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Analysis / War of Corridors amid Iran War: Shadow American Fight against China and Russia
At first glance, American-Israeli bloc's aggression against Iran looks like a confrontation over deterrence, nuclear program, or the balance of power in West Asia region, but in its lower layers, this war can be considered as part of a competition over redefining the international economic and political geography whose main scene is not West Asia skies or Persian Gulf waters, but the network of transportation, ports, railways, and trade corridors in Eurasia.
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Analysis: What’s Behind Postponing Netanyahu’s Planned US Visit?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's canceled visit to Washington was officially blamed on a Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral. But political sources in Tel Aviv paint a very different picture, one that points to widening cracks between Donald Trump and the Israeli PM, as the two longtime allies enter a new phase of distrust and open disagreement over the region's most critical issues.
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Analysis: What Regional Facilities Are on Iran’s Hit List if Infrastructure War Begins?
Over the past few days, the American-Iranian military confrontation has elevated to new heights and the clashes that in the beginning were limited to trade of missile and drone strikes now developed to include viral infrastructures.
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Analysis: What Does Destroying Jordan Airbase Mean in Iran-US War Equations?
Over the past years, whenever there was a talk about the US military bases in West Asia, the eyes went to the American facilities in Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, and Kuwait as the backbones of the air support and logistics of the US military in the region, but the new round of clashes with Iran has changed the geopolitical map of the region.
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Analysis: Why Are the US Casualties in Iran War Rising?
The death of two American soldiers at a American military base in Jordan has once again thrown the spotlight on a troubling question: Why is US casualty count in the war with Iran so striking compared to other conflicts? Since the war began later February, the US has officially reported 16 dead, one missing, and hundreds wounded.
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Analysis: Iran–U.S. Conflict Analysis Highlights Tehran’s Precision Strategy Over American Mass Firepower
On the battlefield, the advantage does not always belong to the side that fires the most shots. Sometimes, what matters more than the volume of fire is where each strike lands, which part of the enemy’s capabilities it disrupts, and to what extent it can alter the opponent’s calculations
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Analysis: Why’s Iran Knocking out US Military’s Operational Network Rather than Naval Assets?
In today's wars, victory is not merely gained by destroying tanks, fighter jets, or naval vessels. Rather, one side has the upper hand when it can disrupt the enemy's combat power production cycle. This cycle starts from the command posts, crosses the intelligence and radar networks, reaches the fuel and ammunition stockpiles of the air transportation bases and the repair and maintenance centers, and finally ends in the operational units
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Analysis / Minab School Crime: Why’s US Angry with ICC Judges for Iran Visit?
Recently, after reports that a delegation of International Criminal Court (ICC) travelled to Iran for a probe into the US-Israeli war crime of attacking Minab school on February 28, the American administration has strongly reacted to the move.
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From Ashura to Retribution: How Arab Media Decoded the Supreme Leader's Post-Funeral Message
Arab media outlets from Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Palestine, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia have delivered extensive coverage of Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei's message issued at the conclusion of the martyred leader's funeral ceremonies, focusing on his vow of retribution, his tribute to the historic popular turnout, and his emphasis on continuing the resistance front inspired by the Ashura movement.
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Analysis / One Soul in Two Bodies: Iraq the Second Station of Martyred Leader’s Funeral
As millions in Tehran bade farewell to the martyred Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei. This scene was repeated in Iraq today. From Baghdad to Najaf to Basra, mourning ceremonies have been held and religious, social and political figures of Iraq have attended to commemorate the Leader. Many of the Iraqis find the martyred leader not just the leader of Iran.
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Analysis: US and Its Dangerous Game amid Negotiations with Iran
The recent MoU between Iran and the US was supposed to de-escalate tensions and usher in a period of managing the disputes of the two countries. But only a few weeks after inking the deal, the military developments and Washington’s political decisions have shown that there is a long distance between the words and actions of the US.
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Analysis: Revenge for Martyred Leader Makes A New Pillar of Asymmetrical Deterrence
The joint American-Israeli war against Iran, known as Ramadan War in Iran, marks a turning point in the transformation of the classic concept of deterrence. Having started with massive aggression against Iran, the conflict more demonstrated the efficiency of asymmetrical deterrence approaches more than conventional military superiority.
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Analysis: Turkey the Missing Piece of US’s "Geopolitical Containment Belt"
If we assume Trump’s Turkey trip came with an array of military sweeteners like F-35 fighter jet sales and demands to ramp up pressure on Hezbollah and the Iran-led Axis of Resistance, we should not read this visit simply through the lens of US-Turkey bilateral ties. Instead, we should frame it as part of Washington’s broader pivot: moving from a “direct confrontation” strategy to one of “regional balance engineering.”
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Analysis / Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey
The age-old strategy of "divide and rule" has long been a staple of diplomacy, particularly wielded by colonial powers to expand their spheres of influence. And in today's era, this tactic is alive and well, just as it was in the days of empire.
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Analysis: New Arab View of Post-war and Post-agreement Iran
Field developments across West Asia region, particularly after a period of inflamed tensions and the subsequent push toward an Iran-US agreement, have revealed clear signs that Arab states in the region are recalibrating their perspectives.
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Analysis / Araghchi’s Iraq Visit: From Post-war Order to Tehran-Baghdad Security Cooperation
On Sunday, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Baghdad heading a diplomatic delegation. This is the first visit to Iraq of the top Iranian diplomat since the US-Israeli 40-day aggression on Iran, coming in critical regional conditions. In fact, the visit is coming as the region after the recent war on Iran and finally accepting Iran's terms by Washington and Tel Aviv for ceasefire has entered a new stage.
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Analysis / New Security Arrangements in Strait of Hormuz: Why’s Oman Cautious?
After signing the MoU between Iran and the US, vessel transit in the Strait of Hormuz has taken a rising trend. According to the deal, Tehran commits to cooperate for freedom of navigation in the key waterway and will not charge tolls on the ships transiting in at least 60 days.
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Analysis / Battle for Hormuz: Why’s Recent US-Iran Trade of Fire Decisive?
The trade of fire in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz on Saturday and Sunday should not be regarded as transient developments caused by violation of the ceasefire deal Between Washington and Tehran. They should be seen as part of a full-scale confrontation to establish an important and decisive equation regarding the legal status of the navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, future of war, and the security order in the region.
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Analysis: Rubio’s Difficult Mission to Save "Petrodollar Order" in Persian Gulf
The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has toured Persian Gulf for the first time since the war with Iran and signing the peace deal with Tehran. Visiting the three countries of the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain, the top US diplomat also held a summit with (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council, closing the meeting with a joint statement.
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The Husseini Epic of the Martyred Leader: A Family Sacrificed on the Altar of Resistance
On February 28, 2026, the world witnessed a truth enemy media had long denied: Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and his family—from his wife to a 14-month-old infant—were martyred together in their own home. In a modern-day echo of Karbala, the Leader chose honor over shelter, proving that the Islamic Revolution's path is paved not with compromise, but with sacrifice.
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Analysis: What’s behind Trump-Netanyahu Disagreement in the Light of Iran Deal?
While the talks between Iran and the US have reached signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to end the war on all fronts and this announcement was enough to send a political and media shockwaves across the Israeli regime and even some accuse Trump of betraying of his closest ally Netanyahu,
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Analysis / Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences
The Israeli regime that in recent years through expansion into Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza has tried to move its security belt beyond its borders now is looking to the eastern front and is starting new activities in the West Bank and near the Jordanian borders.
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Analysis / Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?
Finally, white smoke rose out of the White House on Sunday, something suggesting that the US government has reached a new deal. The smoke appeared after the US President Donald Trump announced reaching a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran to end the war he waged since February 28. Simultaneously, the deal was confirmed reached by Tehran, and Qatari and Pakistani officials as mediators, too, announced the agreement.
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Iran among architects of new regional order
The United States and the Zionist regime launched the recent war on Iran with the objectives of changing the regime, fragmenting Iran, and seizing its oil resources. By combining military pressure, economic sanctions, psychological operations, and efforts to destabilize the country internally, they believed they could break the will of the Iranian nation
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Surrender or war: The only options Washington contemplates
There is a reading that circulates comfortably in certain political circles, reappearing punctually each time Washington changes occupant: the conviction that American hostility toward Iran is, at bottom, a matter of persons. That with the right interlocutor, the correct economic offer, the timely diplomatic gesture, the conflict could be resolved.
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Analysis: Baghdad Seeking Ways Out of the Strategic Energy Bind
Closure of Strait of Hormuz following the joint American-Israeli aggression against Iran has left Iraqi economy grappling with one of toughest shocks. This vital bottleneck, through which over 20 million oil barrels cross to the global markets, was closed to the Iraqi oil exports all of a sudden. A country whose budget relies 90 percent on the oil revenues suddenly found itself in a strategic dead end for energy exports.
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Analysis: Iran’s More Credible Threat Vs. Trump’s Credible Threat
Over the past several days, the US has been engaging in aggression and stoking fires in the Persian Gulf and off Iran’s coasts under various pretexts. Three key points stand out on this regard:
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Analysis / Liar-in-Chief? Five False War Claims by Trump
The US President Donald Trump has lost his credibility even at home, so much so that recently the Democratic senator Adam Schiff commented on his treachery, saying that the president makes "falsehood after falsehood" and that the president's account of the state of negotiations to end the Iran war “lacks a lot of credibility.”
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Suicide Bomber Killed After Blast Outside Mosque in Pakistan’s Lakki Marwat
A suspected suicide bomber was shot dead by residents in northwestern Pakistan on Friday after his motorcycle, packed with explosives, detonated outside a mosque.
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Analysis: Pakistan’s Growing Military-Security Influence in Arab World
As traditional power equations in West Asia undergo a shift and the race to shape the region’s future security architecture reaches a climactic point, several Islamic powers are seizing the moment. With a clear-eyed reading of the security vacuums left by wars and political crises, they are taking bold steps to expand their influence.