Iran

Key Takeaways Senior officials in Tehran have signaled that they seek to use the Strait of Hormuz and energy flows around it as points of leverage that Iran can use after the war to extract concessions and secure strategic aims. They have also signaled that they will not accept a …

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has boosted Russia’s oil revenues and its ability to ramp up its own war with Ukraine, but concern is mounting among Russian elites about relations with the Trump administration. Russia has emerged as an early beneficiary of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, aided by higher …

On the 32nd night of the war, the sirens sound again in Tel Aviv. It is the particular rhythm of it that rewrites the nervous system. Not the explosion itself, which by now has become an abstraction, a thing that happens to other coordinates. It is the interval between the …

Since the United States (US) and Israel launched a joint attack against Iran on 28 February, Western security services, including Europol, have warned of an increased terrorist threat, particularly targeting Jewish and Israeli sites, due to the risk of retaliatory attacks in the form of Iranian state-backed terrorism. These concerns …

Why did the group strike now, what might they do next, and how could it affect the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran? Following a month of saber rattling, the Houthis entered the Iran war on March 28 by firing missiles at southern Israel (none of which hit their targets). The move …

Iran’s top diplomat Araghchi has told Al Jazeera that, despite contacts, Iran is not in negotiations with the US. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed that messages had been exchanged with the United States, either directly or through countries in the region, amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran. …

Nombre de mes lecteurs savent que je n’ai pas toujours été un allié facile sur cette question. Au sein de la vaste constellation de voix qui constituent le mouvement anti-impérialiste – un mouvement auquel j’ai consacré une part importante de ma vie et de mon travail -, je suis, depuis …

Key Takeaways The combined force conducted strikes around Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, on March 25 and 26, marking the northeastern-most strikes conducted so far in the war. The combined force has slowly swept across Iran west to east and is now getting to some of the furthest targets of the …

There have been four topics on the news agenda this week: the strikes on Iran; the defeat of the assisted dying bill in the House of Lords; the catastrophic cuts to British international development spending; and the rise of the populist One Nation party in Australia. Different continents. Different policy …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed heightened concern regarding the escalating conflict involving Iran, particularly the potential spillover into the Caspian Sea, a region critical for both Russia and Iran. Putin warns Iran war escalation could trigger military consequences, raising alarm for US and Israel. (Image: AI Generated) Russian President …