Iran’s IRGC Commander Vows Decisive Response To Any Enemy Miscalculation As Gulf Tensions Escalate

Iran's GDP is projected to contract by 5.4 to 6.1% in 2026, its worst performance since 1988. Oil exports have collapsed from 2.12 million barrels per day before the war to roughly 65,000. Food prices have surged 115%. More than one million jobs have been lost. The naval blockade has severed what one analyst called "Iran's economic lifeline", and there is no realistic path to revival without sanctions relief Washington shows no sign of granting.

PAKISTAN: The Islamabad Mirage: Inside The High-Stakes US-Iran Mediation That Barely Averts World War.

ISLAMABAD, TEHRAN - In the opulent corridors of Islamabad’s Serena Hotel, shielded from the cacophony of a world teetering on the edge, history was being written, or rather, painstakingly drafted…

IRAN: Iran Says Targeting Its Ports Would Endanger All Persian Gulf Shipping Hubs.

TEHRAN, April 13, 2026 – A tenuous two-week ceasefire has shattered, plunging the Persian Gulf into a direct naval confrontation. The US Navy, under direct orders from President Donald Trump,…

IRAN: Into The Kill Box – How A U.S. Navy Propaganda Run In The Strait Of Hormuz Became A Near-Catastrophe.

ISLAMABAD / TEHRAN – In the hours after a 21-hour diplomatic marathon collapsed in Pakistan’s capital, a far more dangerous drama was already unfolding in the narrow waters of the…

TURKEY: Istanbul Prosecutor Files Indictment Against Netanyahu, 34 Others Over Gaza Aid Flotilla Attack.

ISTANBUL — In a dramatic escalation of legal and political pressure against Israeli leadership, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed a sweeping 35-defendant indictment that seeks to hold…

ANALYSIS PAKISTAN-IRAN-US: Inside The Islamabad Implosion: Why 21 Hours Of US-Iran Talks Collapsed, And What Comes Next.

ISLAMABAD, TEHRAN, WASHINGTON - For 21 hours, the world watched Islamabad. Delegations from Washington and Tehran, led respectively by Vice President JD Vance and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf,…

UK: US-Iran Truce Sparks Regional Power Plays, Transatlantic Rift – And A Fed-Up Starmer With Trump.

A fragile ceasefire intended to pause a 40-day war and reopen the world's most critical oil artery is showing severe strain just three days into a two-week agreement, with the…

PAKISTAN: The Islamabad Brink: How Iran Forced A Halt To Beirut Strikes And What It Reveals About A Ceasefire On The Edge.

ISLAMABAD / BEIRUT — As dawn breaks over a locked-down Islamabad on Friday, the world's attention is fixed on a single question: will a historic, high-stakes negotiation between the United…

PAKISTAN: Pakistan Condemns Israeli Aggression Against Lebanon In ‘Strongest Terms’, Says It Undermines Peace Efforts.

BEIRUT/ISLAMABAD — The ink had barely dried on a historic, last-minute ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran when the skies over Beirut filled with the thunder of Israeli…

IRAN: Ceasefire Or Calculated Pause? Iran, U.S. And Israel On The Brink As Distrust Deepens Amid Escalating Violence.

TEHRAN, WASHINGTON, TEL-AVIV - After 40 days of intense warfare that had reshaped the geopolitical and military balance across West Asia, a fragile two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United…

US: Trump’s 50% Tariff Threat On Iran Arms Suppliers – No Legal Authority, Economic Warfare, And A Backdoor Ceasefire Breach?

WASHINGTON - Within hours of announcing what he described as a pathway to “long-term PEACE,” Donald Trump issued a sweeping ultimatum that risks undermining that very claim.

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