The New Arab Staff

Mahmoud Aslan

Mahmoud Aslan

Mahmoud Aslan is an Iranian journalist based in Tehran. 

As US-Israeli strikes hit Tehran, volunteers transform city squares into rescue hubs, pulling survivors from rubble & creating an improvised emergency network

06 March, 2026

For the vast majority of Iran's Afghan population, estimated at over 3.8 million as of early 2025, leaving is not a realistic option.

06 March, 2026

What distinguished this day from those before it was not simply the scale but the depth of these attacks reaching further into Iran's urban geography.

06 March, 2026

As US-Israeli airstrikes hit Iran, rising transport costs trap poorer families, while wealthier Iranians escape, exposing a stark divide in survival amid war

05 March, 2026

As US‑Israeli strikes escalate, Tehran residents have opened up their homes and shared resources, forming informal networks of solidarity to protect each other

05 March, 2026

The US-Israel war began over Tehran on Saturday and spread, city by city, into a sustained assault on civilian infrastructure, military sites, and daily life.

05 March, 2026

Through all of it, no one in Tehran had a clear picture of where the US-Israeli strikes were heading or when they would stop.

01 March, 2026