Some senior advisors to President Donald Trump are hoping to persuade Israel to strike Iran first, in order that Iran will retaliate against both the Jewish state and the U.S., and that attack on American assets will then justify an American counter-attack. More on this comes from Politico: “White House officials believe ‘the politics are […]
Iranian Students Return to Protests Despite the Regime’s Bullets, Hope for Israeli Attack
After a one-month closure, Iran’s universities have opened again, and the students, unbowed and uncowed, have returned to protesting against the supreme leader (“Death to Khamenei”) and his regime. They also have let it be known that they would prefer that Israel, not America, bomb targets in Iran because of the Israeli Air Force’s “greater […]
Iranian MP: If U.S. strikes Iran, Islamic Republic could hit ‘Trump’s own palace’ at Mar-a-Lago
Meanwhile, Trump still thinks he can reach a negotiated settlement with the mullahs. This assumption betrays total ignorance of the beliefs, motives and goals of the rulers of the Islamic Republic. “Trump’s Mar-a-Lago could be targeted if US attacks Iran, says Iranian MP – report,” Jerusalem Post, February 21, 2026: An Iranian member of parliament […]
News From the Iranian Front
More news from the Iranian front, as the world waits for Donald J. Trump to make up his mind about what he will do to make the supreme leader behave, can be found here: “‘Trump is a man of action’: Iranians receive mass SMS message linked with US support for protesters,” by James Genn, Jerusalem […]
Netanyahu Warns Iran That Israel Will Respond to Any Attack With ‘Unimaginable Force’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to all the threats coming from Tehran about what will happen if America attacks Iran, with Iran then promising to target not just American military bases in the region, but the Jewish state as well. Now Netanyahu has told the Iranians what to expect if they attack the […]
Witkoff: ‘The president is curious as to why (Iran) hasn’t capitulated’
Steve Witkoff: “The president is curious as to why (Iran) hasn’t capitulated. Why, under this pressure with the amount of naval power over there, haven’t they come to us and said we profess we don’t want a weapon” pic.twitter.com/FuRYqSamkV — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 22, 2026 This confirms what I’ve long suspected: that the […]
Trump Considering Limited Strike to Encourage Iran to Negotiate
Those hoping for a massive attack on Iran to destroy what remains of its nuclear program, to devastate its store of 1,500-2,000 ballistic missiles, and to get Iran to agree to stop giving support to its proxies, the terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah, may well be disappointed. Though every other day President Donald Trump changes […]
Ten Days That Could Shake the World
President Donald Trump on February 19 told the world that the Islamic Republic of Iran has about ten days to make up its mind whether to agree to the American conditions on limiting the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, or whether it prefers to face America’s military might, that has now been assembled in a “massive […]
Iran: Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps top dog says ‘America has certainly been defeated… The U.S. is finished’
Emboldened by Trump’s weakness and empty threats, the Islamic Republic is increasingly arrogant and aggressive. As the mullahs understand the world only in terms of strength and weakness, and now see the Trump administration as weak, expect more aggression against the U.S. and Israel. “General Mohammad Reza Naghdi, Senior Advisor To The IRGC Commander-In-Chief: The […]
Trump Looks Ever More Likely to Strike Iran, But When?
According to Israeli observers, President Donald Trump is disappointed with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s responses so far in the negotiation taking place in Oman. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s chief negotiator, refuses to discuss anything other than Iran’s nuclear program. Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal, and its missile manufacturing plants, are, according to Iran, off […]