Iran-Israel War Archives

U.S. and Israel orchestrate strategic deception to catch Iran off guard

June 15, 2025

The centuries-old maxim, “War is deception,” (al-harb khudʿa) attributed to Prophet Muhammad proved prescient when Israel launched a preemptive strike against Iran’s nuclear and military sites in early June 2025. With tensions already high over Tehran’s uranium enrichment program and stalled negotiations in Oman, what appeared as routine diplomacy concealed a carefully orchestrated stratagem in […]

World

Iran’s predictable missile barrages read as hesitation? Here’s how soft-response missteps paved the way for Israel’s June 2025 assault.

June 15, 2025

Iran’s calibrated strikes in April and October 2024 were meant to signal deterrence, not war. Yet by revealing both the reach and the restraint of its missiles and drones, Tehran may have inadvertently provided Israeli planners with a roadmap for a far more devastating offensive.