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DECODING: Israel and the region, the contagion of the Iranian conflict
What began as a direct confrontation between Iran and the United States, with Israel playing a significant but distinct supporting role since the strikes…
PROFILE: The Strait of Hormuz, the vital artery of world oil, explained
At its narrowest point, the Strait of Hormuz measures barely 39 kilometers across, a stretch of water separating Iran from the Musandam peninsula, itself…
COLUMN: Trump threatens to decimate Iran if there is an attempt on his life
On July 11, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he had left standing instructions for a massive American retaliation, describing "1,000…
FACT-CHECK: The 140-target response, anatomy of a massive strike
Overnight between July 11 and July 12, 2026, the United States struck roughly 140 military targets linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps across…
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…
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: 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…