Iran‘The killing has stopped’: Trump seemingly backs off Iran strikes after regime U-turns on protest executionsSenior US officials reportedly called the president’s comments a diplomatic ‘off-ramp’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IranTrump imposes 25 per cent tariffs on countries trading with IranDespite sanctions, the Islamic Republic is the UK’s 115th largest trading partnerBy Siam Goorwich1 min read
IranIran threatens to hang arrested protestors as pressure mounts on Khamenei regimeUS President Trump warned that he would ‘take very strong action’ if Tehran followed through on the planned executionsBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
IranTop Iranian official calls for Maduro-style capture of ‘yellow dog’ TrumpHassan Rahimpour-Azghadi suggested that ‘acts of sabotage’ on US soil were now ‘acceptable...in terms of religious law and international norms’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IranIDF ‘on alert’ for US strikes on Iran as protest death toll risesThe US has now ordered its citizens to leave the Islamic Republic as President Trump reportedly weighs up military interventionBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Donald Trump‘We don’t like antisemites’, says TrumpThe US president said he is the ‘least antisemitic person probably anywhere in the world’By Daniel Ben-David2 min read
By Jonathan SacerdotiFear is cracking in Tehran as Trump’s global pressure meets street revoltsIran’s internal drama unfolds against a backdrop of American action that is both unusually visible and deliberately unsettling3 min read
By Leonardo CoutinhoFrom IRGC to Russia: how Venezuela became a narco-terror hub for the West’s enemiesCaracas has become a platform for Iranian power projection; a safe haven for Hezbollah’s illicit operations; a laboratory for Russian regional influence; and a centre for the expansion of Chinese techno-financial power4 min read||January 7, 2026 11:07
Trump’s meeting with freed hostages was ‘extraordinarily moving’ IDF reservist saysTzahit Levi has been on the frontline of Israel’s hostage crisis since October 7By Siam Goorwich2 min read||January 6, 2026 07:00
Tehran ‘in survival mode’ as Trump threatens ‘hard hit’ over protestor killingsAyatollah Khamenei has pledged to put demonstrators ‘in their place’, but pressure is mounting on his regime as an economic crisis and fresh conflict with the US loom largeBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||January 5, 2026 11:24
Israeli leaders praise Trump after US captures Venezuela’s MaduroNetanyahu congratulates the American president for his ‘bold and historic leadership on behalf of freedom and justice’By JC Reporter1 min read||January 4, 2026 10:47
US military ‘locked and loaded’ to intervene if Iran harms peaceful protestors, says TrumpThe president’s threat came after Iranian-linked militias in Iraq claimed the Islamic Republic’s new arsenal of ballistic missiles could reach as far west as Egypt and as far north as UkraineBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||January 2, 2026 11:04
Netanyahu pardon ‘on its way’ claims Trump, despite Herzog pushbackThe Israeli prime minister submitted his request for clemency last month, but declined to admit any guilt in doing soBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||December 30, 2025 14:41
Trump encourages Gazan emigration amid Netanyahu summit at Mar-a-LagoA recent poll found that 43 per cent of Gazans would be willing to consider moving following the end of the warBy JC Reporter1 min read||December 30, 2025 11:51
Trump offers backing for fresh Iran strikes amid threat of ‘total war’The president’s warning came amid a spate of mass protests within Iran over the country’s deepening economic crisisBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||December 30, 2025 11:41
Trump calls on Hamas to disarm or face ‘hell’ during Mar-a-Lago summit with NetanyahuThe US president voiced full support for Israel’s action in Gaza, but clashed with Netanyahu over the West BankBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||December 30, 2025 10:59