Wires Brief: Mojtaba injured, but “safe and sound”; Ukraine liberates almost all of Dnipropetrovsk
11 March 2026 Iran Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is injured, “but safe and sound”, according to the son of President Masoud Pezeshkian. There have been questions about why…
Wires Brief: Canada announces $900 million defence innovation investment; Madagascar military interim leader dissolves government
10 March 2026 Canada The Canadian federal government announced nearly $900 million CDN in defence innovation spending. This includes investments in new drone technology and a new Bombardier aircraft. The…
Wires Brief: Russia implicated in assisting Iran; Bahrain & Kuwait oil sectors declare force majeure
9 March 2026 Oil Production Bahrain’s Bapco announces force majeure after an attack on its oil refinery complex. Bapco’s complex produces over 380,000 barrels of oil a day. Kuwait has…
Unpopular opinion: Taking out the Iranian regime is long overdue
6 March 2026 I have what, to my surprise, appears to be a rather unpopular opinion in the wake of US and Israeli strikes on Iran. That is, taking out…
Wires Brief: Oil may hit $150 a barrel, Qatari Energy Minister; Finland interested in hosting French nuclear deterrent
6 March 2026 Ukraine Peace Talks According to President Zelensky, trilateral peace talks among Ukraine, Russia and the US are on hold until after the Iran operation concludes. Zelensky is…
Wires Brief: Mojtaba Khamenei to be Iran’s Supreme Leader; South Korea issues investment warning over Canadian sub deal
5 March 2026 Iran Iran’s Assembly of Experts is expected to announce Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the late Supreme Leader, as the next Supreme Leader. There is opposition to…
Wires Brief: CIA to train Iranian Kurdish militia; ECOWAS creates joint task force to combat regional terrorism
4 March 2026 Israel US-Iran Israel and the US have continued their withering air campaign against Iran. At sea, the US Navy scored the first recorded torpedo kill since WW2…
Wires Brief: US imposes sanctions on Rwanda for backing M23 rebels; Iranian strikes on neighbouring countries will not go unanswered – UAE & Qatar
3 March 2026 Iran President Trump claims that Iran approached the US to resume talks, but he said that it was too late. Most of Iran’s surface fleet has been…
Wires Brief: US launches Operation EPIC FURY against Iran; France will increase its inventory of nuclear weapons
2 March 2026 US and Israel-Iran On the morning of February 28, the United States and Israel launched an aerial war against Iran. Dubbed Operation Epic Fury in the US…
Iran is not Iraq, nor Venezuela, nor Libya – and that’s the scary thing
28 February 2026 *Article updated as Iran confirms the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, originally denied it The United States has declared war on Iran with Operation Epic Fury. President…
