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Raising the Cost and Prolonging the Conflict With Minimal Attrition: How Iran Is Managing Its War

Estimates of the potential patterns of confrontation between Iran and the United States preceded the outbreak of the war itself. Military exercises conducted by both sides, escalating rhetoric, and gradually increasing military deployments had already revealed the contours of the...

Ahmad Tanani Ahmad Tanani

Ali Larijani: Tehran’s New Center of Power

The first voice Iranians heard after the official announcement of the assassination of several Iranian leaders in the joint U.S.-Israeli strike foremost among them Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was that of Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council....

Ahmad Tanani Ahmad Tanani

Preemption and Prevention: The Language Through Which “Israel” Legitimizes Its Wars

On the morning of February 28, 2026, “Israel” launched a surprise strike deep inside Iranian territory, describing the attack as “preemptive,” aimed at eliminating threats surrounding the state. The U.S. administration responded by saying the strike came in reaction to...

Sujoud Awais Sujoud Awais

A Moment of Exposure: Huckabee and the Zionist Narrative at an Impasse

The global Zionist movement and its influential lobbying networks across the world could hardly have imagined that just 140 minutes would be enough to undermine a narrative meticulously constructed over decades. That narrative initiated by the Israeli occupying state and...

Emad Anan Emad Anan

The Long War Scenario with Iran: Can the Parties Withstand the Costs of Potential Attrition?

Despite the fluctuating pace of negotiations, indicators of escalation are mounting in ways that suggest an almost inevitable slide toward war particularly with the deployment of the U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln to the Middle East, alongside Iran’s launch of...

Ahmad Tanani Ahmad Tanani

How Wealth and Influence Create a Moral Sense of Entitlement: The Case of Epstein’s Island

The legal system, originally designed by humans to ensure justice around the world, has been reshaped by political and economic forces into a managerial tool meant to control the behavior of the general public. Simultaneously, it is being reengineered to...

Noon Post Noon Post

Venezuela’s Oil and Trump’s Friends: Who Gets a Slice of the Pie?

The U.S. administration made little effort to disguise the real motive behind its assault on Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro in early January. From the outset, it was abundantly clear that Venezuelan oil was the defining issue of...

Hiba Birat Hiba Birat

Conflating Anti-Semitism with Anti-Zionism: How Israel’s Immunity Was Engineered

“There is no finish line... If someone uses the word ‘Zionist’ as an insult, it will be classified as a crime, and action will be taken against them,” declared Adam Presser, TikTok’s new Head of Operations, inaugurating a new era...

Sujoud Awais Sujoud Awais

“We Were Cut Off from the World”: Testimonies from Hadramaut’s Secret Prisons

The issue of unofficial prisons in Yemen’s eastern Hadramaut governorate has once again come under the spotlight, following unprecedented official accusations against the United Arab Emirates of operating secret detention centers in the area most notably, suspected sites within the...

Bushra Alhomidy Bushra Alhomidy

Why Gulf States Fear the Fall of the Iranian Regime

What began in Iran as a bazaar merchants’ strike amid the sharp collapse of the national currency quickly ignited broader protests over the country’s worsening economic conditions. These protests erupted just as Iran emerged from a war that, at its...

Ahmad Tanani Ahmad Tanani