Experts suggest that while the joint United States–Israel offensive has significantly reduced Iran’s missile and drone capabilities, Tehran still retains enough military assets to inflict considerable damage. The White House stated last Saturday, “Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities have been virtually destroyed. Their navy is not in a position to conduct warfare. We maintain complete air […]

Ali Larijani, long regarded as the calm and pragmatic face of Iran’s political establishment, has combined scholarly erudition with decades of political influence. A mathematician and philosopher, Larijani authored a thesis on 18th-century German thinker Immanuel Kant and has played a central role in negotiating Iran’s nuclear programme with Western powers. However, on 1 March, […]

China has formally responded to the conflict imposed on Iran by the so-called “Epstein Syndicate” – the US-Israel alliance – through a dual-pronged approach involving both diplomatic and military channels. This reflects Beijing’s assessment of the situation as both a severe political-diplomatic tension and a tangible military threat. A spokesperson from the People’s Liberation Army […]

Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, has claimed that Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s National Security Council, and Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Basij forces, have been killed. Larijani was regarded as one of Iran’s most senior and influential surviving political figures, playing a key role in shaping the country’s security and diplomatic policies […]