Category: Iran and the Middle East

Trump’s Ten Greatest Lies on Iran

Pentagon, DIA and IAEA assessments contradict claims on Iran’s nuclear damage, missile range, enrichment and protest deaths.

Same as It Ever Was? No, This Is Different

News used to come by slow mail, with fingerprints on it and a stamp; somebody had to find it, and there was always a place for them.

The Inflation Reckoning: How an Unlawful War on Iran Is Detonating Every US Price Indicator

Hormuz carried one fifth of global oil and one third of fertilizer trade before its closure, sending energy, food and housing costs higher.

US-Israeli Attack on Iran Will Trigger Starvation

QatarEnergy halted fertilizer output as Hormuz closure stranded nearly one million tons of cargo, threatening harvests across importing nations.

A Illegal & Unnecessary War Turned A Shaky Economy Into A Shipwreck

Insurers withdrawing war risk cover stranded oil, LNG, ammonia, phosphates and sulfur, transmitting Gulf disruptions into prices worldwide.

How An Unnecessary Iran War Turned A Shaky Economy Into A Crash Test

Energy, insurance, and shipping costs are skyrocketing. Inflation is already here. Stagflation is next.

Running a 1945 Play in Iran on a 2026 Balance Sheet

Washington turned postwar reconstruction into control of markets and allies. Iran cannot be remade by a debtor empire without money or leverage.

US-Israeli Attack on Iran Will Trigger Global Starvation

Operation Epic Fury killed Iran’s supreme leader and ignited a regional war. The food price shock that follows will be measured in famines, not headlines.

The Payoff Matrix of a Doomed War: A Game-Theory Analysis of the US-Israel Assault on Iran

The campaign rests on certainty that Iran will yield, yet game theory shows Washington must achieve everything while Tehran only needs to survive.

Friendly Fire: How Trump’s Iran War Is Destroying the People Who Started It

Polls show voters rejecting strikes on Iran as Trump and his allies abandon the promises that built their coalition and invite a midterm backlash.