Yes, Iran is playing chess, but only after rewriting the rules of the game

March 27th, 20262 By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo The origins of chess are contested, but few dispute that while the game began in India, it was the Sassanian Persian Empire that refined it into a recognizable strategic system. It was Persia that codified its language, symbolism and intellectual framework: the shah (king), the rokh (rook) and...

Strains emerge between Trump and Netanyahu as Iran war escalates, energy crisis deepens

March 20th, 20260 WASHINGTON, D.C. — After nearly three weeks of intense military confrontation with Iran, early signs of divergence between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are beginning to surface, raising critical questions about the trajectory of the war, its broader regional consequences and the absence of a clear...

U.S. toughens stance on Iran, lists sweeping demands

May 21st, 20180 WASHINGTON/ANKARA — The United States on Monday demanded Iran make sweeping changes — from dropping its nuclear program to pulling out of the Syrian civil war — or face severe economic sanctions as the Trump administration hardened its approach to Tehran. Iran dismissed Washington’s ultimatum and one senior Iranian official...