‼️ Tehran Times Exclusive:
General Hollywood: How superheroes became the Pentagon's PR machine
Part 2:
🔹"Iron Man" wasn't born anti-war. The original 2004 screenplay was. But the Pentagon had a price: script approval in exchange for F-22s and bases.
🔹Result? Tony Stark went from questioning "the system is broken" to saying "I saw young Americans killed by my weapons." Lines naming US presidents as arms suppliers? Deleted. Muslim terrorists with AK-47s? Added.
🔹By "Iron Man 3" (made without military help), the mask slipped: "I'll own the War on Terror. Create supply and demand."
🔹Hollywood exceptions exist. But the rule remains: US exceptionalism on screen, propaganda by default.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/527047/General-Hollywood-Pentagon-s-propaganda-operation-on-silver
General Hollywood: How superheroes became the Pentagon's PR machine
Part 2:
🔹"Iron Man" wasn't born anti-war. The original 2004 screenplay was. But the Pentagon had a price: script approval in exchange for F-22s and bases.
🔹Result? Tony Stark went from questioning "the system is broken" to saying "I saw young Americans killed by my weapons." Lines naming US presidents as arms suppliers? Deleted. Muslim terrorists with AK-47s? Added.
🔹By "Iron Man 3" (made without military help), the mask slipped: "I'll own the War on Terror. Create supply and demand."
🔹Hollywood exceptions exist. But the rule remains: US exceptionalism on screen, propaganda by default.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/527047/General-Hollywood-Pentagon-s-propaganda-operation-on-silver
Tehran Times
General Hollywood: Pentagon’s propaganda operation on silver screen: Part 2
TEHRAN-Sci-Fi cinema, and especially the superhero genre, presents an opportunity that the Pentagon would never pass up. Since these stories often contain military themes and are heavily dependent on action sequences, many superhero genre films have relied…
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‼️Lebanese nurse martyred in Israeli attack
🔹Local sources report that Ali Smadi, a nurse at Hiram Hospital in the city of Tyre, has been martyred in a drone strike carried out by the Israeli occupation army in southern Lebanon.
🔹The healthcare worker was targeted while traveling to his workplace in Tyre. He was on his way to care for patients when the attack took his life.
🔹Local sources report that Ali Smadi, a nurse at Hiram Hospital in the city of Tyre, has been martyred in a drone strike carried out by the Israeli occupation army in southern Lebanon.
🔹The healthcare worker was targeted while traveling to his workplace in Tyre. He was on his way to care for patients when the attack took his life.
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Inside the structural collapse of Israel's global legitimacy
🔹Something fundamental has broken. According to Pew's Spring 2026 survey across 36 countries, a median of 67% now hold an unfavorable view of Israel—compared to just 25% favorable.
🔹The United States sits at 60% unfavorable, a staggering 50-point swing since 2013. In Europe, disapproval reaches 78% in Spain and Sweden, 76% in the Netherlands, and critically, 73% in Germany.
🔹Among young adults aged 18-34, support for Zionism has dried up entirely: 87% unfavorable in Australia, 78% in the UK, 74% in the US.
🔹With Gaza's death toll exceeding 72,000 and an unprovoked war on Iran, Israel has become a pariah. The verdict is settled. No military campaign can silence it.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/527070/Inside-the-structural-collapse-of-Israel-s-global-legitimacy
🔹Something fundamental has broken. According to Pew's Spring 2026 survey across 36 countries, a median of 67% now hold an unfavorable view of Israel—compared to just 25% favorable.
🔹The United States sits at 60% unfavorable, a staggering 50-point swing since 2013. In Europe, disapproval reaches 78% in Spain and Sweden, 76% in the Netherlands, and critically, 73% in Germany.
🔹Among young adults aged 18-34, support for Zionism has dried up entirely: 87% unfavorable in Australia, 78% in the UK, 74% in the US.
🔹With Gaza's death toll exceeding 72,000 and an unprovoked war on Iran, Israel has become a pariah. The verdict is settled. No military campaign can silence it.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/527070/Inside-the-structural-collapse-of-Israel-s-global-legitimacy
Tehran Times
Inside the structural collapse of Israel’s global legitimacy
TEHRAN – Something fundamental has broken in the architecture of global opinion, and no amount of propaganda from Tel Aviv or cover from Washington can piece it back together.
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The rise of the Unified China: A new world order emerging from the ashes of hegemony
🔹The era of unipolar hegemony is being actively dismantled. China has weathered containment, won the technological war, and restructured global finance for the Global South.
🔹Trump's recent Beijing visit failed because China no longer needs Western validation. Huawei now exceeds Nvidia in chips. Western sanctions have turned to dust.
🔹Militarily, China has deployed electromagnetic submarines and distortion systems the Pentagon cannot counter. Meanwhile, the US lost 50% of its airforce assets against Iran.
🔹The West's revived Xinjiang allegations are "COVID-19 2.0"—a desperate distraction. The dragon has taken to the skies. The initiative has firmly passed to Beijing.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/527067/The-rise-of-the-Unified-China-A-new-world-order-emerging-from
🔹The era of unipolar hegemony is being actively dismantled. China has weathered containment, won the technological war, and restructured global finance for the Global South.
🔹Trump's recent Beijing visit failed because China no longer needs Western validation. Huawei now exceeds Nvidia in chips. Western sanctions have turned to dust.
🔹Militarily, China has deployed electromagnetic submarines and distortion systems the Pentagon cannot counter. Meanwhile, the US lost 50% of its airforce assets against Iran.
🔹The West's revived Xinjiang allegations are "COVID-19 2.0"—a desperate distraction. The dragon has taken to the skies. The initiative has firmly passed to Beijing.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/527067/The-rise-of-the-Unified-China-A-new-world-order-emerging-from
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‼️Pakistan's interior minister arrives in Tehran for high-level talks 🔹Mohsin Naqvi, Pakistan's interior minister, arrived in Tehran moments ago. He is scheduled to meet and hold talks with Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi.…
Pakistan's interior minister meets Araghchi, delivers special letter to Iran's leader
🔹Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Sunday. During the meeting, Naqvi delivered a special letter addressed to Iran's Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei.
🔹Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Sunday. During the meeting, Naqvi delivered a special letter addressed to Iran's Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei.
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Israeli regime commits new aggression on Syrian soil
🔹Syrian news sources reported early today that the Israeli occupation regime has carried out a military incursion into the town of Habbat al-Khashab in the northern Quneitra countryside. Four young men have been detained.
🔹Occupation forces also stormed the village of Sayda al-Hanout in the southern Quneitra countryside overnight, conducting house-to-house searches. During the raids, troops abducted another young man.
🔹Syrian news sources reported early today that the Israeli occupation regime has carried out a military incursion into the town of Habbat al-Khashab in the northern Quneitra countryside. Four young men have been detained.
🔹Occupation forces also stormed the village of Sayda al-Hanout in the southern Quneitra countryside overnight, conducting house-to-house searches. During the raids, troops abducted another young man.
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Pakistan's interior minister meets Iran's foreign minister in Tehran
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America's contradictory positions are the main obstacle to talks:FM spox
🔹Ismail Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, told CNN that messages between Tehran and Washington continue through Pakistani mediators.
🔹"The main problem with negotiating with this US administration is that we face constantly shifting positions, moving red lines, and contradictory statements from different American officials. This has made the entire process very difficult and complex," Baghaei said.
🔹While several issues remain in dispute, the spokesman emphasized: "America must recognize Iran's rights—including the right to a nuclear enrichment program for peaceful purposes within the framework of the NPT."
🔹Baghaei stressed that recognition of Iran's legitimate nuclear rights is fundamental to any progress.
🔹Ismail Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, told CNN that messages between Tehran and Washington continue through Pakistani mediators.
🔹"The main problem with negotiating with this US administration is that we face constantly shifting positions, moving red lines, and contradictory statements from different American officials. This has made the entire process very difficult and complex," Baghaei said.
🔹While several issues remain in dispute, the spokesman emphasized: "America must recognize Iran's rights—including the right to a nuclear enrichment program for peaceful purposes within the framework of the NPT."
🔹Baghaei stressed that recognition of Iran's legitimate nuclear rights is fundamental to any progress.
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Tel Aviv admits: We are not satisfied with Pakistan's mediation — Iran-US deal "concerning"
🔹Israel's Consul General in Mumbai, India, has expressed deep concern over a potential agreement between Iran and the United States, while openly admitting Tel Aviv's displeasure with Pakistan's mediation role.
🔹"We are not satisfied with Pakistan's mediation efforts in the talks aimed at ending the US and Israeli military aggression against Iran," the Israeli diplomat conceded.
🔹The remarks reveal growing Israeli anxiety as diplomatic channels between Tehran and Washington continue through Pakistani intermediaries. Tel Aviv views any rapprochement between Iran and the US as a threat to its strategic interests in the region.
🔹Pakistan has emerged as a key mediator in recent negotiations.
🔹Israel's Consul General in Mumbai, India, has expressed deep concern over a potential agreement between Iran and the United States, while openly admitting Tel Aviv's displeasure with Pakistan's mediation role.
🔹"We are not satisfied with Pakistan's mediation efforts in the talks aimed at ending the US and Israeli military aggression against Iran," the Israeli diplomat conceded.
🔹The remarks reveal growing Israeli anxiety as diplomatic channels between Tehran and Washington continue through Pakistani intermediaries. Tel Aviv views any rapprochement between Iran and the US as a threat to its strategic interests in the region.
🔹Pakistan has emerged as a key mediator in recent negotiations.
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Iranian wrestler Rahman Amouzad defeats his Bulgarian rival Mammadov 17–10, winning gold at the UWW ranking event in Mongolia.
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Gharibabadi reacts to IAEA report on damaged facilities, uranium stockpile
🔹Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, has responded to the latest IAEA report and the director general's media comments regarding lack of access to certain damaged facilities, uranium stockpile status, and the so-called "loss of knowledge continuity" in Iran's nuclear program.
🔹Gharibabadi's reaction comes amid ongoing technical discussions between Iran and the agency. Tehran has consistently maintained that its nuclear activities remain peaceful and within the framework of the NPT.
🔹Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, has responded to the latest IAEA report and the director general's media comments regarding lack of access to certain damaged facilities, uranium stockpile status, and the so-called "loss of knowledge continuity" in Iran's nuclear program.
🔹Gharibabadi's reaction comes amid ongoing technical discussions between Iran and the agency. Tehran has consistently maintained that its nuclear activities remain peaceful and within the framework of the NPT.
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