(By Khalid Masood) The midnight deadline has passed. In situation rooms across Washington, Tehran, and allied capitals, military planners and diplomatic envoys are weighing the same question: has the window for de-escalation closed, or has it merely narrowed to a thread? For days, the Middle East has operated under the shadow of an April 7…
(By Khalid Masood) In the early hours of Saturday, February 28, 2026, a barrage of US and Israeli missiles struck targets across Iran, including a compound in Tehran where Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was reportedly meeting with key commanders. Within hours, US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Khamenei—one of the most…
(By Khalid Masood) In the early hours of February 28, 2026, as US and Israeli forces unleashed a massive coordinated airstrike campaign on Iran—codenamed Operation Epic Fury—the operation not only targeted Iranian military infrastructure and leadership sites but also marked a pivotal moment in the militarization of artificial intelligence. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was…
