🔴 Air defense commander: Enemy's tech didn't guarantee return

🔹Brigadier General Alireza Elhami said Iran's air defense systems are built on "domestic knowledge and indigenous power, without foreign dependence."

🔹"These systems were deployed and destroyed hostile enemy aircraft."

🔹He stressed: "Advanced enemy technology does not guarantee their return and does not create immunity."

🔹Iran continues to develop new indigenous air defense systems with no foreign equivalent.

Iran bypassed US naval blockade: Oil Minister

🔹Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said Iran's crude exports continued "without interruption" throughout the 40-day US-Israeli war, despite infrastructure attacks and US naval blockades.

🔹Iran relocated oil sales "thousands of kilometers away from the Persian Gulf" during the first blockade and used a brief pause to move volumes outside restricted waters.

🔹A second blockade remains in place since July 15, but Paknejad said: "We are pursuing solutions to completely bypass this blockade."

🔹Most gas capacity lost in the March 18 Asaluyeh strike has been restored.

Judiciary chief: Iran determined to expand ties with China; world transitioning to new order

🔹Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, meeting China's Supreme Court President Zhang Jun in Tehran, stated that Iran is "resolutely determined" to expand relations with China, as the world transitions to a new global order.

🔹"Iran withstood US-Israeli aggression through people's support and strategic stability," he said, adding that China's scientific and technological capacities, combined with Iran's domestic capabilities, could drive a "new leap" in bilateral cooperation.

🔹Zhang Jun emphasized that despite regional and international fluctuations, Iran-China relations have remained "healthy and stable," and expressed hope to strengthen strategic cooperation.

🔹Both sides discussed judicial cooperation and noted that last year's planned SCO judicial summit in Iran was postponed due to US-Israeli aggression.

Judiciary chief: Iranian nation is world's most outstanding example of resilience after two wars

🔹Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, meeting with Belarusian Supreme Court Chairman Andrei Shved, stated that Iran's nation is now the "most outstanding example of resilience and resistance" globally after surviving two full-scale US-Israeli wars.

🔹He called for strengthening judicial cooperation within BRICS, particularly in technology and AI, to facilitate legal proceedings.

🔹Shved extended an invitation to Ejei to visit Belarus and announced that a draft judicial cooperation agreement would soon be prepared.

🔹The Belarusian official praised Iran's people fighting for independence, saying: "We have special respect for the Iranian nation."

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Judiciary chief: Iran-Russia strategic synergy can restore global stability

🔹Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, meeting Russia's Supreme Court Chairman Igor Krasnov, stated that strengthening strategic cooperation and deeper coordination between Iran and Russia can play a "highly effective role" in restoring stability to the region and the world.

🔹He noted that US and Israeli aggression, aimed at weakening Iran, failed due to the nation's resilience and strategic strength.

🔹"Iran and Russia can form a solid barrier against the excesses of the unipolar international system," he said.

🔹Krasnov praised Iran as a "resilient, courageous, and respectable nation" and invited Ejei to visit Russia. He called for cooperation in smart judicial processes and digital justice, and proposed bilateral agreements in these areas.

🔴 Army spox: US should pay costs and leave the region

🔹Brigadier General Amir Akraminia stated that US problems in the region and Americans' economic hardships stem from Washington's invasion of a "sovereign and civilized" nation.

🔹"The appropriate solution is to accept realities, pay the costs, and leave the region," he said.

🔹"This would secure the region and bring Americans closer to prosperity."

🔹The remarks come amid ongoing US-Israeli aggression and repeated Iranian warnings that US forces have no place in West Asia.

US escalates 'Operation Economic Outcast' with fresh Iran-related sanctions

🔹The US Treasury announced new sanctions on three Turkey-based entities under "Operation Economic Outcast," accusing Golden Global Investment Bank of providing a "critical financial lifeline" to Iran.

🔹The Treasury also targets global logistics and front companies involved in moving Iranian crude . Treasury Secretary Bessent warned that the campaign aims to "economically asphyxiate" Tehran, with more actions coming .

From naval blockade to land corridors: Iran's strategic pivot

Maritime disruption has pushed Iran to develop four major land corridors—East-West Railway, CPEC, INSTC, and the Shalamcheh-Basra railway—reducing reliance on the Strait of Hormuz. These routes cut shipping times, prevent shortages, and connect Iran to Central Asia, Pakistan, Russia, and Iraq. What began as a vulnerability is now a permanent pillar of Iran's trade strategy.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/529664/From-naval-blockade-to-land-corridors-Iran-s-strategic-pivot

Iran-Russia alliance grows despite US pressure

Russia has firmly rejected US demands to abandon Iran, with Putin expressing "full solidarity" and praising Iran's resilience at the SCO summit. Moscow denounced Washington's "Operation Economic Outcast" as illegitimate. Despite CIA warnings, Russia is deepening ties with Tehran across trade, energy, and defense. The SCO's Bishkek Declaration also condemned US-Israeli aggression and mourned Ayatollah Khamenei's assassination.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/529671/Iran-Russia-alliance-grows-despite-US-pressure

Ghalibaf: Regional countries must shape their future with own hands

🔹Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, welcoming China's call for a new regional security framework, stated: "China's emphasis on fostering common security reflects a principle Iran has long championed" .

🔹"Regional countries must take their future into their own hands, and true stability can only come through a new security architecture that is homegrown. Iran stands ready," he wrote on X .

🔹Ghalibaf noted that Iran and China "will undoubtedly form the axis of new regional blocs" .

Ben Gvir unveils seven‑year blueprint to ethnically cleanse Gaza

Israel's extremist minister Itamar Ben Gvir has proposed a seven‑year plan to forcibly expel Gaza's 1.86 million Palestinians, with a $3.3bn budget and quotas of 250,000 in year one, 1.11 million by year three. The "Disengagement 7/10" plan demands a new government ministry. War Minister Katz confirmed readiness for expulsion "by sea, by air." Polls show 82% of Israelis support the move.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/529672/Ben-Gvir-unveils-seven-year-blueprint-to-ethnically-cleanse-Gaza

What has Trump gained following Netanyahu’s lead?

Trump followed Netanyahu into a war on Iran, ignoring military advisers who called Israeli intelligence "nonsense." Six months later, Iran controls Hormuz, US interests diverge from Israeli goals, and both leaders face elections—Netanyahu wants escalation to boost his coalition, Trump needs de-escalation to avoid gasoline price spikes harming GOP midterms. The US now bears a strategic burden it cannot easily escape.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/529677/What-has-Trump-gained-following-Netanyahu-s-lead

Kuhestak mourns victims of deadly strike on wedding

Kuhestak held a funeral procession for victims of a US strike on a wedding celebration that killed five civilians, including four-year-old Amir Mohammad Karimi, and wounded nearly 70. Families, officials, and Shiite and Sunni leaders marched together. Weapons experts confirmed the blast was likely from a direct US 500‑pound bomb. What should have been a night of joy became a day of collective mourning.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/529678/Kuhestak-mourns-victims-of-deadly-strike-on-wedding

Rights groups demand Congress scrap US-Israel military integration bill

Fifty‑six US rights organizations have urged Congress to remove a provision from the 2027 NDAA that would legally bind the Pentagon to joint weapons development, AI, and cyber cooperation with Israel. They warn it entrenches foreign leverage as public support for Israel collapses. The bill would make Israel a "full‑scale military partner" rather than aid recipient. A bipartisan amendment to scrap it was buried by leadership.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/529673/Rights-organizations-demand-Congress-scrap-US-Israel-military

Safavid tilework: From architectural ornament to pictorial art

In 17th-century Isfahan, square tiles evolved into pictorial compositions depicting people, gardens, and courtly life—beyond geometric and arabesque designs. Using the cuerda seca technique, artists created large narrative panels for secular buildings. Examples now grace the Met, Louvre, and V&A. This fusion of painting, ceramics, and architecture marked a unique chapter in Safavid artistic culture.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/529684/Safavid-tilework-From-architectural-ornament-to-pictorial-art

Flow vs. territory: The real battle for the Strait of Hormuz

Despite US claims, TankerTrackers data show oil traffic at just 3.8 million bpd—far below pre‑war levels. Washington is attempting to shift from territorial control to managing flows via a southern corridor under military cover. But Iran's resistance and a planned Iran‑Oman joint management deal undermine this. As analyst Mearsheimer put it: “We have no military cards left. It is the Iranians who hold the military card.”

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/529676/Flow-vs-territory-The-real-battle-for-the-Strait-of-Hormuz

Culture minister visits Minab School exhibition

Culture Minister Salehi visited the "Minab School" art exhibition in Tehran, calling the US strike that killed 168 at Shajareh Tayyebeh school a "deliberate" global catastrophe. He praised artists for turning the tragedy into lasting testimony, comparing it to Hiroshima. The exhibition features 19 works by prominent Iranian painters, each offering a unique artistic perspective on the February 28 massacre.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/529663/Culture-minister-visits-Minab-School-exhibition