Iran

Netanyahu's closing argument to Israeli voters, per Reuters and Samuel: another term for him could mean the war with Iran starting up again. Trump was front and center on election eve, and Netanyahu pointed to the… Show more

Netanyahu election pitch on Iran war

Trump's not launching anything at Tehran right away, says there will be no attack on Iran today

Trump on Iran: deal or finish them off, calling it the only question

Israeli intelligence has signs Iran and its proxies may try attacks meant to throw off Tuesday's election, per Benjamin Netanyahu. His message to them: "Don't test us, you will suffer disproportionately severe blows." He… Show more

the timing is what jumps out: a little over a week from the midterms, and Marco Rubio is holding a report that Iranian lethal plotting aimed at American citizens abroad has climbed into "ADVANCED STAGES," per the… Show more

Netanyahu's Iran threat talk was a pretext, per Gadi Eisenkot: the PM supposedly knew the regime had no nuclear arms and still leaned on that fear to push military escalation. Delusional is the word he used. It's all… Show more

Is Mossad up to its old tricks again? That's the question Geopolitics Watch (TG) puts on the record, via writer Mhedi, after word that two explosions reportedly hit a radar installation near Tabriz in northwestern Iran.… Show more

Explosions reported near Tabriz radar site

Another U.S. strike on Iran isn't off the table, per Trump. Pressed on whether American forces could hit the country again, he offered "There's a possibility." So the president leaves the door open to more bombing, with… Show more

The question Brandon put to Will Chamberlain and Michael Tracey is the one that may end up settling who runs Congress: do voters weigh Trump by what he got done, or by the pledges they feel he abandoned? With the… Show more

Chamberlain and Tracey debate Trump's midterm risk

Footage of the Arash drone line running, aired on Iranian TV, with Amir Hatami announcing more production hubs and a big stockpile of drones. The broadcast also claimed the warhead went from 50kg to 100kg, that there's… Show more

Daniel's point lands harder the longer you sit with it: the gym pool being a touch cold is nothing. SEAL Delivery Vehicles take on water the second they pull away from the submarine, and from there the crew is under the… Show more

Tom Barrack's read on the region is that it has never actually aligned, and that's the thing worth sitting with. In our conversation the U.S. Ambassador sketched what a revival could look like in practice: a ceasefire… Show more

Iran is playing chicken with peace talks, and that's the backdrop for Trump's announcement out of Iowa: $150M going straight into American fuel refining capacity through the Defense Production Act. He says the goal is to… Show more

The withdrawal of US assets from Al Udeid is the tell, according to retired Green Beret Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar. He reads it as a sign the conflict is heading somewhere worse, and he lays out what that looks like:… Show more

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