Masoud Pezeshkian may be the only Iranian president to have lived several political lifetimes in a single term.
He took office after a president died in a helicopter crash. His inauguration was followed by the killing of a guest of that ceremony, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Iran then attacked Israel directly. Hezbollah leader was then assassinated by Israel. Bashar al-Assad fell. War reached Iran. A few months later, protests erupted. Then another war that saw the leadership changing under fire. A new leader was chosen while the country was still at war.
And now, the same president who entered office amid funerals and missiles is signing a peace deal with an American president.
Under Pezeshkian, Iran hasn’t stopped moving from one phase to another.
Pakistan’s Nuclear Journey: The Bomb, The Doctrine, The Challenges 🇵🇰☢️
Why did Pakistan become a nuclear-weapon state 28 years ago? What changed after 1998? And what are the biggest strategic challenges facing Pakistan’s deterrence today?
In this video, I unpack:
🔹 Why Pakistan went nuclear — from 1947 insecurities to 1971, India’s 1974 nuclear test, and the logic of deterrence.
🔹 Pakistan’s nuclear posture today — strategic ambiguity, credible minimum full spectrum deterrence, and sustaining strategic stability in a rapidly changing region.
🔹 Top strategic challenges — India’s militarised Hindutiva mindset, evolving military posture, emerging technologies, regional instability, and arms control pressures.
Pakistan’s nuclear story is not just about the bomb. It is a story of survival, deterrence, doctrine, and difficult strategic choices.
What do you think is Pakistan’s biggest nuclear challenge today?
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With regards to terrorism, India may export violence abroad through state-sponsored terrorism — from terrorist proxies to extra-judicial assassinations — but it cannot hide its fingerprints in the country of origin. Kulbhushan Jadhav remains a living evidence of India’s covert operations inside Pakistan. The TTP, BLA and Majeed Brigade, aided, financed and operated from Afghan soil, have killed thousands of innocent civilians in Pakistan. Just couple of days ago, on 24 May, the Quetta train bombing, whose responsibility was claimed by BLA once again showed the human cost of Indian-sponsored terrorism: killing and injuring numerous Pakistani nationals, including innocent men, women and children who were on their way to celebrate Eid with their loved ones.
Right of Reply to India by Counsellor, Ms. Saima Saleem during the UN Security Council Open Debate on “Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter and Strengthening the UN-centered International System”
Petrol and diesel prices have been increased by the Noon government by Rs 15 per litre each to Rs 415 per litre. The entire increase in both has been due to increase in levy and taxes. Not due to any increase in prices.
For petrol now we pay levy of Rs 120 per litre and for diesel Rs 45 per litre. In addition we pay about Rs 30 per litre as custom for diesel and Rs 20 as duty for petrol. So about 33% of the what you pay for petrol and 16% for diesel goes to the government.
Don’t let the government say that they are not passing on the total burden on the people and undertaking any austerity. The entire burden of price increases plus even more taxes are now being charged to the people.
Dear Iran know your enemies. Here is an exclusive video of USS Truxtun (DDG-103) being resupplied at Mumbai port India.
This is the very proof that India is helping USA to do blockade of Iran and Iran should retaliate by not allowing Indian ships to transit through Hormuz.
🇵🇰Pakistan has taken a major step in strengthening its air defense by deploying advanced indigenous 3D radar systems designed to detect and track modern aerial threats, including stealth aircraft, drones, and cruise missiles.
The long-range AM-350S radar can monitor targets up to 350 kilometers, while the Machaan radar, with a range of 105 kilometers, offers high mobility and is tailored for close air defense operations. Together, these systems significantly enhance detection capability and mark a move toward greater technological self-reliance in national defense.
What sets this development apart is the integration of these radars into a broader, network-centric defense framework supported by satellite-based data links. This allows real-time sharing of information between radar units, aircraft, and command centers, enabling faster and more coordinated responses to threats.
I’ve spent over two decades studying the Pakistani state. But words fail to describe how malevolent, low-IQ, & beholden to vested interests, the administration is.
The people trying to stop solar power adoption in Pakistan are all university educated professionals. Check their CVs and you will find many with foreign qualifications & fancy fellowships.
When they retire some will produce silly self-exonerating memoirs.
And while they were in government for decades two questions never occurred to them:
1. What is in the national interest and public interest of Pakistan?
2. How can we help Pakistan achieve these constructive objectives?
At a time of global energy crisis, Pakistan needs to move even more rapidly towards solarisation. Instead, the administration is trying to impede solarisation and now they are going after not just the ‘bourgeoisie’ or ‘rich’ solar net metering folks, but others as well.
Let’s accept it now, Vance’s abrupt departure from the talks was a strategic mistake.
Iran came fully prepared, with a complete team and a clear intent to find a settlement.
Walking away didn’t create leverage, it destroyed momentum. Now the equation has shifted.
Iran knows Trump is under pressure to secure a deal, and that changes everything.
The next time they come to the table, it won’t be on the same terms. They will demand more and get more.
Walking away did not strengthen the U.S. position. It handed Iran time, clarity, and leverage.
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New today in @thenewspk: The Dangerous Myth of the Nuclear Bluff
South Asia’s deterrence stability rests on ambiguity, signalling, restraint, and risk perception, not simply on overt nuclear threats. Misreading restraint as absence of deterrence can encourage dangerous confidence in limited war under the nuclear shadow.
Read here:
https://t.co/SVoGTi8Os4
#SouthAsia #Deterrence #NuclearRisk
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MIND-BLOWING: THE 10 TOP REAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF TRUMP AND HEGSETH IN IRAN
1. The Strait of Hormuz was open
- Now it’s blocked by two militaries
2. Iran had no nukes
- Now every nation knows it needs nukes
3. Iranians were divided, with some favoring and some opposing the US and Israel
- Now Iranians are united against the US and Israel
4. US military bases had pretended to be assets
- Now they’ve been exposed as liabilities
5. Murdering an entire govt was considered a very bad thing
- Now it’s fine, the US set a precedent for everyone
6. The Gulf states pretended to be loyal to the global family of Islam, not US/Israel
- Now everyone knows the opposite is true
7. The “allies” thought the US valued them
- Now they know the US is destroying them
8. US citizens used to spend nothing on Iran
- Now they’re bleeding US$30 billion on that country
9. Peace negotiations used to be sacrosanct
- Now we know the US says its okay to kill negotiators
10. The world suspected the US was a murderous rogue regime
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Now
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know
it’s
true.
You either make a nuke or not make a nuke. If you're not making a nuke, then fuck it and give it all up, if you're making a nuke then make the fucking nuke. Iran keeps fucking itself for the "right" to enrich Uranium, which is meaningless.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf upon arrival in Islamabad, responding to questions about recent statements by US Vice President JD Vance:
• “If the United States is ready to make a real agreement and grant the Iranian people their rights, Iran will also be ready to reach an agreement.”
• “We have goodwill, but we have no trust.”
• “Unfortunately, our experience negotiating with the Americans has always ended in failure and violations; in less than a year, twice, in the middle of negotiations, despite Iran’s goodwill, they attacked us and committed numerous war crimes.”