My latest for @TIME: The dominant perspective in Tehran is that the next war must be fought in a way that makes it so costly that a future U.S. president would not contemplate another. time.com/article/2026/10/27/…

US Secretary of Health Robert F Kennedy Jr. has said that Arabs don’t produce science or literature, or win Nobel prizes. RFK Jr.’s remarks, which were made during a Republican rally, have been widely condemned as factually incorrect and racially biased.

پسرایی که سربازی رفتن میدونن که زیر سقف کلاه نداره. همه رعایت کردن غیر این که معلومه واسه ۴تا عکس اومده اینجا و بعد خدافظ.

Quated @cnn: "The Mecca Alliance is part of a “broader effort” to develop a more “independent regional security architecture." “The decision to engage directly with Tehran is equally significant. It reflects not only recognition of the Iranian regime but also an understanding that Iran remains a central regional player whose influence cannot simply be ignored.” edition.cnn.com/2026/10/26/m…

هنری کیسینجر، وزیر امور خارجه ایالات متحده (سمت چپ)، و اعلیحضرت شاهنشاه محمدرضا پهلوی، در جریان یک جلسه در زوریخ، سوئیس، در ماه فوریه سال ۱۹۷۵ میلادی.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in an exclusive interview with Iran International, urged Iranians to stop paying taxes and stock up on fuel ahead of winter, predicting the economy would shrink by more than 25% in the year ending March 2027. 📺 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=8ZxrJIP1…

A screenshot of this video of 3 Indian Air Force Rafale fighters along with a Il-78MKI tanker during the Wings Over Ganges air show in Varanasi yesterday was doctored and posted as 3 IRIAF fighters over Kermanshah by many accounts today.

Forty-seven years ago, David Frost asked Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, then living in exile, how he believed Iranians would judge him fifty years later. His answer was brief, but memorable: “I hope they will discover the truth before fifty years have passed.” The Shah had spent years warning of dangers that others were reluctant to recognise. He spoke of the unlikely alliance between the radical left and religious extremists — what he called the Red and Black alliance. Two movements seemingly opposed in ideology, yet united in their determination to bring down his government. He also warned that the forces destabilising Iran would not necessarily stop at Iran’s borders. He understood that the consequences of extremism and regional instability could eventually reach Europe and threaten Western interests. At the time, many dismissed his warnings. Nearly half a century later, Western leaders are themselves warning of the dangers of political extremism, radical Islamism and threats to European security — dangers the Shah had warned could extend far beyond Iran’s borders. Meanwhile, in Iran, a new generation is challenging the narrative of 1979, questioning the promises of the revolution and openly chanting the name of the man it overthrew. A generation that has returned to history, questioning what it was taught and searching for its own answers. For many Iranians today, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi is no longer the figure portrayed by the revolutionaries of 1979. He has become a symbol of stability, modernisation, national pride and the ambition to build a powerful, prosperous Iran. Perhaps the most remarkable part of his legacy is not simply what he built, but what he saw coming. History has had nearly fifty years to judge him. And in the streets of Iran, a new generation is delivering its own verdict. On the anniversary of his birth, the Shah’s name is once again being heard in the country he was forced to leave.

"Israel and the US are preparing an operational plan aimed at toppling the Iranian regime...a devastating direct strike against the Iranian leadership, similar to operations carried out in the past, combined with additional military measures not previously undertaken, could set in motion a process that would ultimately bring down the regime." israelhayom.com/2026/10/26/n…

The central argument of my book, VALLEY OF DEATH, is that the growing dependence of the U.S. and its allies on commercially developed technologies critical to warfare would inevitably create conflicts over who controls them. The unfolding Starlink controversy is a case in point.

💥Israeli DefMin Israel Katz tries to walk back to scandal: "Israel had no intention of launching an attack on Iran before Israel's election." Note 'intention'. No word on orders given. He dismissed reports of government/IDF clash over Iran as "completely baseless & false."