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Every morning, I see images that I have spent my 47 years of exile from Iran dreading; smoke rising above Tehran’s densely populated, tower-filled skyscape and explosions damaging important cultural sites like the UNESCO World Heritage Golestan Palace in Tehran and Chehel Sotoun in Esfahan.  On the first day ofContinue Reading

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Smoke and flames rising beside a road in central Israel after an Iranian missile attack, the Israeli army said., Iranian missile strike in central Israel sets building ablaze NewsFeed Footage shows a column of smoke and flames rising beside a road in central Israel after what the Israeli military saidContinue Reading

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When oil prices jump, the standard explanation follows quickly: supply fell, demand rose, prices climbed. It sounds tidy. It is also wrong, or at least badly incomplete. The market is asking: what if the barrels cannot reach buyers tomorrow? Oil is not priced like potatoes at a village market. ItContinue Reading

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran’s leadership was “desperate and hiding,” after US-Israeli strikes., NewsFeed US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran’s leadership was “desperate and hiding,” after US-Israeli strikes. But scenes from Tehran showed Iran’s President and Foreign Minister joining Quds Day rallies. Published On 13 Mar 2026,2026-03-13Continue Reading

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A Lebanese father mourned the death of his four daughters, who were killed in an Israeli strike., Lebanese father buries four daughters killed in Israeli strike NewsFeed A Lebanese father mourned the death of his four daughters, mother, father, brother-in-law and nephew, after they were killed in an Israeli attack.Continue Reading

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On a chilly Monday just before Thanksgiving, residents of Archbald, Pennsylvania hurried from work in the fading autumn light to snag seats in the old brick Borough Building for a 5 p.m. council meeting. After the roughly 50 seats quickly filled, people continued to pack the room, standing along the walls or wedging themselvesContinue Reading

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The drumbeats for expanding our (and Israel’s) war with Iran are loud. Cable news panels talk about strategy. Politicians talk about deterrence. Pentagon briefings talk about targets and timelines. But there’s one thing missing from almost every conversation in Washington. Risk. Not the geopolitical kind. Not the think-tank kind. Real risk. TheContinue Reading