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Trump Cancels Meetings With Iranian Officials, Tells Protesters 'Help is on Its Way'

This is Beirut, 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Trump said Tuesday he's canceled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens "help is on its way." Trump did not offer any details about what the help would entail, but it comes after the Republican president earlier this week said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington. "Iranian Patriots, KEEP ...

Iran Protest Toll Mounts as Government Stages Mass Rallies

This is Beirut, 12/01 21:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A violent crackdown on a wave of protests in Iran has killed at least 648 people, a rights group said on Monday, as Iranian authorities sought to regain control of the streets with mass nationwide rallies. The government's call for rallies in support of the Islamic republic drew thousands on Monday, a turnout supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...

After Khamanei: What the Fall of Iran’s Regime Would Mean for the Region

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 12/01 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The fall of Iran's Islamist regime would mark one of the most seismic shifts in Middle Eastern geopolitics since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought it to power. As massive protests grip the country, sparked by economic collapse and hyperinflation, the prospect of regime change grows more tangible. Unlike the 1979 revolution, which ushered ...

FM Raggi Denounces Hamas, Hezbollah Presence in Lebanon

This is Beirut, 12/01 15:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi delivered a firm message to his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, denouncing the involvement of Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon, in an interview with Sky News Arabia on Monday. According to Raggi, Hamas’s support for the war brought Lebanon “destruction, death, and suffering,” noting that the ...

U.S. Says Iran Deployed Foreign Militias to Quell Protests

This is Beirut, 10/01 14:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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The United States said on Saturday it was concerned by reports that the Iranian regime had resorted to foreign fighters to suppress peaceful protests inside the country. In a message published in Persian on X, the U.S. State Department said that members of Hezbollah and Iraqi militias had allegedly been deployed against demonstrators. Washington ...

New Rallies in Iran as Son Of Shah Calls for City Centers to be Seized

This is Beirut, 10/01 12:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic, as the son of the ousted Shah urged protesters on Saturday to plan to seize city centers. The two weeks of protests have posed one of the biggest challenges to the theocratic authorities who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, although ...

Qassem: Hezbollah to Continue "Cooperation" With LAF to Expel "Occupation"

This is Beirut, 09/01 19:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday in Lebanon, where the two discussed cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces “to expel the occupation” and reconstruction efforts. According to a statement by Hezbollah, Qassem talked about “the continuation of the ...

Iran at the Edge: Uprising, Exhaustion, and the Fate of the Islamic Republic

Salam El Zaatari, 08/01 23:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Amid growing protests, Iran’s rulers face one of their most dangerous moments since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with the pillars that have long sustained the regime now visibly cracking. Protests that erupted in late December 2025 over imploded living conditions have evolved into a nationwide revolt against the ruling system itself, fueled by ...

Iranian FM in Beirut: Intends to Deepen Ties with Lebanon

This is Beirut, 08/01 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday during his visit to Beirut that Iran intends to deepen relations with Lebanon, presenting his visit to the country’s capital as an “opportunity to enhance political and economic cooperation.” Speaking to reporters, Araghchi said the talks focused on exchanging views with Lebanese ...

Israel Prepares for Possible Iranian “Mistake”

This is Beirut, 06/01 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel’s security establishment is preparing for the possibility of a multi-front confrontation, operating on the assumption that any Iranian misstep would trigger a severe military response, carried out with U.S. approval, according to a report by the Israeli daily Maariv. In Tel Aviv, the prevailing question is no longer whether such an ...

Trump, Maduro, and Iran

David Hale , 05/01 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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America's dramatic capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has set the stage for the conduct of America's national security strategy in 2026. It has also raised questions. Was it legal? Judging from precedents set with the 1990 capture, trial, conviction, and imprisonment of Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega, the ...

Lebanon Could Face ‘Indirect but Serious’ Fallout from Venezuela, Warns Senior Official

This is Beirut, 05/01 13:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A senior Lebanese official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the fallout from Venezuela could have “indirect but serious consequences” for Lebanon, particularly if pressure on Iran intensifies, according to Nidaa Al-Watan. “The collapse or weakening of this axis does not stop at one country,” the official stated. “If Iran is ...

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