Timothy Nerozzi

4 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Timothy Nerozzi

President Donald Trump shared on Tuesday morning a series of texts received from NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte ahead of his arrival at this week’s summit, where he’s expected to clinch a long-sought defense spending agreement. In the series of messages sent to “dear Donald,” Rutte congratulated Trump for the United States’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and subsequent ceasefire deal, claiming the operation has set the president up for a victory lap at this week’s NATO summit.

4 days ago | denvergazette.com | Timothy Nerozzi

President Donald Trump shared on Tuesday morning a series of texts received from NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte ahead of his arrival at this week's summit, where he's expected to clinch a long-sought defense spending agreement. In the series of messages sent to "dear Donald," Rutte congratulated Trump for the United States's strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and subsequent ceasefire deal, claiming the operation has set the president up for a victory lap at this week's NATO summit.

4 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Timothy Nerozzi

As Iran responds militarily to the United States’s bombing of its nuclear facilities, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remains out of sight and closely guarded. Officials in Israel have asserted for days that the supreme leader is on the cusp of fleeing the embattled Islamic Republic. Khamenei‘s camp maintains that he has no such plans, as he refuses to leave Iran and is protected by a security gaggle of specially trained guards.

5 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Timothy Nerozzi

Reza Pahlavi, the crown prince of Iran, has opened a platform through which members of the Islamic Republic’s government and military can defect from the regime. The son of Iran’s last shah is escalating his campaign for a populist uprising against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who he claimed is considering an escape amid the onslaught of bombings from Israel and the United States.

6 days ago | denvergazette.com | Timothy Nerozzi

Before Saturday evening's strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, the Chinese Communist Party had demanded that Israel end its attacks on the Islamic Republic and the United States to withhold itself from the conflict. The U.S. clearly didn't heed their demands. It's not because President Xi Jinping is a humanitarian or has a particular interest in the Iranian nuclear program. China sees the unrest in Iran as a possible flashpoint that could spill over and cut into national energy security.