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News and analysis on Iran’s regional role, nuclear ambitions, and ties to terrorism. Includes conservative commentary and opinion from The Daily Signal.
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opinion
Trump v. Pope Leo XIV? Where Do Washington and Rome Go From Here?
The following is an excerpt of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Paul Kengor, editor of The American Spectator and author of the new book “American Pontiff,” for the “Signal Sitdown,” which premieres on the Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. EDT on July 8. This transcript has been edited for clarity…. -
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Trump Just Upended China’s Illicit Petroleum Network
Per the terms of the recent U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, the U.S. Treasury had waived sanctions on some Iranian crude oil exports for 60 days. That move quickly sent American gas prices downward. Then, on July 6, Iran renewed attacks on shipping that got the waiver revoked. But for China, there seems to be little… -
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US Military Launches Strikes Against Iran, Central Command Says
REUTERS—The U.S. military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a license allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz, putting pressure on an already fragile ceasefire. After a day in which huge crowds mourned Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the holy… -
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Next Gen Missile Defense Can Enforce Trump’s Iran Redlines
Critics of President Donald Trump’s recently signed memorandum with Iran worry about future Iranian cheating, particularly after Trump leaves office. As a hedge against cheating, the president has kept a formidable array of naval and air power nearby—a force clearly capable of retaliating against Iranian missile launches or other violations of current or future agreements. But there’s another, more preventative… -
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Clearing Up the Confusion on Trump’s Memorandum of Understanding With Iran
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. There’s been a lot of confusion about this memorandum of understanding, and that’s the 60-day hiatus in the quote-unquote “war” with Iran… -
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House Foreign Affairs Chair: Iran’s Proxies Must Be Tied to Agreement
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast told the Daily Signal that while the current memorandum of understanding with the Iranian regime delivers a win for President Donald Trump’s administration, Iran’s terror proxies—Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthi rebels in Yemen—must be tied to the final peace agreement. The Florida Republican’s remarks come after Hezbollah, a… -
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Why the Media Called Trump a Warmonger…Then an Appeaser
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. The so-called Iranian memorandum of understanding involving a 60-day period of negotiations that may or may not lead to… -
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Trump’s Iran Gamble
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: Victor, let’s go ahead and get to the memorandum of understanding. It was a very short two-page document, easy to read through,… -
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Iran Deal Can Work If We Hit Them Every Time They Break It
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. There’s a lot of confusion, controversy, and disagreement about the latest phase of the Iran war. Remember, we bombed kinetically… -
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US, Iran Reach Deal to End War, Signing Set for Friday
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters)—U.S. and Iranian officials said on Sunday they have agreed on a peace framework for a deal to end their war, halt the U.S. blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, possibly leading to lower energy prices once oil shipments resume through the critical waterway. “The Deal with the Islamic… -
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Iran Will Fall Within the Year: Amit Segal and Josh Hammer
U.S.-Israeli military and diplomatic pressure will lead the Iranian regime to crumble within the next year, Israeli and Jewish American political commentators told the Daily Signal in Israel. That is, unless “Israel fatigue” undermines the effort. “Iran is losing $450 million [a day] through the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz,” Amit Segal told the… -
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How Open-Source Intelligence Is Defeating Hamas and Hezbollah
As hostilities and Iranian-funded terrorism against the state of Israel continue, the Israeli Defense Forces has resorted to using intercepted propaganda, known as open-source intelligence, from the radical Islamic regime in Iran and its proxy terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah to preempt future terror attacks. The use of open-source intelligence, or intercepted existing intelligence,… -
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US Will Hit Iran ‘Very Hard’ Tonight
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters)—President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would hit Iran “very hard tonight” and wanted eventually to take Iran’s oil infrastructure hub Kharg Island, after tit-for-tat strikes in the Gulf that have undermined a shaky ceasefire. Iranian sources and Western officials said indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on a preliminary peace deal… -
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38 Days of Strikes, 60 Days of Negotiations—Is Iran Just Buying Time?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. We talk about an Iran war, but as I speak on June 9, we haven’t had a real kinetic back-and-forth bombing… -
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Iran Fighting Intensifies With Congress Divided on War Power Questions
After weeks in which President Donald Trump has expressed cautious optimism about peace talks with Iran, the United States retaliated against an Iranian downing of an American aircraft, raising questions about the administration’s Iran exit plan and how it will work with Congress going forward. On Tuesday, the United States struck Iran in retaliation for… -
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Trump: Iran Will ‘Have to Pay the Price’ After Tit-for-Tat Strikes
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters)—U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Iran had taken too long to negotiate a deal and would now “have to pay the price,” while Tehran said it would reassess diplomatic engagement with Washington after overnight tit-for-tat strikes. Iran launched missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain… -
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International Pressure Prolongs Human Suffering, IDF Sergeant Says
International pressure from Western media, politicians, and one-sided human rights organizations has prevented Israel from fully neutralizing threats—allowing them to resurface decades later and prolong unnecessary bloodshed, an intelligence officer with the Israel Defense Forces told the Daily Signal. Avraham Levine, who lost dozens of loved ones to attacks carried out in northern Israel by… -
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Weak American Leaders Green-Light Bloodshed, IDF Major Says
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Weak American leaders open the door for global terror, a decorated member of the Israel Defense Forces told the Daily Signal. “Terrorists pray for weak leaders to control the strongest enforcer of world peace, the United States of America,” Shadi Khalloul, a decorated Aramaic Catholic IDF soldier, said. “Those terrorists use… -
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Israeli Genocide of Christians and Muslims Is an Intentionally False Claim, Christian IDF Major Says
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A lifelong and decorated member of the Israel Defense Forces told the Daily Signal that Western media has fabricated lies about the persecution of Christians in Southern Lebanon and Israel. “They are speaking for me without asking for my permission,” Shadi Khalloul said. “The Qatari propagandists, like Al Jazeera, Tucker Carlson,… -
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Debunking 3 Myths From the Trump-Xi Summit
The recent Trump-Xi summit in Beijing featured grand ceremonies, red-carpet pomp, and diplomatic flair, but it produced no major breakthroughs. This has allowed some media and analysts to promote distorted narratives about U.S.-China relations, the Iran conflict, and global power dynamics. Here is a clear-eyed debunking of the three most misleading myths. Myth 1: The…