Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked the advancement of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, citing President Trump's war with Iran, which continues to rage following the collapse of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding. The NDAA would provide the Pentagon...
Majority of Iranian MPs Say Trump’s ‘Termination’ of MoU Shows Talks With US Won’t Solve Problems
The majority of members of Iran's parliament have issued a statement saying that President Trump's "termination" of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding shows that Iran's problems with the US cannot be solved through negotiations. The statement, signed by 180 of...
Trump Backtracks on 20% Hormuz Strait Fee, Says He Wants ‘Trade and Investment Deals’ From Gulf States
President Trump on Tuesday backtracked on his demand for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz to pay the US a 20% fee, saying instead that he wants "trade and investment deals" from the Gulf Arab states. "Based on highly productive conversations with Middle East...
US Military Publishes Video of US Drone Boats Bombing Iranian Port of Bandar Abbas
US Central Command on Monday published a video that it said showed "multiple one-way attack surface drones" bombing the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, marking the first known time that the US has used kamikaze drone boats in combat. "Yesterday, using multiple one-way...
Trump Says US ‘Reinstating’ Blockade of Iranian Ports, Will Charge 20% Fee for Hormuz Strait Transit
Updated on July 13, 2026, at 2:43 pm EST President Trump on Monday said that the US was "reinstating" the blockade of Iranian ports and would also charge a 20% fee for all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, a declaration that came after US officials had...
Iran’s IRGC Claims Its Forces Destroyed US HIMARS Missile Launchers in Kuwait
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed in a statement on Sunday that its forces destroyed US HIMARS rocket systems in a drone attack on Kuwait as the US and Iran continue to trade strikes. The US used HIMARS rocket systems stationed in Gulf Arab...
Iranian Authority Says Strait of Hormuz Remains Closed as US Continues Strikes
Iran has reaffirmed that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to all traffic despite US claims to the contrary and US airstrikes against the country, which continued on Sunday. "Due to recent unlawful movements by United States military forces in the region, transit...
IDF Chief Tells Pilots To Expect ‘Major’ Israeli Operations Against Iran
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir told a group of graduating Israeli pilots on Thursday that the war with Iran is "not over" and to expect "major operations" against the Islamic Republic. "On the drawing board are new plans. Major operations are still expected to lie...
Iran Targets US Bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan Following Major US Airstrikes
Iran's military on Thursday launched attacks on US bases across the region following a second round of major US airstrikes against Iran, as the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding to end the conflict has collapsed. According to Iran's PressTV, the Iranian army...
US Begins Bombing Iran for the Second Night
Updated on July 8, 2026, at 8:38 pm EST US Central Command said on Wednesday that the US started bombing Iran again, marking the second night of US strikes, which came after President Trump said the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding was "over" and threatened more...


