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21 years ago, I was a Marine infantryman in…

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.
21 years ago, I was a Marine infantryman in…
Oil whipsaws as traders weigh Iran de-escalation report against prolonged Hormuz closure Reuters

Two armed terrorists affiliated with the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MKO) group have been executed by hanging after being convicted of multiple terrorist operations targeting state institutions and public places in the Iranian capital, the Iranian…

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…
Iran-US war latest: Massive Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai port hit as Trump issues fresh warning to Tehran The Independent
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…