Maxime Marquette
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FACT-CHECK: What the Islamabad memorandum actually promised on June 17
On June 17, 2026, the American and Iranian governments released the full text of an agreement called the Islamabad memorandum, a fourteen-point document meant…
REPORT: Parchin, the Iranian military complex active once again
There are places that, on a map, look like nothing more than a dot among many others in the Iranian desert, some thirty kilometers…
DECODING: The UN calls for restraint after the Iran-US escalation
There is a timeline that should, on its own, be enough to measure the scale of the ongoing diplomatic failure. UN Secretary-General António Guterres…
ANALYSIS: Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait targeted by Iranian missiles
For years, regional security analysts warned that the Gulf monarchies would remain exposed to any escalation between Tehran and the American-Israeli coalition, despite their…
PROFILE: Oil's risk premium, the silent hostage of the Strait of Hormuz
Some economic indicators speak more bluntly than any diplomatic statement, and the price of a barrel of Brent crude has been one of them…
REPORT: Pickaxe Mountain, the Iranian tunnel that betrays the Islamabad deal
Some evidence leaves little room for doubt, because it comes from the cold reading of satellite images rather than political statements.
ANALYSIS: How three attacked tankers in the Gulf reignited the war
Some attacks stay isolated, and some become the tipping point of an entire war. The one carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…
INVESTIGATION: Mojtaba Khamenei, the silent heir now running Iran from the shadows
Some political successions are prepared for years, with ceremonies, speeches, and faces exposed to camera flashes. Mojtaba Khamenei's succession has none of that.
INVESTIGATION: Khamenei's State Funeral in Mashhad, Iran Searches for a Successor
The state funeral of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed on February 28, 2026 in a strike on his residence in Tehran at the…