Category: 1. Iran

Babak Alipoor and Pooya Qobadi, identified as armed elements of the MKO terrorist group and as enemy operatives inside the country who had participated in multiple terrorist operations in Tehran, were hanged on Tuesday,…

Editor’s Note: War on the Rocks is running “for” and “against” articles on the war with Iran by legislators with military backgrounds. You can find the other article here.

The view from a C-130 during a combat…

In a brutal escalation of state-sanctioned murder, the Iranian regime executed two political prisoners and members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), Babak Alipour and Pouya Ghobadi, on the morning of March 31,…

The IRGC announced in a statement on Monday that its naval forces conducted multiple operations targeting US and Israeli positions across the region as part of the 87th wave of Operation True Promise 4.

The IRGC…

On March 1, 2026, the Iranian government made it official. “After a lifetime of struggle,” a state broadcaster declared, “Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei drank the sweet, pure draft of martyrdom and joined the Supreme Heavenly…

Just as optimists sensed that the United States-Israel war with Iran was on the verge of winding down, the monthlong crisis takes yet another twist.

One moment, US President Donald Trump warns Tehran there would be “no turning back” on…

In May 2022, the head of Iran’s armed forces posed for photographers alongside the Tajik defense minister at an undisclosed location near Dushanbe, at a ceremony to announce a major new project.

It was, they said, Iran’s first drone production…

On March 20, Iran fired two long-range ballistic missiles at the Diego Garcia base, a target long considered beyond its declared range of around 2,000 kilometers.

Iran’s attempted long-range strike — which US officials say did not hit its…