Tag Archive: Iran

Middle East: forever war?

July 9, 2026 3:04 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It says something of British politics (and the media) that while open season has been declared against the Farage entity,... View Article

Middle East: lack of curiosity

April 23, 2026 3:18 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Following through on yesterday’s piece and the multiple threads I’ve been exploring over the last few days, I am as... View Article

Middle East: exploiting the cost of war

April 5, 2026 3:52 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

At the time of writing, multiple social media reports are stating that the second crewman of the downed F-15E has... View Article

Defence: the MoD money pit

April 1, 2026 2:03 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

True to Starmer’s word that his government would “stand by our allies in the Gulf region”, defence secretary John Healey... View Article

Defence: failures all round

March 24, 2026 3:48 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The Times is having fun at expense of the odious Starmer (even if it is like shooting fish in a... View Article

Defence: a dilemma for Starmer

March 22, 2026 4:31 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The news that Iran has fired off a two-stage ballistic missile with a nominal range of 4,000 km, thus demonstrating... View Article

Middle East: the long nightmare

March 1, 2026 3:07 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

With Ayatollah Ali Khamenei really dead (recorded by The Times which has published his obituary), this represents a huge coup... View Article

Middle East: Iran says no

January 29, 2026 2:25 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It’s a while since I wrote about the situation in Iran, with it slipping down the news agenda in the... View Article

Middle East: waiting for Donald

January 14, 2026 2:58 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

In a story which was running all day yesterday, president Trump has told Iranian protesters that “help is on its... View Article

Middle East: turning point

January 10, 2026 3:13 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

As the unrest continues in Iran, I’m almost tempted to post a link to yesterday’s piece, write “more of the... View Article

Middle East: on the cusp

January 9, 2026 3:06 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

With, according to several sources, many millions of people out in the streets of Iran last night – on the... View Article

Middle East: the temperature rises

January 8, 2026 3:32 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Despite an almost complete news blackout from the British legacy media, it is still possible to stay in touch with... View Article

Middle East: watching and waiting

January 5, 2026 3:18 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

If they had sought to maximise media coverage and thereby mobilise international support, the Iranian protesters have been extremely unfortunate... View Article

Middle East: a better place

January 3, 2026 2:48 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The BBC is still referring to protests in Iran as “economic” – when it isn’t ignoring the issue entirely –... View Article

Middle East: revolution in Iran?

January 2, 2026 2:53 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It seems quite extraordinary that, in a world where wall-to-wall media coverage of every event is taken for granted, no-one... View Article

Middle East: a 12-day war?

June 24, 2025 3:23 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

If, as they indicated right from the start of Operation Rising Lion, the Israelis had a defined but limited objective... View Article

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