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 …
Read More »How Rich Was Ali Larijani? Inside the Net Worth of Iran’s Former Security Chief
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 …
Read More »Iran confirms security chief Larijani, Basij commander Soleimani killed
Top Iranian security official Ali Larijani and the commander of Iran’s internal Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani, have been killed, Iran’s state media confirmed hours after Israel claimed to have killed the two. In a statement carried by Iran’s semi-official Mehr news, the country’s Supreme National Security Council confirmed the assassination …
Read More »L’Iran et l’essor du Croissant chiite
Dans l’architecture géopolitique du Moyen-Orient et du monde islamique, l’Iran occupe une position singulière : il est le principal État chiite et l’un des rares acteurs capables d’articuler simultanément pouvoir religieux, politique et stratégique. Cette conjonction a fait de Téhéran une pièce maîtresse dans la configuration d’un ordre international de …
Read More »Why Iran denies launching attacks on Turkey
Nato has shot down three ballistic missiles heading to the country during the war Amid the regional fallout of the Iran-US-Israel war, Tehran has not denied launching missiles and drones at Gulf countries, where, it claims, it is attacking US-linked assets. But when it comes to Turkey, it is a …
Read More »Iran Update Special Report, March 16, 2026
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute are publishing daily updates to provide analysis on the war with Iran. The updates focus on US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran and the Axis of Resistance’s response to …
Read More »Gulf’s transit model thrown up in the air by Iran conflict
The Gulf’s role as one of the world’s most important aviation crossroads is being tested as conflict with Iran disrupts airspace across the Middle East, forcing airlines to redraw the flight paths that connect Europe, Asia and Australasia. Airspace restrictions have narrowed the corridors available to commercial aviation, pushing airlines …
Read More »Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 16, 2026
Toplines Continued Ukrainian advances in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast are likely constraining Russian offensive operations in the Oleksandrivka direction and may soon threaten Russian offensive operations in the Hulyaipole direction. Ukrainian forces have reportedly liberated more than 400 square kilometers in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions from late January 2026 to about …
Read More »Paralysie israélienne & “nouveau Vietnam” américain ?
Rapport stratégique et opérationnel actualisé (lundi 16 mars 2026 | Fin du 17e jour) En cette fin de dix-septième journée d’affrontements, la situation prend un tournant extrêmement critique. Israël, incapable d’arrêter les tirs de roquettes, ouvre officiellement les vannes d’un “enfer terrestre” dans le sud du Liban, avec un discours …
Read More »Defeating Iran’s Strategy: Energy Security and the “Abraham Shield”
Tehran is targeting the soft underbelly of the U.S.-Israeli campaign—the oil sector and vulnerable Middle Eastern states—but allied officials can counter this strategy by taking concerted steps to bolster their regional partners, stabilize oil markets, and suppress the regime’s military capabilities. Two strategies are currently competing in the Iran war. …
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