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Inside the message of Irans new Leader 10 questions and answers

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Inside the message of Iran’s new Leader: 10 questions and answers

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei was elected as the third Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution last week. His election came after his predecessor and father, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, was assassinated in the early hours of the ongoing war against the United States and Israel.

Inside the message of Iran’s new Leader: 10 questions and answers

US aircraft losses mount as Washington struggles to contain narrative amid expanding Iran conflict

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US aircraft losses mount as Washington struggles to contain narrative amid expanding Iran conflict

TEHRAN — The United States appears to be concealing the scale of its military losses as its joint campaign with Israel against Iran enters its third week, with a series of aircraft incidents and rising casualties challenging Washington’s efforts to project control.

US aircraft losses mount as Washington struggles to contain narrative amid expanding Iran conflict

Trump administration in disarray How Washington miscalculated Irans resolve

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Trump administration in disarray: How Washington miscalculated Iran's resolve

TEHRAN — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is struggling to control the message around its rapidly escalating war with Iran, offering mixed and often contradictory statements as the conflict widens. What began as a show of force has quickly turned into a crisis with global consequences, revealing confusion inside the U.S. and raising serious questions about the goals, planning, and direction of the operation.

Trump administration in disarray: How Washington miscalculated Iran's resolve

Bombed but standing

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Bombed, but standing

TEHRAN – She was a middle-aged woman residing in Tehran. For the past two weeks, she had been taking part in every demonstration held in the capital. On Friday, attending the mass rallies marking the international Quds Day was a no-brainer, one of the individuals accompanying her told an Iranian reporter, as she lay on the ground in her blood.

Bombed, but standing

Bombed Iranian girls school had yearslong online presence raising questions over US targeting

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Bombed Iranian girls school had yearslong online presence, raising questions over U.S. targeting

TEHRAN - An Iranian girls school that was hit by a missile attack on the first day of the war had maintained a yearslong online presence showing students and school activities, raising questions about how the United States vets strike locations, a Reuters investigation found.

Bombed Iranian girls school had yearslong online presence, raising questions over U.S. targeting

Protests in Seoul feature faces of slain Iranian schoolchildren

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Protests in Seoul feature faces of slain Iranian schoolchildren

TEHRAN — With the faces of over 100 martyred Iranian schoolchildren staring out from newspaper pages held aloft, protesters gathered outside the Israeli and United States embassies in Seoul on March 12 to condemn ongoing military operations and mourn the young victims of last month's strike on an elementary school in southern Iran.

Protests in Seoul feature faces of slain Iranian schoolchildren

Irans longrange blows against US are economic not military

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Iran’s long-range blows against US are economic, not military

TEHRAN - In many wars, the first reactions appear on the battlefield. The deeper consequences, however, tend to surface in markets, supply chains and the strategic calculations of governments. The recent confrontation between Iran on one side and the United States and Israel on the other was initially portrayed as a rapid and limited military clash. Yet growing signs suggest that the crisis could evolve into a far more consequential test — not only for the global economy, but for the stability of the international order itself.

Iran’s long-range blows against US are economic, not military