Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has placed the country’s armed forces on ‘high alert’, news agency Reuters reported citing an official. This comes a month after President Donald Trump urged Tehran to hold negotiations on its nuclear program, further threatening to bomb Iran if diplomacy fails. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has placed…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has put the Iranian military on full alert amid US demands that the Islamic Republic negotiate over a nuclear deal, Saudi state-owned broadcaster Al Arabiya reported on Sunday. While the Islamic Republic has rejected US President Donald Trump’s demand for direct negotiations, it wishes to continue indirect…
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday said his country was “willing to engage” in dialogue with the United States as equals, but did not clarify if Tehran would directly participate in direct talks. Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian and US counterpart Donald Trump(Reuters, AP) “The Islamic Republic of Iran wants dialogue on equal footing,” AFP quoted…
Whoever said history repeats itself was not talking about Trump 2.0 and Iran. In 2018, during his previous term, Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) meant to restrain Iran from developing atomic weapons, calling it “the worst possible deal”. He further imposed a “maximum pressure” policy that led to…
The revolutionary technology behind the Covid-19 vaccine is under threat from the Trump Administration. MRNA vaccines, which use the body’s own machinery to produce disease-fighting antibodies, were developed and distributed at an unprecedented speed and helped save millions of lives during the pandemic. Such technology is now being used to fight cancer and bird flu….
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that the US would receive a strong blow if it acts on President Donald Trump’s threat of bombing if the country does not reach a new nuclear deal with Washington. “The enmity from the US and Israel has always been there. They threaten to attack…
The U.S. will launch military attacks on Iran if Tehran does not engage in talks with Washington on limiting its nuclear program, President Donald Trump said on Sunday, after Iran’s foreign minister dismissed direct contact between the two countries. Newsweek has reached out to the Iranian Foreign Ministry for comment via email. Why It Matters…
Crude oil prices were on course for their third weekly rise as concern grew about supply after President Trump threatened 25% tariffs on any country buying Venezuelan crude while stepping up sanctions on Iranian entities. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $73.91 per barrel while West Texas Intermediate was changing hands…
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (pictured) said that the U.S. “will not allow adversaries to exploit American technology to bolster their own militaries and threaten American lives.” Image: World Economic Forum/Flickr/Creative Commons The U.S. has blacklisted approximately 80 foreign entities, citing heightened national security concerns. The majority are Chinese companies suspected of procuring American…
The bombshell publication of a group chat involving Trump administration officials discussing U.S. battle plans revealed in unusually stark fashion what the Trump administration hopes to achieve with airstrikes this month against the Houthi militia in Yemen. The attacks, some of the chat’s participants said, were meant to deter the Houthis from attacking commercial ships…