The New Delhi BRICS summit highlighted the bloc’s evolving role as a transitional alliance, expanding alternatives in payments, financing, security and diplomacy without fully rejecting existing structures, says an analyst.

Over 200 nights, Iranians have held nationwide gatherings, expressing unity, resilience and support for the Islamic Republic amid war, external threats and calls for national defense.

A pregnant Iranian kindergarten teacher and mother of three was killed with eight family members in a US-Israeli strike, leaving behind stories she documented about families affected by war.

IAEA’s referral of Iran to the UN Security Council yet again reflects the weaponization of nuclear oversight, with Western powers using non-proliferation mechanisms to pressure Iran while undermining the agency’s credibility and independence.

Roqiyeh Shiri, a first-grade school teacher in Zanjan, was martyred alongside her husband and daughter in a US-Israeli airstrike during the recent war, leaving behind grieving colleagues and students who remember her compassion.

AI-driven US-Israeli targeting during the 40-day war against Iran relied on outdated intelligence and inadequate human oversight, contributing to devastating attacks on schools, hospitals and other civilian facilities and raising grave questions about accountability and international law.

Iran has permanently transformed the Strait of Hormuz into an instrument of national power following the recent imposed war, rejecting any return to pre-war status while establishing a new mechanism with Oman that effectively ends American naval hegemony in the Persian Gulf.