US Central Command on Tuesday announced that a US military helicopter bombed a civilian cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman that it accused of attempting to break the US blockade of Iranian ports. CENTCOM said a US Navy MH-60 helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles into the...
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday that the US has an "addiction" to sanctions and vowed that Iran wouldn't be "strangled" by the economic pressure. "The US Secretary of the Treasury has boasted of 'suffocating' Iran through economic...
President Trump on Monday responded to an Iranian official calling for the US to provide compensation for damage caused by the war as a condition for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, saying that instead, Iran should pay the US. "I see that Representatives of the...
President Trump said on Sunday that the US was "low-keying it" with Iran and only "semi-negotiating" with the country, comments that come after a senior Iranian official laid out multiple conditions for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. "We are only...
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf said on Thursday that President Trump was engaging in "theater diplomacy," citing the US president's many threats and climbdowns amid uncertainty over whether a deal between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz...
President Trump on Thursday threatened "leakers" with jail time over reports about dwindling US military stockpiles as a result of the Iran war, and claimed the US had plenty of munitions available. "The US has massive amounts of 'munitions,' especially of certain...
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Iran and Oman were close to reaching an agreement on a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, but that it wouldn't guarantee that the waterway would be opened to all traffic. "If certain third parties do...
The US Army has used much of its stockpile of accurate long-range missiles in the Iran war, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the data. The report said that the missiles include the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), surface-to-surface...
A senior US military officer has asked analysts to come up with "new" ways to "punish" Iran, CNN has reported, as President Trump's war and recent airstrikes have failed to force the country into capitulation. "We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways...
President Trump on Monday attacked Iranian leadership in a post on Truth Social after Tehran denied his claim that talks with the US were taking place. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said that the only negotiations underway were between Iran and...
