March, 2026

• 19 March

  Sanctioned Iranian Banker Owns Luxury Spanish Villa via UK Company

  

  Ali Ansari said he plans to fight U.K. sanctions. The Iranian banker has acquired properties around Europe, including a luxury villa on the coast of Spain that he owns through a U.K. firm. A sanctioned banker accused of financing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard owns a luxury villa in Marbella through the …

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• 19 March

  Why Applying the ‘Venezuela Method’ to Iran Would Be a Terrible Mistake

  

  Unlike Venezuela’s military elite, whose loyalty ultimately depends on financial incentives, Iran’s security apparatus has always viewed itself as the armed guardian of a sacred Islamic revolutionary mission. Iran, however, represents a fundamentally different political organism. Confusing the two systems could produce disastrous strategic errors. The Islamic Republic of Iran …

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• 19 March

  How Rich Was Ali Larijani? Inside the Net Worth of Iran’s Former Security Chief

  

  Ali Ardashir Larijani, an influential Iranian politician and former Speaker of Parliament, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on March 17, 2026. Ali Ardashir Larijani (3 June 1958 – 17 March 2026), the Iranian politician, former Speaker of Parliament, chief nuclear negotiator, and secretary of the Supreme National Security Council …

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• 18 March

  Iran confirms security chief Larijani, Basij commander Soleimani killed

  

  Top Iranian security official Ali Larijani and the commander of Iran’s internal Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani, have been killed, Iran’s state media confirmed hours after Israel claimed to have killed the two. In a statement carried by Iran’s semi-official Mehr news, the country’s Supreme National Security Council confirmed the assassination …

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• 18 March

  L’Iran et l’essor du Croissant chiite

  

  Dans l’architecture géopolitique du Moyen-Orient et du monde islamique, l’Iran occupe une position singulière : il est le principal État chiite et l’un des rares acteurs capables d’articuler simultanément pouvoir religieux, politique et stratégique. Cette conjonction a fait de Téhéran une pièce maîtresse dans la configuration d’un ordre international de …

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• 18 March

  Le mythe de la «victoire éclair»

  L’illusion d’une «victoire éclair» s’évanouit… Trump implore le monde de sauver Ormuz, Israël tombe dans le «piège du Hezbollah» et s’expose à une invasion terrestre désastreuse. Aux premières heures du seizième jour, l’ampleur de l’impasse stratégique dans laquelle se trouve l’alliance américano-israélienne est mise à nu. Après deux semaines de …

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• 18 March

  L’empire frappe. La civilisation encaisse. Et le monde bascule

  Combien coûte un missile d’interception ? Plusieurs millions. Combien coûte le drone qui le provoque ? Quelques dizaines de milliers. Cette équation asymétrique est en train de redessiner la géopolitique mondiale. Alors que l’Occident s’épuise sur deux fronts, l’Iran déploie une stratégie plus ancienne, plus patiente : toucher aux flux, …

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• 18 March

  Why Iran denies launching attacks on Turkey

  

  Nato has shot down three ballistic missiles heading to the country during the war Amid the regional fallout of the Iran-US-Israel war, Tehran has not denied launching missiles and drones at Gulf countries, where, it claims, it is attacking US-linked assets. But when it comes to Turkey, it is a …

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• 18 March

  Iran Update Special Report, March 16, 2026

  

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

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• 18 March

  Gulf’s transit model thrown up in the air by Iran conflict

  

  The Gulf’s role as one of the world’s most important aviation crossroads is being tested as conflict with Iran disrupts airspace across the Middle East, forcing airlines to redraw the flight paths that connect Europe, Asia and Australasia. Airspace restrictions have narrowed the corridors available to commercial aviation, pushing airlines …

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