5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (967+ words) Iran’s threat to target American warships with an enhanced ballistic missile appears to mark a new and potentially more dangerous phase of the Middle East conflict, six months in. Tehran says its solid-fuel Qassem Basir missile enables it to “take…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1358+ words) When the US-Israeli war against Iran began, few in Beijing or Moscow likely expected Tehran to withstand military pressure from two of the world’s most capable powers. In the early days, US and Israeli air, intelligence and technological superiority were…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (442+ words) On September 1, a US airstrike hit a family compound in Kuhestak, southern Iran, as women and children gathered for a wedding celebration. At least five people were killed and dozens more injured. The principles of distinction, proportionality, and precaution are…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (379+ words) The map on Trump’s Truth Social platform shows the US flag over not only the United States but also Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, and multiple countries in Central America and the Caribbean. Journalist Stephen Robinson wrote on X that “another…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (865+ words) When Washington on August 19 unveiled its economic “D-Day” – the latest tightening of the financial siege and the blockade around Iran’s ports – it believed it was applying decisive leverage. But in Tehran the move was read as something else entirely: as…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (224+ words) President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued yet another threat to all but wipe out Iran as the US military restarted its bombing campaign. In a Truth Social post, the president warned Iran against striking back at the US shortly after…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (944+ words) President Donald Trump has entangled the United States in a war of choice with Iran that he cannot easily win or quit. The war was meant to be what Trump called “a little excursion” that would be over within a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1282+ words) Despite the excitement around Donald Trump’s new sanctions and even the US strikes against the Iranian island of Larak just hours ago, much suggests that Trump is not seeking a dramatic ratcheting up of pressure on Iran. According to reports…...