Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last Friday didn’t just deal a crushing blow to the once-fearsome Lebanese militia. It also exposed Iran’s vulnerabilities and marked a pivotal shift in the
Donald Trump, who managed to evade the draft during the Vietnam War, said recently that he wanted to be a ‘wartime president.’ He was clearly thinking of brass bands, fancy uniforms, medals
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In Tehran, the landscape of war is no longer confined to distant frontlines or official broadcasts. It has been brought into the streets, plastered across highways, public squares, and residential districts in
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Iranian leaders are presenting the recent cease-fire with the United States and Israel as evidence of resilience in the face of overwhelming military pressure. But beneath that narrative of survival lies a
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Iran has mobilized more than one million combatants in preparation for a potential ground invasion by United States forces, marking a dramatic escalation in an already volatile regional conflict. The announcement comes
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On 28 February, a few hours after negotiators said that Iran had accepted many of the demands regarding its nuclear programme, the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran. This was
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by Our Correspondent in Doha The United States is reportedly considering limited military action against Iran in early March, with anonymous sources in both American and Israeli defense establishments suggesting March 2,
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In the early days of January, Iran faced a dual crisis: nationwide protests demanding political reform and the looming threat of military strikes from the United States. In response, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
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In early January, several currency trackers briefly displayed the Iranian rial’s value as “$0.00,” unable to process the speed and scale of the depreciation, making it unexchangeable on important international trading platforms. The fallout
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Mohsen Sazegara misses the scent of jasmine, the mountains and valleys of his homeland. He fled Iran for the United States two decades ago and has never stopped longing to return. But
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In the closing days of December 2025, Iran was shaken by its most serious wave of public unrest since the nationwide protests of 2022. The immediate trigger was a dramatic collapse of
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