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TEHRAN BLOG: Ceasefire brings quiet relief to Iran, but few believe it will hold

April 8, 2026

Iranians remain split in the early hours of the two-week ceasefire between their government and US and Israel on the otherside, but as things stand any return to normality is better than nothing.

TEHRAN BLOG: Iran's new year Nowruz is not the same this year

March 20, 2026

For more than 3,000 years, Nowruz has been Iran's national festival, but this year's war has darkened the mood.

TEHRAN BLOG: Operation Epic FUBAR: Command of the Reload

March 18, 2026

America and Iran have two very strategies for fighting this war.The US is still using the old school approach of building extremely powerful and incredibly accurate flying bombs that will definitely destroy anything they hit and are hard to stop.

TEHRAN BLOG: Permits-for-passage system emerges as the US heads towards a strategic defeat in Iran

March 12, 2026

A “permits-for-passage" system emerges as the US heads towards a strategic defeat in Iran after the White House makes a string of strategic blunders.

TEHRAN BLOG: A day of war in Iran

March 5, 2026

Life in wartime Tehran has shifted to a neighbourhood-centric pattern as residents stay put, unable to afford evacuation. Field reporting reveals how economic pressure, not defiance, keeps millions in a city under sustained air strikes.

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