United States & Iran — Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
The Islamabad Talks and Their CollapseWhat Happened? Weekend talks in Islamabad between Washington and Tehran ended without a deal. A source close to the negotiations said the two sides came…
Qalibaf Signals Bab al-Mandab; Houthis “Fingers on the Trigger”
What Happened: Speaker Qalibaf tweeted yesterday: “What share of global oil, LNG, wheat, rice, and fertilizer passes through the Bab al-Mandab Strait?” This was a coded message to Washington: Iran…
Fourth Strike Near Bushehr: IAEA Warns of “Nuclear Catastrophe”
What Happened: The IAEA expressed “grave concern” yesterday over a new strike near the Bushehr nuclear plant—the fourth in weeks—noting the death of a guard and damage to an onsite…
Trump’s Deadline Expires Tomorrow: Diplomatic Landscape on the Brink
What Happened: Donald Trump posted on Truth Social: “Remember when I gave Iran ten days to make a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz—time is running out—48 hours before…
The Bahrain Amazon Strike: The War for the Cloud
What Happened In April 2026, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched missile and drone strikes targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.Iranian officials…
Two Messages from Zarif: Between Domestic Rhetoric and the Washington Discourse
Within a few days of the war’s outbreak, former Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif sent an internal message to a closed circle of Iranian analysts—it was never intended for the…
Iran at the Center of the Three-Axis Confrontation
The American-Israeli Military Strategy — What Do Washington and Tel Aviv Actually Want? The News: Rubio revealed strategic objectives with unprecedented candor, stating that Washington seeks to destroy Iran’s capacity…
Trump Gives Iran More Time — While the War Gets Worse
What happened: Trump posted on Truth Social today that he is giving Iran a 10-day extension until April 6 before resuming strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure, saying “talks are ongoing…
The Gulf Dimension in the Venezuelan Crisis: Oil, Mediation, and Regional Balances
What is happening in Venezuela is no longer purely an internal matter, but has transformed into a geopolitical issue that directly affects the global energy system, redraws the map of…