Officials downplay boom that shook wide area in western Iran
Geostrategy-Direct Iranian regime officials and state media claimed that a series of loud explosions that shook a large swath of western Iran on Jan. 15 were the result of (more…)
Latest North Korean missile test registers on Israel’s radar screen
Geostrategy-Direct If North Korea indeed was successful in a second test of a hypersonic missile, Israel and its ally the United States should be highly concerned the technology could (more…)
On 2nd anniversary of Soleimani assassination, Iran plays the Trump card
Geostrategy-Direct Iran’s president is warning that the Islamic Republic will take revenge on the United States if former President Donald Trump is not brought up on charges for the (more…)
With Trump’s exit, Iran sharply increases IRGC’s budget
Geostrategy-Direct Iran plans to more than double its funding allocation to the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) next year. The increase likely reflects Iran’s response to the U.S. (more…)
Iran’s IRGC places priority on aerospace, potential ICBM development
Geostrategy-Direct Iran is making strides in its aerospace sector with the expected launch of a dual-use satellite and the potential development of ICBMs which would ultimately be capable of (more…)
Flash of light, explosion at Natanz still unexplained
Geostrategy-Direct Unexplained incidents at the Natanz nuclear facility are nothing new, but the one on Saturday, Dec. 4 has thus far defied a credible accounting. The blast was heard (more…)
Iran’s former nuclear chief tacitly confirms Fakhrizadeh was developing WMD
Geostrategy-Direct Prior to his assassination, top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh may have been working to develop weapons of mass destruction, a former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (more…)
UN report: Iran concealing damage by ‘sabotage’ to centrifuge site at TESA Karaj
Geostrategy-Direct Iran continues to deny the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to a centrifuge factory which was reportedly damaged in a June “sabotage” attack. The workshop at the (more…)
Report: Iran resumes work at centrifuge facility; IAEA denied access, snubbed by new government
Geostrategy-Direct Iran has resumed the production of equipment needed for advanced centrifuges at a site United Nations inspectors have been banned from access to for months. All of the (more…)