Iran on Tuesday appointed a former high-ranking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander as the new secretary of its Supreme National Security Council (SNRC) after Israel killed Ali Larijani, the country's previous national security chief. According to...
US Pilot Suffered Shrapnel Wounds After F-35 Hit Over Iran
A US Air Force pilot suffered shrapnel wounds when a US F-35 fighter jet was struck while flying over Iran last week, Air and Space Forces Magazine has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. US Central Command (CENTCOM) hasn't shared any details about the...
‘Unprecedented’ US-Israeli Strikes Reported in Tehran Despite Trump’s Talk of Diplomacy
An Al Jazeera correspondent based in Tehran reported "unprecedented" US-Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital on Monday despite President Trump's insistence that progress was being made toward a diplomatic solution, a claim Iranian officials have rejected. The...
Report: US Proposes Talks Between Vance and Iranian Parliament Speaker With Turkey as Mediator
The US has proposed holding talks with Iran that would be led by Vice President JD Vance and Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, with Turkey acting as the mediator, Al-Monitor reported on Monday, citing a Turkish source. The report said that so far,...
NYT: Pentagon Considers Deploying 82nd Airborne Troops for Potential Attack on Iran’s Kharg Island
US military officials are considering deploying a combat brigade from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East to support the war with Iran and potentially take part in an operation aimed at seizing control of Iran's Kharg Island, The New York Times...
Trump Backs Off on Threat To Bomb Iran’s Power Plants
President Trump has backed off on his threat to bomb Iran's power plants if the Strait of Hormuz wasn't "fully opened" by Monday night and claimed that Washington and Tehran had held talks over the past two days, which has been denied by Iranian officials. "I AM...
Thousands More Marines Headed To Middle East as Trump Considers Ground Operations in Iran
The US is deploying thousands of additional Marines to the Middle East amid reports that President Trump is considering launching ground operations in Iran as the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic continues to escalate. US officials told Reuters on Friday...
Iranian Strike on Dimona Highlights Israel’s Secret Nuclear Weapons Program
On Saturday, an Iranian missile struck Dimona, a city in southern Israel near the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, a facility where Israel first developed nuclear weapons and is believed to still be a crucial part of Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons...
Lindsey Graham on Iran’s Kharg Island: ‘We Did Iwo Jima. We Can Do This.’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday called for the US to capture Iran’s Kharg Island, where most of the country’s oil exports pass, comparing the potential operation to the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. "Here's what I'd tell President Trump: Keep it up for a...
Trump Administration Issues Waiver To Permit Iranian Oil Sales for 30 Days
The Trump administration has issued a sanctions waiver allowing the purchase of Iranian oil for 30 days without the threat of US economic penalties, as it scrambles to address oil and gas prices that have been driven up as a result of the US and Israel launching a war...


