Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?
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US begins blockade in Strait of Hormuz
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Iran war: Who gained ground, who lost influence
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US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire with Tehran saying it will reopen Strait of Hormuz
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Donald Trump posted on Truth Social this morning that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" as his threatened attacks on Iranian infrastructure loom ahead of deadline
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Ramen, K-beauty, clothes face shortages as Iran war hits Asia’s supplies
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Russia's next offensive and Ukraine's energy war - impacts of the Iran War and the coming campaign
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Donald Trump says it's 'not possible' for the US to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and day care: 'We’re fighting wars'
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He helped stop Iran from getting the bomb
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How will the Iran War reshape arms exports? - Missile consumption, emergency sales and the supply gap
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US-Israeli plan for Kurdish invasion of Iran reportedly collapsed amid leaks, distrust
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France confirms oil crisis, says 30-40 percent of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed
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Miscellanea: The war in Iran
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Iran hits Gulf energy sites, escalating war, as US mulls sanctions rollback
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World Health Organization prepares for nuclear scenario, including weapons use, in Iran
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A top US counterterrorism official resigns, citing the Iran war
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The Iran naval and economic war - Hormuz, energy exports and the end of the Iranian navy?
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Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story
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US Federal Communications Commission's Brendan Carr warns broadcasters on Iran reporting
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The Iran air and missile war - ballistic missiles, interceptors and munition stockpiles
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Israel strikes oil facilities in Iran
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US Pentagon leverages AI in Iran strikes amid feud with Anthropic
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Eyes of Iran: how the regime secretly monitors its citizens
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in Israeli and American joint strikes
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Amazon Bahrain facility targeted for US military support: Iran media
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US Marines fired on protesters storming consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
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Why we struck Iran
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Hacked traffic cams and hijacked TVs: how cyber operations supported the war against Iran
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Is intervening in Iran actually justified?
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Iran’s supreme leader signals harsher crackdown as protest movement swells
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Strategic winners and losers of 2025 - outcomes, strategy and the road to 2026
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A Norwegian man has been accused of leaking sensitive information about US embassy staff members in Oslo and threatening Norway's national interests
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Danish universities are rejecting foreign researchers, especially from Russia, Iran and China, over high espionage threats – Aarhus University has already rejected twenty-four applicants this year
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Iran carries out mass expulsion of Afghan refugees
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Iran and Israel: From escalation to ceasefire - nuclear unknowns, lessons and Iran's strategic handicap
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Iran and Israel at war - Israeli operations, Iranian missiles and the US strike
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US bombers strike nuclear sites in Iran
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US President Donald Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader
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Israel conducts airstrikes in Iran
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Israel strikes Iran, killing military leaders, scientists
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Iran ex-detainees press Sweden over death row academic – Swedish-Iranian citizen Ahmadreza Djalali suffered a heart attack in Tehran's Evin prison, his wife said Friday
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detains University of Alabama doctoral student as government's college crackdown continues
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Syria launches counterattacks in an attempt to halt insurgency, as Iran’s top diplomat meets Bashar al-Assad
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Russia and Iran plot to arm Houthis with advanced anti-ship cruise missiles
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Disrupting a covert Iranian influence operation
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US urges citizens to leave Lebanon on 'any available ticket'
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Swedish EU official Johan Floderus, who has been held in an Iranian prison for more than two years, was released as part of a deal with Tehran
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The new propaganda war
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Meet Iran′s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi (2021)
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, hardline ally of Supreme Leader, killed in helicopter crash
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