World Mar 26 Iran and the U.S. harden their positions as Tehran tightens its grip on the Strait of Hormuz President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz to April 6, and Tehran tightened its grip on the crucial strait while Israel poured more troops into southern Lebanon to fight the Iran-backed militant group…
World Mar 25 Iran dismisses U.S. ceasefire plan, issues counterproposal as strikes land across the Mideast Iran's defiance came as Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran and as the United States deployed paratroopers and more Marines to the region.
World Mar 24 Strikes hit Iran while Tehran targets Israel and Gulf states amid mixed signals over talks to end war With thousands more U.S. Marines on their way to the Gulf, both sides firing barrages and Iran denying any negotiations are taking place, the war’s tempo remained high a day after President Donald Trump delayed his self-imposed deadline for Iran.
World Mar 23 U.S. won't strike Iran's power plants for 5 days, Trump says in turnaround on Strait of Hormuz deadline In his announcement on Truth Social, Trump also held out the possibility of a resolution to the war — though Iranian officials denied there were negotiations.
World Mar 20 Iran threatens to target tourism sites worldwide and says it's still building missiles nearly 3 weeks into war Three weeks into an escalating war in the Middle East, Iran threatened Friday to expand its retaliatory attacks to include recreational and tourist sites worldwide, as the U.S. announced it was sending more warships and Marines to the region.
World Mar 19 Iran intensifies attacks on Gulf energy sites after Israel struck its key gas field The strikes, in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas field, sent fuel prices soaring and risked drawing Iran’s Arab neighbors directly into the conflict.
World Mar 17 Israel says it killed 2 top Iranian officials in another wartime blow to country's leadership The Iranian judiciary’s news agency confirmed the killing of Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s all-volunteer Basij force. Iran has not confirmed or denied the reported killing of Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security…
World Mar 13 Explosion rocks state-organized rally in Tehran after Israeli warning Israel had warned earlier Friday that it would operate in the area in central Tehran.
World Mar 12 Iran's supreme leader says closure of Strait of Hormuz should be used as leverage Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used and that Iran’s attacks on Gulf Arab neighbors will continue.
World Mar 11 Iran targets ships, Dubai airport and oil facilities as economic concerns mount The latest attacks on Wednesday mark an escalation in its campaign to bottle up the oil-rich Persian Gulf as American and Israeli airstrikes pound the Islamic Republic.