Eurasia Press & News
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 …
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March, 2026
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2 March
Khamenei Is Dead. The Islamic Republic Isn’t – Why ‘Regime Change’ Will Be Harder Than US Thinks
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 …
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2 March
Toward the Abyss: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and the Unraveling of West Asia’s Fragile Peace
The latest joint military assault by the United States and Israel on Iran marks a decisive rupture in an already volatile region. What was once a landscape of uneasy deterrence and intermittent negotiation has now been transformed into an active theatre of war, with missiles striking Tehran, retaliatory barrages targeting …
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2 March
Defense Rapid Reaction: US and Israel strike Iran
On February 28, the US and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran. In a video message, President Donald Trump said the campaign aimed to “eliminate threats from the Iranian regime” and would target Iran’s nuclear program, ballistic missile capabilities, naval forces, and proxies. Speaking to the Iranian people, he …
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2 March
Experts react: The US and Israel just unleashed a major attack on Iran. What’s next?
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 …
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2 March
Regime change in Iran is underway — and it won’t be easy
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 …
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2 March
Will SCOTUS’ Tariff Ruling Really Result In India Defying Trump On Russian Oil?
Trump warned countries against reneging on their deals with the US, and even if he can’t legally reimpose his threatened 25% punitive tariff on India if it defiantly reverses its trend of reducing Russian oil imports, he might still resume the US’ containment of it through Pakistan and Bangladesh. CNBC …
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2 March
The US Military Campaign Against Iran Is Part Of Trump’s Grand Strategy Against China
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 …
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2 March
Iran Update Evening Special Report, February 28, 2026
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 …
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2 March
Trump announces the death of Khamenei after the bombing of his compound in Tehran
US President Donald Trump announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in comments that came after reports of an Israeli-American bombing targeting the compound where the Iranian leader resides in the capital Tehran. Trump said Khamenei “was one of the most evil figures in history,” adding that Washington …
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