Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a press conference in Istanbul on Sunday. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images Iran’s top political officials are roundly condemning the U.S. for carrying out a series of overnight attacks on several of Iran’s nuclear facilities and are asserting the…
“But if Iran doesn’t respond, the cohesion of its regime,” a ruling class weighed down by corruption, public discontent and growing disillusionment with its promises of resistance, “could really be challenged,” he added. Iran’s proxy network has also been battered by years of attrition with Israel and the U.S. Its most important ally, Hezbollah in…
Taraneh Fathalian BBC Persian EPA Iranians attended a protest against the Israeli and US strikes in Tehran on Sunday “My days and nights are the same. I feel paralysed. I just stare at the ceiling all day and all night.” “I keep wondering what will happen next, and we are constantly caught by surprise.” Shahla…
Donald Trump was quick to claim that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities had “completely and totally obliterated” them. Still, it remains unclear how much physical damage has been done or what the longer-term impact might be on Iran’s nuclear programme. What was the target? The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) confirmed that attacks…
As Operation “Midnight Hammer” got underway on Saturday, a group of B-2 bombers took off from their base in Missouri and were noticed heading out toward the Pacific island of Guam, in what experts saw as possible pre-positioning for any U.S. decision to strike Iran. Source link
CNN — By the time President Donald Trump was milling about his golf club in New Jersey on Friday evening, the planes were about to be in the air. To onlookers at the club, Trump showed little anxiety about his decision to authorize airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities that could have profound ramifications both…
After a muted few days for the market, investors in the week ahead will grapple with the fallout of the United States’ decision to enter Israel’s war with Iran. Here’s a closer look at the five big things we’re watching in the market in the week ahead. 1. Geopolitics: President Donald Trump said Saturday night…
This picture taken December 12, 2019 shows a view of the sign showing the logo of Saudi Arabia’s Stock Exchange Market (Tadawul) bourse in the capital Riyadh. FAYEZ NURELDINE | AFP | Getty Images Markets across the Middle East ended mostly higher on Sunday after the United States entered the war between Israel and Iran…
The stock market’s recent calm in the face of rising geopolitical threats had left options traders with a conundrum: sell volatility and risk being blindsided should the Middle East conflict escalate; or buy it and bleed away premiums as actual moves stay subdued. That tension is set to ratchet even higher after the US attacked…
The stock market has been less predictable than usual lately. As I’m writing this on June 20, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index is up only 1.5% year to date. But this mellow return included a deep dip in April, so the index has gained 24% from the bottom of its 52-week low. So, things…