Democracy's Road to Tyranny

Iran Says 'Prepared To End War' If Security Guarantees Offered, But Still No Direct Negotiations - Just 'Messages' Summary President Pezeshkian: prepared to end war with guarantees against further attacks. IRGC warns it will hit 18 US tech companies in region, says Siemens in Israel already attack China, Pakistan issue broad five-point framework for peace (document below); France, Italy begin to block airspace for Iran-related US ops WarSec Hegseth saw "upcoming days will be decisive", strikes will continues without any deal - says "regime fragmenting" President Trump signals off-ramp, tells world "go get your own oil", says...

Oil Jumps As Iran Warns War Could Expand To Indian Ocean If US Attacks Resume It was just this month which saw the Iran conflict spill over into a renewed fight between the Saudi coalition and Yemen's Houthi rebels. Now Iran is threatening to expand the fight further, even into the Indian Ocean. Yahya Rahim Safavi, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, warned Thursday of another significant expanse of the war if the Islamic Republic suffers attack again. "Since the conflict has spread from the Persian Gulf and Strait of...

Wall Street Warns "Pervert Glasses" Backlash Threatens AI-Wearables Boom Bernstein analysts are out with a note on how Meta Platforms and EssilorLuxottica's once-hot smart glasses business is running out of steam because of an emerging public backlash over privacy and surveillance, raising questions about whether the smart glasses industry as a whole is hitting a brick wall. Luca Solca, Bernstein's senior equity analyst and global luxury-goods sector head, covers companies including EssilorLuxottica, LVMH, Hermès and Richemont. He said Ray-Ban Meta glasses were initially a "commercial success," but public opinion has since...