After Iran fired warning shots at U.S. Navy vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. has abandoned plans to escort vessels through the waterway. Effectively acknowledging Tehran’s control over the vital shipping lane
A senior advisor to the Ayatollah Khamenei warns US Marines and sailors that Donald Trump will sacrifice them in order to stay in office
US-Iran war officially restarted Monday with both sides claiming to have successfully hit targets of the other. Leo Hohmann delves into what to expect next.
The US has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, ostensibly to destroy Iran’s economy, but this move risks damaging the global economy, including the US’s own
Trump is making too many threats to be credible. The more threats he makes, the less convincing he sounds
With Dark Eagle still being tested, and considered an experimental weapon fielded in very limited numbers, even if it is combat capable it will not be available in the numbers needed to significantly influence the course of hostilities.
Pakistan has authorised the transit of goods to and from Iran through its territory and ports. Thereby enabling Tehran to sidestep the U.S. imposed blockade
After Iran struck various U.S. installations in the Persian Gulf region at the start of March 2026, the regional climate suddenly changed. Thereafter, decades of drought ended in literally less than a week. Had the U.S. been waging a covert war against Iran using weather modification?
Now that American military power has met its Iranian match, a new power dynamic will emerge, as regional countries see the US-“Israeli” presence not as a guarantee of security, but as the region’s leading cause of instability, chaos, and bloodshed. Kevin Barrett explains
CNN says Iranian attacks damaged at least 16 US military sites in the Middle East, some irreparably. Some estimates put the actual costs at $40–50 billion once repairs and replacements are included.
Iran says the ‘ball is in the United States’ court’. Will President order a resumption of armed strikes, in order to restore America’s tarnished military prestige? Or will he play safe and impose yet more sanctions?
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei accuses the Western media of whitewashing Israeli crimes in Gaza “Through carefully crafted language, manipulative framing, and the relentless amplification of Israeli and American official narratives”