Analysis: how ought to we interpret Pezeshkian’s assertion? Patrick Wintour The announcement by Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian that Iran will now not assault Gulf and neighbouring states if they don’t seem to be attacking Iran seems on the floor a big change in techniques, reflecting the overwhelming diplomatic stress Iran was underneath to change course,…
Israel warns of intensifying offensive in Iranrevealed at 06:03 GMT 06:03 GMT Yolande KnellMiddle East correspondent, in Jerusalem Media caption, Watch: Moment explosion rocks Beirut, Lebanon The Israeli army stated that its strikes in a single day focused what it known as “regime infrastructure” in Tehran. It says it has additionally been attacking “Hezbollah infrastructure”…
Since the 12-day battle between Iran and Israel final June, throughout which the US carried out air strikes on key Iranian nuclear services, the Iranian economy has remained in a state of suspense, and lots of suppose that it is not a query of “if” however “when” hostilities will flare up once more. The resumption…
America’s poster-in-chief has a brand new challenger. While most Iranians are barred from the web, one of many nation’s rising hard-line figures is utilizing social media to take on President Donald Trump. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, 64, is adopting an more and more Trumpian strategy to wartime communication, posting English-language snark and memes in…
As President Donald Trump was departing Washington final week for Florida, ending the war with Iran appeared the very last thing on his thoughts. “You don’t do a ceasefire when you’re literally obliterating the other side,” he stated Friday from the White House South Lawn earlier than getting in his helicopter and flying away. Three…
More than six weeks after he was introduced as their new supreme leader following the assassination of his father, Iranians have nonetheless not seen or heard Mojtaba Khamenei. In the midst of a battle seen as posing an existential risk to the regime that has dominated their nation for practically half a century, Khamenei has…
President Donald Trump mentioned Sunday that Iran has agreed to “most of” the 15-point list of demands that the US conveyed, by way of Pakistan, to finish the conflict. Asked whether or not Iran responded to these factors, the president instructed reporters aboard Air Force One, “They gave us most of the points. Why wouldn’t…
As hypothesis will increase over a doable US floor operation towards Iran, the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli, believed to be carrying round 1,800 Marines, is within the Indian Ocean, US Central Command (CENTCOM) mentioned in a social media publish Monday. A photograph confirmed the 45,000-ton warship steaming within the Indian Ocean on Sunday, in…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has launched into his foreign tour, the place, on prime of visiting key mediators Pakistan and Oman, he’ll additionally head to Russia, highlighting the nations’ lengthy standing partnership. Russia has remained a vital diplomatic ally for Iran all through the battle with the US. The Kremlin has repeatedly offered to…
US military officers are developing new plans to target Iran’s capabilities in the Strait of Hormuz within the occasion the present ceasefire with Iran falls aside, in accordance to a number of sources aware of the matter. The choices, amongst a number of units of target varieties into consideration, embrace strikes with a specific deal…