Iran War Has Drained U.S. Supplies of Critical, Costly Weapons
The Pentagon’s rush to rearm its Mideast forces makes it less ready to confront potential adversaries like Russia and China, administration and congressional officials say.
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Trump Keeps Talking About Iran’s ‘Nuclear Dust.’ What Is It?
First of all, it isn’t dust. It’s Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium, which is stored in large canisters about the size of scuba tanks.
The Generals Running Iran
The war has empowered the Revolutionary Guards and seems to be shifting the theocratic republic toward something more like a military regime.
Ex-CIA head warns of ‘real trouble for the future’ after watching Trump admin’s blunders
A former CIA director cautioned that recent missteps by the Trump administration in its handling of the war in Iran could spell “real trouble for the future.”Leon Panetta, the former CIA director, said on CNN on Thursday that “badly stalled” talks wit…
Trump may talk of regime infighting, but Iran seems united by strategy born of war
Tensions around US negotiations may reflect mistake of assassinating more pragmatic and experienced figuresMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the infighting between moderates and hardliners in Iran’s leadership is so intense…
Top Condom Producer to Increase Prices Due to War in Iran
The world’s top condom maker is raising prices of its products by up to 30 percent, warning that shortages of raw materials and chemicals because of the war in Iran could disrupt production.
UK prepared to deploy RAF Typhoons to keep strait of Hormuz open after Iran war
Proposal at heart of offer made during a 30-country two-day meeting jointly organised by FranceMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain is prepared to deploy a squadron of RAF Typhoons based in Qatar to patrol over the strait of Hormuz as part of a mul…
Extended naval blockade is admission US military escalation poses even greater risk
Battle of the blockades may still have more time to run as the US and Iran try to assert control over the strait of HormuzDonald Trump’s decision to extend the naval blockade of Iran indefinitely may do nothing to reduce world oil prices – but it could…
Trump claims US has total control over strait of Hormuz after Iran seizes two container ships
US president says Tehran hobbled by infighting as Pentagon reportedly briefs mine clearance may take six monthsMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has again said that the US has “total control over the strait of Hormuz”, adding that Iran’s le…
Masked Guards, Speedboats, And Rifles: Iran Seizes India-Bound Ship Amid US Ceasefire Extension
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has released visuals showing the interception and seizure of two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the India-bound Epaminondas and the MSC Francesca.The footage depicts speedboats flying Iranian flags approaching the ships, followed by soldiers wearing face masks and carrying rifles climbing aboard. Nour News, affiliated with Iran’s Supreme National