US strikes 'dozens of targets' in Iran as war threatens to engulf Middle East

America's military strikes "dozens" of Revolutionary Guard targets across Iran, as the spread of hostilities to Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia threatens to plunge the rest of the Middle East into all-out conflict.

U.S. fires a new wave of strikes on Iran and hits a tanker trying to skirt its blockade

The U.S. and Iran traded fire for the sixth consecutive day on Thursday with U.S. strikes targeting Iranian command centers and missile sites, and Iran targeting U.S. military bases in Gulf countries, as both sides intensified attacks over control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran Conflict Damage Proxy Map

Miscellanea: The War in Iran

This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any spec…

Missiles of Iran | Missile Threat

Iran possesses the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the Middle East, with thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles, some capable of striking as far as Israel and eastern Europe. For the past decade, Iran has invested significantly to improve these weapons’ precision and lethality. Such developments have made Iran’s missile forces a potent...

Israel-Iran conflict unleashes wave of AI disinformation

Fake AI videos relating to the conflict have gained over 100 million views online, BBC Verify finds.

Read the JD Vance Dossier

We’re publishing the supposed Iran-hacked document. Here’s why.

A photo of Iran’s bombed schoolgirl graveyard went viral. Why did AI say it wasn’t real?

Numerous faked images and a string of startlingly inaccurate responses from Gemini and Grok are part of a tidal wave of AI slop engulfing coverage of the Iran war

Revisiting Iran's Missile and Drone Campaign

An early reflection on my writing and thinking during the war

Pro-Iran hackers claim ‘sophisticated’ attack on Bluesky

A pro-Iran hacking group that has been relentlessly targeting American companies with DDoS attacks claims it disrupted Bluesky with what the social media site called a “sophisticated” attack that…

Iran built a vast camera network to control dissent. Israel turned it into a targeting tool

Israel’s use of Tehran street cameras to help kill Iran’s supreme leader shows how everyday surveillance can turn into a wartime weapon.

Remotely Coerced Violence: 764, The Com Network, and the Hybridization of Threats - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Abstract: This article examines 764 and the wider Com Network as a case study in remotely coerced violence and the hybridization of contemporary terrorist and violent extremist threats. It argues that nihilistic violent extremism is best understood as a victim-driven, youth-centered online ecosystem in which status, belonging, and identity are earned through the production, circulation, … Continued

A Mysterious Signal Transfixes Radio Sleuths -- And Intelligence Experts

The mysterious Persian-language transmission began about 12 hours after the start of the US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran. It was jammed five days later. Is it a coded message for US agents in Iran? Iranian sleeper cells? Israeli operatives? That’s what experts are trying to decipher.

Senators grilled Hegseth on Iran. Here are 3 big moments from the hearing

Hegseth said at the top of the hearing that the supplemental funding was an “urgent, necessary injection of resources” for the department’s needs. He didn’t directly mention the Iran war in his opening statement.