Iran’s Border With Pakistan Runs Through Ungoverned Territory

The border between Iran and Pakistan stretches approximately 959 kilometers (596 miles) through some of the most desolate and lawless terrain in South...

The border between Iran and Pakistan stretches approximately 959 kilometers (596 miles) through some of the most desolate and lawless terrain in South...

The Afghanistan-Iran border stretches 921 kilometers — 572 miles — across some of the most punishing terrain in Central Asia.

The border between Iran and Iraq stretches approximately 906 miles across some of the most rugged, mountainous, and inhospitable terrain in the Middle...

The short answer is that the United States does not have enough ground forces to secure Iran's weapons depots — not even close.

Iran's Basij militia claims millions of members on paper, but the real question facing U.S. and Israeli military planners in March 2026 is how many of...

Yes, IRGC officers have been trained specifically and systematically for asymmetric warfare against the United States — and this is not speculation or...

Iran did not simply watch the United States topple governments in Iraq and Afghanistan from the sidelines — it took notes, built a playbook, and...

The United States sits atop a vast, largely hidden network of thousands of underground tunnels and bunkers constructed over the better part of a century,...

Iran's vast road and rail network — over 223,000 kilometers of roads and roughly 15,700 kilometers of rail lines — is almost certainly going to serve as a...

The claim that Tehran sits more than 500 miles from the Persian Gulf is not only accurate — it arguably understates the challenge.