TEHRAN, WASHINGTON - A tenuous pause in hostilities between Iran and the United States is increasingly overshadowed by escalating rhetoric, Hollywood-style theatrics, unresolved military realities, and mounting evidence that a…
IRAN: Inside Iran’s Hormuz Strategy – Security Protocols As Leverage Over Global Trade Artery.
"An Iranian deputy defence minister says the country would allow passage through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf after the conclusion of the US-Israeli aggression under protocols that protect…
CHINA-IRAN: The Steel Silk Road: How The Iran-China Railway Is Redrawing The Geopolitics Of Oil.
BEIJING, TEHRAN - A year ago, on a sweltering May afternoon in 2025, a freight train painted in the livery of the China-Europe Railway Express negotiated the final kilometre of…
JAPAN: Japanese Tanker Transits Strait Of Hormuz After Obtaining Iran’s Permission.
A Japanese-owned supertanker carrying two million barrels of crude oil has successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz after securing permission from Iranian authorities, marking a rare passage through the strategic…
CHINA: A Financial Stranglehold On Shandong’s Shore: How America’s Sanctions War On Chinese “Teapots” Is Straining Global Trade And The Rules-Based Order.
DALIAN/BEIJING — The vessel-tracking screens at the world's commodity desks are painting a picture of a global oil trade in convulsions. On April 24, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department escalated…
IRAN: Leader’s Aide: Unified Iran Stands Tall While ‘Deep Fracture’ Grips US-Europe Alliance.
TEHRAN, AYIA NAPA, LONDON — As the embers of the most devastating Middle Eastern conflict in a generation still smoulder beneath an unstable ceasefire, the geopolitical plates are shifting with…
IRAN: The Touska Incident: Anatomy Of A Maritime Confrontation That Brought US–Iran To The Brink.
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN/ISLAMABAD — On the afternoon of Sunday, April 19, 2026, the Iranian-flagged container vessel Touska was steaming through the northern Arabian Sea toward the port of Bandar Abbas.
US: Operation Epic Fury: Anatomy Of A Failing War — How Trump’s Iran Gamble Became A Strategic Debacle.
WASHINGTON— Seven weeks into what the Pentagon has branded "Operation Epic Fury," the United States finds itself trapped in precisely the kind of "endless war" that President Donald Trump campaigned…
IRAN: Strait Of Hormuz Closed Again – Iran’s Distrust Of US-Israeli Deception Fuels Escalation Amid Failing Lebanon Ceasefire.
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,…
