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PALESTINE26 DAYS AGO
Israel’s undeclared nukes, Western complicity and case for dismantling its nuclear infrastructure
For decades, Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal – built with Western support and shielded by US patronage – has exposed the bankruptcy of global non-proliferation, weaponized international institutions against countries like Iran, and threatened regional stability through an expansionist doctrine. It’s high time to dismantle the regime’s nuclear infrastructure.
ECONOMYONE MONTH AGO
The illusion of ‘maximum pressure’: New Iran sanctions recycle failed strategy with same old results
The latest US sanctions on Iran repackage the failed “maximum pressure” campaign, despite four decades of Iranian adaptation, Washington’s irreparable credibility deficit, and mounting costs to American consumers and global stability, all of which demonstrate that sanctions have failed to achieve their objectives and are unlikely ever to do so.
DEFENSEONE MONTH AGO
Without a binding ‘no aggression, no threat’ US guarantee, no war-ending deal can make headway
Any war-ending deal with Iran must include a binding and enforceable US commitment to non-aggression and no future threats against Iran or its allies; without which any deal or understanding is merely a lull before another storm.
POLITICSONE MONTH AGO
One front: Why Iran links any war-ending deal to ending US-Israeli aggression across all fronts
Iran's integrated security doctrine insists that any war-ending deal must cease US-Israeli aggression across all fronts – Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, and Palestine – as regional security is indivisible and a separate peace on any single front is strategically untenable
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DEFENSEONE MONTH AGO
Why expelling US military and dismantling their assets are key to regional peace and stability
The recent US-Israeli war against Iran exposed American military bases as magnets for regional destabilization, underscoring how host countries can become legitimate targets rather than protected allies and suggesting that durable regional peace and security ultimately depend on the expulsion of US forces and the dismantlement of their military infrastructure.
DEFENSEONE MONTH AGO
Iran’s new military command and strategic shift toward offensive deterrence and integrated warfare
The new military appointments by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution signal an important strategic realignment emphasizing offensive deterrence, popular mobilization, ideological cohesion, unified command and modernization amid continued enemy hostility.
DEFENSE2 MONTHS AGO
Strait of Hormuz as strategic fulcrum: Iran’s credible deterrence and the limits of US coercion
Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, in response to the continued US violations of the MoU and a fresh wave of military aggression, constitutes a calibrated strategy of cost imposition, transforming defensive action into decisive geopolitical leverage.