Update III from the Iranist

January 30, 2026

Salam reader,

Apologies for the silence last week. I was in Davos to speak on an all-Iranian women’s panel about the anti-regime protests and then fell ill afterward…

Since I last wrote, the United States has repositioned military assets in the Middle East, and President Donald Trump is weighing his options on whether to strike Iran—and which targets to p…