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
Iran is reportedly prepared to accept cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, as payment for weapons exports, marking one of the first known cases of a nation-state openly using digital assets for military sales, the
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Ambassador Reuven Azar is a seasoned Israeli diplomat with a distinguished career spanning several decades in public service. Born in Argentina and moving to Israel at the age of thirteen, he grew
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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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This year, Iran exported roughly 1.67 million barrels per day, a 5% increase from 2024 and the highest since U.S. sanctions were reimposed in 2018. China accounted for approximately 750,000 barrels per
More Fresh warnings from Israeli media and a wave of increasingly sharp rhetoric from both Tehran and Tel Aviv are fueling concerns that Israel may be moving closer to a direct military strike
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As preparations for a broader military confrontation neared completion, Israel quietly launched one of the most consequential covert operations in the long shadow war with Iran: the systematic targeting of the country’s
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Iran announced on Saturday that it had seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman suspected of carrying smuggled fuel, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Mojtaba Ghahremani, chief
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Where, in today’s world, do all our antagonisms and struggles for survival converge? Is there a singular point that embodies our universal predicament? It is not Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, or the scam
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The US Central Command, a vital player in Middle East security, is now flying a clone of an Iranian drone. The US drone is a copy of the Shaheed 136, the same
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Pakistan’s decision to restart the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) freight train on 31 December 2025 is not merely the reactivation of an old transport link,it is a landmark development that embodies a new era
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