Day: March 1, 2026

Voice of America pushes Trump’s message inside Iran as regime clamps down on communications: reports

8:07 am March 1, 2026

Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian-language service continued broadcasting inside Iran on Saturday despite sweeping communication restrictions imposed by the regime, a spokesperson confirmed to Fox News. VOA — the U.S. government-funded international broadcaster overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) — appeared to air Persian-language coverage of the U.S.-Israeli military campaign known as […]

Iran goes dark amid ‘regime paranoia’, blackout follows Israeli, US strikes on compound

8:01 am March 1, 2026

Iran was plunged into an internet blackout Saturday after Israel and the U.S. launched military strikes around the country, according to a global internet monitor. Within hours of the strikes — which officials said targeted infrastructure and killed dozens of senior regime figures at a compound in Tehran— NetBlocks CEO Alp Toker confirmed connectivity started […]

Mamdani’s response to Trump’s Iran strike sparks conservative backlash: ‘Rooting for the ayatollah’

7:56 am March 1, 2026

New York City’s socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing blowback from conservatives on social media over his post condemning the U.S. attack on Iran that led to the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. On Saturday, as a joint strike on Iran by the United States and Israel was developing, Mamdani blasted the […]

Iranians celebrate worldwide after supreme leaders are killed in Israeli strikes

7:42 am March 1, 2026

Iranians across the country could be seen and heard celebrating the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following coordinated Israeli strikes overnight. In one video, Iranians near Karaj, Iran, outside the capital of Tehran, were seen taking to the streets as they honked their horns and cheered. In social media videos, Iranians in Tehran […]

Iran vows ‘decisive’ self-defense at UN after Trump kills supreme leader in Operation Epic Fury

7:13 am March 1, 2026

Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani condemned U.S. strikes against Iran that targeted the country’s military leadership and killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, calling the attack a double standard and promising the country would defend itself at a U.N. Security Council meeting Saturday. Iravani accused the U.S. of undermining its claims of pursuing […]