The interim agreement, signed late Wednesday, starts the clock on a 60-day negotiating window to resolve key issues around the future of Iran’s nuclear program. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have signed a memorandum of understanding, laying out terms for ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump could be…
In his longest statement while still not appearing in public, Iran’s new ayatollah said US military bases would have no place in the region, as CENTCOM acknowledged overnight strikes on missile sites and Iranian boats laying mines, and a tanker was struck near Oman. Iran’s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei declared in his first major public statement…
Despite a weeks-long ceasefire in Iran, most Iranians have been without international internet access since the war began. That means almost the whole country has been disconnected from the world for nearly three months. But that started to change on Monday, when Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian issued an order to reopen international internet access. Reports…
Khamenei warns US will no longer be able to use Gulf states as safe haven; Rubio insists deal still possible but is ‘a few days’ away; Trump: Tehran must hand over enriched uranium or destroy it US forces attacked missile sites in southern Iran and boats trying to lay mines on Monday, US Central Command…
Since before Iran’s 1979 revolution, Western policy toward that country has been shaped less by realities on the ground than by what foreign policymakers found convenient to believe about them. The myths have changed over the decades. The cost of believing them has not. In late 1977, Jimmy Carter famously toasted the Shah’s Iran as…
The situation in the strait, a critical waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil used to pass through on a typical day, continues to capture the world’s attention. A ship anchored off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates has been seized and is heading toward Iranian waters, the British military said…
During the US’s Operation Epic Fury against Iran and before the ongoing temporary US-Iran ceasefire, Saudi Arabia allowed the US to fly aircraft from the Prince Sultan Airbase. US President Donald Trump’s decision to pause a US operation to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz came as a result of pressure from Saudi Arabia,…
WANA (May 05) – Iran’s Foreign Minister is continuing his diplomatic consultations and will travel to Beijing today, where he is set to discuss bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments with his Chinese counterpart. Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, will depart for Beijing on Tuesday, May 5, as part of his…
Two American-flagged merchant ships have successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz, according to the US military, following Donald Trump’s vow to free stranded vessels. US forces on Monday launched an effort to guide commercial tankers through the vital waterway, where hundreds have been stuck since the Iran war began on February 28. The American military…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military on Thursday seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Iran a day after its paramilitary Revolutionary Guards took control of two vessels in the crucial Strait of Hormuz. The Defense Department released video footage of U.S. forces on…