US President Donald Trump is willing to end the West Asia conflict without a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme if the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened, The Wall Street Journal reported Tehran’s latest demands suggest that Trump’s options of walking away from the conflict have narrowed even further, (Bloomberg) The report suggests that Trump…
New Delhi: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, will not attend the funeral ceremonies of his father, Ali Khamenei – the former Leader of Iran – over security concerns, his representative in India has reportedly said. According to Ayatollah Hakim Elahi, the Israeli threats and surveillance risks would make Mojtaba’s public attendance “dangerous”, reported news agency…
Iran and Oman said Tuesday they will study the costs to be charged. US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has been assured by Iran that no fees will be collected from ships in the Strait of Hormuz, as negotiations continue to secure a lasting end to the war in the Middle East. “Iran has…
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump is about to take a critical decision on Iran, with his top aides making plans to resume air strikes if he chooses to break the diplomatic deadlock through military force, The New York Times reported. Trump had just returned from China. Other nations are trying to broker a compromise…
Iran has restored operational access to 30 of 33 missile launch sites along the Strait of Hormuz and retained nearly 70 per cent of its pre-war missile arsenal, potentially resetting a nearly three-month war with the United States and a naval stand-off for control of a maritime chokepoint that ships 20 per cent of the…
The Iranian army on Sunday warned that countries complying with US sanctions against the Islamic Republic would “face difficulties” crossing the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has been restricting traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway key to the global flow of oil, with the US imposing a blockade of Iranian ports. (REUTERS) Army…
New Delhi: Iran has proposed a three-stage formula for negotiations should the United States want to return to the table for peace talks, local media reported, as both sides walked away from the second round of such discussions in Pakistan. The conditions laid out by Tehran revolve around the end of the war, Strait of…
New Delhi: A permanent US resident of Iranian origin was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday night on charges of brokering weapons deals on behalf of the Iranian government, according to a report by New York Post. It said the deals allegedly included armed drones, bomb fuses, and ammunition destined for Sudan’s ongoing…
NEW DELHI: As efforts intensify to stabilise a shaky ceasefire between Iran and the United States, a new dimension has come into focus: China’s behind-the-scenes diplomacy. While Pakistan has positioned itself as the venue for talks, officials and analysts suggest Beijing’s role may ultimately prove decisive in determining whether the current truce evolves into a…
On April 1, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer made an address to his nation about the ongoing war in West Asia. His message could not have been clearer. “This is not our war. We will not be drawn into the conflict. That is not in our national interest”, he said. Many other European head of…