In a short period of time, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar each announced the dismantling of cells linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah on ...

As the war on Iran continues, amid escalating military confrontation and exchanges of strikes, Cairo—alongside other capitals—is pursuing a parallel track aimed at containing the fallout of the ...

U.S. military operations in the Strait of Hormuz face a complex geographic environment. Rocky coastlines, steep terrain, scattered islands and narrow channels funnel commercial shipping into fixed ...

Welcome back to the Agenda. Today a couple exclusives.  First from Iran: Forget Mojtaba Khamenei. Ex-IRGC leader Mohsen Rezaei is really running Iran — through a triumvirate with two other ...

The U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran has thrust the Middle East into a new era of direct confrontation. Iran’s retaliation has rippled across the Gulf—from Doha and Dubai to vital energy ...

As the war between the United States and Iran enters its fourth week, attention is turning from how the conflict is being fought to how it has been understood. In Washington, the dominant ...

Welcome back to a special edition of the MBN Iran Briefing. The regime is starting to hang January’s protesters while it’s drawing on Persian history to claim it will defeat its enemies. Find out ...

As regional tensions escalate, the contours of a potential international move to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are beginning to take shape. In this context, the diplomatic adviser to the President ...

The last members of the NATO mission in Iraq left the country on March 20, 2026.” This is what General Alexus Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said on March 20, commenting on the ...

Contrary to earlier expectations, the military and political power structure of the Islamic Republic has managed to hold ...

Welcome back to a special edition of the MBN Iran Briefing. Today a simple question: How is the Iranian regime still standing ...

For hours, bulldozers and heavy machinery worked to remove the rubble of a house that was struck at dawn on Tuesday in the upscale Jadriya district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, where a group of ...