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 …

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 …

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 …