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Iran Insight: “Rescue Mission”

Was the celebrated U.S. “rescue mission” in Iran in fact a failed covert nuclear recovery operation? Michael Hollister reconstructs the inconsistencies, military patterns, and operational clues surrounding the downing of an F-15E, the destruction of special operations aircraft near Isfahan, and the trail of 200 kilograms of missing highly enriched uranium. The article challenges Washington’s official hero narrative and points toward a far more consequential mission that may never have been about rescuing a stranded colonel at all.

Iran’s Nuclear Poker – Part 1

After coordinated U.S.–Israeli strikes on Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan, Iran retreats into strategic ambiguity: no inspections, no transparency, shifting narratives. But is this opacity a calculated bargaining tactic – or the opening move toward nuclear breakout? This analysis dissects Iran’s nuclear poker game between deterrence, internal pressure, regional escalation, and a global nuclear revival, revealing why Tehran is far more vulnerable than it wants its adversaries to believe.