News and analysis on Iran: the IRGC, nuclear talks, U.S.–Iran confrontation, Strait of Hormuz shipping and Tehran’s regional proxies.
Yemen opens a campaign to retake Houthi territory as another Hormuz tanker is struck and Israel’s strike on Hamas’s top Gaza official stays unresolved.
Peter’s World has launched a sourced memorial of people executed in Iran. What the IRGC and the judiciary each do, what monitors count, and what Tehran says.
Peter’s World launches a sourced Protest Tracker for the US, UK and Iran. How it counts crowds and casualties, and what the first 75 entries show.
Full State Department transcript of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s September 8, 2026 press remarks in Barranquilla, Colombia, with summary and key quotes.
Full State Department transcript of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s September 23, 2026 press remarks in New York on Iran, Cuba, Ukraine and China.
The Senate voted 49-50 on Sept. 24 against a resolution to end US hostilities with Iran. Here is what it said, how senators voted, and what could come next.
President Trump signed the Russia and Iran sanctions act on Sept. 18. Here is what it requires, how it passed 86-11 and 262-159, and what remains unsettled.
The Navy awarded Raytheon up to $24.4B for SM-6 interceptors—more than 1,900 missiles over five years—as Iran-war stockpile drains and Pacific demand rises.
The Army’s $58.6B PAC-3 MSE deal aims to triple Patriot interceptor output by 2030 as the Iran war and Ukraine drain stocks and allies seek their own lines.
The Army’s $1.2 billion PrSM Increment 2 order follows the missile’s Iran-war debut, a disputed strike and stockpile gaps, as it turns toward ship-hunting.
UKMTO cites a third-party report of an unknown projectile strike and fire; crew safe, ship unnamed, as US-Iran talks stay deadlocked.
Treasury’s Operation Economic Outcast hits Iran Khodro, SAIPA and state rail firms as Washington squeezes land logistics after the maritime blockade.
Theodore Roosevelt and Makin Island MEU leave San Diego; officials say three carriers and two amphibious groups may mass near Iran by late November.
A WSJ report says Quds Force tech and Chinese dual-use drone components help Houthis hold Mokha and press Bab el-Mandeb as Saudi-linked ships are hit.
After Tehran says it received a U.S. reply on Hormuz, Trump warns he could ‘blow them up’; aides push nuclear limits as Pezeshkian seeks a win-win deal.
Treasury targets 10 weapons procurers for Iran’s defense ministry; State designates Russia’s Yakovlev and MG-Flot and offers $15 million over IRGC finances.
Araghchi took Washington’s answer to Iran’s cabinet; a briefed official says both sides agree on the steps of the seven-day plan but not their order.
With Hormuz contested, Houthi control of Perim and Yemen’s Red Sea coast elevates Bab el-Mandeb as a second global energy chokepoint.
UN Ambassador Mike Waltz says Trump rejected Iran’s Hormuz reopen plan because Tehran wanted sanctions relief before nuclear negotiations.
Saudi-led forces said they shot down six Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu on Sept. 24, 2026, and Macron pledged French troops for Yanbu.
Iran proposed a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart nuclear talks if the U.S. lifts its blockade, per AP and Al Jazeera.
Iranian hardliners filed an impeachment motion against FM Abbas Araghchi over his UNGA contacts with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Saudi Arabia restarted its East-West crude pipeline at reduced rates after a drone shutdown, reopening a path for Aramco to resume tanker loadings at Yanbu.
At the UN, Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian rejected Trump’s “annihilate” threat, held up a photo of Ayatollah Khamenei and refused to reopen Hormuz on U.S. terms.
Houthis Turn to Chinese Parts for a Homegrown Kheibar Shekan Missile
Open Letter Urges US, Israel to Warn Civilians Before IRGC Strikes
Reza Zanganeh Moved to Solitary in Ghezel Hesar Under Death Sentence
Full Transcript: Andy Burnham, Commons International Update (October 12, 2026)
SM-3 Block IB: Raytheon’s $6.3B Deal to Restock Interceptors
Iran’s IRGC Under Pressure: Polls, Repression and Pahlavi’s PlanWe use cookies to improve your experience on our site. By using our site, you consent to cookies.
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