He has not been photographed. He has not spoken publicly. He communicates only through sealed handwritten messages carried by human couriers to an undisclosed location where he is recovering from severe burns, a fractured leg, and injuries that have, at times, limited his ability to speak. Yet according to a new US intelligence assessment, Iran’s…
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“Super Revolutionaries”: The Extremist Iranian Hardliners Set on Destroying an Agreement With the US
Tehran / Washington — Inside Iran’s labyrinthine power structure, where factions within factions operate behind layers of ideological allegiance and institutional loyalty, a specific and dangerous bloc has emerged as the single greatest internal threat to any US-Iran diplomatic agreement. They are known, with a mixture of reverence and alarm depending on who is speaking,…
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Tehran is in no hurry. Even as Washington watches the clock — and Donald Trump hints that bombing could resume if a deal is not struck before his China trip — Iran’s government is making clear that American deadlines mean nothing to the Islamic Republic, and that it will respond to the US peace proposal…
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Washington / Persian Gulf — A classified CIA assessment that has made its way into senior policy discussions on Capitol Hill and within the National Security Council carries a conclusion that is reshaping American strategic thinking about the Strait of Hormuz: Iran has sufficient fuel reserves, alternative energy infrastructure, and internal rationing capacity to withstand…
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The United States military has struck another alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men and leaving one survivor — the latest operation in a rapidly escalating campaign that has now killed nearly 200 people since it began in September 2025 and sits at the centre of the most aggressive anti-cartel strategy…
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Tehran / Washington — In a disclosure that has sent shockwaves through diplomatic and intelligence circles worldwide, Iranian officials have confirmed that Mojtaba Khamenei — the reclusive, powerful son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the figure most widely considered his likely successor — was physically affected by a U.S. strike, claiming he was knocked…
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Every time Washington picks up the phone to Beijing these days, China plays the same opening note. Before trade, before Iran, before energy markets or nuclear deals — there is Taiwan. And as President Donald Trump prepares to land in Beijing on May 14, China is making sure that message has been heard at full…
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Washington / Havana — Even as President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his rhetoric against the Cuban government — issuing warnings sharp enough to set off alarm bells in Havana, Miami, and capitals across Latin America — senior U.S. military and national security officials are quietly but firmly pushing back against the suggestion that kinetic…
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Washington / New York — A federal court has done what Congress would not: directly challenged the legal foundation of President Donald Trump’s sweeping 10% baseline tariff increase, ruling that the administration overstepped its statutory authority in imposing the levies without sufficient congressional authorization. The decision sent immediate shockwaves through financial markets, supply chain boardrooms,…
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Israel has struck Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire was declared with Hezbollah last month — killing the commander of the militant group’s most elite fighting unit and triggering an immediate exchange of fire across Lebanon’s southern border, even as fragile US-Iran peace talks hang in the balance. In the early hours of…