While Jamaat has often participated in electoral politics, its long-term objective has remained unchanged: the establishment of a theocratic state under Islamic jurisprudence. Within hours of the news [of Iranian Supreme Guide Ayatollah Ali Khameni’s elimination]…. Jamaat-e-Islami…[s]enior leaders delivered speeches accusing the United States and Israel of “murder” and calling for mass mobilization. Even though organizationally separate, the Muslim Brotherhood […]

Iran’s leaders know they cannot win this war outright. Their strategy, as analysts have noted, is to drive up the costs for President Donald Trump — in casualties, energy prices, and inflation — and hope he declares victory and goes home. That will not work when it comes to energy. Tehran has disrupted critical oil and gas facilities in Qatar, […]

Key Takeaways: The combined force continues to degrade Iran’s retaliatory capabilities. Satellite imagery captured on March 2 shows damage to a missile base near Najafabad, Esfahan Province. The imagery shows three impact points likely caused by bunker buster bombs.The combined force has continued to attack Iranian naval assets in order to prevent Iran’s navies from being able to conduct retaliatory […]

The assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint strikes carried out by the United States (US) and Israel triggered widespread unrest across Pakistan on March 1, 2026. The protests exposed the country’s fragile internal security environment and the complexity of its diplomatic balancing between competing regional and global actors. Protests erupted in several major cities including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, […]

Pakistan has announced the launch of Operation Ghazab Lil Haq following deadly cross-border clashes with Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government along the Durand Line. Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have flared into one of the most serious confrontations in recent years, with Islamabad announcing the launch of “Operation Ghazab Lil Haq” in response to what it described as aggression from Afghan Taliban […]

The spokesperson expressed hope that “good-faith dialogue” between Kabul and Islamabad would help defuse the crisis. Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said Tehran is deeply concerned about the rising tension between Kabul and Islamabad, warning that any further escalation could have consequences beyond the two neighboring states. Speaking at a press conference, Baghaei said Iran stands ready to […]

Les opérations de renseignement israéliennes en Iran ont alarmé Pékin, qui les a perçues comme un nouveau modèle de guerre du renseignement, ce qui a incité à une coopération technologique, sécuritaire et stratégique plus étroite avec Téhéran. Les experts militaires et les agences de renseignement chinoises décrivent de plus en plus l’infiltration profonde du Mossad en Iran comme l’ouverture d’une […]

Les opérations de renseignement israéliennes en Iran ont alarmé Pékin, qui les a perçues comme un nouveau modèle de guerre du renseignement, ce qui a incité à une coopération technologique, sécuritaire et stratégique plus étroite avec Téhéran. Les experts militaires et les agences de renseignement chinoises décrivent de plus en plus l’infiltration profonde du Mossad en Iran comme l’ouverture d’une […]

Concerns about the Uyghur file, investment risks, and other issues are still constraining the relationship to a certain extent, but fortifying those restraints will require Washington to exert further leverage on several fronts. The gradual upsurge in both high-level Turkish visits to China and Chinese investments in Turkey points to a potential deepening of their bilateral relations. What is driving […]

The Trump administration is reportedly considering whether to seize additional tankers carrying sanctioned Iranian oil. This comes on the heels of the Indian Coast Guard’s first-ever seizure of “shadow fleet” vessels carrying Iranian oil on February 6. Indian authorities identified the three tankers — the Al Jafzia, Asphalt Star, and Stellar Ruby — as part of a smuggling ring that […]