The war for the world’s key maritime chokepoints now has a second front. Reportedly with Iranian assistance, Houthi forces staged a 48-hour offensive on September 10-11, seizing further stretches of Red Sea coastline and the Hanish and Perim islands. When…
At Pickaxe Mountain, Iran thinks it has built a nuclear fortress America can’t destroy. President Donald Trump can’t afford to let that illusion survive another week. Fortunately, he has options. Tehran has followed the same playbook for decades, secretly building underground…
As the United States and Israel continue to decimate Iran’s conventional capabilities, it becomes clearer that their campaign cannot stop until at least one of two objectives is achieved: the collapse of the Tehran regime, or the end of its…
Click here to read a transcript. The Iranian regime is in trouble, with strikes eliminating its intelligence chief; the head of its Basij forces; and its security chief—and top decisionmaker—Ali Larijani in recent days. Now, Iran is exercising its…
Israel announced that it killed Iran’s national security chief, Ali Larijani, and the head of the Basij forces, Gholamreza Soleimani. Maj Gen (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, Israel’s former National Security Advisor and Distinguished Fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security…
Click here to read a transcript. Iran’s regime is trying to escalate its way out of the war. While U.S.-Israeli operations degrade its military capabilities, Tehran is broadening the conflict and raising its economic costs by attacking commercial shipping, mining…
JINSA issued the following letter, signed by 75 retired U.S. generals and admirals, in support of Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion against the Iranian regime: As retired senior American military leaders, we support the joint U.S.-Israeli military action to…
Click here to read a transcript. On February 28, the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran in what President Donald Trump described as a “massive and ongoing” military campaign. This historic joint operation—dubbed Epic Fury and…
For decades, Iran managed to bluff American presidents. It deterred attacks from a superpower and carried out proxy campaigns against its neighbors and Israel. Our strikes on Iran on Saturday are evidence that this long-term strategy of negotiating in bad…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2026 Contact: Blake Johnson bjohnson@jinsa.org Washington, DC — The following is a statement from Michael Makovsky, President and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, on the U.S.-led military operation against the Iranian regime: “We commend President…