U.S.-Israeli military campaign

President Donald Trump accused the 'fake news' media of wanting the United States to lose its conflict with Iran, specifically criticizing The New York Times for reporting that Iran is in a stronger position than before the U.S.-Israeli military campaign. Trump threatened additional strikes against Iran, including targeting Pickaxe Mountain near the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, and claimed Iran's military is 'decimated' despite favorable media coverage.

The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran served as a stress test for Brics+, revealing that the expanded group is neither a military alliance nor an ideological bloc. Brics+, often seen as a Global South platform for a multipolar order, demonstrated its non-unified nature during the conflict.

Iranian state-sponsored hackers, part of the Nimbus Manticore group, are deploying MiniFast and MiniJunk V2 malware through phishing and SEO poisoning attacks targeting aviation and software sectors in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. The campaign follows a U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran in late February 2026.