The economic pressure being exerted on Iran by the United States is inflicting severe hardship on the population without materially changing the country’s core demands or preventing Tehran from challenging US operations
Senior U.S. officials have expressed growing anxiety that the ongoing conflict involving Iran military resources, according to multiple sources speaking to the Washington Post. Inside the Pentagon and among members of the
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‘Shock and awe’ was the term used to describe the US operation against Iraq in spring 2003. In hindsight, it marked a turning point. The rapid defeat of the Ba’athist regime and
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“Nuclear power is one hell of a way to boil water.” – Albert Einstein Contrarian Views The temporal dissonance that surrounded Epic Fury—the ferocious and decapitating strikes reportedly directed at the apex of
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The death of Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei marks one of the most consequential turning points in modern Middle Eastern history. For more than three decades, he stood at the center of
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Iran is now under the direction of a temporary leadership council following the assassination of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. The council, convened to oversee war affairs,
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC The decision by the administration of Donald Trump to launch military action against Iran was influenced heavily by lobbying from Middle Eastern allies, including personal appeals
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Once again, America is going to war for Israel. Once again, many will die for the Zionist state, including American service members. Once again, we will stumble blindly into a military fiasco.
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How do understand the war with Iran? We must get away from the propaganda and ask why this might be happening, in light of the facts that we do know. These facts
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Any longtime observer of the US-Iran hostility would know that appearances can be deceptive diplomacy. Over time, one gets to read the tea leaves with reasonable success with the help of intuitive
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He is one of the most enduring and consequential figures in modern Middle Eastern politics. Born in the holy city of Mashhad on 19 April 1939 into a modest clerical family, Ali
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