Iran

Mar 27, 2023

An Iranian suicide drone wounded six Americans and killed one in Syria

A suicide drone struck a maintenance installation in Syria on the afternoon of March 23, 2023. The attack wounded five service members and an American contractor. Another American contractor was…

Coalition Forces target ISIS vehicles after the Syrian Democratic Forces provided their location in Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, Nov. 28, 2018. Continued assistance to partner forces is essential to setting conditions for regional stability. The Coalition and its partners remain united and resolved to prevent the resurgence of ISIS and its violent extremist ideology. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Crane)

Mar 27, 2023

Mar 8, 2023

Reports believe Iran is close to having weapons-grade uranium

The threshold for enriching uranium to a purity that can be used in a nuclear weapon is 90%. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency suspect Iran has enriched uranium…

Mar 8, 2023

Feb 22, 2023

How a port-a-potty almost sparked a US Constitutional crisis in Syria

In 2017, the American intervention in the Syrian Civil War was heating up fast. A new President of the United States took office that year, and the new Commander-In-Chief wanted…

Feb 22, 2023

Feb 9, 2023

Israeli Mossad is striking Iranian military centers and leaders, anywhere in the world

There aren’t a lot of sureties in the world these days, especially in world geopolitics. If there’s anything that is certain, it’s that Iran’s hardline Islamic regime won’t get a…

Feb 9, 2023

Feb 7, 2023

Here’s why South Korea’s president just referred to Iran as the ‘enemy’

In his 2002 State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush lumped in Iraq, Iran and North Korea together as an “Axis of Evil.” At the time, many criticized…

south korean president said iran is the enemy

Feb 7, 2023

Jan 17, 2023

The world’s top geopolitical risks in 2023, according to experts

Eurasia Group, founded in 1998 by geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer, brings the world of business and investment to the outlook on world politics. Political scientists, risk analysts and consultants inform…

Jan 17, 2023

Jan 12, 2023

This German armored vehicle is Ukraine’s answer to Iranian-made suicide drones

On New Year’s Eve, Russia launched its own kind of Blitz over the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Swarms of Iranian-built suicide drones, upgraded by Russian engineers for increased accuracy and…

Jan 12, 2023

Dec 5, 2022

Why Iran is stepping up its assassination plots in the West

It’s no secret that Iran’s conventional forces are no match for its key international rivals. It even took heavy losses when fighting a conventional war against neighboring Iraq for much…

Dec 5, 2022

Nov 17, 2022

The 5 most sanctioned countries in the world

When countries start violating international agreements, get aggressive or start invading their neighbors, it’s not always a casus belli (a justification to go to war). While violence may not be…

Nov 17, 2022

Nov 30, 2022

Iran might be planning an attack on Saudi Arabia – and the US is showing force

Iran and Saudi Arabia have been regional rivals since the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew the Shah of Iran and plunged the country into decades of Shia Islamist theocracy. The two…

Nov 30, 2022

Oct 11, 2022

This was the last enemy ship sunk by the US Navy in combat

When the last Perry-class frigate, the USS Simpson, lowered her flag for the last time in 2015, it left only one ship in the active fleet which sank an enemy in combat. The USS Constitution sank an enemy ship, the British HMS G…

Oct 11, 2022

Jun 12, 2022

6 wild facts about the deadly creator of SEAL Team Six

These days, Richard Marcinko is a business instructor, author, and motivational speaker. In his earlier years, “Demo Dick” was the United States’ premier counterterrorism operator. Marcinko

Jun 12, 2022

May 31, 2023

This is what happened to all the old US F-14 Tomcats

The idea of selling Iran rare F-14 Tomcat parts so it didn’t have to cannibalize its own F-14 inventory was preposterous.

May 31, 2023

May 2, 2023

Iranian fanatics tried to spark a war with the US during Desert Storm

In 1991, the United States and its coalition allies scored a decisive victory over Iraq, pushing the invading army out of Kuwait after a 40-day air war and 100-hour ground assault. The coalition was almost universally recognized, only Jordan, Algeri…

May 2, 2023

Feb 5, 2023

The horrifying way Iran used kids to clear mines

The only good mines are one that are cleared — or better yet, never used in the first place. Today mines are generally seen as relics of bygone eras, deadly weapons that remain dangerous long after the war is fought. Forgotten minefields all over …

Feb 5, 2023

Dec 26, 2021

This is the story behind the failed hostage rescue in Iran

On the night of April 1, 1980, two CIA officers flew Major John T. Carney Jr., a U.S. Air Force Combat Controller, to a small strip of road in the South Khorasan Province, Iran. This location would live in special operations infamy foreve…

Dec 26, 2021

Mar 11, 2022

Why Israel may be planning a war against longtime rival Iran

After the United States pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iran rebooted its nuclear enrichment program. That didn’t sit…

Mar 11, 2022

Oct 27, 2021

This Iranian was the highest-scoring F-14 Tomcat pilot ever

Jalil Zandi’s Air Force legend almost never made it off the ground. He joined the Iranian Air Force when it was still the Imperial Iranian Air Force, under Shah Reza Pahlavi. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Zandi stayed blue – a ri…

Oct 27, 2021

Oct 18, 2022

4 times the Iranian navy got beat down in the Persian Gulf

The Iranian Navy sure does talk a big game for the sheer number of times it got slapped around in its home waters. When Iranian sailors captured U.S. Navy sailors in 2016, the usual response would have been a short, potent facepunch from a nearby ca…

Oct 18, 2022

Oct 4, 2021

Iran and the CIA teamed up to test Soviet airspace defenses

Project Dark Gene sounds like an effort to create an unstoppable army of evil super soldiers, but it’s actually much more sensible than something like that. It was a joint…

Oct 4, 2021

Aug 20, 2021

What exactly is Iran’s shadowy Quds Force?

For many Americans, it can be tough to understand exactly how Iran’s military apparatus stacks up against our own. Both nations manage their defense efforts in fundamentally different ways due to necessity, cultural differences, and internal politi…

Aug 20, 2021

BYRuddy Cano

Aug 4, 2021

5 countries before and after they fell to authoritarian rule

Regimes rise and fall. The Roman Empire lies in ruins and most of the former European colonies have regained their independence. Yet, each of these regimes leaves a long-lasting print…

BYRuddy Cano

Aug 4, 2021

Jul 25, 2021

These are the jets Iran would use to fight the US

After forty years of sanctions and arms embargoes, Iran’s air force has slowly become an eclectic mishmash of aging platforms sourced through various channels. If war were to break out between Iran and the United States today, U.S. pilots would fin…

Jul 25, 2021

Jul 1, 2021

The 3 weirdest ways Iran’s military uses martial arts (includes an all-female ninja army)

In the modern world, most nations cultivate a variety of martial arts disciplines within their borders, not as a formal effort of the government, but rather as a byproduct of public interest. Here in the United States, motivated students can find pl…