Iran has warned French President Emmanuel Macron that those behind “sinister alliances” will eventually face the consequences of their own actions amid widespread unrest in France.
Newly appointed Iranian Defence Minister, Mehrdad Akhlaqi says Iran is not rebuilding weapons factories destroyed in the previous war on their old sites. Instead, he says, “We are building them inside mountains and fortified, secure structures”
The damage from Iranian missile and drone strikes has been far worse than the gulf states have been willing to admit
Alastair Crooke on the difficulties facing the U.S. military as it tries to inflict damage on Iran and why even nuclear weapons are inadequate against Iran’s subterranean missile cities
Two questions arise from this: how much of this is an expression of opposition to Macron’s political drift and how much is being orchestrated by George Soros and his accomplices?
“As bad as Joe Biden was,” Trump may be even worse. Some interesting observations from the editor of 21st Century Wire, Patrick Henningsen, on how Trump may be under pressure and inadvertently disclosing more than he planned
For years the Gulf monarchies have been told that the path to security runs through Washington and Tel Aviv. Then came the war with Iran. Refineries in Saudi Arabia, LNG trains in Qatar and energy facilities across the region were hit, and none of those partnerships kept the missiles and drones away.
Trump also ruled out putting US troops on the ground to seize Iranian nuclear sites, adding that the war is “going to end very soon”. However, he said exactly the same thing in March and now, seven months later, it is still not over
Trump is bad enough but an alternative nominated by the Democrats would be little better. Paul Craig Roberts explains
Instead of making ‘America Great Again’, Trump’s second term marks the beginning of a precipitous decline for the U.S. and its allies and the end of America as we know it. Mike Adams spells out the role of the Strait of Hormuz in this
Like the schoolyard bully, we suspect that Trump is threatening to use MOAB simply to intimidate Iran. Trouble is, we don’t think Tehran will be cowed and Trump’s threats may only harden their resolve to resist
Things are not going well for the Saudis’, as seismic geopolitical shifts shake the Middle East and Houthi militants down a Saudi Eurofighter