We're going into Iraq.

For the next phase of Iran War Dispatches, we're sending a veteran reporter in.

For all the news you’re reading, someone has to go out and actually get it.

It’s impossible to tell groundbreaking human interest stories sitting behind a a desk. That’s why we’re sending a member of our team into Iraq, to spend time reporting near the Iran-Iraq border.

Tim Mak

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Iran War Dispatches is all about transparency, so here’s what it will cost for a week of reporting there:

March 14, 2026 at 4:18:49 PM

The work that we’re doing is grueling, difficult and dangerous. To fund this trip we need 68 new paid subscribers today. Will you step up?

If you want to support independent news gathering you can trust, separate from the dictates of oligarch funded news outlets, support Iran War Dispatches today!

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