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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…
REPORT: The Strait of Hormuz Empties Out, Global Shipping Grinds to a Halt
The Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-fifth of the world's oil passes, emptied of its usual commercial traffic in the days following the…
REPORT: Alleged Iranian Plot Against Trump, What Intelligence Reports Reveal
At the height of the military escalation between Washington and Tehran, a different kind of information surfaced in early July: according to CNN, Israeli…
REPORT: Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire Over, Middle East Braces for Wider War
It took only one sentence, delivered on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, to send months of fragile diplomacy crashing down. On…
DECODING: Satellite Images Show Iran Rebuilding Its Nuclear Sites
Satellite images analyzed in early July 2026 show reconstruction activity at the Pickaxe Mountain and Parchin sites, two Iranian installations tied to the regime's…
DECODING: American Strikes Reported Near the Bushehr Nuclear Plant
According to reports from early July 2026, an American projectile reportedly struck the area surrounding the Bushehr nuclear plant in southwestern Iran, a site…