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Mr. President, here’s your next Iran speech 

With a final offer – and a final warning – to Tehran

Iran Attacks U.S. Navy Vessels Transiting Strait of Hormuz

Iran Attacks U.S. Vessels: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed on May 7 that “U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes as U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman.” The statement noted that “Iranian forces launched multiple missiles, drones and small boats as USS Truxtun (DDG 103), USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), and USS Mason (DDG 87) transited the international sea passage. No U.S. assets were struck.” CENTCOM added that it had “eliminated inbound threats and targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces including missile and drone launch sites; command and control locations; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes.”

Winning the Iran War — Whether Washington Knows It or Not

Iran targets Kurdish Iranian opposition groups in northern Iraq

Two Kurdish Iranian opposition groups claimed they were targeted by Iranian attacks on May 5 and 6. The Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran...

5 Ways Iran Is Exploiting AI in Warfare

The Islamic Republic of Iran has quietly become one of the world’s most aggressive adopters of artificial intelligence (AI) for warfare, deception, and repression. Tehran’s strategy is coherent and...

Iran Strikes UAE, International Ships as Ceasefire Teeters

Iran Renews Attacks on the UAE: The United Arab Emirates condemned what it called “renewed terrorist, unprovoked Iranian attacks targeting civilian sites and facilities in the...

In Iran, Behavior Changes Only When The Regime Does

An Islamist system built on anti-Americanism and export of terrorism will not abandon the very tools that sustain it.

London stabbings shine light on Hamas’s success

Like other countries where anti-Jewish and anti-Israel outrages have reached epidemic proportions, the British public has remained fairly silent in the face of an upsurge in Jew-hatred.

Blockade Pressure Mounts as Washington Rejects Tehran’s Proposal

The Islamic Republic can absorb air and missile strikes but cannot withstand economic collapse. Yet it risks such a collapse if it does not budge. President Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s proposal...

When will Britain protect its citizens?

There was a time that Britain prided itself on protecting its citizens – whatever their religion – wherever they were in the world. Now the government is reluctant to defend them from foreign...

U.S. Signals Approval of New Iraqi Prime Minister-Designate Selected by Pro-Tehran Bloc

More than five months after its national elections, Iraq may finally have a new leader.          On April 27, Iraqi President Nizar Amedi named Ali al-Zaidi,...

To Squeeze Hezbollah, Look to West Africa

With Iran blockaded and weakened, Hezbollah may be increasingly dependent on its West African financial schemes.

Reopening the Strait Is Now Job One in the Iran War

The regime has concluded that the ability to control the route is its ticket to survival and rejuvenation.

Don’t Bet on Qatar Standing by America in the Middle East

War is unpredictable and with Operation Epic Fury, some of the biggest surprises have occurred off the battlefield. Qatar’s posture is one of them. Years of engagement with Iran gave way to a relationship...

Data Centers, Telecommunications Networks, and Space-Based Systems

Modernizing DHS’s SRMA Role for the Communications and IT Sectors

Tick-tock, Tehran — the regime’s escape routes are closing fast

The clock is ticking in Washington and Tehran. With midterm elections approaching, pressure is building on President Donald Trump — from the left and the isolationist right — to wind down...

Strait of Hormuz should not reopen on Tehran’s terms

Washington should define success not as traffic resumed, but as Tehran stripped of the practical ability to use the strait as a recurring instrument of leverage.

Think we’re losing the war in Iran? Consider where things really stand

From nuclear setbacks to proxy collapse, the Islamic Republic faces its most severe strategic crisis in 47 years

Finish the job: Why a half war with Iran is the most dangerous outcome

Iran's regime is already shifting tactics, and an unfinished war gives Tehran exactly what it needs: time

Turkey Is the Weak Link in Trump’s Economic War on Iran

The nation’s regulatory and commercial environment remains a critical conduit for Tehran.