Petition urges Canada to recognize exiled prince as Iran transitional leader

Iran’s state broadcaster on Thursday said the country has successfully launched its first geostationary telecommunications satellite, “Jam-e Jam 1” (Iran DBS), from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The satellite was placed into orbit by a Russian Proton-M rocket alongside Russia’s meteorological satellite.

Iranian state media called Jam-e Jam 1 Iran’s inaugural operational GEO broadcast satellite, designed for professional signal relay and interactive broadcasting infrastructure.

The state TV said it will stabilize at the 34°E orbital slot within the next three weeks.

The launch marks Iran’s first technical step into dedicated GEO broadcast platforms, developed in cooperation with Russia, according to IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News.

United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) will display a downed Iranian Shahed-136 drone – described as a "terror weapon" central to Russia's war in Ukraine – during a briefing at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.

“The Iran-Russia military partnership represents a direct and growing threat to European and global security. The international community must act with urgency to disrupt Iran’s aggression, cut off the regime’s illicit funding networks, and impose meaningful costs on those who enable this dangerous alliance,” Jeb Bush, Chairman of UANI said in a statement.

The drone, acquired with help from Poland and Ukraine, follows prior UANI displays at UK Parliament, US Congress, and UN. The briefing urges stronger European drone defenses and disruption of funding for Iran-Russia drone programs.

US President Donald Trump warned on Thursday that Tehran's failure to reach a deal with Washington would have “very traumatic” consequences for Iran.

“With Iran, we have to make a deal, otherwise it's going to be very traumatic, very traumatic,” Trump said in remarks at the White House. “They should have made a deal the first time, and they got Midnight Hammer instead.”

“We had a very good meeting yesterday with Bibi Netanyahu, and he understands, but it's ultimately up to me if the deal is in a very fair deal and a very good deal with Iran, and it's going to be. I think a very difficult time for them,” Trump added.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday told families of those killed in recent nationwide protests that he feels ashamed over the deadly incidents in the country, while suggesting that most of the unrest was stoked from abroad.

“We are ashamed of what has happened in this country. Unfortunately, most of these incidents were provoked from abroad,” Pezeshkian said.

“These events should never have happened in the first place, and what has happened is very grave. For me personally, as an official who holds responsibility in this country, many nights I cannot sleep, wondering why things had to turn out this way, why the young people of our country should lose their lives like this,” he added.

Iran’s exiled prince Reza Pahlavi called on Iranians inside the country to chant slogans from their homes and rooftops over the weekend, coinciding with planned diaspora demonstrations on Saturday.

"On February 14, the Global Day of Action, Iranians abroad will once again take to the streets to carry the voice of our great and united nation to the world and to mobilize broader international support for Iran’s Lion and Sun Revolution," Pahlavi said in a message addressing Iranians inside the country.

"I invite you, on the evenings of February 14 and 15 at 8:00 p.m., to raise your voices and chant from your homes and rooftops. Shout your demands. Show your unity," he said in a message addressing Iranians inside the country," he added.