Friday demanded the execution of protesters and made threats against President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Madonna came out swinging for the protesters in Iran on Thursday, expressing gratitude for the freedom she enjoys in the United States. 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced sweeping new sanctions Thursday on senior Iranian officials and regime-linked financial networks, saying Tehran’s ruling elite are “rats fleeing the ship” as they frantically wire tens of millions of dollars out of the country amid mounting unrest.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday claimed the massive nationwide uprising against the regime he serves was an “Israeli plot” carried out by “ISIS-style terrorist operations,” and the regime has defeated these “terrorists” after three days of pitched battle.

The U.S. has taken some steps across the Middle East over the past few days that could indicate preparations for an operation against Iran, although they could also be acts of simple prudence or feints.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi issued a robust defense of the murderous Iranian regime on Thursday, warning America not to impose “the law of the jungle” by supporting massacred protesters during a conversation with his Iranian counterpart.

English singer Yungblud reacted to the current civil unrest in Iran by praising women — who he says are leading the revolution — and urged his fans to be aware of what is transpiring in the Middle Eastern country and

President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday that, while shah scion Reza Pahlavi “seems very nice,” the U.S. president did not feel confident that the Iranian people would support him as leader should the current Islamist dictatorship fall.

Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney will soon be bringing their acclaimed play about the October 7 terrorist attacks to the Kennedy Center.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-CA) said that while we should covertly help protesters in Iran, after we struck the nuclear sites, “that was something that the Iranian people did not like. And they did

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell stated that if the Iranian regime survives the current situation, “I think they can survive anything.” And he hasn’t seen anything like what we’re currently seeing

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia posted data this week that showed it carrying out at least 356 executions in 2025, the highest number recorded in the modern era, and a significant increase over the record-breaking 338 executions in 2024.

President Donald Trump is weighing imminent military action against Iran that could come “in the next 24 hours,” according to a Reuters report citing European officials, as the Pentagon begins pulling personnel from key U.S. bases across the Middle East and Tehran warns it would retaliate if Washington strikes.

The death toll continues to climb as the Iranian theocracy unleashes its security troops and militias against civilian demonstrators.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Communist Party’s state propaganda arms railed on Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s imposition of a 25-percent tariff on countries that do business with Iran.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” human rights activist Masih Alinejad said that “the silence of left and liberals in America, in Europe” over Iran isn’t an accident and “they say, free Palestine, but they

The semi-autonomous Kurdish government in northeastern Syria on Sunday accused the Syrian Army and its affiliated militias of committing “war crimes” against Kurdish communities in the city of Aleppo.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that his regime remains open to negotiations with the United States, even as President Donald Trump has threatened to take action against the regime for killing protesters.

The Wall Street Journal refused to correct its reporting that President Donald Trump’s top foreign policy lieutenants are steering him away from striking Iran, leading to prominent conservative calls to boycott the paper.