Beyond the headlines
The Griffinfly is an intelligence platform that allows a reader to go beyond the surface level headlines and dive into the weeds of a conflict. It is produced through a partnership between UNISHKA Research Service, Inc. and Development Impact Global Group LLC (DIGG) and curates primary-language reporting from Persian, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese and English-language sources into weekly regional briefings, one per desk. UNISHKA is primarily responsible for information collection while DIGG assembles, publishes, and administers the newsletter.
One umbrella, many desks
The Griffinfly is the overall publication. Each desk under it covers one region in depth: its own weekly open-source intelligence brief and original UNISHKA Research on the actors, units, and networks operating in that region.
Tehran is our first desk. It tracks Iran’s strategic posture, nuclear and missile programs, military capabilities, regional proxies, internal politics, press freedom and human rights, and the sanctions-shadowed economy, together with the dynamics radiating from Iran into the wider region. More desks will follow.
Tehran
A weekly read of the Islamic Republic, kept current by The Desk.
A living desk, not a feed
Griffinfly publishes a weekly open-source intelligence brief for each desk, plus original UNISHKA Research on the actors and networks that shape the region.
The Desk doesn’t chase the feed. It tracks one region continuously, and each week distills what actually moved into a single briefing, with the noise filtered out and the bottom line up front.
The aim isn’t to be first; it’s to be the reference. Subscribers don’t get a stream of alerts; they get The Desk’s current best understanding of a place, the week’s developments and the longer-running research behind them.
Living, not stacked
The Desk tracks a region continuously; each brief reflects the current picture. Outdated assertions are pruned, not buried under timestamps.
Briefing-grade prose
Written for the practitioner who already knows the basics. Plain English. No filler. No hedging for its own sake.
Source-attributed
Every claim links back to its primary article.
Region as the unit
Each desk is a place (one region in depth), not a topic floating across geographies.
No quiet money
Griffinfly is an editorially independent publication. It is produced jointly by UNISHKA Research Service, Inc. and Development Impact Global Group LLC (DIGG). Neither firm is owned by, contracted to, or funded by any government, military, or intelligence service for the purposes of this publication.
No advertising, no syndication, no sponsored content, no classified inputs, and no government oversight of coverage.
Subscriptions support The Desk. That’s the entire revenue model.