Good morning! Start your Friday with SOFREP’s Morning Brief for May 23, 2025—your quick intel on defense and global affairs.

Depending on who you ask, a nuclear agreement between Iran and the United states is either a non-starter or almost a done ...

No country formally recognises the Taliban. But the group’s recent diplomatic overdrive shows many want it as a partner.

Iran and the U.S. have see-sawed between enmity and grudging diplomacy in the years since, with relations peaking when Tehran ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat warned Thursday that his country would take “special measures in ...

While rising US-Iran tensions over Tehran’s uranium enrichment jeopardize nuclear talks, three Iranian sources said on ...

Iran’s parliament approved a 20-year strategic partnership on Wednesday between Moscow and Tehran, state media reported. The ...

Iran tensions are surging again, with US intel warning of a possible Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites. This comes amid ...

Iran's ratification of a 20-year pact with Russia marks a major step in expanding military and economic ties amid tensions with the West ...

With negotiations faltering over clashing red lines, Iran may turn to China and Russia as a "Plan B", the sources said, but ...

The U.S. may maintain sanctions while leveraging Azerbaijan as a strategic location to exploit Tehran’s internal ...