As Mojtaba Khamenei orders an unrestricted response to potential strikes, Washington and Tehran remain trapped in high-stakes brinkmanship that risks triggering a second, more destructive round of war.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Washington dismisses Iran's Hormuz peace offer to pursue an economic blockade, trading the hard work of diplomacy for theatrical toughness that invites long-term escalation.
By Tom Beckwith ·
When a regime’s central pillar is violently removed—in this case, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in US-Israeli airstrikes—the immediate assumption is that the resulting chaos will…
By Sophie Naimi ·