Iran is down to roughly two months of gasoline as the U.S. blockade and President Donald Trump’s escalating economic offensive choke off the regime’s oil exports and remaining financial lifelines — a rapidly worsening crisis that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday branded the “Jaws of Death for the Iranian Economy.”
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran’s regime is “getting weaker and weaker by the day” and suggested Tehran may be nearing the limits of what it can withstand under mounting U.S. pressure, one day after calling on Iranians to “rise up and fight.”
President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that Iran could be “totally wiped out as a country” if it continued its attacks on U.S. forces, as Tehran launched a new ballistic missile barrage targeting American military facilities in Jordan following a wave of U.S. strikes on Iran.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that his government is prepared to return to talks and resume honoring its commitments under the June 17 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which Iran violated by attacking commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who is subservient to missing “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei, held an expected, but apparently brief, meeting with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Tuesday, one that state media coverage suggests Xi had little interest in holding.
Iranian “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei called on Gulf states to unite against the United States and Israel as their “real enemy” in a written message Sunday, an overture to neighbors Tehran has spent months attacking and threatening as the Islamic Republic faces mounting military and economic pressure.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged Friday that the U.S. blockade has slashed Iran’s trade and left critical imports — including gasoline — unable to enter the country, as the Trump administration intensifies an economic offensive aimed at isolating a regime already confronting mounting hardship and the threat of renewed unrest.
A sign of growing stress within the Iranian regime appeared this week, as hardline parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf feuded with Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor-in-chief of the Kayhan newspaper, a regime media organ close to the theocratic wing of the Islamic Republic.
Massive lines at gas stations across Iran were spotted on Tuesday after the United States announced “Operation Economic Outcast,” an escalated campaign of economic sanctions and physical isolation against the regime in Tehran.
Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Tuesday that “significant progress” was made during a visit to Tehran by himself and Field Marshal Asim Munir, the powerful chief of Pakistan’s defense forces.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared Tuesday that Iran’s leadership is already “panicking” under President Donald Trump’s mounting economic offensive — pointing to stark warnings from Tehran’s own president and parliament speaker about the country’s deteriorating economy while vowing to continue severing the regime’s financial lifelines until it “stands alone.”
Iran threatened neighboring countries Saturday against joining President Donald Trump’s escalating “economic war” against the Islamic Republic, warning those cooperating with Washington will be considered “enemies.” The totalitarian regime further cautioned any U.S. supporters will have their interests targeted while threatening “earthquake-like” retaliation as the United States prepares to unleash what it has billed as the toughest sanctions campaign in history.
Iran vowed a “devastating” military response Friday as the United States enters a new phase of economic warfare against Tehran, with the Trump administration preparing the “toughest sanctions in history” as part of an escalating campaign Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says will “collapse” the Iranian regime.
President Donald Trump doubled down Monday on declaring the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory, asserting that Washington has “total control” of the strategic waterway as Tehran threatened a military attack to break the U.S. naval blockade and declared a shift toward a more offensive posture.
President Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday on his assertion that the United States has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, warning Iran could either continue buckling under mounting economic pressure or risk getting “blown away” if it challenges American forces.
Iran’s elusive Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appointed six new military commanders on Monday, most notably replacing Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) secretary Mohammad Baqer Zolqard with Mohsen Rezaei, a veteran commander of the terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday there will be no further talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz until the United States meets a long list of demands, including payment of war reparations and ending all sanctions against Iran.
President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States is “low keying” its approach to Iran, signaling he is prepared for now to let mounting economic pressure squeeze Tehran rather than launch another major military offensive.
Senior Iranian officials are reportedly growing increasingly concerned about the health of the country’s unseen Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, with one source close to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government saying officials “would not be surprised” to soon hear news of his death.
Iranian officials continued to make disparaging comments about the United States and tout their plans to take permanent control of the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, even as the White House remains optimistic about an imminent “deal” that would end the conflict in the Middle East and secure safe passage for shipping.
The independent news outlet Iran International reported this week that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was only allowed to meet with alleged “Supreme Leader” Mojtaba Khamenei once since the latter was chosen to rule the country under bizarre circumstances in which Pezeshkian could not be sure who he was talking to.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that communicating with Iran’s unseen Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is currently “very difficult.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian published an edited, pre-recorded video on Tuesday teasing a new interview in state media in which he insisted he is not planning on resigning from the office.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian toured transportation and logistics sites damaged by U.S. airstrikes over the weekend.
The U.S. military carried out a 13th consecutive night of strikes against Iran early Friday, targeting military command centers, drone facilities, communications networks, and maritime capabilities. The action came as President Donald Trump said he was weighing a “massive attack bigger than anything before” while Tehran rejected a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal and warned the conflict could expand further across the region.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who is subordinate to missing “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei, declared in remarks on Monday that his country is in a “full-scale war” with the United States following the disintegration of a “memorandum of understanding” towards peace.
The Iranian regime scheduled a two-day funeral ceremony for its former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on the 4th and 5th of July.
U.S. President Donald Trump recently weighed whether to resume a broad military campaign against Iran after reviewing military options with senior officials, but has opted for now to continue pursuing diplomacy in hopes of securing a lasting agreement over Tehran’s nuclear program, according to a report published Tuesday evening.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that Tehran will honor its commitments under the memorandum of understanding with the United States if Washington upholds its end of the agreement, as the two sides prepared for expected high-level discussions in Doha after a weekend flare-up in the Strait of Hormuz briefly threatened the ceasefire.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that half of the $12 billion in frozen Iranian assets held in Qatar will soon be “released and transferred back to Iran,” with the fate of the other half yet to be determined.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose profile has been lower than usual throughout the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) drama between the United States and Iran, met with Persian Gulf leaders on Tuesday and Wednesday to answer their questions about the peace deal.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it was closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israel launching airstrikes on Lebanon, according to multiple reports.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said Thursday that he authorized a memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States despite his own reservations after receiving assurances from senior Iranian officials that the agreement would protect Tehran’s interests.
A report claims the president of Iran is trying to resign after obstruction by the terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Multiple senior Iranian officials issued statements to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Wednesday in which they encouraged other Muslim countries to embrace “unity” with the repressive terror state, a proposition complicated by months of Iran bombing neighboring Muslim states.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are in Doha, Qatar, as of Monday for negotiations with neighboring states in the service of finalizing a peace agreement with the United States.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Tehran is “ready” to demonstrate to the world that it is not seeking to acquire nuclear weapons as talks of a potential peace agreement between the Islamist regime and the United States appear to be advancing.
Iran recently sent an updated peace proposal to America via Pakistani mediators, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday, which reportedly includes demands for “reparations” and no meaningful concessions on the country’s illicit nuclear activity.
Iran’s Tasnim News Agency claimed on Monday that Tehran has prepared a 14-point ceasefire proposal and given it to Pakistani intermediaries to present to the United States.
President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected Iran’s latest response to the American offer to end the conflict as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE,” warning Tehran it would “be laughing no longer” after reports indicated the regime refused key U.S. nuclear demands while pushing for sanctions relief, frozen assets, an end to the naval blockade, and control over the Strait of Hormuz.
