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Prisoners Nasser Bakerzadeh, a Kurdish Sunni, and Yaghoub Karimpour, an Azerbaijani Turkic Yarsan citizen. (photo credit: Courtesy) The Islamic regime tortured and mistreated prisoners ahead of their execution on Saturday, according to letters and recorded phone calls shared with  The Jerusalem Post  by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) on Wednesday. Yaghoub Karimpour, 43, and Nasser Bakerzadeh, 26, were hanged on Saturday, and Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, 28, was executed on Sunday in Orumiyeh Central Prison. All three men were able to speak with the KHRN before their executions. None of the men’s loved ones were informed of the execution, despite Iranian law guaranteeing families a final visit, the organization noted, and the men had not known about their execution when KHRN Rebin Rahmani spoke with them the Saturday before they were killed. Go to the full article > >

A n F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran April 1, 2026. (photo credit: U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS) US forces attacked an Iranian vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday that was attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement. The Iranian-flagged oil tanker attempted to bypass the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz when it was struck by 20 mm cannon fire from a helicopter launched by the US Navy.  This comes as the US and Iran are in talks to lift the blockade and potentially end the ongoing conflict.  The Iranian-flagged oil tanker was struck by 20 mm cannon fire from a helicopter launched by the US Navy, the US Central Command said on Wednesday.  This is a developing story. Go to the full article > >

US President Donald Trump told Fox News that Iran has one week to make a peace deal with the United States in a Wednesday interview. 

A SATELLITE image shows a closer view of the Natanz Nuclear Facility with new building damage, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, near Natanz, Iran, March 2, 2026. (photo credit: VANTOR/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) Israel and the US prioritized the degradation of Iran's nuclear weaponization abilities during Operation Roaring Lion and Operation Epic Fury over the targeting of  nuclear enrichment  sites, an Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) analysis of satellite imagery revealed on Thursday. According to the analysis, little new damage was dealt to Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities  already destroyed  in strikes carried out during the 12-day war in June of 2025. Instead, facilities and infrastructure related to the weaponization of enriched uranium, such as development sites, were targeted. One such target analyzed by the institute was  the Min Zadai site , which is suspected to have played a key role in Iran's attempts to recover nucl...

Culture and tradition are two concepts which had been dully misconstrued by many religious fanatics in the community, especially in the aftermath of the religious crisis in the year 2002. Although the terms are related, they possess, each, features which may critically be defended to be the base of their differences. Culture, according to a social scientist; Simmel (1971: 6), is referred to as the “Cultivation of individuals through the agency of external forms which have been objectified in the course of history.” Now, the objectification of the agency of external form of the people’s history and the cultivation of this history into the individuals in the community are two ways channel culture passes to be credible. Culture is inbuilt but tradition is acquired. Agencies of external objects form the layman’s definition of culture as people’s way of life. Nkalaha has many external forms objectified and cultivated into the inhabitants. Nkalaha has a set of behaviour, mode of conduct, dre...

IDF strikes over 85 Hezbollah sites in 24 hours. May 9, 2026. (Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit) The IDF struck over 85 infrastructure sites belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the past 24 hours, the military announced on Saturday.  These strikes were carried out both from the air and on the ground, hitting various locations including weapon storage facilities, launchers, and structures used by Hezbollah to further their terrorist activities against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers. In the Beqaa Valley, the IDF targeted an underground site utilized by Hezbollah for the production of weapons intended to harm IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians.  Additionally, Hezbollah operatives who were involved in advancing terrorist actions against IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon were also struck. In response to rocket fire near IDF soldiers, the IDF carried out strikes on over 85 Hezbollah sites, including weapon storage facilities and production sites, in southern Lebano...

A Shahed drone on display during the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran February 11, 2026. (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS) The US Treasury on Friday announced  sanctions  against 10 individuals and companies, including several in China and Hong Kong, over accusations they  aided Iran's efforts  to secure weapons and the raw materials needed to build its Shahed drones and ballistic missiles. The Treasury move, first reported by  Reuters , comes days before US President Donald Trump plans to  travel to China  for a meeting with President Xi Jinping and as efforts to end the war with Iran have stalled. The US Treasury said it was also prepared to act against any foreign company supporting illicit Iranian commerce and could impose secondary sanctions on foreign financial institutions that aid Iran. Go to the full article > >