Iran, Russia vie for power in Syria; Teheran tightens controls at home
Geostrategy-Direct With fighting in Syria at a standstill, Iran and Russia are moving to bolster their presence in the country in what a watchdog group likened to a “cold (more…)
Sanctions take toll: Cryptocurrency power surge, open dissent over talking to U.S.
Geostrategy-Direct Instability is hitting Iran on several fronts. First and foremost, U.S. sanctions have crippled the Islamic Republic’s economy. The situation has degraded to a point where activists, dissidents (more…)
Iran announces its intentional breach of nuclear deal; Trump warns, Israel prepares
Geostrategy-Direct Iran announced it has intentionally breached the accord’s limits on enriched uranium in a bid to keep non-U.S. powers engaged in the 2015 nuclear deal. Iranian Foreign Minister (more…)
Analyst: Israel’s counterproliferation doctrine is most immediate threat to Iran
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. is not the only country considering a military response in Iran. Israel is known to take aggressive, preventive action to protect itself – including by launching (more…)
IRGC’s fast boat navy, new commander carried out oil tanker attacks
Geostrategy-Direct The fast-boat navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted the recent attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman, according to U.S. officials. President Donald Trump (more…)
U.S., Russia, Israel set unprecedented summit on Iran’s imminent nuke capability
Geostrategy-Direct Amid reports that Iran is preparing to resume uranium enrichment and could have a nuclear weapons within months, national security advisers from the United States, Israel and Russia (more…)
Iran fights U.S. without fighting amid hints it has nuclear arsenal
Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Iran has started to hint about the possible use of nuclear weapons against both the U.S. and Israel (more…)
Iran tries conflict resolution with Gulf states but analyst says its war with U.S. already started
Geostrategy-Direct Iran has responded to mounting U.S. economic and military pressure by attempting to calm its Persian Gulf neighbors by hinting at improved relations. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad (more…)
U.S. acted to deter Iran based on missile intelligence, ‘war by proxy’ plans
Geostrategy-Direct The intelligence which prompted the United States to increase its military presence in the Persian Gulf indicated Iran had loaded missiles on small boats and was planning a (more…)