Iran

Key Takeaways US President Donald Trump threatened on March 21 to “obliterate” Iranian power plants if Iran does not “fully open” the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. Iran has threatened to attack regional energy infrastructure if the United States attacks power plants in Iran. ISW-CTP has recorded several Iranian …

– La guerre contre l’Iran est avant tout une guerre pour la domination géopolitique et militaire du Moyen-Orient. Mais elle a aussi une nature de guerre sainte, un caractère fortement religieux de par la nature de ceux qui ont procédé à son déclenchement : les sionistes et les évangélistes états-uniens …

L’escalade au Moyen-Orient ne se mesure plus au nombre de frappes ni à leur étendue géographique, mais à la nature même des cibles. Lorsque la guerre délaisse les sites militaires pour s’attaquer aux infrastructures énergétiques – des raffineries de South Pars en Iran aux installations gazières du Golfe et aux …

Trump s’est mis lui-même au pied du mur avec cet ultimatum. S’il recule, son prestige s’effondrera à jamais. S’il met sa menace à exécution, il plongera le Golfe dans les ténèbres & l’assèchement. Trump donne 48 heures à Téhéran pour ouvrir le détroit d’Ormuz, et l’Axe riposte par une menace …

Key TakeawaysIran launched two ballistic missiles targeting the US-UK base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean on March 21, marking the furthest ever attempted Iranian missile strike. The attack demonstrated that Iranian missiles can reach beyond the 2,000-kilometer limit that the regime has long claimed to have self-imposed. One …

Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, abruptly resigned Tuesday, becoming the most senior national security official to break publicly with the Trump administration over its military campaign against Iran. In a statement posted on social media, Kent said he “cannot in good conscience” continue serving in the …

Last night, Israeli officials announced that Ali Larijani — head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council — and Gholamreza Soleimani — head of Iran’s Basij militia — were killed in separate overnight strikes.With strikes targeting the Basij and its leaders, the regime faces the prospect of the Persian New Year …

Bottom Line Up Front Should the Houthis in Yemen enter the war, they could serve as a force multiplier for Tehran by further depleting U.S. and Israeli air and missile defenses and diverting combat missions from Iran to sites in Yemen. The Houthis would likely target oil tankers in the …

Bottom Line Up Front There are myriad assumptions by the Trump administration that have proven faulty thus far and have contributed to the devastation wrought by this conflict to date. In addition to misplaced assumptions, Washington’s strategic communications have hampered the military campaign. Tehran recognizes that it will not be …

The Eastern Mediterranean rarely remains insulated from turbulence in the Middle East. Yet, the events of early March 2026 marked an unusual escalation: a drone strike targeting the British air base at RAF Akrotiri, on the southern coast of Cyprus, brought the island directly into the operational environment of the …