Iran
The Memorandum Helps Recast the Regime as the Custodian of Iranian Sovereignty, Rather than a Phase in Its Political Evolution
Nour News Framed the Postponement of Talks Not as a Crisis but as Part of a Broader Struggle over the Post-War Order
Israel Blocks Tehran’s Revolutionary Corridor and Ankara’s Neo-Ottoman Bid for Regional Dominance
With the U.S. Pledging Non-Interference in Domestic Affairs, the Revolutionary Guards May Believe They Have a Green Light to Slaughter Far More
If No Ally Will Write the Red Lines of Israel Into a Deal, Then It Has No Choice but to Become the Guarantor of Its Own Security
Tehran Seeks Not Only a Deal with Washington but Also a Regional Framework That Makes Future Military Pressure More Costly
We Fought the Islamic Republic for Thirty-Nine Days and We Were Winning. The Memorandum in Islamabad Hands That Victory Back. And It Sells the Iranian People to Do It.
The Current MoU Appears to Signal the U.S. Desire to Quit the Fight
Iran’s Arsenal of Solid-Fuel Ballistic Missiles Has Become a Central Pillar of Its Deterrence Strategy and Power Projection
The Post-October 7 Wars, Which Came with Expectations and Promises of ‘Total Victory,’ Are Over, as Are Their Illusions
There Is Growing Unease as Debate Intensifies over the Costs of a Confrontational Foreign Policy and the Country’s Direction
By Any Military Standard, the Islamic Republic Suffered a Catastrophe
For the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Compromise Is an Ideological Danger
Iran May Now Be Free to Rebuild Its Battered but Intact Structures of Power
Iran-Backed Armed Groups Long Have Used Religious Narratives to Recast Coercion as Duty, Sacrifice, and Defense of Religion
No Agreement, Not This One and Not a Better One, Can Permanently Guarantee That Iran Never Builds a Nuclear Weapon
The Place, Very Clearly, Where Trump Feels Comfortable Is Where Deals Are Made
Tehran’s Cuban Proxy Is Not an Existential Threat, but It Is a Distraction for the United States That Iran Built at Minimal Expense