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Opinion | Zagros To Dasht-e-Lut, Why Iran's Terrain Could Be A Challenge For US Ground Troops
Iran is often called a 'fortress' owing to its formidable mountain ranges, which virtually form a wall to its North, West and South.
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Col Rajeev Agarwal (Retd)
- Mar 31, 2026 12:37 pm IST
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Opinion | Exit Denied? Why Iran Won't Make It This Easy For Trump To 'Pause' The War
The escalation matrix has risen rapidly, and Iran may be in no mood to give Trump the early exit he seems to be seeking so desperately now.
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Col Rajeev Agarwal (Retd)
- Mar 24, 2026 11:52 am IST
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Opinion | Is The Gulf Now Questioning Its US Ties - And The American 'Guarantee'?
Doubts are bound to follow if even the US, the mightiest of the militaries and with 13 major military bases in the region, could not protect it against only one opposing nation - Iran.
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Col Rajeev Agarwal (Retd)
- Mar 10, 2026 16:57 pm IST
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Opinion | Gasping In 4 Days? How Iran Humbled US-Israel's Million-Dollar War Inventory
In the ongoing war, in just four days of battle, there are fears that the US and Israel's inventory of Patriot and Tomahawk missiles may run out soon.
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Col Rajeev Agarwal (Retd)
- Mar 04, 2026 12:51 pm IST
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Opinion | Iran Requires a Regime Change, Just Not The Kind America Wants
Trump's dreams of effecting a regime change in Iran need to be considered along two factors related to the power structures within Iran, both of which US seems indifferent to.
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Col Rajeev Agarwal (Retd)
- Jan 30, 2026 11:21 am IST
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