Iran’s Mojtaba Khamenei vows to fight in first statement as supreme leader

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The newly appointed supreme leader delivers a combative statement, pledging Iran will keep fighting. Mojtaba Khamenei has issued his first statement since taking over as Iran’s supreme leader after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several family members were assassinated … Read More

Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei supreme leader as war fuels spike in oil prices

Iran’s clerical Assembly of Experts tapped Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader amid ongoing conflict, even as the war sent global oil prices soaring past $100 a barrel. FAST FACTS … Read More

Russia Struggles to Find a Response to U.S.–Israel Attack on Iran

The U.S.–Israeli airstrikes against Iran that began on February 28 shocked Moscow. Russian experts argued that the narrow agenda of U.S.–Iranian talks in Geneva, focused on Iran’s nuclear enrichment, indicated U.S. preparations for a limited strike centered on Iranian nuclear … Read More

Iranian missile warhead falls less than a kilometer from Temple Mount, al-Aqsa Mosque

Police find warhead, incendiary material in Sultan’s Pool venue just meters outside Old City of Jerusalem. Missile could ‘very possibly’ have hit key holy site, police say. The warhead of an Iranian missile hit a site just several dozen meters … Read More

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff holds briefing on U.S. military operations in Middle East

ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) — The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said the US war against Iran would not consist of a “single, overnight operation” and added that more US casualties should be expected. “This is … Read More

Iran claims it now controls the Straits of Hormuz and this could trigger US-Iran war

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The head of the navy of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, General Alireza Tangsiri, said on Monday that Iran had full control of the Gulf and the U.S. Navy did not belong there. Tangsiri said Iran had full control of the Gulf … Read More

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