Following US-Israeli strikes against Iran, Tehran has threatened to attack vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of global oil and liquefied gas flows  in normal times. The threat has pushed oil prices upward and raised concerns about global supply chains. Most of these fossil fuel shipments are bound for Asia, particularly China, India, Japan and South Korea. An Iranian official has suggested that Tehran is considering allowing limited oil t

Introduction : As the US-Israeli campaign against Iran escalates, Western Europe is finding itself in an increasingly uncomfortable geopolitical position. Governments across the continent have advocated for a de-escalation, but that appears unlikely in the short term. Despite the urge for peace, an increasing number of European naval vessels are making their way to the eastern Mediterranean. This contradiction exposes a strategic dilemma facing Western European allies. While

Just before 9:00am in Iran, Operation Epic Fury and Roaring Lion was launched on military targets in the cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Qom, Karaj, and Kermanshah. The Trump administration and Israel conducted  their strikes to help push Iranians to overthrow their country and attack regime leadership. Some of the sites that were targeted were the residences of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as other major Iranian mi

On 28 December 2025, the Iranian rial  plummeted to a record low against the U.S. dollar and economic uncertainty was further inflamed when the inflation rate was reportedly 42.2 percent. Against the backdrop of deteriorating security, nationwide protests emerged across the country, which generated new threats to the oppressive regime. The tensions have been building for quite some time  as p rices have “risen by 35% in the past year” and there are some estimates of 18 percen

Oftentimes when we think of latin america and geopolitics we expect to hear about the US and Chinese rivalry over economic influence, security and deepening diplomatic ties but it is less often talked about Iran's presence in Latin America. It has long been considered just the result of ideological affinity by governments that are worlds apart but with the Palestine-Israel conflict  and especially and when Israel and Iran exchanged missile strikes and Latin American governmen