Trump Claims “We’ve Won Enough” as Iran War Enters Final Phase
President Donald Trump has suggested that the U.S. has "won enough" in its military campaign against Iran to begin looking toward an end to hostilities. Trump described the war...
Iran Makes History With Son-to-Father Succession in Supreme Leadership
Iran crossed a significant historical threshold on Sunday when it appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader, making him the first person to inherit the Islamic Republic's highest office directly...
What the Iran Conflict Revealed About Modern Alliance Dynamics
The Iran conflict has offered a vivid illustration of how alliance dynamics work — and do not work — in an era of social media, domestic political pressures, and...
The Iron Grip Tightens: IRGC’s Rising Influence Post-Airstrike
In the wake of the Supreme Leader’s death, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is emerging as the primary arbiter of Iran’s future. While the joint US-Israeli strikes targeted...
The Weight of History: Trump Frames Iran Nuclear Issue as Decades-Old American Commitment
President Trump did not present his stance on Iran as a personal crusade during his State of the Union Address. Instead, he situated it within a long and bipartisan...
Iran-US Talks: Nuclear Negotiations Show Rare Resilience as Principles Agreement Holds
In a diplomatic landscape littered with failed negotiations and broken agreements, Tuesday's Iran-US nuclear talks in Geneva stood out for their relative stability. Both sides agreed on guiding principles,...