News and analysis on Iran: the IRGC, nuclear talks, U.S.–Iran confrontation, Strait of Hormuz shipping and Tehran’s regional proxies.
Iran war update: Hormuz ship attacks hit a wartime high, US forces destroy a spy dhow, and Iran reportedly orders Hezbollah readiness.
A Conflict Armament Research report says Yemen’s Houthis imported Chinese-made motor and airframe parts to build Iran’s Kheibar Shekan missile.
Middle East war update: Aramco HQ hit as Houthi fire widens, Hormuz ships take new projectile strikes, and Iran executes a mountaineer.
Law-STEM fellows urge the US and Israel to warn civilians before IRGC strikes. We checked every Geneva and ICRC rule the open letter cites.
Death-row prisoner Reza Zanganeh, 27, was moved to solitary in Ghezel Hesar, HRANA says. He was sentenced over alleged Mossad ties; his appeal is pending.
Middle East war update: Houthis fire on Riyadh a third day, 29 nations back the UK’s Fairford blame on Iran, and Tehran readies its Hormuz reply.
Full Hansard text of Andy Burnham’s October 12, 2026 Commons statement on the UN, Ukraine, diesel, RAF Fairford and the EU, with MPs’ questions and key quotes.
Middle East war update: a second Riyadh airport strike kills one, a drone hits a tanker off Oman, and Tehran rejects the US Hormuz reply.
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon up to $6.3B for SM-3 Block IB interceptors. Only $454M is committed so far, and no missile count is public.
What sources show about the IRGC’s hold on Iran: executions, mosque statistics, GAMAAN polling, Reza Pahlavi’s stated plan and analysts’ views on collapse.
Middle East war update: a Riyadh airport strike kills 12, Trump weighs hitting the Houthis, and US jets disable a blockade runner.
Middle East war update: Iran claims a tanker strike, Yemeni forces take the Bab al-Mandab shore, and Moscow relays Tehran’s terms to Trump.
Trump rules out Iran strikes before Nov. 3, Houthi missiles kill three Saudis at Riyadh airport, and tanker attacks spread beyond Hormuz.
Tanker strikes, missiles at Gulf bases, Houthi attacks and stalled talks on the Strait of Hormuz: a dated timeline of September’s U.S.–Iran war.
AeroVironment, Epirus, Kord and Boeing laser and microwave weapons will face drones in a yearlong Pentagon trial at five U.S. military bases.
Rubio and Gerapetritis unveil arms sales, Strykers and a Florida Guard link in Athens; Greece offers conditional naval help in the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran says it fixed safe Hormuz corridors with Muscat, while an IRGC adviser vows to shut ‘illegal routes’ and CENTCOM calls the closure claim false.
Houthi strikes kill three at Saudi airports as the coalition hits 82 targets, a tanker is struck off Qatar, and Washington weighs new Iran strike options.
UKMTO logs nine attacks so far in October, half of September’s total, as Gulf-to-China tanker rates hit a record $1.3 million a day.
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey invoke the Mecca pact for the first time after Houthi strikes, agreeing to a rapid deployment to the kingdom.
Paydari Front MPs say Araghchi met US envoy Witkoff without authorization; security chief Mohsen Rezaei says the New York talks were approved.
Yemen’s Red Sea coast offensive stalls near Dhubab as Houthi missiles and drones reach Saudi airports, and a Hormuz tanker attack injures 12 crew.
IRGC turns a tanker back in the Strait of Hormuz, Yemen’s Taiz road fight intensifies, and Israel digs in east of Gaza’s Yellow Line.
President Alimi launches military operations to retake Houthi-held land after the group seized Bab el-Mandeb and closed in on Taiz.
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