Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday said the “old American order” in West Asia had “collapsed”, while urging Islamic nations in the region to implement a new one. Ghalibaf said Iran’s positions on the diplomatic front are “completely clear, rational and non-negotiable”. (AFP) Ghalibaf further highlighted what he referred to as “two strategic…
Iran has laid out seven conditions for the United States through Qatar to restart talks aimed at ending the ongoing war. Tehran is prepared for a “decisive war” if US President Donald Trump rejects its demands, an Iranian diplomat has said. Mohsen Rezaei claimed that Iran recently tested a multi-warhead anti-ship missile near a US…
President Donald Trump said renewed attacks on Iran would likely be short-lived, reiterating his claim that the US controls the Strait of Hormuz after fresh fighting spiked energy prices and rekindled fears of an open-ended war. Asked on Wednesday how long the bombing campaign could last, Trump told reporters, “I don’t think too long.” The…
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Donald Trump has ordered a major reduction in the annual US-South Korea military drills, a day after sharing a throwback photo with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. We “get along GREAT”, the US president said at the time. Trump scaled back US-South Korea drills after praising Kim Jong Un. (Truth Social/Donald trump) Trump said…
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…