Israel threatens broad retaliation if Iran attacks
Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Israel would strike Iran’s energy and civilian infrastructure if Iran were to attack Israel, the country’s latest threat to Tehran ...
Iran reports 18 dead after US strikes, including four at wedding
The sudden recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll after Iran reported 18 dead in the last U.S. assault, including four killed and ...
Trump claims renewed campaign against Iran ‘won’t last long’
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the renewed US campaign against Iran would not continue for “too long” after the biggest exchange of fire between Tehran and Washington ...
Trump proposes renaming the Strait of Hormuz as the “Trump Strait”
US Preisdent Donald Trump proposed on Wednesday to rename the Strait of Hormuz as the “Trump Strait”, following his precedence of ‘renaming’ Lake Ontario, located on the border with Canada, ...
US and Iran back on war footing as strikes shatter weeks-long lull
The U.S. and Iran found themselves back in a war footing on Wednesday after the most significant exchange in weeks, with Washington threatening even more devastating strikes while Iran ...
Iran urges US to comply with interim deal after Trump threatens further strikes
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday it would reciprocate if the United States honoured its commitments under a June interim deal on halting their conflict, but ...
Iran still wants negotiated end to war, president says after exchanges of fire
Iran is still seeking a negotiated solution to its conflict with the U.S., President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday, a day after the two countries resumed hostilities for the ...
Iran claims drone attack on UAE base as US strikes on Larak Island
Iran’s army said it attacked the United Arab Emirates’ Al Minhad Air Base with drones early on Monday, Iranian state television reported, as hostilities intensified following U.S. strikes ...
Netanyahu says EU ‘remains silent when Turkey illegally occupies half of Cyprus’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the European Union “remains silent when Turkey, a Nato member, illegally occupies half of Cyprus, an EU member”, while accusing the ...
War weighs on Iran’s economy as US intensifies sanctions
Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the U.S., with the supreme leader urging the government to address the hardship and the president saying foreign trade ...
Iran condemns new US sanctions as ‘state terrorism’
Iran condemns new US economic sanctions as “state terrorism”, while its supreme leader has banned acts that could harm “social cohesion” amid concern that further financial pain could spark unrest ...
Israel kills Hamas operative in rare West Bank air strike
An Israeli strike killed a Hamas operative and two of his accomplices in the West Bank on Friday, the military said, in a rare use of deadly air power in ...
Iran’s disfigured supreme leader remains invisible six months into an existential war
Six months after the airstrikes that began the war and propelled a badly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei into the role of Iran’s supreme leader, he remains entirely unseen and unheard ...
Qatar PM visits Tehran to pursue mediation efforts
Qatar’s prime minister visited Tehran on Thursday in a bid to relaunch diplomacy after the U.S. and Iran traded recriminations over Washington’s promise to increase economic pressure, ...
Iran and Oman still working on Strait of Hormuz accord
Iran and Oman are still working on the details of an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source said on Wednesday, after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said ...
US-Iran war sinks into energy trench warfare six months on
Six months into the U.S.-Iran war, the conflict is hardening into a stalemate that could last well into 2027, with energy markets held hostage, inflation elevated and neither side ...
Iran vows to retaliate after US widens sanctions
Iran promised to retaliate against expanded US sanctions that the Americans said would cut Iran’s economic lifeline, with Tehran expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist Washington’s ...
Commodity vessel transits through Strait of Hormuz hit three-month low
Just two tankers transited the key energy chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, for the lowest daily tally of commodity vessels since early May, with both entering the ...
Mediator Pakistan to hold talks in Iran on US ‘economic D-Day’
Pakistan’s army chief was visiting Tehran on a mediating mission on Monday as the United States prepared to roll out “the greatest financial offensive ever” targeting Iran’s trade ...
Iran grants permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through Hormuz
Iran has granted permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz following repeated requests from Baghdad through various channels, Iran’s state news ...
Israel defends decision to close probe into Amalthea aid worker killings
Israel’s foreign ministry has defended the country’s decision to close the investigation into the killing of seven aid workers who were transporting humanitarian goods sent from Cyprus to ...
Turkey hits back at Netanyahu’s ‘groundless rant’ on Cyprus, Syria
Turkey’s presidential communications directorate has described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments on its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policies in Cyprus and Syria as a “groundless rant” ...
Erdogan ‘antisemitic dictator’ who ‘occupies half of Cyprus’, Netanyahu says in reaction to red notice
Turkey said on Friday it would seek an Interpol red notice for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a domestic criminal case linked to an ...
Iran vows ‘devastating’ response as US threatens toughest ever economic hit
Iran said on Friday that its response to any new U.S. threats would be “devastating” after Washington pledged to impose the toughest financial penalties in history with the aim ...