Sara Spinelli

Two visions of Iran appear side by side. After dark, a segment of the population dances, celebrates and weeps with relief at the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hoping it will bring an end to clerical rule and Western isolation. By daylight, mournful crowds fill the squares of Tehran and

Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran’s political leadership had agreed to negotiations, a day after the United States and Israel began striking the nation’s military and political infrastructure, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior officials. “They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk,

At least 22 people have died after pro‑Iran rallies in Pakistan, where hundreds marched toward the U.S. consulate in Karachi. In Iraq, security personnel also deployed tear‑gas against demonstrators who attempted to breach the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. The unrest intensified after U.S.–Israeli strikes

A joint U.S.–Israeli operation that seemed to hide behind nuclear talks. Gulf rulers courting Donald Trump as he prepared a large‑scale Middle Eastern intervention. Europe sidelined and a G7 defence minister caught so unprepared that he was grounded in Dubai as the bombs fell. From Moscow, a