Majid Rafizadeh

Iran's judiciary announced on Wednesday that it had executed 26-year-old Mehdi Khanaki, a law graduate accused of active participation in the

President Donald Trump has a winning strategy on Iran. The military campaign should not stop until Iran's regime delivers an unconditional surrender, as Germany and Japan did in World War II.

President Donald Trump has a winning strategy on Iran. The military campaign should not stop until Iran's regime delivers an unconditional surrender, as Germany

Saudi Arabia has been a peacemaker, a mediator, and a neutral actor in the conflict between Iran and its proxies on one side, and the United States and

The UN’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, which is observed every year on July 30, should be viewed as a critical global platform for raising awareness on one of the most egregious violations of human rights in the modern era. This important day, established by the General Assembly in 2013, ought to shed light on three issues: the plight of victims, the promotion of their rights, and efforts to galvanize international cooperation in combating this transnational crime.

The regime is murdering its youth, including two young men who were only offering help to fleeing protesters. At least 26 people linked to those protests have been hanged after trials marked by torture and forced confessions, while dozens more – in a terror state determined to instill fear – remain at urgent risk.

Saudi Arabia is an excellent example of how a nation can refrain from being dragged into wider war, avoid reflexive reactivity, and instead chart a steady

Africa is taking a key position in the global economic and geopolitical order, as it has the world’s youngest population, substantial reserves of the critical minerals essential for the energy transition and vast areas of arable land. This is partially why the continent is no longer a trivial and peripheral arena but a primary sphere of international competition and partnership. If we examine China’s deepening engagement in Africa, particularly when it comes to strategic investment, infrastructure development and trade, we can see the opportunities on offer.

The Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies have... been targeting their neighbors' civilian infrastructure. Perhaps to these countries, a "deal," even a bad one, sounds as if it might free them of Iranian threats without any cost. Their security calculations have to be quite different from ours: Why not just sit back and let America and Israel do all the heavy lifting?

On August 7, 2026, the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan gathered in the holy city of Mecca to sign the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement. Saudi