leadership
The Flight Nobody Was Supposed to Know About
Inside the extraordinary security operation that moved Donald Trump off Air Force One amid an Iranian threat
Newsroom - Chicago 11 min
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US Iran 2026
On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamnaei https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
12 articles
Politics
At Khamenei’s funeral, mourners call for revenge
By Leo Sands · July 6, 2026, 11:23 a.m. ET
CNN 6 min
Politics
The Most Influential Woman in Tehran?
The Most Influential Woman in Tehran?
Newsroom - Chicago 8 min
US Iran 2026
Reassessing the CBS Claim on Iranian Aircraft in Pakistan
Op-ed by Waa Say, Ovais Riaz and team Editorial
Dan Wasserman 14 min
US Iran 2026
The Real Estate Negotiators
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff Became the Most Controversial Figures in U.S.–Iran Diplomacy
Newsroom - Chicago 7 min
Politics
POTUS: Islamabad Gambit — How Trump Became Our Favorite
The Bloodied Frame, the Unbroken Fist, and the Iconography of American Defiance
Waa Say 15 min
US Iran 2026
Escalating Israeli Offensives in Southern Lebanon
Diplomatic Brinkmanship: The Islamabad Blueprint and the Levantine Siege
Waa Say 9 min
US Iran 2026
What If Witkoff and Kushner Were Not There? #Islamabadtalks
Critical Opinion-Based Cultural Analysis By Waa Say (Waasayuddin, pen name Dan Wasserman)
Waa Say 11 min
US Iran 2026
Why Some Wars End at the Table and Others Don’t
Editorial - Evrima Chicago
Dan Wasserman 4 min
US Iran 2026
The Islamabad Accord: Pakistan’s High-Stakes Gambit for a Middle East Truce
As the Foreign Office maintains strategic ambiguity, internal leaks reveal a two-tier ceasefire framework aimed at neutralizing the US-Iran conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Waa Say 6 min