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Where crime and terror meet: Australia’s illicit tobacco market

OPINION – The unearthing of IRGC’s involvement in Australia’s firebombing incidents in 2025 has subsequently brought into question - the extent by [...] More

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The United States and Iran Continue Tit-for-Tat Escalation in Iraq

Bottom Line Up FrontLess than 24 hours after the United States killed IRGC-QF General Qassem Soleimani, the United States Department of State [...] More

Soleimani Killing Cripples U.S. Position in Iraq

Bottom Line Up FrontA key Iranian response to the U.S. strike that killed Qods Force Commander Qasem Soleimani will be to try to permanently oust the [...] More

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Avenging the Death of Qassem Soleimani

The U.S. targeting and killing of Iranian Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani by a drone strike in Baghdad on Friday has prompted a series of swift [...] More

U.S. Kills Qassem Soleimani in Major Escalation of Conflict with Iran

Bottom Line Up FrontA U.S. strike that killed the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force, IRGC Major General Qassem Soleimani, [...] More

U.S. Sanctions Approach a Blockade

Bottom Line Up FrontOn September 20, the Trump administration sought to completely shut Iran out of the international financial system by imposing [...] More

The U.S.-Iran Crisis

Bottom Line Up FrontThe U.S. and Iran are close to a conflict that would have no clear end and could quickly spread throughout the Middle East and [...] More

How an Escalation to War Could Happen with Iran

A series of events last week led to escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran. While tensions had seemed to ease somewhat on Friday, President [...] More

The Impact of Harder-Hitting Sanctions on Iran

The Impact of Harder-Hitting Sanctions on Iran

The U.S. moved this week to apply even more pressure on Iran to end its involvement in illicit activities around the world by announcing that the [...] More

Iran Oil Waivers Ended

Bottom Line Up FrontThe Trump Administration ended a key waiver on Iran oil sanctions as part of an effort to apply maximum pressure on Iran’s [...] More

What a Designated Terrorist IRGC Could Mean for the U.S.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council is taking retaliatory steps after President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the U.S. will designate [...] More

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Named Terrorist Group

Bottom Line Up FrontThe 8 April Trump administration announcement designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist [...] More

The Dangerous Escalation Dynamics of Terrorism

Bottom Line Up FrontWhile Pakistan relies on terrorists as proxies, it remains unclear exactly how much control the military and intelligence [...] More