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"I don't understand why Israel is sitting on the sidelines," Dr. Saeed Ghasseminejad, one of the prominent figures among Iranian exiles active in the US, said. "After all, you have an interest in the current regime falling and being replaced by an alternative regime, which would necessarily be more friendly. This is an opportunity that won't return. Israel can help the Iranian people overthrow the regime. This is the moment."

In an exclusive interview with Israel Hayom, Qatari opposition figure Khaled Al-Hail in London exile condemns Hamas, exposes royal family's terror funding, pledges normalization with Israel.

Blinding demonstrators by shooting at their eyes. Carrying out arbitrary arrests and raids. Spying on civilians. Silencing the media. Spreading propaganda. Iran’s brutal Basij militia is the regime’s force built to crush dissent at any cost. Will it hold against the fury of the streets?

Despite the concerns, there is no decision-maker who would not back an aggressive American move against Tehran. What Israel was planning to strike in June, before Trump ordered the aircraft turned back? And also: the enormous sum the IDF could save if the regime falls.

Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution transformed everything, Tehran rivaled Paris as a cosmopolitan playground where Israelis vacationed freely, Western music filled nightclubs, and the Concorde landed at desert resorts.

Yugoslavia sought to prosecute Jerusalem's Grand Mufti for war crimes, but Arab pressure buried the evidence. The archived investigation reveals his direct role in Nazi atrocities across the Balkans.

With tensions high and missteps feared, Jerusalem assures Putin it seeks no escalation, while tweets from Israeli opposition figures spark alarm in Tehran.

2025 was saturated with conflict. From Southeast Asia through the Himalayas and the Middle East to Ukraine, there is little reason to believe the trend will ease in the coming year. Europe is rearming at an unprecedented pace, Russia is growing bolder, China more aggressive, and the US is massing forces in the Caribbean. And the Middle East? As always.

Even in a secret hideout, María Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, doesn't give up. "The transition to democracy has begun, truth defeated Maduro."