Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs In late April, Iranian military delegations led by senior commanders traveled overseas. Navy Commander Rear-Adm. Hossein Khanzadi led (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The recent ‘sabotage’ attacks on four oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman were likely mounted by Iranian special forces as a demonstration of Iran’s ability to block (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The five remaining signatories of the Iranian nuclear deal have 60 days to move to protect Iran’s oil and banking sectors or the Islamic Republic will resume high-level (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran directed its terror proxy Islamic Jihad to tie up Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip in order to free up Iran’s forces to do what they want (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In what is reportedly the first video footage of him in five years, a graying Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seen urging his followers to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran says it has launched Spanish-language propaganda websites in South America with an eye on “reinvigorating” relations with Latin American nations. “Iran’s strong and rapidly growing ties with (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran’s Mahan Air, which has been sanctioned by the U.S. for allegedly transporting military equipment to war zones in the Middle East, began direct flights from Teheran to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The April 8 designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization marked the first time the U.S. has similarly labeled an entire segment of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who declared himself “caliph” in founding Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014, is likely hiding out in Syria’s vast Badia desert, according to an Iraqi historian (more…)
