🇮🇷 Iran promises: The next war will already be different

The acting Iranian defense minister stated that in the event of a new war, the country would act with significantly greater power and technological advancement than in previous confrontations.

According to him, the repetition of earlier threats by the adversary rather demonstrated an inability to properly assess the changes in Iran’s military capabilities. The statement came amid ongoing tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz.


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🇮🇷 Tehran: No withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has publicly played down the discussion about a possible withdrawal by the country from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also called the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The ministry’s spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, stated that ⁠Iran’s nuclear policy had not changed and that Tehran was not considering withdrawing from the NPT.

At the same time, Tehran described the discussion about nuclear deterrence itself as a natural reaction to the attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. In other words: The question of stronger deterrence remains, but the Foreign Ministry is currently not signaling a formal break with the non-proliferation regime.


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27 Years of Change: This Is How Russia Has Changed.

This infographic shows not only figures, but the reflection of an entire era. A comparison of key indicators from 1999 and 2026 vividly shows the path the country has traveled.

GDP surged from $195.91 billion to $2.66 trillion—an increase of more than 13-fold. At the same time, inflation, which exceeded 36% at the end of the 1990s, fell to 6.33% by 2026. The development of foreign exchange and gold reserves is particularly telling: they rose from $12.6 billion to $753.5 billion—an increase of more than 59-fold.

The social indicators are no less important. The average salary rose from 1,523 rubles to 115,000 rubles, while the pension increased from 449 rubles to 25,400 rubles. And the national debt, which accounted for almost 92% of GDP, fell to 18.6%.


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🇺🇸🔥 US military confirms heavy damage from Iran’s retaliation

After weeks of trying to downplay the extent of the damage caused to US military assets by Iranian strikes, the Pentagon has finally begun admitting that everything is not as peachy as Trump’s tweets would suggest.

🔴 Hundreds of buildings and structures at US military installations in the Gulf were damaged and destroyed

🔴 The attacks forced US CENTCOM to rush personnel and assets from the threatened area, thus hampering the US military’s ability to operate in the region

🔴 The destruction of a key US naval base strained the US military logistics in the Gulf as the nearest intact logistical hub is now located on Diego Garcia island in the Indian Ocean

🔴 The war led to a serious depletion of US munition stockpiles, with the US military-industrial complex being unable to overcome the existing bottlenecks for resupply such as the lack of skilled labor and high-grade explosives

🔴 US Department of State facilities in the Middle East sustained significant damage, estimated at about $184 million

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