- Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?
- Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
- Khatam Headquarters Merged with Armed Forces General Staff in Major Iranian Military Reform
- US Aggression Against Iran Behind Hormuz Insecurity
- Austrian Journalist Highlights Freedom Flotilla’s Bid to Break Gaza Blockade
- Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
- Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
- Restructuring Iran’s Military Command: Show of Stability amid War
- Hormuz Uncertainty Pushes Oil Prices Higher
- Iran FM Spox: Israel Is Region’s ‘Greatest Security Threat’
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Sen. Murphy Declares Trump Has ‘Lost’ Iran War Democratic Senator Chris Murphy says the US president has “lost the war” against Iran
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Iranian President Meets Leader to Discuss Major National Issues President Masoud Pezeshkian has met with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei
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Agreement with Oman Does Not Entail Reopening Hormuz Ongoing talks in Oman concerning transit through the Strait of Hormuz do not amount to a full reopening of the strategic waterway
Journalists Play Key Role in Strengthening National Unity Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stressed that journalists and media professionals play a vital role in strengthening national unity
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represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
Wahhabism & Extremism
Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening
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Journalists Play Key Role in Strengthening National Unity
Saturday 8 August 2026
Tehran’s position toward the United States remains unchanged, while noting that dialogue and diplomacy have nevertheless compelled Washington to reach an understanding with Iran.
Pezeshkian also called for safeguarding diplomatic achievements, citing a recent dispute over the Strait of Hormuz ...
Analysis
Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty
Monday 10 August 2026
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Tehran for consultations with Iranian officials over centralizing military authority and monopolizing weapons in the hands of the central government. The ruling bloc has also set up a committee to engage Iraqi armed groups and review the weapons handover process, according to the report.
Economical ...
Analysis
Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power
Monday 10 August 2026
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Tehran have managed to return the transit in the Strait of Hormuz to normal. So, Trump is facing a reality the US politicians have feared since 1980s: The military superiority does not necessarily mean the power to impose it on the asymmetrical battlegrounds, like Strait of Hormuz crisis.
But the p ...
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Sen. Murphy Declares Trump Has ‘Lost’ Iran War
Monday 10 August 2026
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Tehran. He warned that continued fighting was also hurting Americans as prices rise.
Murphy said he would support even a “bad deal” to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and vowed to oppose funding for continued military operations. However, he said he would support reple ...
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Hormuz Uncertainty Pushes Oil Prices Higher
Monday 10 August 2026
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Tehran says talks with Oman are nearing completion but maintains that Washington must meet several conditions before the strait can reopen.
Report
Restructuring Iran’s Military Command: Show of Stability amid War
Tuesday 11 August 2026
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Tehran is in control despite war. Alwaght- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei’s decrees appointing six senior Iranian military commanders swiftly grabbed international media attention. A significant share of outlets framed the moves not as routine administrative shuffles, ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
Tuesday 11 August 2026
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Tehran's conditions to normalize the transit status in the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait developments to the rise of new defense coalitions all bear witness to a transformation in the security balance post-war. In this regard, Alwaght has talked to Ahmad Zarean, an Iranian politic ...
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US Aggression Against Iran Behind Hormuz Insecurity
Tuesday 11 August 2026
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Tehran describes as illegal interventions, while both sides agreed to continue diplomatic consultations.
Analysis
Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
Wednesday 12 August 2026
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Tehran has eroded trust among its longtime regional partners, nudging them toward a security framework outside US orbit.
Taken together, these developments paint a picture of West Asia that looks nothing like what the Trump administration envisioned at the start of its new term: broad Israeli-Arab ...
Report
Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?
Friday 14 August 2026
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Tehran has proven defeat is not a choice. Alwaght- As we draw closer to expiry of the 60-day agreement between the US and Iran, one question presents itself again: If Washington and Tehran fail to strike a final deal before end of the deadline, what will come next? While the US President Donald Trum ...
