Male ex-student with gender dysphoria was alleged suspect in Canada school mass shooting

At least nine people were killed in connection to a mass shooting Tuesday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, officials said Wednesday. Police identified the suspect, reportedly also found dead, as an 18-year-old man with gender dysphoria who allegedly killed two of his family members at home before opening fire at the school. 

Sadly, Fox News Digital reported this story but was too cowardly to use the correct pronoun 'his' and replaced it with 'their' [family members].

The Tumbler Ridge Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed to Fox News Digital that officers responded to reports of an active shooter at the school at 1:20 p.m. local time Tuesday. While searching the school, officers found six victims dead from gunshot wounds and the alleged shooter, identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury colloquially known as suicide. 

Authorities said Van Rootselaar had attended the school before dropping out roughly four years ago. Van Rootselaar, a dude, saw himself as a female but his penis at birth gave him away. In any case, he began dressing up as a woman and took female hormones six years ago. This writer does not know whether or not he had his penis cut off and replaced with a fake labia, but whatever the case, he is still a male with XY chromosomes and other biological conditions. 

And when you think about it, taking a gun to your parents and then indiscriminately shooting up the school you dropped out of, is quite un-lady-like.

Van Rootselaar reportedly had a history of mental health–related contact with police and may have had access to weapons stored at home. Brilliant on his parents part.

Police said officials visited the guy's residence multiple times in recent years for mental health calls, during which weapons were briefly seized under the Criminal Code but later returned following a petition by the lawful owner, likely his mother who is now dead, likely from the very same gun.

Police tape surrounds the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and other buildings in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Wednesday, a day after a mass shooting there.

Two firearms, a long gun and a modified handgun, were recovered inside the school by the police, RCMP said. Neither weapon was registered to Van Rootselaar, who previously had a firearms license, but expired in 2024.

The six victims found at the school were identified as a 39-year-old female educator, three 12-year-old female students, and two male students, aged 12 and 13.

During the investigation, police identified a secondary location believed to be connected to the incident. Two additional victims were found dead inside a residence and were identified as the suspect's 39-year-old mother and 11-year-old step-brother.

Officials added that two victims were airlifted to a hospital with serious or life-threatening injuries. One of the wounded, a woman previously believed to have died, is now alive, lowering the death toll from the initially reported 10 to nine.

Approximately 25 others with non-life-threatening injuries were taken for assessment at the local medical center, police said.

"This was a rapidly evolving and dynamic situation, and the swift cooperation from the school, first responders, and the community played a critical role in our response," Superintendent Ken Floyd, North District Commander, said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with the families, loved ones, and all those impacted by this tragic incident. This has been an incredibly difficult and emotional day for our community, and we are grateful for the cooperation shown as officers continue their work to advance the investigation."

Well that should be a great comfort to the families and loved ones, knowing about those thoughts.

All remaining students and staff were safely evacuated from the school, police said. Police do not believe there are any additional suspects or ongoing threat to the public. Floyd confirmed the shooter was the same individual described in a police alert issued earlier in the day as a "female in a dress with brown hair."

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was devastated by the horrific shootings."My prayers and deepest condolences are with the families and friends who have lost loved ones to these horrific acts of violence. I join Canadians in grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today, and in gratitude for the courage and selflessness of the first responders who risked their lives to protect their fellow citizens. Our ability to come together in crisis is the best of our country — our empathy, our unity, and our compassion for each other," he wrote on X.

Prayers from politicians have been known to work wonders to assuage the pain families and loved ones feel about losing one of their own to a violent, sick person.

The RCMP initially confirmed an active shooter incident Tuesday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, with at least one suspect found dead.

Additional police resources were deployed to the area from neighboring detachments, along with the North District Emergency Response Team.

In a message posted to its website, the Peace River South School District said it was "aware of a lockdown and secure and hold at Tumbler Ridge Secondary and Tumbler Ridge Elementary schools."

"We are asking people to have patience as we work with the RCMP," school officials wrote. Larry Neufeld, who represents Peace River South in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, released a statement on social media noting he was heading to the scene.

"I am aware of the active shooter situation currently unfolding in Tumbler Ridge, and my thoughts are with residents as this situation continues to develop," Neufeld wrote. "I have been in direct contact with the Solicitor General to receive updates and to ensure all necessary provincial resources are being made. Public safety is the absolute priority. I urge everyone in the area to follow RCMP instructions, remain sheltered, and rely only on official updates," he continued. "I am leaving Victoria immediately to return to my riding to be on the ground and available to support the community in any way needed. I will continue to stay closely engaged as this situation evolves."

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Ohio may give parents back their rights over 'gender identity' affirmation

Ohio might finally grow a spine and protect parents who aren't keen on playing along with their kid's latest fantasy about being the opposite sex. The Buckeye State could actually stand up for moms and dads who prefer biology over the current trendy delusion. 

As the piece notes: "No parent should lose custody, face state intervention, or be deemed unfit simply for affirming a child's sex."

Ohio Rep. Josh Williams, one of the bill's co-sponsors, put it plainly to conservative outlet, The Daily Wire: "No parent should lose custody, face state intervention, or be deemed unfit simply for affirming a child’s sex. The Affirming Families First Act restores common sense to our child-welfare and family-law systems by making clear that affirming biological sex is not abuse, neglect, or contrary to a child’s best interest, it is a protected parental right."

The proposed Affirming Families First Act would slam the brakes on the nonsense where the state swoops in and yanks kids away because Mom and Dad won't jump on the "affirm" bandwagon. Parents could keep using their gender-confused child's original name and pronouns without some social worker or judge deciding that's grounds for losing custody. Courts couldn't ding them for it in parental responsibility decisions, and state agencies would be barred from wasting taxpayer dollars on training sessions that declare "affirming biological sex" to be some form of child abuse.

Fellow co-sponsor Rep. Gary Click didn't mince words either: "It's unconscionable to think that local government entities would flag a parent as being a danger to their son for declining to buy him a dress or call ‘him,' 'her.' We will not tolerate such government overreach in the state of Ohio."

This isn't some isolated outbreak of sanity. Other states are already telling the gender zealots to pound sand. Indiana's Gov. Mike Braun signed something similar back in May 2025. North Carolina's Josh Stein (yeah, even he) pushed through a law banning child welfare probes into parents who stick to biological reality despite the usual Democrat wailing. Texas tweaked its criminal code to make sure this stuff doesn't count as abuse. Georgia and New Hampshire have bills in the works too.

Ohio's been a real hotspot for the crazy, though. 

Cuyahoga County's child services crew got cozy with a federally funded push to ram gender ideology into every corner of family life. They cooked up this AFFIRM.ME program that had workers collecting "SOGIE" data (that's Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression for those not fluent in acronym-speak) on kids, even ones still living at home. They kept secret spreadsheets tracking whether parents were "rejecting" or "accepting" the child's chosen fantasy.

Back in April 2022, they mandated "conversations about SOGIE" with teens 13-21 to sniff out if the kid was "unsafe" because of parental "rejection" of their LGBTQ identity. The policy straight-up declared: "Youth in their own homes or in substitute care deserve to reside with affirming caregivers and other household members. We can help ensure this by safely identifying LGBTQ2S+ youth and understanding their individual needs."

They even bragged that AFFIRM.ME was a "blueprint" for the nation. The Biden crew loved it, calling them "trailblazers" while crafting foster care rules that basically held funding hostage to force affirmation nationwide. Texas AG Ken Paxton sued and won; the rule got binned in June 2025. Good riddance.

We've seen the horror stories elsewhere: parents in California, Indiana, Virginia, and Maryland losing their kids just for saying "no, you're still my daughter/son." Erin Lee in Colorado got CPS sicced on her for affirming her 12-year-old daughter's actual sex after the school did the grooming number.

As Laura Hanford from the DeVos Center told the outlet: "Tragically, kids have been harmed, trafficked and even died in state care after being removed from their families on these false claims of abuse. Thousands more have been denied access to loving foster families who affirm reality. There is no scientific evidence or marker for 'gender identity,' yet parents from coast to coast have lost their children for refusing to adopt this belief system."

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Parental rights advocate Erin Friday nails the bigger picture: "All roads lead to sex-rejecting interventions when child welfare programs get involved with a child who is distressed about their sex. The entire network of child welfare programs is being used to force parents to either subject their child to sex-rejecting intervention or lose all contact with their child."

Ohio stepping up is a welcome dose of reality in a world gone mad. If this spreads, and it should, maybe we'll finally see the end of the state kidnapping kids because their parents won't cosign on puberty blockers and fantasy pronouns. 

Common sense is making a comeback, one state at a time.

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Migrant child saved from sex offender by feds: Trump cleans up Biden's mess

It is a crime to smuggle illegal aliens into this country, and particularly horrendous to expose a child to untold dangers.

Last month, a lone little girl popped out of the brush along the Rio Grande in Hidalgo, Texas, and basically turned herself in to the Border Patrol. 

She told the agents she was on her way to Chugaik, Alaska, to live with her sponsor, a guy named Douglas Price. 

Turns out Price is a 44-year-old registered sex offender, per the Department of Justice. He allegedly coughed up $5,000 from his business to pay smugglers to haul the child and her mother across the border. People like him need to be neutered. 

The girl got separated from Mom before the crossing and was wandering alone until our guys scooped her up. Dodged a nightmare bullet, thanks to the Trump administration finally getting serious about vetting sponsors for unaccompanied alien children. You know, basic adult supervision stuff the last crew apparently thought was optional.

"This man allegedly paid smugglers to bring an illegal alien child and mother to this country, and in doing so, the child ended up alone during the dangerous journey," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said.

"Under POTUS, vetting of sponsors for unaccompanied alien children is as strong as ever, and federal partners found this 'sponsor' to be unfit. It is a crime to smuggle illegal aliens into this country, and particularly horrendous to expose a child to untold dangers. Working with our federal partners, we will continue to uphold the law and in doing so, keep children from potential harm, Blanche added.

The Trump team has been quietly fixing what the Biden folks turned into a revolving door of horror stories, beefing up sponsor checks while hunting down the roughly 320,000 kids that last administration somehow "lost track of." Lost track. Sure. Handed off to gang members, sex traffickers, and labor exploiters in some cases, but hey, intentions were pure or whatever.

Back then, HHS geniuses would make a "simple phone call" and glance at an email photo before shipping a kid off to whoever claimed them. Groundbreaking child welfare right there.

Now sponsors and household adults get real background checks. Proof of income required. If you're claiming to be a relative, bring the DNA test. Homeland Security meets you in person, HHS does home visits. Novel concepts like "not winging it."

So far, they've tracked down 145,000 of those missing kids, White House border czar Tom Homan said recently. Not bad for a group that actually cares.

Price got slapped with charges for conspiracy to bring aliens to the United States and encouraging aliens to come to, enter, or reside in the country. If convicted, he could do up to a decade in the gray-bar hotel and kiss a $250,000 fine goodbye. 

The girl and her mom left Honduras with a smuggler in tow. Mom told her that Price would sponsor her and help with "obtaining her U.S. citizenship," court documents say.

The kid told Homeland Security investigators that Price sent money to Mom to cover the smugglers.

He funneled roughly $5,000 from his outfit, Black Bear Construction, straight to a phone number the smugglers gave them. Real subtle and not very smart.

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He even sent selfies to the mother and kept asking about the daughter's "status." Somewhere along the trail, Mom and daughter got split up.

Mom crossed less than a week after the girl made it alone. She told agents she'd known Price for about four years from working together in hotel remodeling. She also did housekeeping for him and babysat his kids.

And promised to pay him back "by working for him."

Yeah, nothing sketchy about any of that. Glad someone's finally treating this like the felony pipeline it is instead of a feel-good open-door policy.

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Trump doesn't hold back about Olympic skier who badmouthed the USA

Freestyle skier Hunter Hess [no relation to Rudolf Hess 1894-1987) the high-ranking Nazi who served as Hitler's deputy führer from 1933 until 1941] just had his big moment on the world stage and decided to take a shot at America, the very country he's supposed to be representing. He whined that it was "a little hard" to be the face of the nation because of President Trump's efforts to clean up the massive illegal alien mess handed to him by Sleepy Joe Biden.

Trump, never one to hold back, hit back hard on social media Sunday: "U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics. If that's the case, he shouldn't have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he's on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Rudolf Hess

Hess spilled his mixed feelings in a press conference in Milan on Friday, sounding like he was auditioning for the woke Olympics: During a news conference in Milan on Friday, Hess, a freestyle skier, said it was "a little hard" to represent the U.S. and he felt mixed emotions."There's obviously a lot going on that I'm not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren't," he said. "Just because I'm wearing the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the U.S."

Then his teammate Chris Lillis jumped in with the usual virtue-signaling nonsense about ICE and "respecting everybody's rights," saying he felt heartbroken and hoping people see "that's the America that we're trying to represent."

Hey Hunter, how's life in North Korea these days? Or Iran? Crickets. But sure, go ahead and bash the freest, greatest country on Earth while wearing the stars and stripes.

Trump's cracking down on the open-border disaster Biden left behind has the Left melting down—here and overseas—because nothing scares them more than actual borders and stopping millions from pouring in illegally.

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We don't need our athletes out there undermining America on the global stage. Trump's spot-on: this guy's comments make it real tough to cheer for him. To hell with that attitude. Root for winners who love this country, not crybabies who trash it.

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US Blasts Iranian Drone Out of the Sky, Blocks Attempted IRGC Takeover of Oil Tanker

Tensions with the mullahs in Iran keep ramping up as the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier battle group sits in the region. Protests have been rocking the country over the garbage economy and their iron-fisted rule, and the regime's brutal crackdown has left bodies in the streets. Trump has made it clear he's ready to use military force, just like he did back in June with Operation Midnight Hammer hitting their nuclear sites hard.

On Tuesday the regime cranked things up another notch by trying to board a U.S. oil tanker, while American forces took out a drone with "unclear intent".

"USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was transiting the Arabian Sea approximately 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast when an Iranian Shahed-139 drone unnecessarily maneuvered toward the ship," a spokesman said.

In the gunboat nonsense, Iran's Revolutionary Guard tried to board the tanker and failed miserably.

British maritime security firm Vanguard Tech said Tuesday that a U.S.-flagged tanker was approached by Iranian gunboats, which threatened to board the vessel, in the Strait of Hormuz, before continuing on its way under military escort. The incident comes amid a tense standoff between the U.S. and Iran, and just days ahead of expected negotiations.

The Stena Imperative was approached by three pairs of small armed boats belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, approximately 16 nautical miles north of Oman's coast, the company said.

The gunboats hailed the tanker by radio, ordering the captain, "to stop the engines and prepare to be boarded," but the ship increased speed and maintained course, the firm added, stressing that it never entered Iranian territorial waters.

"The vessel is now being escorted by a U.S. warship," Vanguard Tech said.

CENTCOM put out the statement:

"Two IRGC boats and an Iranian Mohajer drone approached M/V Stena Imperative at high speeds and threatened to board and seize the tanker," the CENTCOM spokesman said. "Guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) was operating in the area and immediately responded to the scene to escort M/V Stena Imperative with defensive air support from the U.S. Air Force. The situation de-escalated as a result, and the U.S.-flagged tanker is proceeding safely."White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt jumped in on the drone shoot-down Tuesday afternoon.

As for POTUS, he remains committed to always pursuing diplomacy first, but in order for diplomacy to work, of course, it takes two to cha-cha.

With the Lincoln battle group now on station, the U.S. is locked and loaded to slap back hard at Iran's harassment games. The big question is whether we'll drop something Maduro-style on them.

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Buxom daughter of senior Islamic Republic of Iran leader fired from Emory Medical School

Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani and her teeth

Ali Larijani sits at the heart of Iran's top leadership. He enforces the brutal crackdown on protesters that has now claimed at least 36,500 lives and left 330,000 wounded. He rails against the Great Satan, America, and even more fiercely against the Little Satan, Israel. Just two weeks ago he claimed the only people on the streets in Iranian cities were Mossad agents. He also blamed Trump for the protests, because Trump and the Jews obviously run the world and all that happens in it.

An Iranian defector has called Larijani the mastermind behind the massacre of protesters. See more in "Ali Larijani Masterminded the Massacre says Former Official," IranWire, January 18, 2026:

According to a former Islamic Republic official, speaking to IranWire through a traveler, Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has been at the center of the January 2026 crackdown. The source says Larijani is positioning himself for the post-Khamenei era, using his close ties with IRGC commanders and intelligence agencies, along with his family's connections to senior clerics, to build support across different factions and prepare to lead the system after Khamenei's death.

Larijani hails from a powerful clerical dynasty. His father, Mirza Hashem Amoli, was a prominent Shia Grand Ayatollah and a key figure at the Qom Seminary before the Revolution. His eldest brother, Mohammad Javad Larijani, served as a senior diplomat and Deputy Foreign Minister. His younger brother, Sadeq Larijani, is a seminary professor in Qom and a former Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic. Sadeq is often named as a potential successor to Khamenei.

Ali Larijani was naturally delighted when his daughter, the plump and pampered offspring of the regime's sinister elite, landed a teaching position at a U.S. medical school. Iranian exiles have long complained that the children of their oppressors study in the West, with tuition and living costs covered by funds their fathers stole from Iran's treasury. Then these same children secure jobs in the West as post-grads. They are the golden youth of Iran's nomenklatura. Now the daughter of this same Ali Larijani, one of Iran's worst non-clerical killers, has lost her teaching job at Emory Medical School. More details on her justified dismissal appear in "Daughter of top Iranian official who led regime crackdown fired from US medical school," Times of Israel, January 25, 2026:

The daughter of a top Iranian official has been dismissed from employment at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, following US sanctions on her father in the wake of the Iranian regime's brutal crackdown on protesters, according to the university’s newspaper Saturday.

Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani is the daughter of Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and has served as assistant professor at Emory's medical school, teaching hematology and medical oncology at the prestigious southern US university.

"A physician who is the daughter of a senior Iranian government official is no longer an employee of Emory," said the university's Winship Cancer Institute, following requests for comment from media.

"Because this is a personnel matter, we are unable to provide additional information," an Emory spokesperson added.

Ardeshir-Larijani's dismissal from Emory came some two weeks after sanctions were placed on her father by the US Treasury Department, in response to his alleged role masterminding the regime’s crackdown on protests that rocked the country this month.

In announcement of the sanctions earlier this month, the treasury said that Ali Larijani "is responsible for coordinating the response to the protests on behalf of the Supreme Leader of Iran and has publicly called for Iranian security forces to use force to repress peaceful protesters."…

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency on Saturday put the death toll at 5,137, with the number expected to increase. More than 27,700 people have been arrested, it said. Those earlier figures on deaths and wounded have been overtaken by the latest estimates, accepted by Iran International, TIME journalists, and American analysts with sources among medical personnel in Iran. They conclude that at least 36,500 protesters have been killed, and 330,000 wounded, by the IRGC, the Basij, and the police.

Was it wrong to fire Larijani’s daughter? Is she just an innocent who should not pay for her father's crimes? No. She, her father, and the rest of the Iranian elite who torture and murder their opponents while ensuring their own families enjoy Western freedoms for study and even teaching are not innocent. We need to drive home to that elite that their children are no longer welcome in the West. Their fathers cannot keep slaughtering tens of thousands in Iran and expect their kids to face zero consequences.

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Larijani’s daughter has lived as one of the most privileged children of the Iranian elite. Her father, once in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and head of regime security, now serves as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and a key architect of the latest murderous crackdown. In the past month of bloodshed she could have spoken out against the regime. 

She could have joined exile demonstrations here in America. She could have signed a protest letter. She did none of those things.

She has been fired from Emory. Now it is time to send Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani back to her country, where her murderous father and his ilk will welcome her. She has overstayed her welcome here long enough.

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Interview: "They feel abandoned" and need Trump's help, former IRGC officer says

Photo: Reuters

IRAN AFFAIRS: What began as an economic grievance quickly snowballed into demands for change and an end to the Islamic regime that has held the country under its thumb for nearly 50 years.

'THEY LOVE Trump, they love America, but right now they feel abandoned, and it hurts.' Trump said he has no reason to strike, but protesters have been asking for US intervention and thousands of Iranian citizens have been killed since the protests began.

Over the past month, the people of Iran took to the streets to fight for their future. What started as an economic grievance turned fast into calls for revolution and the end of the Islamic regime that has crushed the country for nearly 50 years.

When President Trump promised to help the protesters, Iranians around the world felt real hope. Change seemed possible at last, but then he changed course, which left the people feeling abandoned and alone.

"They need the Americans. They depend on the Americans," Roni Insaz, an Iranian-born former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, told The Jerusalem Post. He said the US may be the Iranians' last hope for a better life.

Trump's reversal has the world watching with bated breath and we now see that anything could happen next. The president said he has no reason to strike as long as the regime stops executions, which it looks like haven't happened according to reports from within Iran. Protesters have begged for US intervention and Insaz asked, isn't that reason enough?

"There is enormous anger among the Iranian people currently toward Trump. He promised things, and now they feel he's backing away," Insaz said. "They love Trump, they love America – but right now they feel abandoned, and it hurts."

"It's very difficult for Iranian forces to kill Iranians, because they are the same people," he told the Post. In times of mass unrest, the IRGC brings in loyal militias from Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Those fighters have no problem shooting into crowds of Iranians. "They shoot at free people. You could say that the Iranian police or the revolutionary forces are not usually the ones who kill like this, and certainly not 35,000 or 40,000 people in two days. That's why they bring in special forces from outside to shoot and kill people," he said.

What sets this wave apart is the end of fear. Insaz said protesters no longer ask for small changes or policy tweaks. They demand the full dismantling of the system. This is a point of no return, and the regime knows it which is why it has unleashed unprecedented force. Executions and mass arrests serve as punishment and as a warning to stop others from joining. The regime's use of foreign militias and the mass killings became possible because of the digital blackout that started on January 8. Internet access has only started to return. Insaz said that terrifies the regime.

"They don’t care about people's lives, especially the outsiders; they don't care at all," he said. "But they are very afraid that what's happening will spread around the world and that people will see the murders."

When the IRGC cuts communications, it goes far beyond shutting down service. They confiscate phones, go door to door, and do whatever it takes to keep the truth hidden. Once the Internet is fully back, the world will see horrors not witnessed in many years. "I believe there is evidence of genocide in Iran, and I believe we will see it soon," he said.

‘Pahlavi Barmigardeh’

Even with Iran cut off from the world, one chant rings out across the diaspora: "Pahlavi Barmigardeh.' "Pahlavi will return." It echoes with "Javid Shah," "Long live the Shah." It calls for Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to return nearly half a century after his father's exile.


"Reza Pahlavi was a guest in my home," Insaz shared. "I had a long conversation with him about Iran, first in 2022 and again in 2024. He said very clearly that the uprising depends on American support, and that it will happen.

"If the Americans give it a boost, it will happen," Insaz said. He still believes a US strike on Iran could come soon.

Insaz stressed that his hope for US help and a free Iran comes from the voice of an entire people, and aside from the Greta Thunberg crowd, it appears to be a strong voice.

Despite decades of regime hostility, he rejects the idea of permanent enmity between Iranians and Americans or Israelis that he sees as regime propaganda, not reality.

"The Iranian people are good people, strong people," he said. Many feel real affinity toward Israel and the Jewish people. The old bonds from the Shah’s time could return.

“They love Israel, they love Jews, and they want peace,” he said. "We could do very good business together. In the past, during the time of the shah, there was cooperation, tourism, strong ties. It will happen again, God willing."

His hope rests on faith. "With God's help, Iran will enter a new state," he said. A future shaped by the people, not the Islamic rulers.

Without strong global pressure, the regime will see silence as approval. The violence will grow, and for those in the streets risking everything, foreign support is not just words, it's a lifeline.

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Born and raised in Iran, with family and friends still under the Islamic Republic, Insaz speaks for many. He calls on the world to stay engaged and alert. Refuse to accept repression through silence.

Until then, the most urgent demand is clear: Iran's future must not be forgotten. The voices seeking peace must be heard beyond its borders.

"The world must not be silent about what is happening in Iran. Do not stop thinking about Iran or its future. That’s what the Iranian people are asking for today," he concluded.

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Iran-US tensions heating up again, folks. Same old song and dance from Tehran.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian went full blame game on Saturday, pointing fingers at President Donald Trump, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, and Europe for supposedly "stirring tensions" and "provoking" people during the recent protests rocking the Islamic regime. 

Sure, because nothing says "peaceful domestic unrest" like claiming the entire West is puppeteering your own citizens who are fed up.

Pezeshkian dropped this gem while Trump was sounding pretty confident the day before, telling reporters at the White House: "I can say this, they do want to make a deal." 

Classic Trump, dangling the carrot while waving the big stick.

Trump even threw in that he's set some mysterious deadline for Iran to start talking about their nuclear program and missiles (no word on what the actual cutoff is, of course). And just to make sure everyone gets the message, he bragged about the military buildup: "We have a large armada, flotilla, call it whatever you want, heading toward Iran right now." He added: "Hopefully we'll make a deal. If we do make a deal, that's good. If we don't make a deal, we'll see what happens."

Iran, predictably, shot back that their missile and defense capabilities are "never" up for negotiation. Shocking.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian 

On the side drama, Iran's secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday. Details? Sparse. But AFP says Russia is offering to play mediator between the US and Iran. 

Imagine having Putin as the "neutral negotiator." 

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Meanwhile, the Trump administration slapped sanctions on Iran's interior minister Eskandar Momeni, accusing him of overseeing the repression that literally killed thousands of peaceful protesters. 

The whole mess kicked off with nationwide protests against the regime, escalating after Trump threatened action over the crackdown and moved that carrier strike group into the region. What started as pushing back on the violence has morphed into Trump's push for a shiny new nuclear deal.

So here we are: Iran pointing at everyone but themselves, Trump talking tough with ships on the way, and the mullahs still wondering why their people keep hitting the streets. Business as usual in the Middle East by the religion of peace.

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