Larijani's role as the ultimate insider in Ali Khamenei’s Iran gave him responsibilities across a wide portfolio that included critical nuclear negotiations with the West and managing Tehran’s regional ties.
“I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people," says director of National Counterterrorism Centre.
Analysis notes solarisation saved $12 billion in import bill; says every gigawatt of distributed solar deployed is hedge against brewing energy crisis.
"We’ve protected them from horrible outside sources, and they weren’t that enthusiastic, and the level of enthusiasm matters to me," says US president.
What was initially framed in Washington and Tel Aviv as a rapid coercive campaign to force regime change in Tehran is increasingly showing the contours of what some strategists are already describing as a potential strategic defeat for the US.
The comfort of international law and collective security is giving way to the reality that in a world where principles are sacrificed at the altar of interests, survival depends on self-help measures, and the ultimate form of self-help is a nuclear deterrent.
Trump asks allies to send ships to protect Hormuz shipping; Tehran turns down any chance of negotiations after US president says he’s not ready for a deal.
As air power collides with geopolitical reality, the only certainty is that this conflict will permanently scar the Middle East. How did we get here and what happens next?
