Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Islamabad on Friday and US envoys headed to the Pakistani capital in a bid to kickstart a new round of peace negotiations amid a fragile ceasefire. US hopes for progress, but Iran says not direct talks The White House said emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would engage in an…
Mojtaba Khamenei on Friday credited what he called an “extraordinary unity” among Iranians for weakening adversaries in his latest message to the nation amid war with the United States and Israel. Mojtaba Khamenei, who is also Khamenei’s eldest son, was chosen to take charge of the country by Iran’s Assembly of Experts. (AP/Reuters) He said,…
Iran on Thursday called India and China “cradles of civilisation” after US President Donald Trump shared the transcript of a talk show, which referred to the two Asian countries as “hellholes.” US President Donald Trump referred to India, led by PM Modi, a ‘hellhole’. (PTI) “China and India are the cradles of civilisation,” the Iranian…
Two ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz have reportedly been seized by Iran’s IRGC for “manipulating navigation systems and endangering safety in the Strait of Hormuz”, and are being taken to Iran, according to state media. A tanker sits anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran. (AP/Representative…
Donald Trump projected himself as a peace President when he ran for a second term in the White House in 2024. The data backed him; he was the only President to not declare a new war during his first term after Jimmy Carter, though it’s a name he doesn’t want to be associated with. President…
Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz for normal passage of ships, as Beijing described it as an “international waterway” amid assertions by Iran that it has an inalienable right over it. China calls Hormuz international waterway; Xi presses for reopening The Strait of Hormuz should…
THE PAST couple of days in the Middle East have been characterised by the now-familiar whiplash. On April 17th Donald Trump announced the Strait of Hormuz had opened to traffic. Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, confirmed as much. The same day outlets linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) criticised Mr Araghchi for failing…
Iran has, for decades, issued threats of closing the Strait of Hormuz over conflicts with countries in the Middle East and sanctions like those imposed by the US. The long history of tensions dates back to Iran’s 1980-88 war with Iraq. Ebrahim Azizi, who chairs the Iranian Parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, said…
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…
Amid worsening tensions between Iran and the US, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian spoke to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after the US attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Track updates on Iran US war File photo of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf…