Today's papers tell two stories at once: a confident, almost celebratory one about Iran having permanently rewritten the rules in the Strait of Hormuz, and a quieter, more anxious one about insults flying at the president, a war bill nobody quite knows how to pay, and a Gulf-Arab
Iran’s media has branded protesters as foreign-backed terrorists to justify a crackdown. Tehran’s prosecutor is invoking moharebeh (a death-eligible charge)
State victory propaganda dominates headlines, yet beneath the surface, hopes for reform, freedom, and justice challenge the regime’s triumphant narrative.