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A South Korean lawmaker, citing the country’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), revealed in comments on Monday that Seoul believes North Korea is failing to offer full-throated support to its longtime ally Iran to avoid hurting chances of future negotiations with the United States.

The conflict in the Middle East is already starting to bite in Europe, as multiple Italian airports announced jet fuel rationing measures this week.

President Donald Trump warned Iran “the entire country can be taken out in one night” as his Tuesday 8 p.m. Eastern Time deadline loomed, threatening a four-hour blitz he said could leave every bridge “decimated” and every power plant “burning, exploding and never to be used again” if Tehran fails to make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian authorities are urging young people, students, artists, athletes, and volunteer groups to form “human chains” around power plants across the country just hours before President Donald Trump’s deadline for a deal expires, effectively gathering civilians at infrastructure sites the United States has explicitly threatened to strike.

President Donald Trump and CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Monday detailed a high-risk rescue deep inside Iran in which U.S. forces — aided by a CIA-led “deception campaign” — raced “against the clock” to locate and recover a wounded airman concealed in a mountain crevice, “invisible to the enemy, but not to the CIA,” after his F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down, while evading capture for nearly two days behind enemy lines.

President Donald Trump said Monday that “bullsh*t artists” in the Iranian regime have been “bullsh*tting” other American presidents for nearly five decades. 

President Donald Trump said the administration would seek to identify the person who leaked that a second U.S. airman remained missing in Iran during the rescue mission and would tell the media outlet that published the information to reveal the source on national security grounds.

President Donald Trump holds a press conference at the White House to discuss the rescue of two U.S. airmen in Iran on Monday, April 6.

The United States executed what officials described as “one of the most challenging and complex” rescue missions in the history of U.S. special operations to recover a downed Air Force officer deep inside Iran.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) revealed that he does not believe U.S. military ground troops will be “necessary” in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as Operation Epic Fury continues in Iran.

President Donald Trump is calling the rescue of the second airman from the downed F-15E in Iran on Saturday an “Easter miracle.”

The daughter of one of the Iranian regime’s most powerful officials has left the United States and has been barred from reentering after being fired from the medical faculty at Atlanta, Georgia’s Emory University earlier this year.

The moves by European leaders to stymie the United States in its conflict with the Islamist Iranian regime, apparently motivated by fear of potential blowback from Tehran and its proxies, appear set to incur a far greater strategic setback as Republicans call for a complete re-assessment of the NATO alliance.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed concern that a prolonged U.S.-Israeli war on Iran could further erode America’s support for Ukraine.

President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Iran that “time is running out” and gave the regime 48 hours to either “MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT” before “all Hell” would rain down, escalating his pressure campaign on the 36th day of Operation Epic Fury as the White House signaled that Tehran is rapidly running out of time to avoid even harsher consequences.

A pilot was safely recovered after an A-10 Warthog aircraft crashed near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, news outlets reported, though it remains unclear what its mission was at the time of the incident.

The U.S. military pressed ahead Saturday in a frantic search for a missing pilot over a remote area in southwestern Iran, after the Middle Eastern country shot down an American warplane and called on people to turn the pilot in, promising a reward.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) said that “we’ve largely established air superiority” in Iran and “largely debilitated their ability to control their airspace” but there are shoulder-carried systems and “vehicle-based systems

President Donald Trump reportedly stated the shooting down of a United States F-15E over Iran would not affect ongoing negotiations.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen claimed on Thursday to have struck Tel Aviv, Israel, with a “barrage of ballistic missiles.”

South Korea, France, and Ukraine discussed taking steps to ensure the Strait of Hormuz is safe for commercial ships.

President Donald Trump made a compelling case that other countries need to “step up when it comes to the Strait of Hormuz,” Tommy Pigott said.

On Thursday’s broadcast of WBUR’s “Here and Now,” Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) stated that the operation in Iran has been executed “successfully, in terms of the overall objective, which was to destroy the weapons shield that was being built up,

President Donald Trump warned Iran to “make a deal before it’s too late” after a U.S. strike destroyed one of the country’s largest bridges west of Tehran that officials say was used to transport drone and missile components to Iranian firing units targeting allied forces in the region, warning that “much more” would follow as pressure on the regime intensifies.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized President Donald Trump ahead of his Iran address, arguing that he had brought the United States into an unwanted war, put U.S. troops in danger, and failed to address concerns at home.

The American embassy in Baghdad warned U.S. citizens in Iraq on Wednesday that they should leave the country as soon as possible, in part due to the Iraqi government not doing enough to prevent attacks or protect victims.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian – who is technically subordinate to “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei – published a letter on Wednesday evening directly addressing the American people, a move apparently intended to portray himself as the most authoritative leader in the country at the moment.

Iran unleashed a torrent of spittle-flecked threats and invective against the U.S. in the wake of President Donald Trump’s prime-time White House address on Wednesday night.

President Donald Trump announced that the United States is producing “more oil and gas than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined” during his Wednesday night address to the nation on the Iran war.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that the U.S. military’s core objectives in Iran are nearing completion, and over the next two to three weeks, Iran will be sent “back to the stone ages.”

President Donald Trump shared during an address to the nation on Wednesday night that Iran’s “navy is gone,” and that its “air force is in ruins.”

President Donald Trump delivers a primetime address to the nation about the conflict with Iran on Wednesday, April 1.

American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been abducted in Baghdad, Iraq, reportedly by a group linked to an Iran-backed Shiite militia.

Iran has asked for a ceasefire, President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday hours ahead of his scheduled address to the nation on Operation Epic Fury in Iran.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who is subordinate by law to the nation’s Islamic “supreme leader,” appeared on the streets of Tehran alongside Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday night to join celebrations for Islamic Republic Day.

China, in conjunction with its allies in Pakistan, published a “peace proposal” Tuesday to end the war between Iran and America.