Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Thursday that the country’s military had eliminated Admiral Alireza Tangsiri of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), identifying him as the top official blocking the Strait of Hormuz.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday demanded an end to the conflict engulfing the Middle East, saying it is “high time” fighting stopped as it is “out of control” and threatens to subsume the entire world.
Pakistani officials on Wednesday said they delivered a 15-point ceasefire proposal from the United States to Iran. An unnamed senior Iranian official told Reuters the proposal has been received, and either Pakistan or Turkey could host further ceasefire negotiations.
Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez scolded the U.S. and Israel on Wednesday for their ongoing attacks on Iran, calling the conflict an “absurd, cruel and illegal” challenge to international law.
The foreign ministry of Lebanon announced on Tuesday it has withdrawn the accreditation of Iran’s ambassador, giving him five days to vacate the country.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier grimly forecast a “deep rift” growing with traditional NATO ally the United States on Tuesday, slamming U.S.-Israeli military action against Iran as a “breach of international law.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced a new wave of airstrikes against regime infrastructure in Tehran on Monday, even as President Donald Trump said “good and productive” talks with Iran could bring the conflict to an end soon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday they have instructed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to destroy all bridges over Lebanon’s Litani River and wipe out structures that could be used to shelter Hezbollah fighters in an effort to apply the “Gaza model” to the Iran-backed terrorists of Lebanon.
Israel has warned that the Islamist Iranian regime has demonstrated the capability of using missiles to strike Berlin, London, and Paris and therefore European powers cannot afford to sit on the sidelines of the conflict.
Iranian missile strikes on two southern Israeli towns wounded more than 100 people on Saturday, medics said, after Israeli air defence systems failed to intercept the projectiles.
Czech authorities are investigating an apparent arson attack on an arms factory in Pardubice as a potential terror attack, with a group claiming responsibility and citing the firm’s dealings with Israel.
Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike Saturday, an official Iranian news agency reported, saying there was no radiation leakage, as Israeli defense minister warned of an upcoming surge in attacks on Iran as the war in the Middle East entered its fourth week.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” CNN Contributor Paul Begala said that Republicans and Democrats have “a terrible rift over Israel and antisemitism,” “And I tell all my liberal friends, who had a bigger pride parade, Tel Aviv or
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Friday that its spokesman, Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naini, was killed by U.S. and Israeli air strikes during Operation Epic Fury.
Iran’s Foreign Minister lectured the UK for lending tacit support to Operation Epic Fury in a telephone call with London, he said.
Recreational and tourist sites worldwide will now be a target for Iran’s aggression and what remains of the Islamic state’s leadership further added Friday it is still building missiles.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that “Israel acted alone” in the attack on Iran’s South Pars Gas Field.
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ostensibly released a defiant written statement on Wednesday, vowing to retaliate for the death of security chief Ali Larijani.
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Qatar announced on Wednesday that it had given all Iranian diplomats in the country 24 hours to leave, declaring them personas non grata.
Six nations called for international law to be respected in Gulf as they announced potential joint efforts to reopen the Straits of Hormuz.
The government of Saudi Arabia held a large ministerial-level meeting in Riyadh with representatives of other victims of Iranian bombings in the past month, issuing a joint statement condemning Tehran for widespread drone and missile attacks on civilian sites in over a dozen countries.
Two men have been charged under national security laws on suspicion of conducting reconnaissance of targets in London.
President Donald Trump stated that there would be “NO MORE ATTACKS” by Israel after Israel was reported to have launched strikes on Iran’s South Pars Gas Field.
Iran claims that its players will be “unsafe” if they play their World Cup matches in the U.S. and they want their games moved to Mexico.
Israel is reportedly planning a “massive” ground invasion of Lebanon to eliminate Hezbollah’s weapons and push the terror group away from the border, so that it can no longer shower Israeli cities with rockets. As one Israeli official put it: “We are going to do what we did in Gaza.”
Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel on Tuesday, ostensibly to get revenge for Israel’s liquidation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, security chief Ali Larijani, and other top Iranian officials.
Iranian state media confirmed the death of security chief Ali Larijani, arguably the most important figure in what remains of the regime.
The United States has suggested that the government of former al-Qaeda jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa in Syria is considering operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Damascus and weighing the prospects of entering the greater war on Iran, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
Israel claimed Wednesday that Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib was “eliminated” in a precision overnight strike, adding another name to the increasingly long list of senior Iranian government figures to be assassinated.
Britain was built on seapower and is the “nation of Nelson” but has been emasculated and humiliated on the world stage by its own government.
Civil Service in clutches of “strange topsy-turvy morality” that treats allies as enemies, a former diplomat has warned.
The Israeli military on Tuesday announced it has eliminated Iran’s de facto leader, Ali Larijani, with an airstrike.
The Israeli military killed two top Iranian security officials in separate overnight strikes, multiple reports Tuesday indicate, further eroding the Islamic dictatorship’s senior leadership and command structure.
President Donald Trump said he does not want war, adding that he wants “wars less than almost anybody,” but that Iran’s leadership consists of “violent vicious people.”
“No to war and free Palestine,” actor Javier Bardem said onstage before presenting best international feature film. He wore a patch reading “No a la Guerra,” the same anti-war slogan he sported to protest the Iraq war more than two decades ago.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to rumors that circulated on social media claiming he was dead, sharing a video of himself getting a cup of coffee.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said there was no “imminent threat” to the United States or Israel that prompted the military action in Iran.
Actor Javier Bardem exclaimed “Free Palestine” when presenting during the Oscars telecast on Sunday night.
The Lebanese government pushed for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah this week, citing the vast number of civilians displaced from southern Lebanon by the fighting.
