Geostrategy-Direct Iran is building subterrannean factories to produce advanced rockets in Lebanon. The construction was planned to avoid dangerous arms convoys to Hizbullah over land through Syria which have (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct As part of its effort to “encircle the Saudis” and expand its influence in the Middle East, Iran is stepping up support for its Shi’ite ally in Yemen, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed success in the test a sea-launched ballistic missile. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the IRGC’s airspace division, said the Hormuz (more…)
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…)