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Kyle Moran

May 13, 2026, 9:31 PM

No, Pope Leo Did Not Give the Vatican’s Highest Honor to Iran

By Edgar Beltrán, The Pillar - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=165144720

Yesterday evening, a story exploded across X claiming that Pope Leo XIV had personally awarded the Vatican's "highest diplomatic honor" to Iran's ambassador to the Holy See, supposedly in recognition of Tehran's "efforts to promote peace," justice, and opposition...

Apr 1, 2026, 6:27 AM

The Iranian Ambassador Showdown: A Key Test for Lebanese Sovereignty

It's now been three days since the deadline for Iranian ambassador Mohammad Reza Shibani to leave Lebanon expired, and no action to follow through on the expulsion order appears imminent. The decision was enacted by Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi,...

Mar 12, 2026, 7:36 PM

A Censored Voice of America Persian Just Got a Second Chance

Last weekend, federal judge Royce Lamberth—a Ronald Reagan appointee—ruled that Kari Lake had no legal authority to serve as acting Senior Advisor of the US Agency for Global Media. Lake was never Senate-confirmed for the role, instead assuming it...

Mar 5, 2026, 10:18 PM

Don’t Let Iranian Terrorists Buy American Support

A mere hours after US-Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the question of what would come next for the country has become the most consequential for the region—and, unfortunately, a well-funded lobbying operation that has been buying...

Jan 13, 2026, 5:50 PM

Even in Venezuela, We Can’t Get Away From the Bipartisan Anti-Israel Obsession

When news first broke in the early hours of a Saturday morning that the US had pulled off something many thought impossible, the successful capture of Venezuela’s longtime dictator and narco-trafficker Nicolas Maduro, I wasn’t terribly surprised to see...

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Kyle Moran is a political commentator specializing in international affairs and national security. His research on the Middle East has been published in the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project, and his commentary has been featured widely in outlets ranging from RealClearPolitics to The Hill.

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