NYT: Israel hit secretive Parchin base, S-300 air defenses near Tehran airport; reports say Israel aimed to minimize casualties; Iran says 4 soldiers killed Iran said Saturday it was obliged to “defend itself” after Israel conducted strikes on military targets throughout the Islamic Republic — an assault that came in …
Read More »IDF hits military sites across Iran in hours-long attack, weeks after Iran’s missile barrage
Warplanes operate freely over skies of Islamic Republic in unprecedented op, with Israel saying it hit air defenses, key missile and drone sites, in response to ‘months of attacks’ Israel launched a long-awaited retaliatory strike against Iran early Saturday, almost four weeks after the Islamic Republic’s massive ballistic missile barrage …
Read More »Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 25, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia will imminently deploy North Korean forces to unspecified combat zones on October 27 and 28, as Russian and North Korean officials continued to issue vague yet suggestive statements regarding the possible presence of North Korean troops in Russia.[1] Zelensky stressed that Russia’s involvement …
Read More »Iran’s Assassination Program in Europe: Europe Goes Back to Sleep
“In order to maintain a degree of separation from the terror cells it operates in Europe and to ensure plausible deniability, there is no direct contact between Tehran and members of the cells. In the case of the recently detained French cell, instructions on where and when to carry out …
Read More »Israel-Iran: A Strike On Oil Assets Could Impact Oil Prices – OpEd
The ongoing tensions between Israel and Iran have escalated dramatically in recent weeks, particularly following Iran’s missile strikes on Israel. This conflict raises critical questions about the potential impact on global oil prices, as Iran is the key player in the energy market. The implications of a war between these …
Read More »Iran’s Economy Braces for Impact of Clash With Israel
Iranians remain on edge as they wait for Israel’s response to Iran’s latest ballistic missile barrage. The Iranian currency reflects local anxiety as the street value of the Iranian rial to the dollar has plummeted more than 11 percent since October 1, 2024. As Israel’s conflict with Iran and Iranian-backed …
Read More »A Strategy For Regime Change In Iran: The Roadmap Toward Confederalism
Israel’s imminent strike on Iran, in response to the Iranian ballistic attack on the first of October, could be an opportunity for the peoples of Iran to rise up against the Islamic regime. However, the key for any “regime change” in Iran is in its ethnic “minorities” that have been …
Read More »Iran Update, October 21, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office recently gave US officials a document detailing Israel’s conditions for a ceasefire and diplomatic solution to end the war with Hezbollah. Axios reported that Israel insisted that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) be allowed to engage in “active enforcement” to prevent Hezbollah from rearming …
Read More »Factional Infighting Intensifies As Iran’s Regime Faces External And Internal Crises – OpEd
As the war in the Middle East is firing back at the warmongering regime in Iran, internal factional conflicts within the regime are intensifying. On Thursday, October 17, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the regime’s parliament, identified two weaknesses and red lines of the regime while speaking in Mashhad: …
Read More »Biden Administration Admits Iran’s Oil Exports Have Grown Exponentially in Value and Volume
Earlier this month, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its first report about Iran’s petroleum exports as mandated by the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum(SHIP) Act enacted earlier this year. The EIA reported that Iran sold $144 billion in the first three years of the Biden administration, $100 billion more than …
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