TEHRAN - The rapid reversal of Iran’s position on the Strait of Hormuz, from reopening to reimposing strict military control within hours, has exposed not only the fragility of the…
IRAN-US-ISRAEL: The Chokepoint Gamble: Inside The U.S.-Iran Stand-off Over The Strait Of Hormuz.
TEHRAN, WASHINGTON - In the span of a single weekend in April 2026, the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow maritime corridor through which one-fifth of the world's oil supply flows,…
IRAN: A New Order In Strait Of Hormuz – IRGC Navy Mandates Authorisation For All Vessels.
TEHRAN - The Persian Gulf awoke Friday to a carefully scripted paradox. As the IRGC Navy declared a "new order" granting it absolute authority over the Strait of Hormuz, the…
CHINA-IRAN: The Phantom Blockade: How A Sanctioned Chinese Tanker Exposed The Cracks In Trump’s Hormuz Gambit.
BEIJING, TEHRAN - The U.S.-sanctioned tanker Rich Starry slipped through the Strait of Hormuz in the early hours of April 14, 2026, carrying 250,000 barrels of methanol from the UAE's…
US-IRAN: Beneath the Thunder of Gunboats: The Geopolitical Tempest Over the Strait of Hormuz.
WASHINGTON, TEHRAN - The world awoke this morning to a new, perilous reality. The United States Navy, acting on a direct order from President Donald Trump, has begun enforcing a…
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,…
LEBANON: Escalation By Design: How Israel’s Lebanon Offensive And Hezbollah’s Retaliation Are Undermining A Fragile Ceasefire.
BEIRUT/TEL AVIV — A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in Lebanon as Israeli military operations intensify, met with a sophisticated and sustained campaign of retaliatory strikes by Hezbollah. This brutal exchange,…
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…
