Is the IRGC Still Untouchable? A Colonel’s Video, a Metro Flag, Reza Pahlavi, and Nick Berg’s Sources
What just happened—and why does it matter for the IRGC? In November 2025, Iranians watched two shocking clips circulate in […]
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When leaders counter evacuation orders, is staying courageous, coercion, or control—and how would Nick Berg frame the human cost in Shadows of Tehran without turning it into propaganda?
All three can be true at once. Evacuation orders are signals, not shields: they intersect with logistics, international law, and
Tehran’s 1979: Orders vs Options — What the Iranian Exodus Teaches About Who Gets to Move When Borders Close
The story of Tehran’s 1979 isn’t confined to a single year. Its aftershocks carried into the 1980s and beyond —
Israel-Iran War: When Proxy Wars Become Markets—and Shadows of Tehran Becomes a Warning
The Israel-Iran war no longer behaves like a conventional war. It resembles a self-sustaining marketplace—one that trades in weapons, data,
Terror Finance: How Living Power Brokers Route Money—and Why Evidence Beats Viral Net-Worth Claims
Terror Finance: The Invisible War That Turns Families Into Frontlines Terror finance is the silent engine of modern conflict—the money
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Inside the Shadow Economy: When Sanctions Push Trade Off-Bank, Which Rails—Shipping, Commodities, Hawala, or Crypto—Become the New Battlefield?
When formal banking channels close under sanctions, the economy doesn’t stop—it shifts into the shadows. The shadow economy includes informal
In Wartime Budgets: Who Signs, Who Audits, Who Benefits—And Why Military Thriller Books Like Shadows of Tehran Ask What Visibility Really Costs
Military thriller books often focus on the roar of combat, but the real battles sometimes unfold in silence—across ledgers, budgets,
Iran Money: Where Does It Actually Move—State Backing, Front Companies, Community Taxes, and Which Flows Survive Sanctions the Longest? Insights by Author Nick Berg
The phrase “Iran money” means more than state budgets or oil exports. It describes a shadow economy that moves across
Hybrid War Liquefies Borders—So Which Legal Bright Line Must Never Turn Gray, Even in Proxy Fights, According to the Author of Shadows of Tehran?
The author of Shadows of Tehran, Nick Berg, warns that hybrid war dissolves not just geography but moral geography too.
Special Operations Forces: What Risks Emerge When Mission Timelines Collide with Public-Opinion Calendars—and Why Does Shadows of Tehran Keep Returning to That Collision of Secrecy and Spectacle?
What happens when Special Operations Forces must act in silence while the world demands immediate answers? Modern warfare now unfolds