Trump demands that Iran return to its own borders—abandon its nuclear dream, curb its missiles, and end proxy wars.
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China is hardening Iran’s defenses ahead of a potential U.S. strike, supplying intelligence and missile technology.
Diego Garcia, a UK territory with a major U.S. base, is central to Trump’s Iran contingency planning.
Khamenei interprets survival as victory; military pressure hardens resolve. To break the cycle, Trump must target not just the program, but the leader.
North Africa is positioning itself as a strategic bridge between resource-rich sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.
Khamenei’s rule is ending from seven irreversible strategic failures, not protests alone—systemic constraints, not policy errors.
Türkiye and Iraq are deepening ties through security cooperation against the PKK and the multibillion-dollar Development Road Project.
Iran faces a historic leadership transition as Khamenei ages. Three scenarios loom—clerical continuity, military rule, or collapse—none promising democracy.
Israeli strategists now warn that Turkey, not Iran, may become its next great rival—a NATO member with economic heft and Ottoman legacy.
Pro-Pahlavi misinformation distorts Iran’s protests, playing into the regime’s narrative of foreign-backed conspiracies.