Geostrategy-Direct A U.S. ship was forced to change course twice during “close encounters” with Iranian military vessels in the Strait of Hormuz last week, the Pentagon said. A Pentagon (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran says it has successfully tested the advanced S-300 and that the air defense system purchased from Russia is now operational. “The S-300 air defense system has been (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iranian cyber warfare has resurfaced in Saudi Arabia with attacks against 15 Saudi organizations, including government networks. U.S. officials said the attacks, which resumed after a four-year hiatus, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran has asked the body overseeing its 2015 nuclear deal to approve Teheran’s purchase of 950 tons of uranium ore from Kazakhstan. Iran says it will use the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran is operating 14 camps for the training of foreign terrorists, according to a top dissident group in the Islamic Republic. The National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A “Chinese-based network” was helping Iran procure items for its ballistic missile program, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. In action by the Trump administration on Iran that (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran continues to insist its missile program is mainly a “deterrent power” and shrugged off assertions that its most recent missile test was a breach of the nuclear (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran in January tested a medium-range ballistic missile – and the resolve of U.S. President Donald Trump. In the first such test since Trump took office, the Islamic (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. President Donald Trump has asked an Obama administration Treasury Department official who helped create of the Iran nuclear agreement to stay on. Adam Szubin, acting undersecretary for (more…)