The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the deployment of an additional aircraft carrier and more US air assets to the Middle East, a move that comes amid a US bombing campaign in Yemen and increasing US threats against...
The US on Tuesday announced new sanctions on an alleged "Iranian weapons procurement network" as President Trump is ramping up his so-called "maximum pressure campaign" against Iran. The Treasury Department said that it sanctioned six entities and two people based in...
President Trump has issued a new threat toward Yemen's Houthis and Iran, warning that the "real pain is yet to come" if Houthi attacks on US warships don't stop. The president has been blaming Iran for Houthi attacks, even though US officials have acknowledged the...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Monday that Iran would launch a "strong counterattack" in response to any attack from the US. Khamenei's comments came a day after President Trump threatened Iran with a "bombing the likes of which they have...
President Trump on Sunday threatened to bomb Iran if a deal isn't reached on the country's civilian nuclear program. "If they don't make a deal, there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before," Trump told NBC News in a phone...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that Tehran has responded to President Trump's letter proposing nuclear talks that was sent to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni. "The official response comprises a letter wherein our viewpoints...
US intelligence agencies have reaffirmed that there's no evidence Iran is developing nuclear weapons or that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has reversed his 2003 fatwah that banned the production of weapons of mass destruction. "The IC continues to assess that...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Monday that Tehran was open to the idea of indirect talks with the US but rejected direct negotiations in the face of increasing US sanctions. "The way is open for indirect negotiations," Aragchi said, according to AFP,...
While continuing to closely tie the recent US attacks on the Houthis in Yemen to Iran, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz confirmed that the Trump Administration is demanding “full dismantlement” of Iran’s nuclear program, including its capacity to enrich uranium...
Axios reported on Wednesday that President Trump gave Iran a two-month deadline to reach a deal on its civilian nuclear program in a letter he recently sent to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The report, which cited two sources briefed on the letter,...
