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Iran signals ‘mass sacrifice’ in ‘high stakes’ Saddam-era warning amid Trump deal talks
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President Masoud Pezeshkian invoked one of Iran’s strongest wartime symbols on May 24, signaling Tehran’s resolve to hold its ground against the U.S. and Israel across the region, a counterterrorism expert said.
The Iranian leader’s remarks came at a key moment in diplomacy, as President Donald Trump said a deal with Tehran to end the war is «largely negotiated» and warned the U.S. would either sign «a great and meaningful» agreement or walk away entirely.
While Iran signaled broad agreement with Washington on some points, it said a final deal is not imminent and that negotiations over the remaining details are still underway.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks with Fox News Channel’s Martha MacCallum during an interview in New York City on Sept. 25, 2025. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)
In an X post marking the anniversary of the 1982 recapture of Khorramshahr from Iraqi forces during the Iran-Iraq War, Pezeshkian said, «Khorramshahr today is Iran, the Persian Gulf, and the Strait of Hormuz,» adding that «resistance, self-sacrifice, and repelling aggression are rooted in the culture of this land.»
Analysts claimed Pezeshkian was deliberately invoking one of the deepest ideological touchstones of the Islamic Republic — the battle that came to symbolize national resistance, civilian sacrifice and defiance against invasion.
«This is the Iran-Iraq War reference, and the timing is the point,» said Dr. Omar Mohammed, director of the Antisemitism Research Initiative Program on Extremism at George Washington University.
May 24 marks the anniversary of the 1982 liberation of Khorramshahr, the southwestern city Saddam Hussein captured early in the war and Iranian forces retook after months of brutal urban combat.
FROM HOSTAGE CRISIS TO ASSASSINATION PLOTS: IRAN’S NEAR HALF-CENTURY WAR ON AMERICANS
An Iranian flag is placed amid rubble next to a destroyed residential building near Ferdowsi Square in Tehran on March 3, 2026. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
«This is one of the Islamic Republic’s foundational mythological moments — civilian resistance, mass sacrifice, repelling an ‘aggressor army.’ Roughly what the Great Patriotic War is to Russia. The rhetorical move is the extension,» Mohammed told Fox News Digital.
«He’s mapping the 1980-82 defensive-war frame onto the current confrontation: Iran attacked by an aggressor, ordinary citizens (‘battle-untested but brave’) expected to stand and fight, with ‘resistance, sacrifice, repelling aggression’ cast as the cultural default mode.»
Some of the phrasing, Mohammed said, also evokes volunteer and Basij fighters versus a professional invading army. The analyst noted that Pezeshkian’s «Hormuz line» comment reflects a standard Iranian escalation tactic.
IRAN TO HOLD LIVE-FIRE DRILLS IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ WITH US ARMADA IN MIDDLE EAST
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and President Donald Trump stand together in an official setting. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
«Invoking the strait inside a wartime-mobilization frame — even rhetorically — is a deliberate signal, not throat-clearing,» he added.
«The Khorramshahr frame is the deepest register the regime has. It’s what they reach for to signal existential war, not a managed crisis.»
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Mohammed explained that Pezeshkian’s X post is framing the current confrontation from the presidential account to send a «high-stakes message.»
«It’s also a tell on internal posture: Khorramshahr, in short, means ‘we are being invaded and we will not negotiate,’» he added.
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El Vaticano se pronuncia sobre inteligencia artificial: León XIV presenta su primera encíclica sobre dignidad humana
El lunes 25 de mayo, el Vaticano presentará la primera encíclica del Papa León XIV. Se llama Magnifica Humanitas —Magnífica Humanidad— y está dedicada íntegramente a la inteligencia artificial. En su columna en Infobae a la Tarde, el politólogo Tomás Trapé analizó el alcance del documento y el mensaje político que encierra la lista de invitados a su presentación.
La encíclica lleva la firma del Pontífice con fecha del 15 de mayo. La elección de esa fecha no es casual. “Se cumplen 135 años de que otro León, por aquella vez León XIII, diese a conocer la Rerum Novarum. Estamos hablando de la encíclica que funda la doctrina social de la Iglesia”, subrayó Trapé.
El paralelismo es explícito y deliberado. El propio León XIV explicó que eligió su nombre papal inspirándose en León XIII, quien abordó los desafíos sociales de la Revolución Industrial en la Rerum Novarum, porque ve paralelismos entre aquella era de transformación y la actual revolución tecnológica.
El documento está dedicado a “la custodia de la persona humana en el tiempo de la inteligencia artificial” y busca recordar la integridad y dignidad del ser humano en todo proceso de innovación tecnológica. La preocupación central de la Iglesia es que “las máquinas tienen que estar al servicio de los hombres y no los hombres al servicio de las máquinas”, según explicó Trapé.
La presentación oficial se realizará el 25 de mayo a las 11:30 horas de Roma en el Aula del Sínodo del Vaticano, con la poco habitual presencia del propio Papa León XIV. “Esto es una rareza que el papa esté presente en esa presentación y que arme semejante despliegue. Ya de por sí, el evento está diciendo cosas”, remarcó Paula Guardia Bourdin.
Entre los oradores confirmados figuran el cardenal Víctor Manuel Fernández —prefecto del Dicasterio para la Doctrina de la Fe y ex decano de la UCA—, el cardenal Michael Czerny —titular del Dicasterio para el Desarrollo Humano Integral— y Leocadie Lushombo, docente congoleña de teología política en la Jesuit School of Theology de Santa Clara University.
Pero el nombre que generó más atención es el de Christopher Olah, cofundador de Anthropic y especialista en interpretabilidad de inteligencia artificial. “Estamos hablando de una de las personas más importantes del mundo”, señaló Trapé.
La invitación a Olah no es un gesto protocolar. Es una declaración política. Anthropic se negó a permitir que sus sistemas de IA fueran usados para vigilancia masiva doméstica o para armas completamente autónomas. Como respuesta, el secretario de Defensa Pete Hegseth designó a la empresa como “riesgo en la cadena de suministro para la seguridad nacional”, ordenando que ningún contratista del Pentágono pudiera hacer negocios con Anthropic.
Trump acusó a Anthropic de cometer “un error desastroso” y de intentar dictarle al ejército cómo operar. OpenAI firmó un acuerdo con el Pentágono pocas horas después de que se emitiera la orden contra Anthropic.
Sin embargo, un juez federal en California bloqueó indefinidamente la designación, calificándola de “retaliación ilegal de la Primera Enmienda” y señalando que “nada en la ley respalda la noción orwelliana de que una empresa americana pueda ser catalogada como adversaria por expresar desacuerdo con el gobierno”.
El Papa decidió sentar en primera fila al cofundador de la empresa que desafió al Pentágono y ganó en los tribunales. “Esto es un juego de ajedrez. Hay un papa enfrentado con otro norteamericano, en este caso con el líder de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y él elige no solamente este tema, sino sentar en primera fila a quienes también osaron resistirse a esas tensiones”, concluyó Trapé.
El documento retoma una advertencia del Papa Francisco en sus últimos días: “¿Condenaríamos a la humanidad a un futuro sin esperanza si quitáramos a las personas la capacidad de decidir por sí mismas, condenándolas a depender de las elecciones de las máquinas?”.
Para la Iglesia, la dignidad humana está asociada a la capacidad de decidir, y por eso el concepto de human in the loop —la exigencia de que haya un ser humano en el proceso de decisión— cobra centralidad en el debate actual.
León XIV ya había abordado el tema en distintos escenarios: desde un estadio lleno de adolescentes, a quienes les dijo que usaran la IA “de tal manera que, si desapareciera mañana, seguirían sabiendo cómo pensar”, hasta una reunión de legisladores de 68 países, donde insistió en que la inteligencia artificial es una herramienta destinada a servir a los seres humanos, no a reemplazarlos.
La encíclica que se presenta este lunes es el primer gran documento doctrinal de la historia de la Iglesia dedicado íntegramente a la inteligencia artificial. Y la lista de quiénes están en el estrado ya anticipa de qué lado se para el Vaticano en la disputa más importante del siglo.
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WATCH: Platner doesn’t apologize to Purple Heart recipient, voters when confronted on post mocking soldier
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FIRST ON FOX: SULLIVAN, ME – Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner declined to apologize both to voters and a Purple Heart recipient when asked by Fox News Digital about a deleted Reddit post where he said the wounded soldier «didn’t deserve to live.»
Platner did not respond at first when asked outside a market near his home whether he regrets making the post, which Fox News Digital reported earlier this week showed him mocking a video of Pfc. Ted Daniels taken during a clash with Taliban fighters in 2012 that ended in Daniels being shot four times and being awarded a Purple Heart.
«I did four tours in the infantry, any attempt to say that I disrespect veterans is slanderous and offensive,» Platner said when asked follow-up questions about what he would say to any Maine voters who were offended by his post and if he should apologize to Daniels.
«Do you think you owe him an apology?» Fox News Digital asked again.
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Fox News Digital spoke to Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner near his home in Maine on Saturday about his recent controversies over his resurfaced Reddit posts, including a comment mocking a Purple Heart U.S. soldier. (Fox News Digital)
«Do you know how many of my friends have Purple Hearts, do you know how many of my friends got wounded?» Platner responded, before adding, «yeah, a lot of them, thank you.»
Platner, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, sparked significant outrage online this week over the resurfaced Reddit post critics have said shows a lack of respect for his fellow soldiers.
«This video never gets old,» Platner posted in June 2019 using the Reddit account «P-Hustle,» which he has acknowledged owning, in reference to a viral video from the helmet Daniels was wearing while taking enemy fire.
WATCH: COLLINS RIPS MAINE CHALLENGER PLATNER OVER RESURFACED REDDIT POST MOCKING WOUNDED US SOLDIER
Maine Democratic Sen. candidate Graham Platner is facing renewed criticism over his deleted Reddit history. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
«Dumb motherf—– didn’t deserve to live. At least his stupidity and fat a– wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt. Poor marksmanship on the Taliban’s part is the only reason this mouthbreather made it home. He managed to make every possible s— decision possible when it comes to small unit combat.»
Rob O’Neill, the U.S. Navy SEAL who is credited with killing Usama bin Laden, was one of many veterans to speak out in response to the post.
«Mr. Platner was way out of line talking about a soldier that way,» O’Neill told Fox News Digital about the controversy on Thursday.
PLATNER’S BRUTAL ATTACKS ON ARMY SOLDIERS AS ‘FAT, LAZY’ REVEALED IN RESURFACED POSTS
Graham Platner, the Democrats’ presumptive Senate nominee in Maine, holds an energy event in Ellsworth, Maine on Monday May 11, 2026. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
«This is completely barbaric,» O’Neill added. «I don’t understand. If you swear an oath to the country, it doesn’t even matter what the politics are. Every single time you fight it’s for the man next to you, it’s for the person next to you. Politics goes out the window. And to wish ill on someone like that under fire is just, you know, like I said, it is the opposite of everything I’ve ever been raised to believe.»
Platner has previously leaned into his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to explain the numerous incendiary social media posts that have surfaced since he announced his Senate run.
«For those of you who have read these things and been offended, have read these things and seen someone that you don’t recognize, I am deeply sorry,» Platner said in October before the post about Daniels, and other posts disparaging the military, were public.
«I’m sorry for this. Just know that it’s not reflective at all of who I am. I don’t want you to judge me on the dumbest thing I ever wrote on the internet. I would prefer if people could judge me on the person I am today.»
Daniels himself reacted to the post, telling Fox Business, «People like this don’t say stuff like this to my face.»
«It’s online, and that right there tells me, Graham, you’re a coward.»
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Platner became the Democrats’ presumptive nominee after his rival for the nomination, two-term Gov. Janet Mills, ended her campaign last month after trailing Platner in polling and fundraising.
The Democratic Senate Primary in Maine will be held on June 9, where Platner will appear on the ballot alongside Democrat David Costello to earn the right to face off against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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