On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, marking the 40th day since the mass killings carried out during the January 2026 crackdown, shopkeepers in Abdanan, a city in Ilam Province in Iran’s Kurdistan region, voluntarily shut down all shops and commercial centers in a genera
On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, coinciding with the 40-day memorial ceremonies for those killed in the January 2026 nationwide protests across various cities, forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps raided the workplace of Mahmoud Sedighi-Pour — a memb
Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, Secretary-General of the Democratic Front of Iran and a political prisoner held in Isfahan Central Prison, issued a message on Tuesday, February 17, from behind bars expressing strong support for the Congress of Republican and Federal Democrat
Reports and videos from Iranian Kurdistan indicate that on Tuesday, February 17, thousands gathered at the graves of victims of the January protests across several cities — including Abdanan, Malekshahi, Eslamabad-e Gharb, Kermanshah, Khorramabad, and Kuhdasht — to m
The government of Lebanon says the army has presented a second-phase plan to disarm Hezbollah in the south of the country, and its implementation will take at least four months.
Reuters reported that Rubio made the remarks on Monday, February 16, during his visit to Budapest, while emphasizing that United States will continue efforts to reach a deal.
According to the National News Agency, Israeli counterterrorism forces infiltrated the outskirts of the towns of Aita al-Shaab and Ramyah in the Bint Jbeil district of southern Lebanon early Monday morning, February 16, planting explosives inside a house and detonating them, com
Farshteh Tabanian, a defense attorney, announced on Sunday, February 15, 2026, on the social platform X that her client, Mehran Gharebaghi, a 33-year-old political prisoner, was secretly transferred about twenty days earlier (early December 2025) from Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz to
The Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail reported on Saturday, 25 Bahman, that Canada is seeking regime change in Iran. The report also said Ottawa has announced additional sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
On the eve of a second round of talks between Tehran and Washington, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for diplomacy said the country is seeking a nuclear agreement with the United States that would deliver economic benefits for both sides.
