Information on Iran’s economic degringolade can be found here: “Iran’s Deepening Water Crisis Threatens 35 Million as Economy Buckles Under US Pressure, Mounting Domestic Strain,” by Ailin Vilches Arguello, Algemeiner, May 11, 2026: Soaring costs and crumbling infrastructure have also forced businesses to cut jobs on a massive scale, leaving many workers unemployed and intensifying social […]
In Iran’s Economy, Everything Everywhere Is Falling Apart
Iran keeps insisting it is ready to strike a powerful blow against the Americans if they are stupid enough to dare to attack the mighty Islamic Republic. The Iranian rulers are like those frogs that inflate their lungs with air to puff up their bodies, making themselves appear much larger, more intimidating, and harder for […]
Waging War on the Time Clock
New in PJ Media: On Tuesday, President Donald Trump wrote: When the Fake News says that the Iranian enemy is doing well, Militarily, against us, it’s virtual TREASON in that it is such a false, and even preposterous, statement. They are aiding and abetting the enemy! All it does is give Iran false hope when none […]
Trump to Iran: Time’s Up
New in PJ Media: “Iran,” said President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post early on Sunday afternoon, “has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years (DELAY, DELAY, DELAY!),” and there is no doubt that his assessment is true, particularly in regard to the present on-and-off […]
A Rapper’s Love Song to Israel and Persia
I cannot stand rap music, but I must make an exception for a remarkable British-Iranian rapper who goes by the name of 021Kid. He lives in London, where he has just released his own lyrics in Persian and English to an Israeli song, “Harbu Darbu.” The song in his version is both a love letter […]
Iran Doesn’t Think Like Us, Will Continue to String World Along
“They Don’t Think Like We Think” In an April 17, 2026 “Beyond the Ideological” Substack post, “The IRGC’s Eschatological Gamble and the Arab World’s Verdict,” Zineb Riboua explains some important realities about how the Iranian regime’s leadership – clerical and Revolutionary Guards – or what’s left of them think about the world and their role […]
Saudis Refused American Use of Prince Sultan Airbase and Its Airspace for Project Freedom
Trump started Project Freedom, by which American ships and planes were to escort ships safely through the Strait of Hormuz, but after one day, he had to close it down. Now we know why: Saudi Arabia denied the American military the use of the Prince Sultan Airbase and of Saudi airspace. More on this latest […]
Iran: Mojtaba Khamenei, or whoever is speaking for him, calls for ‘economic and cultural jihad’
This was, as noted here, a written message. Mojtaba has neither been seen nor heard since he became supreme leader. He could be dead, with his name being used to prop up the legitimacy of the tottering regime. Or he could be severely injured. Either way, he symbolizes the Islamic Republic in its current state. […]
Mojtaba Khamenei written statement: ‘Bright future of the Persian Gulf region will be a future without America’
But will it also be a future without Mojtaba Khamenei? There is no way to know for sure whether Mojtaba Khamenei is even alive, or whether or not he actually had anything to do with this statement. Whoever wrote it, however, whether it was Mojtaba or someone else, the defiance comes from the awareness that […]
Trump: ‘We Cannot Let Lunatics Have a Nuclear Weapon,’ Says Iranians Want to Make a Deal
New in PJ Media: On Saturday, President Donald Trump revealed the startling news that he is awaiting the precise details of a peace proposal from the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran, whoever exactly they may be. “They told me,” Trump said, “about the concept of the deal. They’re going to give me the exact […]