🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇮🇷 🇸🇾 🏴 | The children killing count continues to rise across Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and Syria:

In just the last two weeks, the killing of children across Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and Syria has reached another horrifying level. Initial reports indicate that American and Israeli attacks are killing an average of around seven children every day across these fronts. Some are killed instantly in airstrikes, shelling, and drone attacks, while many others die later from their wounds, burns, displacement, starvation, or the long-term consequences of war.

Since October 2023, the killing toll from American-Israeli genocidal campaigns, together with the massacres carried out by their regional allies, including HTS terrorists in the occupied Syria, has crossed an initial estimate of 100,000 children.

Gaza alone has witnessed the killing of nearly 50 thousand children. In Lebanon, children continue to die from Israeli airstrikes, drone attacks, and even cluster munitions left behind after bombardments. In Iran, children have also become victims of direct American attacks, including the massacre in Sirik, where an American strike targeted a wedding ceremony and killed children alongside civilians. The massacres in Minab and Lamard added even more innocent victims to this growing list.

The names continue to grow. Muhammad Ali Ibrahim, a child from Haboush in southern Lebanon, was killed after an Israeli cluster munition exploded. Lama Mohammed Habib, a Palestinian child, was killed in an Israeli strike in the Al-Katiba area of western Gaza City while families had gathered only to collect water. A baby was also killed after an Israeli strike destroyed a residential building in southern Lebanon, and many more children remain trapped under rubble or fighting for their lives in hospitals.

This is no longer a collection of isolated incidents spread across different countries. It is one continuous pattern of violence stretching from Gaza to southern Lebanon, from Sirik in Iran to Syria’s devastated towns. Children have become the most vulnerable victims of a war that continues to expand across West Asia under the framework of American and Israeli terrorism, while the world continues to witness the destruction of an entire generation.

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The problem with this argument is that it imports a political logic that does not really apply to the Islamic Republic. The question should not be whether an official is “more loyal” or “less loyal” to the Leader. State officials are expected to be committed to the values of the Islamic Revolution and to the leadership, while their suitability for a particular position should be assessed on the basis of experience, competence, judgment and the demands of the circumstances.

Imam Mojtaba Khamenei’s decision to appoint Mohsen Rezaei should therefore be understood in that context. Rezaei brings decades of experience in security, defence and state affairs, as well as a long record of commitment to the revolutionary cause. His straightforward and serious approach has also made him a target of criticism from reformists and other political camps precisely because he does not generally soften his positions to accommodate political perceptions.

In a war, serious positions require serious and direct figures. The SNSC Secretary is not appointed to satisfy the public’s preferred image of what a secretary should sound like. Nor should an important state position be weakened, delayed or compromised merely because some statements might affect public perception.

There is also a broader problem here. Public perception is not a stable measure of state policy. The same public that demands one position today may demand something completely different tomorrow. If major state decisions are constantly adjusted simply to satisfy immediate public expectations, governance becomes reactive rather than strategic.

The more important issue is the growing tendency across different levels of the state to treat governance as a theatre of messaging, signalling and perception management rather than as the execution of policy. When every institution becomes preoccupied with “giving a message” instead of doing the work, the practical machinery of governance is inevitably weakened.

If Rezaei speaks more directly than his predecessors, that does not automatically diminish the SNSC. What matters is whether his words correspond to the state’s strategic position and whether the institution is capable of turning those positions into action. In wartime, clarity and seriousness can be far more valuable than carefully managed silence.

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🇾🇪 📕 | The story behind Ansar Allah’s missile arsenal is much deeper than “Iran gave them missiles”:

When people look at Ansar Allah’s missile arsenal in Yemen today, it is easy to reduce the entire story to a single sentence: “Iran supplied the Houthis with missiles.” That explanation ignores an entire layer of Yemen’s military history and, more importantly, it ignores the one element that cannot simply be imported: human expertise.

The foundation of Ansar Allah’s missile capability was not created after 2015. For decades, the Yemeni military operated Soviet, North Korean, and Chinese missile systems. These weapons did not arrive alone. They came with training programs, technical education, maintenance procedures, launch protocols, and generations of Yemeni officers, engineers, and technicians who learned how to manage missile systems from storage and servicing to deployment and refurbishment.

A significant part of that expertise was already close to Ansar Allah even before it took control of state institutions. Military units, officers, engineers, and technicians within the Yemeni Armed Forces formed alliances with Ansar Allah during the political and military shifts that preceded 2014. This meant that experienced personnel with years of missile knowledge became part of Ansar Allah’s structure, rather than a completely new cadre appearing after the collapse of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s government in Sana’a.

That point became decisive after 2014. When large parts of the Saudi-backed government collapsed and Ansar Allah seized military bases and stockpiles belonging to the Yemeni Army and the Republican Guard, they inherited much more than warehouses filled with weapons. They gained missile platforms, spare parts, maintenance equipment, technical documentation, engineers, and technicians who already understood those systems from the inside.

This is where the real transformation began. Instead of treating the inherited arsenal as a finite stockpile that would eventually run out, Ansar Allah turned it into the foundation of a missile program that could be repaired, rebuilt, modified, and expanded. Some missiles were restored to service, others were overhauled and modernized, while older systems became platforms for experimentation and redevelopment. This also explains why some Soviet-era systems have reportedly been adapted for missions very different from those for which they were originally designed, including the conversion of certain air defense systems into ground attack weapons after extensive modifications.

None of this means Ansar Allah developed everything on its own. As the war continued and older stockpiles were depleted, support from Iran and Hezbollah became increasingly important, particularly in technical development. The relationship is better understood as cooperation between an existing Yemeni military foundation and external expertise that contributed new technologies, components, engineering methods, and approaches to modernization.

In other words, the Yemenis already possessed the basic knowledge of missile systems, while support from the Axis of Resistance added new layers of expertise in upgrading, modifying, improving performance, and reusing equipment that could be salvaged from older arsenals.

That is what makes Ansar Allah’s missile program different from the simplistic claim that it merely received missiles from abroad. Its development is the result of accumulation: a Yemeni missile legacy built over decades, military stockpiles transferred into Ansar Allah’s hands after 2014, experienced personnel who remained within the new military structure, years of war that forced constant maintenance, refurbishment, and innovation, and external technical support that helped transform an inherited arsenal into a more diverse and sophisticated missile force.

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🇮🇷 📕 | Martyred Lieutenant General Hossein Salami recounts the first achievement of technology to destroy aircraft carriers:

Martyred Lieutenant General Hossein Salami:

American aircraft carriers are known as the symbol and embodiment of America’s military power, grandeur, and prestige.

We had to assume that one day we would have to destroy, sink, or capture an American aircraft carrier.

For the first time, we tested an anti-ship ballistic missile, after several failures and setbacks in our earlier tests.

When this missile was launched, it had to strike a target on the sea that was many times smaller than an aircraft carrier. The target was stationary on the water, and this ballistic missile, built for the first time by the engineers and scientists of the IRGC Air Force, had to keep its line of sight aligned with the target along the missile’s longitudinal axis. This meant the missile’s control fins had to make frequency corrections hundreds of times every second to keep it directed toward the target.

Using a telemetry system, we monitored the missile’s flight and target tracking on a television screen. Everyone who had worked on the project, dozens of people, stood tightly packed together, staring at that screen.

When the tracking process was completed, everyone held their breath. We were all waiting to see whether we were witnessing a technological revolution.

The missile moved closer and closer to the target. On the television screen, the target appeared larger and larger until, for the first time, the missile landed at an extremely short distance from it.

When the missile landed just a few meters away, less than 10 meters from the target, it was an extraordinary level of accuracy for our technology at that time. It felt as if the entire room exploded. Everyone shouted with joy because we had achieved a great success. It was one step, but it was a huge step.

That missile showed, for the first time, that we had taken a major step toward the destruction of aircraft carriers, beyond the enemy’s capability to neutralize such a system. It was a tremendous achievement.

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🇮🇷 | Iran Ministry's Spokesman Email Baghaei warns South Korea against involvement in America’s actions:

- Baghaei: Iran warned South Korea against participating in any American military actions in the region.

The Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Iran values its relationship with South Korea but warned that any participation by South Korea, or any other country, in America’s military or interventionist actions in the region would amount to complicity in a clear act of military aggression.

Baghaei added that Iran has not issued a formal public position but has conveyed its warning to South Korean officials through its embassy in Seoul, stressing that countries should avoid becoming instruments of American aggression.

- Baghaei says Hormuz insecurity is the result of American actions

Esmaeil Baghaei: The term “Tanker War” does not accurately describe the current situation in the region.

He said the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf became insecure after America’s military aggression and Israeli attacks, not because of Iran’s actions. Baghaei accused America of initiating attacks on ships in the region and said recent Iranian defensive actions against American warships were used as a pretext for America to target Iranian commercial vessels.

He described attacks on Iranian commercial ships as violations of international law and acts of terrorism, adding that America’s continued economic war, naval blockade, and attacks on Iranian shipping constitute an ongoing military aggression against Iran.

Baghaei said Iran’s actions are purely defensive and are carried out under its right to self-defense.

- Baghaei says America’s operation failed

Esmaeil Baghaei: America’s military operation failed to achieve its objectives and only further damaged America’s credibility.

Responding to reports that the Pentagon instructed personnel not to use the term “Operation Epic Fury,” Baghaei said American media initially referred to it as “Operation Epstein Fury” before it became known as an “epic failure.”

He said the operation was unsuccessful and further exposed America for violating international law and international humanitarian law.

- Baghaei defends Iran’s strikes on American military targets

Esmaeil Baghaei: Iran’s strikes on American military bases and warships fall within its legitimate right to self-defense.

He said it is not an achievement for a country that calls itself the world’s greatest superpower to retaliate against attacks on its warships by targeting commercial vessels or civilians, including children at a wedding.

Baghaei rejected the American narrative and said Iran’s defensive strikes are consistent with Article 51 of the UN Charter.

- Baghaei says Israel’s threats expose expansionist ambitions

Esmaeil Baghaei: Israel’s repeated threats against regional countries demonstrate its expansionist ambitions.

He said there is no longer any doubt in the region that Israel seeks dominance over the Middle East and aims to intimidate neighboring states. Baghaei added that Israel’s threats against countries, including Turkey, should serve as a warning for regional governments to recognize the main threat to regional peace and security.

- Baghaei says America is responsible for Hormuz tensions

Esmaeil Baghaei: The insecurity in the Strait of Hormuz is a direct consequence of America’s military aggression.

He said Iran is falsely being portrayed as the source of instability, while the real cause is America’s military actions, its use of Gulf states’ territory, the naval blockade, and attacks on Iranian commercial vessels.

Baghaei said the strait cannot become secure as long as those actions continue.

- Baghaei rejects reports of a new agreement with America

Esmaeil Baghaei: Iran’s position on regional security and the Strait of Hormuz remains unchanged.

He said America must end its military aggression, intervention, sanctions, and naval blockade if it wants to remove the insecurity it imposed on the region.

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Baghaei added that the June 28 Islamabad agreement clearly reflected Iran’s position, and accused America of violating the agreement only 22 to 23 days after signing it.

- Iran says talks with Oman on safe Hormuz shipping route are nearing completion

Esmaeil Baghaei: Iran and Oman have made significant progress in negotiations to establish temporary safe shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz.

He said the talks have reached their final stage despite interference from third parties, and the agreement is expected to be registered with the International Maritime Organization in the coming days.

- Qatar delegation visits Tehran for de-escalation talks

Esmaeil Baghaei: A Qatari delegation visited Tehran as part of ongoing regional efforts to reduce tensions.

He said Qatar’s visit follows previous visits by delegations from Oman and Pakistan, adding that the delegation held productive meetings with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and that Iran will continue using diplomacy to safeguard its national interests.

- Iran expects to participate in the UN General Assembly

Esmaeil Baghaei: Iran plans to participate in this year’s UN General Assembly in New York, provided America fulfills its obligations under the UN Headquarters Agreement by issuing visas on time.

He said Iran’s mission to the United Nations is operating normally following the return of its permanent representative to Tehran, and that the deputy representative is currently managing the mission until a new ambassador is appointed.

- Baghaei responds to Israeli threats against Iran

Esmaeil Baghaei: Israeli threats against Iran reflect wishful thinking and will not succeed.

Quoting a Quranic verse and a Persian proverb, Baghaei said attempts to extinguish Iran’s strength and resolve will ultimately fail.

- Baghaei says efforts continue to secure release of Iranian pilots and detainees

Esmaeil Baghaei: Iran continues to pursue the cases of its three pilots in Qatar and Iranian citizens detained in Kuwait.

He said a technical delegation from Iran’s General Staff recently visited Qatar for discussions, while Iran’s embassy in Kuwait continues consular efforts and hopes the Kuwaiti government will facilitate the detainees’ release.

- Baghaei criticizes Trump’s recent statements

Esmaeil Baghaei: Recent statements by President Donald Trump reflect a broader disregard for international norms.

He said claims such as “the Moon belongs to us” and proposals to rename New Mexico illustrate a pattern in which America’s current leadership disregards state sovereignty and international principles while using provocative statements to dominate media attention and wage what he described as a cognitive war.

- Baghaei says the Islamabad agreement should not be blamed for Lebanon

Esmaeil Baghaei: The Islamabad agreement served Iran’s national interests and included a clause calling for an end to Israeli aggression against Lebanon.

He said negotiations are neither inherently good nor bad but are a tool for protecting national interests. Baghaei argued that America violated the agreement afterward, and said criticism should be directed at Washington rather than Iran.

- Baghaei accuses America of deliberately targeting civilians

Esmaeil Baghaei: America has a long history of targeting civilian sites and is following Israel’s pattern of attacks on civilians.

Responding to questions about the wedding strike in Sirik, Baghaei rejected American claims that civilian casualties were collateral damage. He said attacks on a school in Minab, a stadium in Lamerd, and the wedding in Sirik were deliberate, and called for America to be held accountable for what he described as war crimes against civilians.

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🔔 | Updates (-ve)

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia / Yemen

• Royal Saudi Air Force carried out multiple airstrikes across Ansarallah-controlled areas of Yemen throughout the day.

• Airstrikes targeted Ansarallah sites, gatherings, a missile launcher in Al-Bayda Governorate, a command-and-control center in Ad-Dhali Governorate, and positions in Ma’rib Governorate.

• The proxy claimed responsibility for the strikes, although reports suggest the scale of the attacks makes that claim unlikely.

🇱🇧 Lebanon

• Israeli airstrikes targeted Jabal Al-Rafia, Deir Al-Zahrani, Arabsalim, Nabatieh Al-Fawqa, and Kfar Roman.
• A drone strike targeted Kfar Roman.

• Artillery shelling hit Dawhat Kfar Roman, Jabal Al-Rafia, Jabal Al-Suwaida (Kfar Roman), and Zawtar Al-Sharqiyah.

• Israeli forces also opened machine-gun fire toward the town of Al-Mansouri.

🇵🇸 West Bank

• A Palestinian attacker reportedly stabbed a Jewish man several times at a farm near the village of Osrin before fleeing by vehicle.

• Israeli security forces launched a pursuit operation.

🇵🇸 Gaza

• An Israeli airstrike targeted a motorcycle north of Khan Younis.

• Martyrs and wounded were reported in the strike.

🇹🇷 Turkey / Greece

• Turkey’s intelligence chief, Dr. Ibrahim Kalin, reportedly made a secret visit to Athens for talks with Greece’s intelligence chief.

• The meeting followed Greece’s $3.5 billion defense deal with Israel for the “Achilles Shield” air defense system.

• Reports say Turkey warned Greece against unilateral actions in the Aegean and criticized the growing Greece-Israel security partnership.

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🇾🇪 Yemen

• Ansarallah announced the downing of an armed Royal Saudi Air Force CH-4 UCAV in Khab wa al-Sha’af District, Al-Jawf Governorate.

• The Yemeni Armed Forces confirmed they shot down a Saudi CH-4 armed reconnaissance drone while it was carrying out hostile activities over Al-Jawf Governorate.

• Ansarallah reportedly shot down a second Saudi-operated Chinese-made CH-4 drone in less than 24 hours, this time over Hajjah Governorate in northern Yemen.

🇮🇷 Iran

• Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence announced the dismantling of three terrorist-takfiri operational cells in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

• Nine terrorists were arrested, three were killed, and authorities seized significant quantities of weapons, ammunition, and a hidden cache of light and semi-heavy weapons allegedly smuggled into the country. #BorderThreats

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🇾🇪 | Yemen’s air defense, using technical expertise shared with Iran, along with Sayyad and Fater series missiles and the 358 surface-to-air system, has so far succeeded in destroying a large number of American drones, as well as some Turkish and Chinese drones.

The list of Yemen’s air defense successes also includes Tornado, F-15, and F-16 fighter jets, along with Apache helicopters. During the recent conflict between Yemen and America, an F/A-18 was reportedly destroyed, although this has not been confirmed. Reports suggest it may have been brought down either by a cruise missile or during an engagement with Yemen’s air defense system, but the exact cause remains unclear. In this video, you can see footage of some of the destroyed aircraft, as well as equipment, radars, and facilities belonging to Yemen’s air defense system.

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🇮🇶 | The headquarters of the Komala terrorist group in Sardasht was targeted in a drone strike a few hours ago.

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