As anti-regime protests spread across Iran for a 12th straight day, the Islamic Republic has reportedly turned to foreign militias for support, with two independent sources confirming that roughly 850 Hezbollah, Iraqi militia and Quds Force–linked fighters crossed into Iran to bolster the regime’s security forces.
Iranian authorities have unleashed a deadly crackdown on protesters across the country since 28 December 2025, marked by security forces’ unlawful use of force and firearms and mass arbitrary arrests, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.
Years ago, I was negotiating with Iranian officials for the release of American hostages held in Tehran. The talks were not going well.
At one point, my Iranian counterpart asked why Iran should ever make a deal with a country that constantly changes its government — in other words, a democracy?
Les forces terrestres du Corps des gardiens de la Révolution islamique (CGRI) ont démantelé plusieurs groupes de terroristes armés affiliés à Israël dans la province iranienne du Sistan-et-Baloutchistan (sud-est) près de la frontière avec le Pakistan. Au cours de cette intervention, les forces du CGRI ont saisi un arsenal impressionnant d’armes de qualité militaire de fabrication américaine.
Since Syria’s major shift following the fall of the former regime, Lebanese Syrian relations have entered an unprecedented phase in terms of the opportunities available, not the results achieved.
This transformation has not been limited to a change of faces in Damascus, it has also affected the political philosophy that shapes Syria’s approach to its neighbors, foremost among them Lebanon, which has long paid the price for an imbalanced relationship and for being used as an arena for influence and score settling, according to Lebanese researcher and journalist Sohaib Jawhar, who spoke to Enab Baladi.
Les tensions s’accentuent entre la Turquie et le Pakistan, ainsi qu’entre Israël, Chypre et la Grèce.
La stabilité en Méditerranée orientale n’est plus acquise suite à trois événements récents : 1) la rivalité turco-israélienne croissante dans la Syrie post-Assad ; 2) les projets, rapportés par Israël, de créer une force d’intervention rapide avec Chypre et la Grèce ; et 3) les nouveaux liens militaires entre le Pakistan, allié de la Turquie, et le général Khalifa Haftar, dirigeant de l’est de la Libye. Ces événements surviennent dans un contexte marqué par le projet israélien de gazoduc sous-marin EastMed vers la Grèce et les revendications maritimes de la Turquie sur ce tracé.
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has decided to allocate several plots of land in North Sinai Governorate, including areas near Rafah, as part of its national plan to develop the Sinai Peninsula.
The Official Gazette published Presidential Decree No. 736 of 2025, which allocates state-owned land in North Sinai to the General Authority for Land and Dry Ports. The land will be used to establish logistics zones.
Reza Pahlavi is not a unifying figure, but remains a symbol of exclusion. A spent force, he is irrelevant to Iran’s future and unqualified to lead.
As Iran edges closer to possible collapse amid renewed nationwide protests – particularly in Awdanan, Malekshahi (Ilam), Kirmashan, and Luristan in Eastern Kurdistan – international conversations are turning to what might replace Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
He asserted that he had received “reliable reports” indicating the authorities were facing “a severe shortage of mercenaries to confront the millions of people in the streets.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed the US and Israel for ordering “rioters” to create instability in Iran in a speech released Sunday.