Category: Iran
The latest Iran news, analysis and OSINT reporting from Faytuks Network, covering politics, military activity, regional tensions, sanctions, protests and security developments. Follow breaking updates on Iran’s role across the Middle East and beyond.
Iran, Qatar Dispute Fate of Pilots
Iran says three pilots remain detained in Qatar, while Doha denies holding them and says search teams recovered only one pilot’s remains after the March incident.
Iran Sets New Conditions for Hormuz
Iran tied reopening the Strait of Hormuz to sweeping U.S. concessions as regional tensions rose following a missile strike on an Emirati tanker.
The Middle Eastern Wager: Washington’s Strategy in the Iran Crisis
Throughout the history of modern crises, the standoff revolving around Iran differs significantly from the rest, which brings the crucial question of what exactly the U.S. endgame is.
Why the Blockade Hurts Iran More Than the War Did
Iran’s oil exports have effectively collapsed under the CENTCOM naval cordon, turning a ceasefire into a slow economic strangulation campaign that may threaten the regime more than open war ever did. Cut off from its main source of revenue and stripped of its usual wartime rally narrative, Tehran is now confronting one of the most dangerous moments in its modern history.
The Chokepoint the World Forgot
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow channel of water between Iran and Oman, just 21 nautical miles
Survival as Victory: Inside the Ideology That Makes Iran Impossible to Deter
In the early hours of February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched the largest combined air
U.S., Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire
THE MIDDLE EAST, Apr. 7 – The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, offering a
Iran played the West at its own game; and won for 40 years
Iran’s revolutionary government didn’t just defy the West for four decades. It used the West’s own rulebook against
Built for Smuggling: How Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Runs a Global Drug Cartel
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps operates one of the world’s largest state-backed drug trafficking enterprises, generating billions of









