From the Forum
Analysis, testimony, and field work from the Middle East Forum's analysts and fellows.
Iran
+2
Aug 4, 2026
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12 min read
The Cost of Quiet
Bessent says a Hormuz deal may come today, Qatar says the drafts are circulating, a cargo ship was struck overnight, and Tehran says no talks are happening at all. Plus the war's rising cost on Israel's home front.
Iran
+2
Aug 3, 2026
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9 min read
The Cost of Waiting
The war's bill comes due at home: a third straight year of record Israeli emigration, a migration deficit, and a growing economic drag. Plus CENTCOM's suggestion box, a thank-you to Tehran, and the dangerous pause.
Iran
+3
Jul 31, 2026
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10 min read
Gaza Disarmament? Read The Small Print
Trump announces the complete disarmament of Hamas, Hamas attaches a Palestinian state to its heavy weapons, Riyadh launches a 14-nation fleet without the UAE, and the oil majors post the war's invoice.
Iran
+2
Jul 30, 2026
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13 min read
Pricing the Perimeter
CENTCOM answers the barrage with dozens of targets, an Iranian strike kills a worker in Kuwait, a drone reaches the Mediterranean, the Houthis draft their toll, and Khoshnood's featured piece on what relief would refinance.
Iran
+2
Jul 28, 2026
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14 min read
Pricing the War
Netanyahu carries the Pickaxe file to the Oval Office, Riyadh puts Baghdad on notice, Rome gets a date, and Tehran prices its own war.
Iran
+3
Jul 26, 2026
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8 min read
Architecture Over Exchanges: A Five-Part Strategy to End the Iran War
A head for an eye is a price, not a plan. The Sunday Long View on what the next twenty-four months must build: five instruments to convert strike dominance into victory architecture.
Iran
+3
Jul 24, 2026
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15 min read
Bigger Than Epic Fury
Night 13 complete, 50,000 Americans in theater, B-1s tracked out of Fairford, 150 medics at Landstuhl, and the Forum's paper trail on the end of containment.
Iran
+5
Jul 23, 2026
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13 min read
$100 Oil, Red Sea Siege, and Trump’s Nuclear Pivot
First blood under the Houthi blockade, a $100 close, a "massive attack" weighed, a signed Saudi deal repriced by post, and the Forum's read of Iraq's $1.47 billion judgment against Turkey.
Iran
+3
Jul 22, 2026
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14 min read
Hidden Handouts, $10 Deeds, and Iran’s Red Line
MEF's new audit finds $79,045,396 in HHS money for the Islamist network, and CAIR's headquarters moves for a recited $10. Two investigations, one method: read the documents nobody else will.
Iran
+4
Jul 21, 2026
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15 min read
Tehran’s Fake Diplomacy and the 10-Day Reload
The regime scripted the Hormuz closure before the first shot, staged the talks "for closure," and now wants ten days. The confession, the invoice, and the $7.7 million file behind CAIR Plaza.
Iran
+5
Jul 20, 2026
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13 min read
The Realignment
Seventeen American names, nine nights of strikes, a Houthi blockade of Saudi Arabia, and a region done renting deterrence. The era of Western frameworks is ending; here are the receipts.
Iran
+4
Jul 6, 2026
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13 min read
The Mourning Machine
Iran buries a leader and rebuilds a war machine; Washington waits for the funeral to end.
Iran
+2
Jun 29, 2026
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11 min read
From Memorandum to Missiles
One week into the 60-day window, the U.S. and Iran are trading missiles across the Gulf.
Iran
+5
Jun 22, 2026
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10 min read
Iran lost the war. Now it's charging admission.
A mined strait, a brand-new "Strait Authority," billions unfrozen — and a deal that rewards all of it.
