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Iran at 2026 World Cup more questions than answers

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Iran at 2026 World Cup: more questions than answers

TEHRAN - The 2026 FIFA World Cup was supposed to be Iran's opportunity to rewrite history. With the tournament expanding to 48 teams, Team Melli entered the competition believing they had their best chance yet to reach the knockout stage. Instead, they return home with disappointment, unanswered questions and renewed debate over the future of the national team.

Iran at 2026 World Cup: more questions than answers

No US base in West Asia is beyond Irans reach

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No US base in West Asia is beyond Iran's reach

TEHRAN— Iran has significantly expanded its military response to renewed US operations in and around the Persian Gulf, combining retaliatory drone strikes, air defense operations and tighter control over the Strait of Hormuz in a coordinated campaign to impose mounting costs on Washington while preserving their own military resources.

No US base in West Asia is beyond Iran's reach

Mamdani exploring whether he can arrest war criminal Netanyahu if he visits New York

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Mamdani exploring whether he can arrest 'war criminal' Netanyahu if he visits New York

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he was reviewing whether his administration could arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if as expected the Israeli prime minister visits the city for the UN General Assembly in September, the Guardian reported.

Mamdani exploring whether he can arrest 'war criminal' Netanyahu if he visits New York

Miscalculation behind attacks on Irans infrastructure

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Miscalculation behind attacks on Iran’s infrastructure

The Iran newspaper, in an article, examined the recent US attacks and argued that targeting public infrastructure is less a sign of strength and more evidence of a strategic shift after Washington failed to achieve its goals on the ground. When declared objectives cannot be met through confrontation, the effort shifts toward imposing economic and psychological costs on the population as a substitute for military success.

Miscalculation behind attacks on Iran’s infrastructure

Geographys veto

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Geography’s veto

MADRID - To repeat a failing strategy is to confess an exhaustion of political imagination. The United States, still unable to metabolize the profound humiliations of its recent military and political defeats, has fallen into a kind of strategic hauntology.

Geography’s veto

Former US counterterrorism chief says Iran emerged stronger after war urges policy shift

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Former US counterterrorism chief says Iran emerged stronger after war, urges policy shift

TEHRAN — The former head of the US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) has argued that Washington must acknowledge Iran's strengthened regional position following months of military confrontation, warning that continued attacks would only deepen strategic setbacks for the United States.

Former US counterterrorism chief says Iran emerged stronger after war, urges policy shift