President Donald Trump warned Friday that the U.S. could revive and significantly expand “Project Freedom” in the Strait of Hormuz if Tehran ultimately rejects the emerging framework agreement now under discussion, as Washington awaited what Trump said was an expected Iranian response amid renewed naval confrontations, ongoing blockade enforcement operations, and escalating threats from senior Iranian officials.
Iran reportedly aired a broadcast this week in which President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed to have met “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei.
The Chinese news outlet Caixin reported that a Chinese-owned ship, openly marked as such, was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
President Donald Trump said Iran “badly” wants a deal and has agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons as Tehran was expected Thursday to respond to an emerging U.S.-backed framework proposal aimed at ending the conflict and launching broader negotiations over the regime’s nuclear program.
Sec. of War Pete Hegseth echoed calls from President Trump for South Korea to join “Project Freedom” after a ship operated by a Seoul firm suffered an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz.
South Korea appeared to have become the first victim of Iranian terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday since President Donald Trump announced a U.S. naval operation to escort ships safely, hours after reports suggested Seoul was considering joining the American mission itself.
Members of the Iranian American Community took to the streets once again to call for the toppling of the Islamic regime as the delicate cease-fire continues. As the rally moved through the streets of the Alamo City, President Trump rejected the latest proposal submitted by the regime to end the war and announced plans to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump said there “could be” a future where American energy companies are operating inside of Iran in response to a question from Breitbart News on Saturday.
President Donald Trump addressed reporter questions Saturday as he prepared to board a plane, outlining his current posture on Iran’s latest proposal while indicating potential future military and diplomatic steps amid an ongoing standoff.
The United States is warning shipping companies that they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump said Friday that he is “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest proposal to end the conflict, warning there “may never be a deal” as he described Tehran’s leadership as “very disjointed” and confirmed he was briefed on potential military options if an agreement is not reached.
President Donald Trump on urged German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to focus on fixing his “broken” country instead of interfering with Iran.
U.S. Central Command has reportedly requested the first-ever deployment of the Army’s “Dark Eagle” hypersonic missile to the Middle East to target Iranian ballistic missile launchers moved beyond current U.S. strike range, as President Donald Trump weighs potential next actions.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday announced new sanctions against “35 entities and individuals that oversee Iran’s shadow banking architecture and facilitate the movement of the equivalent of tens of billions of dollars.”
The United States strenuously objected when the United Nations gave Iran a vice-presidential role in a nuclear non-proliferation conference.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Tuesday that its 59 years of membership in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will come to an end, effective May 1.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday claimed that the United States is being “humiliated” by Iran’s leadership stalling negotiations as the conflict in the Middle East continues. Merz delivered this claim during his participation at a European Union event at
Israel quietly deployed its Iron Dome air defense system along with dozens of IDF troops to the United Arab Emirates in the early days of the Iran conflict, according to reporting, marking the first operational use of the system outside Israel and the United States as Tehran unleashed a sustained and intense missile and drone barrage against the Gulf state.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Moscow, Russia, on Monday and is expected to meet dictator Vladimir Putin for discussions on his country’s ongoing conflict with America.
An internal Pentagon email has outlined a possible suspension of Spain from NATO, Reuters reported on Friday.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Fox News Senior Strategic Analyst Gen. Jack Keane (Ret.) argued that Iran needs to be issued a deadline so we don’t “play into their hands to drag this thing out and
Ambassadors from Lebanon and Israel were scheduled to meet for a second round of talks in Washington on Thursday, with the Lebanese hoping to enlist the Trump administration’s assistance in ending the massive Israeli offensive against Hezbollah.
The U.S. military is reportedly working with Ukrainian drone warfare experts to deploy counter-drone defenses at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia in the latest example of the Ukrainians marketing their hard-fought battlefield drone expertise to allied nations.
The interior minister of Pakistan, Mohsin Naqvi, held a meeting on Thursday with American Ambassador Natalie Baker to discuss attempts to continue negotiations to settle the war in Iran, expressing hope upon leaving the meeting that the rogue Iranian terror regime would return to the negotiating table.
President Donald Trump on Thursday instructed the U.S. Navy to shoot small boats dropping mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the U.S. and Iran should return to the failed 2015 nuclear deal knonw as the JCPOA.
The kingdom of Bahrain is threatening to strip citizenship from people found to have jeopardized national security during attacks by Iran during Operation Epic Fury.
Israel on Monday exposed the global terror network operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) through its covert “Unit 4000,” detailing how the apparatus directed plots against Israeli officials, embassies, and strategic infrastructure worldwide while key commanders were killed during the U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran.
President Donald Trump said Monday, “Israel never talked me into the war with Iran.”
President Donald Trump has warned the Islamist regime in Tehran that if it refuses to accept his deal, the United States will once again start to bomb the country, including “every single” bridge and power plant.
The strategic Strait of Hormuz was again closed on Sunday in the stand-off between Iran and the United States, with Iran’s powerful parliament speaker signalling a final peace deal remained “far” off despite some movement in negotiations.
President Donald Trump said that the United States will not be “blackmailed” after the Iranian military has once again proclaimed that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed and allegedly fired on multiple vessels on Saturday.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that the worst scenario for Operation Epic Fury is that it “might come out that what we have done is said to Iran, after forty-seven years of this nonsense,
The Iranian military claimed on Saturday morning that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz after the United States refused to lift its naval blockade preventing Iran’s ships from passing through the waterway.
President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran has agreed to surrender its stockpile of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium, and the Iranians are evidently willing to deliver the material to inspectors, ensuring it will not be necessary to send in U.S. ground forces to secure it.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran has “totally agreed” to give up its nuclear ambitions, declaring a deal is “very close” as he suggested the current ceasefire may not need to be extended and said he “would go” to Pakistan to seal an agreement if finalized.
Failed Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris complained about gas prices this week despite overseeing the highest record ever as sitting vice president in the summer of 2022.
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), has set a new record for the longest post-Vietnam War-era deployment. A nearly 10-month span at sea has seen it add to both the military raid in Venezuela and Operation Epic Fury.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denied a report that Iran used a Chinese-built spy satellite to target American military bases for missile and drone attacks during Operation Epic Fury.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping presented a “four-point proposal on promoting peace and stability in the Middle East” to the UAE Crown Prince.
