Iran’s Air Defense Radar Network Was the First Thing Destroyed Before the Main Strikes Began
When the United States and Israel launched their coordinated military campaign against Iran on February 28, 2026, the very first targets were not nuclear...
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Iran’s Chabahar Port — Its Only Deep Water Naval Base — Was Hit Multiple Times
Iran's Chabahar Port, the country's only deep-water naval facility on the Gulf of Oman, was struck multiple times during Operation Epic Fury, a...
The U.S. Navy Destroyed More Iranian Ships in One Day Than It Has Sunk Since World War II
On April 18, 1988, the United States Navy launched Operation Praying Mantis, a single-day retaliatory strike against Iran that resulted in the destruction...
Iran’s Entire Ballistic Missile Production Chain Was Targeted in the First 12 Hours
Within the first 36 hours of the joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran that began on February 28, 2026, coalition forces unleashed more than...
Trump Bet His Entire Foreign Policy Legacy on Bombing Iran — The Stakes Could Not Be Higher
President Trump has staked his entire foreign policy legacy on a military confrontation with Iran, launching a sustained bombing campaign against Iranian...
Comparing Iran to Iraq or Afghanistan Isn’t a Perfect Analogy — But the Parallels Are Hard to Ignore
No, Iran is not Iraq, and it is not Afghanistan. The geography is different, the military is different, the political structure is different, and anyone...
Every Post-War Scenario for Iran Ranges From Complicated to Catastrophic
Every post-war scenario for Iran ranges from complicated to catastrophic because there is no clean exit from a conflict involving a nation of 90 million...
The People With the Most Weapons in Post-War Iran Will Make the Rules
The answer is straightforward and brutal: the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will make the rules in post-war Iran.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Has More to Lose From Regime Change Than Anyone in the Country
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stands to lose more from regime change than any other institution in the country because it has spent four...
The IRGC Controls Major Parts of Iran’s Economy — They Will Not Surrender That Willingly
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps does not merely serve as Iran's ideological military force — it operates as one of the largest commercial...