Category: 1. Iran

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The highlights this week: China offers moral support to Iran amid escalating conflict in the Middle East, U.S. defense officials say a new model of Chinese nuclear submarine sank this…

In a rare move, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday addressed Iranians amid Israel‘s massive aerial onslaught on Lebanon territory with the aim to wipe out Iran-backed Hezbollah, which has played an…

Summary

• Saudi-Iran rivalry has long deepened conflict lines in the Middle East. But growing mutual vulnerabilities prompted a quiet rapprochement, culminating in the 2023 Beijing de-escalation…

“The Islamic Republic of Iran relies on a system, both in law and in practice, that fundamentally discriminates on the grounds of gender,” the update noted, highlighting the far-reaching impacts on women and girls’ bodily autonomy, freedom…

Since the Houthis began attacking international shipping, media coverage and official statements have defined them as an Iranian proxy, but this downplays the Houthis’ threat and obscures the solution to it. In truth, the Houthis are not…

As part of our regular updates on notable threat disruption efforts, we’re sharing our most recent insights into a small cluster of likely social engineering activity on WhatsApp that our security teams blocked after investigating user…