Iran
Iran
+3
Aug 17, 2026
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11 min read
Tehran's War on American Morale
It is a military operation. Treat it like one. Plus: the file on Tehran Trita. Free for every reader.
Iran
+4
Aug 13, 2026
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12 min read
The State of the Forum
The Eylon Levy interview on the Mecca pact, the Forum's mid-year record, the second-half agenda, and a two-week handoff to the MEF Dispatch. Plus the Hormuz claims, the amnesty vote, and Baghdad's September 30 deadline.
Iran
+4
Aug 12, 2026
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12 min read
The Closing Horseshoe: The Unlikely Convergence of US Extremes Against Israel
One amendment from the right, 103 votes from the left. The horseshoe theory, the two studies that tested it, the machinery connecting the fringes, and the beneficiary in Tehran. Plus the Gulf in brief and tonight's eclipse.
Iran
+4
Aug 11, 2026
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14 min read
The Blockade Shoots Back
CENTCOM puts two Hellfires into a blockade runner's engine room while Trump plays banker to a failing regime. Plus: Damascus sentences the Assads to death, Beirut retires the gallows over Hezbollah's objection, first blood on the water at Bab el-Mandeb, and six ships through Hormuz in a day.
Iran
+3
Aug 9, 2026
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8 min read
The Anatomy of a Leaked Operation
The Long View: The Mossad reassigned the men who promised to topple Tehran. The mission stands; the instrument was wrong. Plus the week in review and what to watch.
Iran
+2
Aug 7, 2026
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16 min read
One for All: Circular Firing Squad or Mutual Defense Agreement?
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign a mutual-defense pact in Mecca, and the Houthis deliver its first test within hours. What the treaty says, what it doesn't, and what it means for Washington, Jerusalem, and the Gulf capitals that stayed home.
Iran
+3
Aug 6, 2026
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13 min read
Iran's Shakedown and America's Empty Quiver
Iran draws the Hormuz route through its own waters, threatens to black out the Gulf, and Washington discovers its quiver is nearly empty. Plus first Israeli deaths in Lebanon since the June truce, and your poll verdict.
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
+5
Jul 29, 2026
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13 min read
What the Silence Was For
The IRGC fires on Jordan hours after the Oval Office meeting, American and Saudi jets answer in Iraq, Iran rejects Oman's plan, and the fall briefing tour opens for bookings.
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.
