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6 days ago | gatestoneinstitute.org | Amir Taheri

After a week in purdah, "Supreme Guide" Ali Khamenei broke his silence on Wednesday with a brief and enigmatic message recorded in his current secret location. Well, the location may be secret to most of us but not to Israel and its US ally, who claim they know where the "Guide" is hiding. This was a strange message. At no point did the "Guide" admit that Iran was facing a major crisis.

1 week ago | gatestoneinstitute.org | Gordon Chang

Israeli air and drone strikes during the early hours of June 13th crippled Iran -- and severely set back Tehran's regional ambitions. The Israel Defense Forces hit nuclear weapons development facilities and ballistic missile sites, and killed senior military officers, including Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the armed forces chief of staff, and Major General Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

1 week ago | gatestoneinstitute.org | Raymond Ibrahim

The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of April 2025. The Muslim Slaughter of ChristiansNigeria: In the opening days of April, Muslim Fulani terrorists slaughtered more than 60 Christians in Plateau State, in what Plateau Gov. Caleb Mutfwang termed an ongoing "genocide." According to a local source:"More than 1,000 Christians were displaced during the attacks, and 383 three houses were destroyed by these bandits.

1 week ago | gatestoneinstitute.org | Amir Taheri

While President Donald Trump prepares for G7 and NATO summits this month, political circles and media in Europe are busy trying to cut him down to size before the two events. "Trump will come empty-handed," says one commentator. "None of the things he announced with fanfare has been achieved."Other commentators use such phrases as "deflated balloon" and "bogged down in the mess he created."At first sight, it looks certain that he has not scored big on any of the dramatic goals he announced.

2 weeks ago | gatestoneinstitute.org | Majid Rafizadeh

The Islamic Republic of Iran was no longer hiding its ambitions or disguising its defiance. It was openly confronting the United States, discarding every red line and ultimatum Washington drew in the sand. At the center of the regime's defiance lay one uncompromising reality: Iran would not stop enriching uranium. U.S. President Donald J. Trump made it clear: if Iran wanted a deal, enrichment had to stop. Period.