Iran

The aftermath of Operation Midnight Hammer, a strike by the US Air Force on three nuclear facilities in Iran authorised by President Donald Trump on June 22, was raucous and triumphant. But that depended on what company you were keeping. The mission involved the bombing of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment …

Rafael Grossi, le directeur général de l’Agence international de l’Énergie atomique (AIEA) a permis que son agence soit instrumentalisée par les États-Unis et Israël – un État nucléaire non déclaré, en violation de longue date des règles de l’AIEA – pour fabriquer un prétexte leur permettant d’attaquer l’Iran, malgré que …

Ever since Israel launched its illegal war of aggression against Iran on 13 June, speculation has swirled around the role played by MOSAIC – a tool created by shadowy spy-tech firm Palantir. This software has been deeply embedded within the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) operations, particularly its “safeguarding” mission: …

The Islamic Republic’s long-range missile doctrine is not just a tale of arsenal accumulation, but a four-decade transformation from survivalist improvisation to operational supremacy in the face of western and Israeli air dominance. Under a regional sky long dominated by US and Israeli air and intelligence superiority, Iran made a …

As a tentative ceasefire holds between Iran and Israel, Baghdad digs in – asserting sovereignty, pushing back on airspace violations, and refusing to be the ignition point for renewed regional war. Refusing the leash: How Iraq shut its skies to Tel Aviv and held the line with WashingtonAs a tentative …

L’Iran se tourne à nouveau vers son partenaire historique : la Chine. Durant l’Antiquité, la capitale perse de Persépolis était ornée de statues chinoises, tandis que le farsi s’était imposé à la place du mandarin le long de la Route de la soie. Aujourd’hui Téhéran achète des avions de chasse …

US officials told Western media that Iranian officials said in intercepted communications that the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear program were “less devastating” than anticipated, which is inconsistent with previous open-source reporting and the nature of the strikes.[1] Four unspecified US officials familiar with US intelligence said that the intercepted …

“NO DEPARTURES AND ARR DUE AIRSPACE RESTRICTION UNTIL FURTHER ADVISE” This was the message received at 3.30 pm GMT on Monday via ACARS (satellite messaging) by hundreds of airliners in the vicinity of Qatari airspace. Speculation had mounted since 12.20 pm GMT when a NOTAM announced that Al Udeid Air …

On 13 June, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a preemptive military campaign aimed at crippling Iran’s nuclear capabilities. But with symbolic references to the pre-1979 monarchy embedded in the operation’s name, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explicitly appealing to the Iranian people to “rise up,” observers believed that the …

For decades, preparations simmered. Covert and overt operations, escalating rhetoric, and mutual threats have long defined the standoff between the so-called Iranian axis and Israel. Capitalising on the 7 October attacks by Hamas-led militants, Tel Aviv chose to cut to the chase, launching successive strikes against Iran’s allies and finally …