MUSCAT/TEHRAN — The Strait of Hormuz, a sliver of water just 21 nautical miles wide at its narrowest, has become the focal point of the most radical reordering of maritime…
IRAN: Iran-US Nuclear Deadlock Deepens As Tehran Rejects Pressure Over Uranium Enrichment.
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON - The fragile diplomatic track between Iran and the United States appears increasingly close to collapse, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declaring that negotiations over uranium enrichment have…
UK: Britain’s ‘Defensive’ Hormuz Gambit: Drones, Jets And A Warship Join 40-Nation Mission As The World Holds Its Breath.
An Analysis Of London’s New Hormuz Security Deployment, The Shadow War That Made It Necessary, And Why A Mission Billed As “Credible And Independent” Is Already Raising Hard Questions From…
IRAN-OMAN: At The Crossroads Of Empire And Sovereignty: Iran, Oman, And The Legal Battle For The Strait Of Hormuz.
MUSCAT, OMAN / BANDAR ABBAS, IRAN — In the gilded corridors of a palace in Muscat this week, behind closed doors and far from the gaze of warships massing in…
IRAN: Tehran’s ‘Reasonable and Generous’ Peace Bid and Washington’s ‘Unreasonable Demands’: Inside the Crisis Diplomacy That Is Pushing West Asia to the Brink.
TEHRAN / WASHINGTON / BEIRUT - In the smoke-choked towns of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah drones are outmanoeuvring Israeli air defences. In the Gulf, American warships shadow Iranian tankers. In the…
IRAN: Tehran’s Game Of Brinkmanship: Inside A Successor’s War Council, A Blockaded Strait, And The Riot-War Nexus.
TEHRAN -The words were delivered in the marble-clad sanctum of the Beit-e Rahbari, where Iran’s newly elevated Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, now receives the commanders of a nation…
IRAN: How Iran’s ‘Deterrence Through Punishment’ Shook Trump’s Fragile Ceasefire, From The UN To The Persian Gulf.
TEHRAN - The predawn quiet of the Northern Arabian Sea was shattered again on Friday. At roughly 3:40 a.m. local time, an Iranian fast-attack craft of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
IRAN: Strait Of Hormuz On A Knife-Edge: Inside Iran’s ‘Deterrence Through Punishment’ And The Unravelling Of Trump’s Ceasefire.
The predawn quiet of the Sea of Oman was shattered again on Friday. According to maritime security sources and local witnesses, a tense standoff unfolded at the mouth of the…
IRAN: Iran Rejects Arab League Resolution, Says No Cover Can Shield Perpetrators From Legal Consequences.
Iran has categorically rejected a recent resolution adopted by the Arab League, saying “no attempt to shield the perpetrators of aggression” will absolve those responsible of their international obligations.
UAE: The Purge: How The UAE Weaponised Deportation, Asset Seizure, And Financial Warfare Against Pakistanis Amid The Iran Crisis.
ABU DHABI/ISLAMABAD - The United Arab Emirates presents itself as a beacon of modernity and tolerance, a "brotherly" partner to Pakistan for decades. But in the spring of 2026, this…
