Posts Tagged: US Iran War
US and Iran Discuss Phased Deal to Reopen Hormuz and End US Blockade, Sources Say
US and Iranian negotiators in New York are exploring a phased path out of war that would involve Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and Washington lifting its economic blockade of Iran,...
Iran’s Economy Is Collapsing. Why Hasn’t It Triggered Another Mass Uprising?
IRAN — US President Donald Trump's renewed economic campaign against Iran is tightening an already severe squeeze on ordinary households. Expanded secondary sanctions and a...
Trump Urges Compete Isolation of Iran, Expects Deal After Election
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for complete economic isolation of Iran, showing no intention to resume talks at the UN General Assembly but saying he believed a deal would be...
Yemen’s Houthis Reach Strategic Island at Mouth of Vital Shipping Lane
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on a vital global...
Iran and US Hit Tankers in Biggest Wave of Attacks on Shipping Since War Began
Iran said on Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the US sank five Iranian oil tankers, in the biggest declared...
Iran to Announce New Restricted Zone in the Gulf in the Coming Days
Iran said it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days, along with maps of a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, as a weekend exchange of strikes on shipping...
Iran Warns US Against Israeli Attack on South Lebanon Ridge Held by Hezbollah, Sources Say
Iran has warned the United States that it would respond forcefully to an Israeli offensive on a mountainous ridge in southern Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hezbollah fighters, three...
Trump Says Renewed US Campaign Against Iran Won’t Last Long After Biggest Exchange of Fire Since July
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 since July. Trump told reporters in the...
Iran’s Nuclear Debate Erupts Into Political Storm as Top Officials Question Cost of Enrichment
Iran’s nuclear program has erupted into an unexpected political storm, after President Masoud Pezeshkian’s son and a key adviser openly defended calls to reconsider the...
Qatar PM Pursues Mediation in Tehran as US Ramps Up ‘Economic War’
The prime minister of US ally Qatar visited Tehran on Thursday in a bid to revive diplomacy as the US and Iran traded recriminations over Washington's latest sanctions drive,...
Iran Vows to Resist Widened US Sanctions, Says Washington Seeks Talks
Iran denounced on Tuesday expanded US sanctions aimed at isolating its economy as an act of "gross lawlessness," expressing confidence that many countries would not...
Trump Says Strait of Hormuz Has Been Demined, Warns Iran Not to Plant More
.. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that all mines had been detonated or removed from international waters of the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran has...
US Unveils ‘Economic D-Day’ of Sanctions to Isolate Iran
The US on Monday announced an expansion of secondary sanctions it hopes will "sever every economic lifeline" sustaining Iran, as President Donald Trump's administration struggles to...
Iran and US Step Up Attacks and Threaten to Escalate
Iran launched missiles and drones on US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain early on Sunday, shortly after President Donald Trump threatened to wipe out the Iranian leadership if they did...
