Iran

Du «socialisme aux caractéristiques chinoises» aux «droits de l’homme aux caractéristiques européennes» – Iran

Les dirigeants européens ont manifestement pris le parti d’influencer la géopolitique du XXIe siècle au moyen d’un tout nouveau concept : les droits de l’homme aux caractéristiques européennes. Serait-ce leur réponse au «socialisme aux caractéristiques chinoises» ? L’évaluation des politiques de l’UE menées sous la bannière des droits de l’homme …

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US Strikes 16 Iranian Cities as IRGC Announces 26th Wave of Retaliatory Attacks

US airstrikes hit 16 Iranian cities as the IRGC announced fresh attacks on US bases and warned Britain over its role. Key TakeawaysUS strikes targeted 16 Iranian cities across several provinces overnight.Iranian officials reported civilian casualties and damage in multiple locations.The IRGC announced the 26th wave of Operation Nasr 2 …

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Changing Iran’s Coercive Calculus Requires More Than Massing U.S. Forces

Regardless of where the current round of escalation goes, Tehran will continue using ceasefires, front-loaded sanctions waivers, and tit-for-tat attack cycles as opportunities to reconstitute its forces until Washington imposes hard, verifiable limits on its fastest-recovering asymmetric capabilities. A week after the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) collapsed, military hostilities …

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Ukraine Hit an Iranian-Linked Vessel in the Caspian Sea—Why It Matters

A Ukrainian strike in the Caspian Sea on Saturday has ignited sharp diplomatic tensions after Iran said the attack killed a sailor aboard an Iranian commercial vessel, laying bare the growing intersection of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Sunday in an …

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Iran war has cost Iraq $45bn, government aide says

Iraq has lost tens of billions of dollars in revenue since the Iran war began in late February, after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz slashed oil exports, according to an aide to the country’s leader. Several development projects in Opec’s second-largest oil exporter have stalled because of the …

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Iran Update Special Report, July 27, 2026

Key Takeaways Recent attacks on regional states by Iran’s proxies and partners enable Iran to maintain plausible deniability while continuing to advance its objective of coercing the United States to end the war in terms favorable to Iran, which include accepting Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia …

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America and Israel’s Hybrid Warfare against Iran

The nature of warfare is as old as human society; over the ages, it has been undergoing rapid changes. In the ongoing Iran-US-Israel war, Washington and Tel Aviv have been waging one of such evolved forms of warfare against Tehran. Warfare can be defined as acts of waging wars in …

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