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Iran Puts Security and Development on the Table for Gulf States as Incentives for Change

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has put security and development on the table as concrete incentives for Gulf states to change their approach to hosting US and Israeli military operations. His message, delivered more than a month into the Iran-US war, frames the denial of enemy access to Gulf territory not as a concession but as an investment in the Gulf's own future. Tehran is...

IEA Chief Birol Says Iran Crisis Demands a Global Marshall Plan for Energy Security

The scale of the global energy crisis triggered by the Iran war demands a coordinated international response on the scale of a new Marshall Plan for energy security, the head of the International Energy Agency has argued. Fatih Birol, speaking in Canberra, said the emergency — equivalent to the combined force of the 1970s twin oil shocks and the Ukraine gas disruption — was...

The Assassination Files: How Israel’s Targeting of Iranian Leaders Diverges From US Strategy

One of the most consequential and least publicized divergences between US and Israeli strategy in the Iran campaign is Israel's ongoing assassination program targeting...

Global Oil Crisis Deepens as Iran Threatens Gulf Energy After South Pars Struck by Israel

The global oil crisis deepened sharply on Wednesday when Iran threatened Gulf energy infrastructure on a sweeping scale after Israel struck the South Pars...

Trump Cuts NATO Down to Size After Iran War Success Proves US Self-Sufficiency

  President Donald Trump cut NATO down to size on Tuesday, arguing that the US-Israel military campaign against Iran had demonstrated America's total military self-sufficiency...

European Countries Maintain Diplomatic Solidarity Against Trump’s Hormuz Push

  Maintaining a striking degree of diplomatic solidarity, European nations have stood together against Donald Trump's push for warships at the Strait of Hormuz, opting...

Trump Calls Iran’s Regime Finished as Stock Markets Rally Amid Kharg Island Strikes

While Donald Trump called Iranian leaders "deranged scumbags" and declared the regime effectively finished on Friday, global stock markets staged a modest recovery after...

Trump Says He Won’t Lose Sleep Over Oil at $100 — Iran’s Nuclear Threat Is His Nightmare

President Trump suggested Thursday that $100 oil is not keeping him up at night — Iran's potential acquisition of nuclear weapons is. In a...

Trump Partners with Reliance for $300 Billion Texas Energy Project

In a landmark post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced a $300 billion deal to build a new oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas....

Trump Dismisses Mojtaba Khamenei as “Mistake” in Decisive Iran War

President Donald Trump has labeled the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s new Supreme Leader a "big mistake" that is unlikely to endure. Speaking...

What Happened to Britain’s Famed “Special Relationship”?

The special relationship between Britain and the United States has always been more sentiment than doctrine — a characterisation of a bilateral partnership built...

The Dynasty Dilemma: Will Mojtaba Khamenei Succeed His Father?

Following the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader in a high-stakes airstrike, a name once whispered in the halls of power is now at the...

What Would an Iran Deal Under Trump Look Like? He’s Already Told Us

President Trump has been remarkably clear about what a nuclear deal with Iran must contain. During his State of the Union Address, he outlined...

Iran-US Talks: Oman Quietly Shapes History as Nuclear Dialogue Reaches Pivotal Moment

Oman has once again proven its value as a trusted diplomatic intermediary, shepherding the second round of Iran-US nuclear talks to a constructive conclusion...