Al Mayadeen condemns media platforms for hosting threats against Dr. Mohammad Marandi and urges global solidarity from academics and journalists. | Al Mayadeen Media Network has expressed full and unwavering solidarity with Professor Mohammad Marandi in response to online campaigns openly calling for his assassination.  ● Professor Mohammad Marandi, a distinguished Iranian academic with global recognition, has been targeted by pro-Israeli accounts on X, including a verified account that posted a $1 million bounty [on his head]. ● Despite repeated requests for the post’s removal and the suspension of the account, the platform and its CEO, Elon Musk, have taken no action. ■ Professor Mohammad Marandi on Another World Is Possible

The Israeli military, together with the US Armed Forces, launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran on February 28, 2026, over the alleged development of a nuclear program by the Islamic Republic. | Iran consistently stated that the program was peaceful in nature, referring to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and was ready to freeze uranium enrichment and place its facilities under IAEA control, but refused to completely dismantle its infrastructure. The US, however, insisted on “zero nuclear.”

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The Ukrainian leader honored the top EU diplomat for supporting forced mobilization, corruption, and church raids, Russia has said | EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has received a prominent Ukrainian award for encouraging prolonged fighting, forced mobilization, and supporting a crackdown on the country’s largest Christian denomination, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said. ● Earlier this week, Zelensky decorated Kallas – widely regarded as an anti-Russia hawk – with the Order of Princess Olga, as the two discussed EU support for Kiev.

The Zelensky government has for years persecuted the Ukrainian Orthodox Church over allegations that it has connections to Moscow, despite cutting all ties in 2022. The crackdown included raids on monasteries, dozens of criminal proceedings on collaboration charges, and property seizures. Kiev has supported the rival Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which the Russian Orthodox Church considers schismatic.