Geostrategy-Direct Amid concerns over his failing health, Iran’s 81-year-old supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly transferred power to his 51-year-old son Sayyid Moitaba Hosseini Khamenei. No official confirmation (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The “complex operation” which killed Iran’s top nuclear scientist was likely carried out by opposition group People’s Mujahedeen of Iran along with Israel’s Mossad, Iranian officials said after (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In November 2019, at least 304 Iranians were killed in four days of violence that followed protests of a steep increase in the price of gasoline. Those killed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran continues to increase its stockpile of low-enriched uranium and enrich it to a greater purity far beyond the limits set in the 2015 nuclear deal with world (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A vertically-stowed missile “magazine” which brings groups of missiles into position for rapid fire is shown in video and photos which emerged from an underground Iranian ballistic missile (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that Iran has begun construction on an underground centrifuge assembly plant near its nuclear facility at Natanz. IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United States on Oct. 19 announced it had blacklisted two Chinese men and six Chinese entities for their dealings with an Iranian shipping company that the United (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iranian media on Oct. 14 reported a “large-scale” cyberattack against two government institutions. Tasnim reported that one of the targets was the electronic infrastructure of the country’s ports. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United States on Oct. 8 blacklisted 18 Iranian banks in a move that essentially cuts Iran off from the international financial system. The U.S. Treasury Department said (more…)
