The United States is pursuing a strategy designed to push Iran towards “capitulation,” former US national security official Robert Harward has said, pointing to a coordinated military and economic campaign he claims is already straining Tehran. Donald Trump has a plan that will force Iran to capitulate, the military official said. (AI-generated image) Harward told…
Financial markets got quite excited after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tweeted at 8:45am New York time on Friday (10:45pm Friday AEST) that the Strait of Hormuz was “completely open”, followed by a series of jubilant posts by US President Donald Trump and a triumphant, if bellicose, speech. Oil futures fell 10 per cent and…
The US is more coordinated with China than many assume, former Israeli Navy commander Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eliezer Marom told 103FM on Wednesday. “I think the fuel problem has been completely solved, because the Chinese will get supplies from the Russians,” he said, claiming that alternative energy arrangements are already reducing the impact of regional disruption…
US President Donald Trump took two apparently divergent tones in the same set of sentence, again, on Sunday amid the stalemate in his West Asia war. He threatened to “knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge” in Iran, while “offering a very fair and reasonable deal” with a second round of talks…
A sort of tug of war has been going on between the United States and Iran as the two countries negotiate to end their ongoing conflict in West Asia. And at the centre stage is a term that US President Donald Trump has used multiple times: Nuclear dust. Iran was believed to have more than…
By John Irish and Parisa Hafezi PARIS/DUBAI, April 19 (Reuters) – European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems, diplomats with past experience dealing with Tehran said. They worry Washington, eager to claim a diplomatic win for…
Iran fended off the United States using asymmetric warfare and planning, Parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said on Saturday. The Iranian leader’s message comes as tensions simmer over the US-Israeli war on the West Asian country, currently paused under a fragile ceasefire. Iran’s Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. (AFP) “We fought an asymmetric war in…
The US is reportedly planning to board and seize vessels linked to Iran in international waters in the coming days. The move, if implemented, would let the US navy expand its blockade beyond the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal said in a report on Saturday. Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off…
ANTALYA, Turkey, April 18 (Reuters) – No date has been set for the next round of negotiations between Iran and the United States, Iran’s deputy foreign minister said on Saturday, adding that a framework of understanding must be agreed first. The highest-level U.S.-Iran talks since the 1979 Islamic Revolution ended in Islamabad without agreement last weekend….
The US-Israeli war on Iran has unleashed sharp swings across global energy and financial markets, fuelling demand for safe-haven assets, with Hong Kong emerging as a potential beneficiary across gold, property and capital markets. In the first of a three-part series, we examine Hong Kong’s bid to position itself as Asia’s bullion hub. War in…