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A woman named Elizabeth Newman supposedly runs two U.K.-registered crypto exchanges. But she appears to be a corporate fiction used as a front for a convicted embezzler whom the United States has accused of moving billions of dollars’ worth of digital assets on behalf of Iran’s repressive regime. On paper, …

Five Kurdish Iranian groups announced the formation of a united coalition against the Tehran regime in a joint press conference on February 22. The press conference was held by leaders from the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), the …

The historical relationship between Iran and Israel has transformed dramatically from alliance to hostility over the decades. On February 28, Operation Epic Fury marked a significant escalation, as the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran It seems totally out of a Bollywood flick, where best friends become worst enemies, …

The death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026, may significantly impact the country’s stance on weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on February 28, 2026, in a joint US -Israeli airstrike targeting his compound in Tehran. Iranian state …

For nearly four decades, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was the most powerful figure in Iran, holding ultimate political and religious authority. Seen by some as the protector of the Islamic Revolution and by others as a leader who suppressed dissent, his influence shaped Iran and the wider West Asian region. Early …

Iran state media has confirmed the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli airstrikes. But can the Islamic Republic survive? Here’s why regime change may not be so simple. Iran state media has declared Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dead. State-linked media outlets confirmed the death of the …

He went big. On Saturday morning, US and Israeli forces unleashed Operation Epic Fury, what US President Donald Trump called “a massive and ongoing” campaign against Iran. He called on the Iranian people to overthrow the regime once the fighting is done. Iran responded quickly by attacking Israel and US …

It’s rare that the citizens of a country under attack venture into the streets to cheer the enemy’s bombs, but that’s what happened in Iran in the hours after the United States and Israel launched a comprehensive attack on the ruling regime. In parts of Tehran and other cities, ordinary …

The goal is to obtain proxy control over Iran’s enormous oil and gas reserves so that they can be weaponized as leverage against China for coercing it into a lopsided trade deal that would derail its superpower rise and therefore restore US-led unipolarity. Trump claimed that the US’ military campaign …

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute are publishing two updates daily to provide analysis on the war with Iran. The morning update will focus on US and Israeli strikes on Iran and the Axis of Resistance’s response …