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IRANIAN AYATOLLAH MOJTABA KHAMENEI TO THE IRGC “BE READY”
[Iran Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei be ready] Today Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has emerged from the shadows with two words for the IRGC after being severely injured by the joint Israeli-American war of choice and aggression. Those two words he had for the IRGC were “Be Ready” when it comes to escalating the Iran war of resistance against Israel and the Americans. With President Trump rejecting Iran's news peace plan in what many within the international community is

Michael Thervil
6 hours ago2 min read


SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ARREST SEVERAL IN ALLEGED HEZBOLLAH LINKED TERROR PLOT
[Hezbollah Syria] In an effort to appease Israel and America, the Syrian Ministry of Interior in conjunction with the General Intelligence Service has recently stated to the Press that they have arrested several people that are allegedly a part of a Hezbollah backed cell that were planning several assassination plots against senior Syrian leaders. The arrest of these persons of interest occurred in the capital of Damascus as the Syrian government executed what they call a “s

Michael Thervil
6 days ago2 min read


IRAN TARGETS & SUCCESSFULLY STRIKES AMERICAN DESTROYER WITH MISSILES
[Iran American Destroyer strike] Both geopolitical and military tensions continue to rise in the Strait of Hormuz as earlier today Iran has fired and severely damaged an American Destroyer. The American Destroyer was struck two times by Iran and was forced to retreat. The Iranian missile offensive came after it was warned by the Iranian military and ignored the warning to retreat from the Strait of Hormuz. The incident occurred near the Iranian town of Jask, which is located

Michael Thervil
May 42 min read


PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEKS TO CIRCUMVENT THE WAR POWERS ACT ON IRAN
[War Powers Act Iran Trump] While there is such a thing as micro-aggressions, it appears that there’s also such a thing as a “Micro-War”. Highlighting this point, yesterday the Trump Administration put forth the argument that the current war in Iran has effectively come to an end. Geopolitical Analysts the world over are calling the end of the Trump’s micro war as nothing both more than semantics and as a way to circumvent the American War Resolution (Act) which was started i

Michael Thervil
May 22 min read


IRAN DEPLOYS SOVIET COLD-WAR F-5 FIGHTER JET – BOMBS U.S. MILITARY BASE
[Iran bombs U.S. Military base] In an epic and devastating act, the Iranian Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) has both penetrated American air space and struck an estimated 100 American Military assets on American Military base, Camp Buehring, Kuwait with a Soviet Cold-War F-5 Fighter Jet. This Iranian feat was executed while the airspace of the military base was “protected” by a layered aerial defense protocol that included the American's patriot defense missile sys

Michael Thervil
Apr 282 min read


IRAN: NO TALKS WITH TRUMP DUE TO CARGO SHIP SEIZURE: WAR ESCALATES
[Iran Trump cargo ship seizure] Despite brokered ceasefire talks occurring in Islamabad, Pakistan between the Americans and Iran, the Americans recently struck an Iranian and seized an Iranian cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. American naval forces targeted and fired several rounds of ammunition into the engine room of the cargo ship. The actions of the Americans in the region towards Iran has further degraded ceasefire talks and has now placed commercial shipping in the St

Michael Thervil
Apr 203 min read


ITALY: PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI REJECTS ISRAEL DEFENSE AGREEMENT
[Italy Giorgia Meloni Israel defense agreement] Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that Italy will not renew its five-year defense agreement with Israel which started in 2006. The cited reason for Italy not renewing its defense agreement stems from Israel firing warning shots towards Italian United Nations Peacekeepers while operating in Lebanon. While the UN Peacekeepers vehicle was shot, there were no reported injuries on the scene. Israel’s ambassador to Rome

Michael Thervil
Apr 152 min read


ALICE ROTHCHILD: AUTHOR, ACTIVIST, FEMINIST, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, & OB/GEN PHYSICIAN
[Alice Rothchild] Sitting down with Author, Activist, Feminist, Producer and Director, and Ob/Gen Physician Alice Rothchild, is considered a breath of fresh air. What we mean by this is that not only is it a rarity to have the opportunity to speak with someone like her who has accomplished so much over her lifetime, but it's an eye opener to have someone like her from the Jewish faith to have the courage to speak out against what been happening in Gaza/Palestine. Passionate a

Michael Thervil
Apr 152 min read


FAILED TALKS, IRAN SHUTS DOWN STRAIT OF HORMUZ, FORCES AMERICAN DESTROYERS TO RETREAT
[Iran American Destroyers Strait of Hormuz] Yesterday an Iranian Naval Officer was forced to display a show of force to repel two American Destroyers from attempting to pass through the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz, while falsely identifying themselves as a "Coalition Ship” instead of being an American vessel. The IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) informed the Americans of their final warning to leave the Strait and return to the Indian ocean under the threat of be

Michael Thervil
Apr 143 min read


ISRAEL A ROUGE STATE, CEASE-FIRE IN JEOPARDY, HEZBOLLAH RETALIATES
[Israel Hezbollah] Despite President Donald Trump having essentially agreed to both a two-week cease-fire with Iran but also Iran's 10-point plan, Israel has continued its war of aggression toward Hezbollah in Lebanon. The result of Israel's recent bombing has not only shaken the already fragile cease-fire deal between Iran and Trump, but it has resulted in Israel executing over 100 aerial strikes within 10 minutes across Lebanon on what they perceive to be a target related t

Michael Thervil
Apr 93 min read


CENSORSHIP: PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENS TO JAIL JOURNALIST OVER IRAN SHOOTING DOWN F-15E STRIKE EAGLE
[Trump Iran jail Journalist F-15E Strike Eagle shot down] With Iran shooting down a F-15E Eagle a feat that comes on the heels of Iran shooting down an F-35 last week, the most expensive American military fighter-jet to date, resulted in the Americans suffering international embarrassment. Because of that, President Trump has now threatened to imprison a journalist who released the information to the public and ultimately the international community. President Trump was quote

Michael Thervil
Apr 72 min read


IRAN REJECTS TRUMPS PEACE PLAN COUNTERS WITH ITS OWN
[Iran Trump Peace Plan] In what many geopolitical analysts are calling a brave act of defiance, Iran has rejected the Trump Administration 15-point peace plan calling it “ambitious, unusual, and illogical”. Instead, the Iranian Government counter the Americans 15-point peace plan with their 10-point peace plan. While the Americans are demanding a 30-day ceasefire, the dismantling of all Iranian nuclear sites and uranium enrichment, the opening of the strait of Hormuz, in exch

Michael Thervil
Apr 73 min read


HOUTHIS ENTER ISRAEL-AMERICAN WAR OF CHOICE
[Houthis enter Israel American war] As the joint cooperative Israeli-American war of choice against Iran continues, the fearless Houthis (Ansarullah) have now entered the war with a promise to engage all fronts until all aggression from the west stops despite president trump deploying U.S. marines to the region. Since announcing the entering of the war, Ansarullah has executed several missiles and drone strikes on Israel. While Iran has been successful in closing the strait o

Michael Thervil
Mar 303 min read


CERAWEEK 2026 DAY4: CONVERGENCE & COMPETITION: ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY, & GEOPOLITICS
[CERAWeek energy technology geopolitics] As things are winding down for this year's CERAWeek convention, starting as early as 7:15am Latin America and West Asia (Middle East) in terms of U.S. policy and strategy seemed to dominate the headlines for the day. While the world seems to be focusing on the Strait of Hormuz and the multitude of geopolitical ramifications that are sure to come to the forefront, today's panel chose to shift their focus from attempting to “contain” Ira

Michael Thervil
Mar 272 min read


CERAWEEK 2026 DAY 2: CONVERGENCE & COMPETITION: ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY, & GEOPOLITICS
[CERAWeek 2026 energy technology geopolitics] Moving beyond the perpetual war and conflict in West Asia (Middle East), one of the biggest highlights of day two of CERAWeek 2026 was geothermal energy. While the mining and use of fossil fuels seems to be cheaper in terms of upfront cost than the utilization of geothermal energy, the long-term benefits associated with the utilization of geothermal energy appear to offset the high upfront costs associated with it. There were seve

Michael Thervil
Mar 244 min read


IRAN: COUNTERSTRIKE ON ISRAEL FOR ASSASSINATION OF INTEL OFFICER ESMAEIL KHATIB
[Iran Israel assassination Esmaeil Khatib] In response to yet another assassination plot carried out by Israel on the Iranian leadership which led to the assassination of Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib, Iran executed a retaliatory missile strike across the state of Israel while specifically counter attacking the Ben Gurion Airport. This latest Israeli assassination mission involved a precision missile strike that also took the life of Brigadier General Gholamrez

Michael Thervil
Mar 192 min read


GLOBAL SHOCKWAVE: ANALYZING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC FALLOUT OF THE 2026 US-ISRAEL-IRAN WAR
[US Israel Iran war ] As the conflict between the United States, Israel, and the Islamic Republic of Iran enters its fourth week, the world is grappling with a geoeconomic and humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportions. What began as a series of targeted strikes in late February has rapidly escalated into a full-scale regional war, sending shockwaves through global energy markets, disrupting critical supply chains, and triggering a massive humanitarian catastrophe.

Michael Thervil
Mar 183 min read


TRUMP'S INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF PEACE MEETS WITH HAMAS
[Trump International Board of Peace Hamas] While the currently failing American-Israeli War of aggression towards Iran rages on, President Trump’s newly created international board of peace has recently held talks with Hamas. The recent talks were centered around postwar plans and reconstruction in Gaza after Israel's two and a half year long genocidal war against the Palestinians began. While the location of the meeting between the international board of peace and Hamas has

Michael Thervil
Mar 172 min read


UN SECRETARY GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES ADDRESSES ISRAEL-LEBANON WAR
[UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres Israel Lebanon] United Nations Secretary General António Guterres took the time out to fly to Beirut, Lebanon to deliver remarks to the people of Lebanon in an effort to not only shed light on the decades long ongoing war Israel has waged on the people of southern Lebanon; but Secretary General António Guterres also addressed Israel's illegal and forced annexation of Lebanese land along the southern border. Stressing the importance of w

Michael Thervil
Mar 152 min read


US KC-135 REFUELING PLANE CRASHES IN IRAQ – POSSIBLY SHOT DOWN
[US KC-135 refueling plane crashes shot down Iraq] Yesterday, an American military KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft manufactured by Boeing crashed into western Iraq at roughly 2pm. This crash in which the cause remains unknown claimed the lives of four of the six American military members. Although the cause of the aerial crash is currently under investigation, many already suspect that for the Americans avoid international embarrassment based upon the Americans current

Michael Thervil
Mar 132 min read
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