Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been the IRI's Supreme Leader for 35 years. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that the decision on whether/how to proceed with a retaliation against Israel is up there with the most consequential he's faced.

Mohammad Seifzadeh, a 76-year-old renowned human rights lawyer in Iran, has been summoned for re-imprisonment over charges related to his endorsement of a joint letter calling on @AntonioGuterres to condemn political executions in Iran. 🔗 Read more: iranhumanrights.org/2024/08/ruthle…

Israeli newspaper Haaretz.com profiles 40 Gazans killed by the Israeli campaign in Gaza, to mark the grim milestone of more than 40,000 dead haaretz.com/middle-east-ne…

Donald Trump: "We're going to be friendly, I hope, with Iran. Maybe. But maybe not. But we're going to be friendly, I hope, we're going to be friendly." "But they can't have a nuclear weapon...because once they do, it's a whole different world."

New: Qatar’s prime minister cautioned Iran's leaders to hold off on their expected assault of Israel to avoid scuttling the real progress in the negotiations in Doha. That was relayed in a phone call to Tehran following the first day of talks, per diplomats familiar.

45 years of religious prejudice against #Bahai-s in #Iran has led to severe unrelenting #HumanRights violations & even targeted their agricultural land, cattle, rosewater production, shops, holy places, & now arson against yet another beautiful cemetery Mai Sato UN Special Rapporteur Cultural Rights

Another Qatar/Iran call, the second in 24 hrs.

New: Secretary of State Antony Blinken just said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the “bridging proposal” for a ceasefire-hostage deal proposed by the US, Egypt and Qatar. Blinken now saying Hamas has to accept.

Germany condemned the closure of the institute which it said was "in no way justifiable" and summoned Iran ambassador. "Linguistic exchange forms the foundation of mutual understanding," it said in a statement in which it demanded the immediate reopening of the institute.

Iran's President Pezeshkian has appointed Mehdi Sanai, a former ambassador to Russia and an expert and author on Russian affairs, as his deputy for political affairs.

Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei said today that the Islamic republic should not pin its pin on the enemy while adding that "it is not contradictory to interact with the same enemy in some places."

Banned from sports in Afghanistan by the Taliban, para-taekwondo athlete Zakia Khodadadi fled her homeland, joined the refugee team at the Paris Paralympics, and won a bronze medal. The women of Afghanistan are resilient.

Two Iranian women challenging the hijab rule in the conservative city of Mashad. This is happening across the country.

🚨The heads of the security and intelligence services have been urging Netanyahu for months to reach a deal to secure the release of the hostages. "We warned Netanyahu & the cabinet ministers about this exact scenario but they wouldn't listen," a senior Israeli official told me

Hersh Goldberg-Polin is an American hero who will be remembered for his kindness and selflessness. Our hearts break for Jon, Rachel, and their entire family, as well as the other families who found out today their loved ones won’t be coming home. May their memory be a blessing.

💥Thousands in Tel Aviv (Tally Melamed)