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Shafaq News
01-08-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Iraqis rally against Israeli siege on Gaza
Shafaq News – Baghdad On Friday, dozens of Iraqis demonstrated in central Baghdad to demand the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and an end to the Israeli blockade. According to Shafaq News correspondent, the protest took place in Al-Tahrir (Liberation) Square, where participants raised images portraying the suffering of civilians and called for urgent relief. A banner reading 'True Promise'—the name of Iran's June military operation against Israel—was draped over the Freedom Monument. Since October 2023, Iraq has maintained a firm stance against the Gaza war, rejecting forced Palestinian displacement and opposing normalization with Israel. The government has also sent aid convoys and repeatedly condemned the humanitarian situation. Article 201 of Iraq's Penal Code criminalizes any cooperation with Israel, and a 2022 parliamentary law reinforced this position by outlawing normalization efforts with penalties that include life imprisonment or death.
Shafaq News
20-06-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
True Promise 3: Iran launches new missile wave on Israel
Shafaq News/ Iran launched a fresh wave of missile attacks on southern Israel on Thursday as part of its ongoing retaliatory campaign known as 'True Promise 3,' Iranian state television reported. According to Israeli Channel 12, one missile struck the city of Beersheba directly, causing significant damage and civilian injuries. The Israeli ambulance service said five people were wounded in the attack, while 30 others were treated for panic-related symptoms. Israel Railways announced the closure of Beersheba's main train station after it sustained damage from the strike. Emergency responders on the scene reported 'visible destruction' at one building and 'major structural damage' to another. The renewed Iranian strikes come amid rising tensions and an ongoing cycle of military escalation between Iran and Israel. Tehran's True Promise campaign is framed as a direct response to Israel's Rising Lion operation, which targeted Iranian territory, killed senior commanders, and damaged critical infrastructure. Iran's Ministry of Health reported that since the start of the Israeli military campaign, 224 people have been killed and more than 1,800 injured. On the Israeli side, the country's Ministry of Health said at least 271 people were hospitalized on Thursday morning as a result of Iranian strikes. Channel 12 reported a total of 24 fatalities, 838 injuries, and the evacuation of around 5,000 residents from affected areas since the beginning of the conflict.
Business Recorder
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Provocation, not prevention
EDITORIAL: Israel's war on Iran didn't begin with missiles — it began with impunity. And what makes it dangerous is not just how far Netanyahu is willing to go, but how far Washington is willing to let him. The assault on Iran was not a response. It was premeditated. The so-called 'Operation Rising Lion' wasn't a defensive action — it was a coordinated, high-intensity blitz on over a hundred sites across Iran: command structures, nuclear research centres, civilian infrastructure, even state TV and hospitals. That's not pre-emption, that's provocation. And it's precisely what kicked off the most serious regional war in years. Yet it's Iran's response that now dominates headlines and policy briefs. Tehran has hit back hard, and deliberately. Its 'True Promise' operations have battered Israeli cities with drones and missiles, caused civilian deaths, and disrupted air traffic. But this didn't come out of nowhere. It was a direct, calculated answer to an illegal war launched without warning and without justification. The silence from Washington says everything. Not a word about the legal standing of Israel's first strike. No serious attempt to restrain further escalation. Instead, the familiar reflex: shield Israel, no matter the cost. That cost is now being measured in lives, oil prices, and regional fallout. Trade routes are being rerouted. Embassies are evacuating. Diplomats are calling for calm even as the only power that can enforce it looks the other way. And this time, the consequences will not be containable. Tehran has made clear that it won't accept a one-sided war. Its retaliation was not symbolic — it was strategic. The strikes show capability, coordination, and a willingness to keep going if necessary. The message is unambiguous: this will not end on Israeli terms. Much of the international community is in no doubt that this war was long planned and recklessly pursued. Netanyahu has been itching for escalation, partly to reassert deterrence, partly to serve domestic political ends. It's no coincidence that the most provocative Israeli strikes in years come when the government is politically weakened and socially divided. But regional war is not campaign material. Still, Israel pushes on. And the United States follows. By refusing to draw red lines around Israeli aggression, Washington effectively underwrites it. That's how you get strikes on consulates and hospitals. That's how you get a war that spins out of control, drags in other powers, and threatens to unravel what little diplomacy was left around Iran's nuclear programme. The danger now is that the window for de-escalation is closing. Every day this war drags on makes it harder to pull back. Every Iranian missile into Tel Aviv increases pressure on the Israeli government to double down. Every Israeli strike on Iranian soil makes it harder for Tehran to justify restraint. And every American shrug gives Israel more room to operate. This war can still be stopped—but not by pretending both sides are equally at fault. The war began with an Israeli assault that broke every legal and diplomatic norm. The response was entirely foreseeable. The longer Washington refuses to acknowledge that, the longer this war will burn. And if it does, it won't stop at Tel Aviv or Tehran. It will spill into the Gulf, into shipping lanes, into oil markets, into global supply chains. It may even spill into US bases. That's the real price of impunity. And it's one the world can no longer afford. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Memri
17-06-2025
- Politics
- Memri
Michigan Teacher and Activist Tarek Bazzi Shares AI-Generated Video Depicting Iran Destroying Israel, and States: The Resistance Is Fighting the Forces of U.S. Imperialism and Zionist Colonialism on B
On June 15, 2025, Michigan teacher and activist Tarek Bazzi, affiliated with the Hadi Institute, shared two consecutive videos on his Instagram story. In the first, he praised 'the resistance and its people,' saying they are fighting 'in the way of God,' on behalf of all humanity, against the 'arrogant and tyrannical forces of U.S. imperialism and Zionist colonialism.' In the next story, Bazzi shared an AI-animated video depicting Iranian military forces destroying Israel. The clip opens with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei leaning on a rifle and addressing IRGC commanders, declaring: 'The beginning of the end has arrived.' The video, titled True Promise, the name of Iran's anti-Israel military campaign, was created by Zill-E-Abbas Khwaja, a UK-based creative AI generator, and posted to the Shadow of Abbas Instagram account. It is worth noting that Bazzi was the MC of the April 2024 Al-Quds Day rally in Dearborn, where the crowd chanted 'Death to America!' Usama Abdulghani, who also spoke at the rally, said in a June 12, 2025 Friday sermon at the Hadi Institute that Iran is doing a favor for mankind by attacking Israel.
Shafaq News
14-06-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Iran vows expanded retaliation: US bases could be targeted
Shafaq News/ Tehran's retaliatory strikes against Israel will continue and may expand to include additional regional targets, including US military bases, senior Iranian officials said on Saturday. According to Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency, military commanders described the most recent Iranian missile barrage as 'limited,' warning that upcoming attacks could involve as many as 2,000 missiles and be 'twenty times more severe' than previous rounds. Tehran launched its retaliatory operation, True Promise, just hours after the Israeli assault, unleashing six successive waves of missile strikes. Israeli media reported that around 172 people have been injured in Iranian strikes since Friday, and three were killed. In response, Israeli airstrikes hit multiple cities across Iran, including strategic infrastructure. Iranian state television confirmed the deaths of two senior commanders in the Iranian General Staff as a result of the Israeli raids. Meanwhile, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran reported limited damage to the Fordow nuclear facility near Qom but noted no signs of radioactive leakage. Iranian UN envoy Amir Saeid Iravani said earlier that 78 people were killed in the Israeli raids, including senior officers, and over 320 people were wounded, most of them civilians.
