An Iranian source speaking to Reuters has denied that the US and Iran had agreed to extend a 60-day ceasefire under the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, since the deal fell apart shortly after it was signed. The official was responding to a report from Turkey's...
Trump Claims the US Has ‘Total Control’ Over the Strait of Hormuz and May ‘Keep It’
President Trump claimed on Wednesday that the US has "total control" over the Strait of Hormuz and may "keep it" despite Iran continuing to demonstrate its control of the waterway and engaging in negotiations with Oman on its future. "The USA has total control over...
Araghchi: No One Thought Iran Could Resist the US Like This
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that he heard from diplomats from other countries that no one expected Iran to be able to "resist" the US in the way Iran has done in the war the US and Israel launched on February 28. "I have heard this many...
Report: Turkey Suspects Israel Fabricated Trump Assassination Plot To Derail US-Iran Diplomacy
Turkish officials suspect that an Israeli intelligence report about an Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara last month was a ruse designed to derail diplomacy between the US and Iran, Middle East Eye reported on Tuesday. The...
US Helicopter Bombs Cargo Ship in the Gulf of Oman
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...
Iran Says the US Has an ‘Addiction’ to Economic Sanctions
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...
Trump Responds To Iran’s Calls for Compensation for War Damages To Open Strait of Hormuz
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...
Trump Says US Is Only ‘Semi-Negotiating’ With Iran
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...
Iran’s Ghalibaf Says Trump Engaging in ‘Theater Diplomacy’
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...
Trump Threatens ‘Leakers’ With Jail Time Over Reports About Munitions Shortages
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...


