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Students Who Are Martyred Are Never Marked Absent

Amid rain and missile damage, families of Minab's martyred students attended Tehran's Students' Day gathering, where the absence of the martyred leader was deeply felt. A theatrical performance commemorating the Shajareh Tayyebeh School victims carried the message: "Students who are martyred are never marked absent." A fifth-grader's letter to Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei and the Leader's warm response—"My dear friend Alireza"—moved attendees to tears. Damaged buildings along Keshvar-Doust Street brought the war's reality into everyday life, as students reaffirmed their commitment to remembrance and resilience.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/531800/Students-who-are-martyred-are-never-marked-absent
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Operation Midterms Hammer

Washington imagined a swift war on Iran; months later, the conflict threatens Republicans at the ballot box. Only 34% of Americans approved the strikes, 86% say the war hurt the cost of living, and 68% call it not worth fighting. Trump's approval sits at 32%, with Democrats leading 46–38 on the generic ballot. Half of independents say their vote opposes Trump. Senior aides reportedly sought to contain the conflict before midterms—an admission the war is a political liability, not a success.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/531794/Operation-Midterms-Hammer
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Has Tucker Carlson Nuked Trump's Midterm Elections?

Hours before the November 3 midterms, Tucker Carlson warned that Netanyahu is pressing Trump to authorize a nuclear strike on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain by November 7. Though unverified, the allegation is politically potent coming from a former top Trump ally. It challenges Trump's America First promise and deepens conservative divisions just as Democrats lead 47–36 and Trump's approval sits at 32%. Whether or not accurate, Carlson's timing has made nuclear escalation a last-minute campaign issue Republicans must confront.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/531798/Has-Tucker-Carlson-nuked-Trump-s-midterm-elections
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The Legacy of Strategic Patience

Iran's years of strategic patience under Ayatollah Khamenei built deeply rooted institutions and capabilities now sustaining confrontation. But that era also produced a political current favoring negotiation over war—now tested as realities undermine the belief that avoiding confrontation is always cheapest. Analyst Batool Subeiti argues the paradox is that institutions built under patience now enable Iran to shift from absorbing pressure to imposing costs. Iran has learned the enemy's targeting methods, protected domestic capabilities, decentralized decision-making, and strengthened domestic manufacturing—turning endurance into adaptive confrontation.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/531796/The-legacy-of-strategic-patience
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Tehran marches mark 13 Aban, National Day Against Global Arrogance

🔹The Yomollah 13 Aban march, Iran's National Day Against Global Arrogance, began moments ago in front of the former US spy den in Tehran.

🔹Participants are moving from Palestine Square toward the ceremony venue, carrying banners and chanting slogans against US imperialism and the Zionist regime.
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Ggalibaf: Betraying US public's will brings nightmare for Washington

🔹Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, reacting to US midterm results, wrote on X: "Whether out of conscience or under pressure of living costs, the American people said 'no' to war—and we affirm this message."

🔹"If the US government betrays its own people's will to serve international masters and extortionists, it will learn that our response will become a nightmare for the American government."

🔹Projections showed Democrats securing both chambers, with voters expressing discontent over living costs and the war on Iran that sharply raised fuel prices.
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Democrats sweep both chambers: Republicans lose Congress majority

🔹Democrats secured 220 of 453 seats in the US House of Representatives, according to Al Jazeera, while Republicans dropped to 128 seats.

🔹They had earlier secured 53 of 100 Senate seats, giving them control of both chambers of Congress.

🔹Vote counting continues and Democrats are likely to gain additional seats, reflecting deep voter discontent over living costs, tariffs, and the war against Iran that sharply raised fuel prices.
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Oil prices rose in early trading on Wednesday during a volatile session as investors await Washington’s next move in the war on Iran after Democrats took control of the US Senate in the midterm elections.

Brent crude futures gained 82 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $104.42 a barrel as of 05:10 GMT.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude went up 50 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $96.59, reversing earlier declines, Al Jazeera reported.
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‼️"Immediate, Effective, with no Geographical Limitation"

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the Leader and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, held a meeting with senior commanders of the Iranian Armed Forces, in which he laid out Iran’s doctrine for responding to any renewed military or terrorist aggression.

Ayatollah Khamenei outlines Iran’s response strategy to a possible next enemy attack in a meeting with senior military commanders.
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Musical Composition by Iranian Artists Wins at Global Music Awards

"Nature's Enigma: 706," composed by Pouria Ghelichkhani with orchestral arrangement by Ahmad Mirmasoumi, won a Silver Medal at the 2026 Global Music Awards in the Best Cinematic New Age Music category—the highest medal in that section. Ghelichkhani described the piece as born from "the anxiety of the war days" intersecting with the sea's dance. He dedicated the award to Iran's nature, stressing art's role in conveying nature's voice before it is lost in the world's noise.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/531795/Musical-composition-by-Iranian-artists-wins-at-Global-Music-Awards
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Maqbarat-o-Shoara: A Literary Sanctuary in Tabriz

Nestled in Tabriz's historic Sorkhab district, Maqbarat-o-Shoara (Mausoleum of Poets) commemorates generations of Persian poets, mystics, and scholars. Mentioned in Hamdollah Mostowfi's Nozhat ol-Gholoub, the cemetery endured Ottoman attacks, earthquakes, and floods before a 1971 redesign by architect Gholamreza Farzanmehr transformed it into a cultural landmark. Asadi Tusi was the first poet buried there; Khaghani, Qatran Tabrizi, and Shahriar—the last interred—rest within. The striking contemporary monument offers visitors a glimpse into Tabriz's deep literary identity.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/531809/Maqbarat-o-Shoara-A-literary-sanctuary-in-Tabriz
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Iran's Leader: The slightest tendency toward surrender will make the arrogant enemy more emboldened

🔹 In a message marking the National Day of Struggle Against Global Arrogance, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei traced seven decades of American hostility and said that today, not only 13 Aban but all days have become days of resistance against the "Great Satan."

🔹 He warned that any hope for a change in the domination system's behavior, or any inclination toward surrender, is a grave mistake that would squander the nation's hard-won gains and embolden the enemy for further excess and aggression.

🔹 He said the only path to absolute deterrence is an "ever-stronger Iran," with unity and cohesion as its main element.
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Baghaei: You have no choice but to understand the reality that Iran is invincible

🔹 Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, addressing the US administration on social media, wrote: "Arrogance and conceit are the prelude to downfall." He said it was Washington's greed, in serving a deceptive regime, that dragged the country into an illegal and criminal aggression against Iran.

🔹 He said American calculations failed, assumptions collapsed, and strategic errors were exposed one after another — because Washington neither understood Iran nor grasped the Iranian people's steadfastness, will, and national pride.

🔹 He warned that if the US continues to ignore reality and persist on this dangerous path, the consequences will far exceed anything seen so far, adding: "Attacking Iran brings no victory; it brings you defeat."
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