Iran
Trump says – Iran has informed the US that it is ‘in a state of collapse’
President Donald Trump announced a “major combat operation” against Iran on February 28, with joint US-Israeli strikes targeting military, government ...
Senate Democrats have said the Pentagon is not ready for Iran to retaliate against US forces
A group of Senate Democrats is pressing the Pentagon for what they describe as a failure to protect US troops ...
A lawless floating gas station where Iranian oil changes hands
In the year of the US military’s dramatic seizure of the Indian Ocean, an oil tanker known as the MT ...
Iran offers to end chokehold on Strait of Hormuz and urges US to end blockade, officials say
CAIRO (AP) — Iran is offering to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz without addressing its nuclear program, ...
Hormuz crisis spurs $24 billion Iraq trade corridor as Gulf routes change
The Strait of Hormuz crisis is driving nations’ efforts to develop alternative Gulf-to-Europe trade routes, with Iraq’s $24 billion “development ...
The ‘obscene economics’ of modern warfare shows how the race for military supremacy is transforming, while US rearmament hinges on China.
The Iran conflict has confirmed a shift in the economics of war toward cheaper, mass-produced weapons, forcing a wholesale rethink ...
The ultra-hardliners who mock Trump are ready to take on nuclear talks
More signs of turmoil are emerging in Iran’s US negotiating team as hardliner Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is set to be ...
Iran’s top diplomat returned to Pakistan, but Trump said the two sides could talk by phone
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Islamabad again Sunday as Pakistan’s political and military leadership sought to restart ...
Iran is suffering in its standoff with the US – but Trump may be conditioned to blink first
The United States’ naval embargo on Iran is strangling the Islamic Republic’s main economic corridors — with Tehran facing an ...
As collapse risks emerge, the US economic chokehold on Iran reaches extreme leverage
U.S. economic pressure on Iran has reached one of its strongest points in decades, but inconsistent enforcement has prevented the ...