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…
An Iranian-flagged cargo ship was intercepted and subsequently seized in the Gulf of Oman after it tried to get past the naval blockade imposed by the US near the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said on Monday. Subsequently, Iran reportedly vowed a swift response against what it called “armed piracy”. A tanker sits anchored…
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…
Amid the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has clarified that it hasn’t given Chinese ships any blanket approval to transit through the key oil and gas route. About half of India’s crude oil and LPG supplies pass through the Strait of Hormuz. (REUTERS/ Representative) The Iranian consulate in Mumbai said in a post…
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…
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…
President Donald Trump has strongly defended Israel in a recent post on Truth Social, calling the country a “great ally” and praising its strength and resilience during times of conflict. President Trump praised Israel as a vital ally, highlighting its military strength amidst rising tensions in the Middle East. (AFP) In the post, Trump wrote,…
The cumulative global impact of seven weeks of war in the Middle East will begin to emerge in the coming week, in a second round of business surveys from multiple countries. Whether the twin blows affecting growth and inflation seen in purchasing manager indexes after the first month of the Iran conflict intensified during month…