President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is extending the pause on bombings of Iranian energy infrastructure by 10 days, hours after stating Iran is “begging to make a deal” in the fourth week of Operation Epic Fury.
Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told an Italian newspaper on Wednesday that he believes the governments of Iran and the United States could hold talks to end their current conflict as recently as this weekend, mediated by Pakistan.
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.
President Donald Trump is “prepared to unleash hell” if Iran refuses to “come to a deal,” the White House warned Wednesday, cautioning that the regime “should not miscalculate again” after suffering devastating battlefield losses, as U.S. forces — including Marines and elements of the 82nd Airborne Division — deploy to the Middle East to support combat operations against Iran.
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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.
Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban terrorist government is struggling with an influx of returning Afghan refugees fleeing the ongoing war in Iran and detentions in critical agricultural and raw material shipments in the Strait of Hormuz, reports this week indicate.
London’s far-left Mayor Sadiq Khan has complained that Britain is not safe with President Donald Trump in the White House and therefore the UK should seek to rejoin the European Union for protection.
The Pentagon is expected to order roughly 3,000 troops from the Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East “in the coming hours,” according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned in a war update on Monday that the government of Russia was allegedly offering Iran intelligence to help it more accurately target sites, presumably American or Israeli targets, in the ongoing war in the region.
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.”
On Monday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that Operation Epic Fury has backfired because Iran’s new leader “actually now believes that they should have nuclear capability” because “Khamenei, the older one, had a fatwa
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that any potential deal with Iran would “protect our vital interests,” after speaking with President Donald Trump, who he said believes there is a chance to reach an agreement as negotiations to potentially end the conflict move forward.
Multiple news outlets reported on Monday afternoon that the nation of Bahrain is working on a draft United Nations resolution greenlighting countries using “all necessary means” to stop Iran from blocking commerce in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “wounded, isolated, and not responding to messages being relayed to him,” according to anonymous alleged U.S. and Israeli security officials speaking to mainstream media outlets this weekend.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry, through the nation’s state media arms, denied President Donald Trump’s claim on Monday that the White House had begun engaging Tehran through “productive” talks that could lead to a rapid end to the ongoing war in the country.
President Donald Trump flagged a pause in strikes targeting Iran and its power generation capabilities on Monday morning, taking to social media to declare his hopes for a peaceful resolution to hostilities sooner rather than later.
U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies are scrambling to determine who is actually running Iran after the regime’s newly installed “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei — who has not been seen or heard from publicly since the opening strikes of the war that killed his father — again failed to appear publicly for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with officials warning there is “no proof that he is taking the helm” and describing the situation as “beyond weird.”
A pilot gave a special tribute to three Ohio Air National Guardsmen who were among six service members killed on March 12 while supporting Operation Epic Fury.
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.
U.S. forces have struck more than 8,000 Iranian military targets and destroyed 130 vessels — marking the “largest elimination of a navy over a three-week period since World War II” — as Iran’s combat capability declines and U.S. forces remain “zeroed in” on dismantling its ability to threaten shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. Central Command commander Adm. Brad Cooper.
More than 20 nations spanning from Asia to Europe to the Gulf have expressed a “readiness to contribute” to the effort of opening up the Strait of Hormuz amid threats to ships by the Islamist regime in Iran.
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.
President Donald Trump said, “As far as troops are concerned, I can’t tell you what we’re doing” when Breitbart News asked if a potential move like sending more Marines to the Middle East, as some outlets have reported is the case, could hurt the unity among MAGA for the Iran war.
Fragments from an intercepted Iranian ballistic missile crashed into Jerusalem’s Old City near the Temple Mount and Western Wall in an area sacred to Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike.
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.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) rolled out proposals for reducing oil and gas consumption during the Iran war.
Iranian state media published an undated video of the alleged “supreme leader” of the country, Mojtaba Khamenei, on Thursday, showing the son of the late ayatollah allegedly engaging a “religious science” class.
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.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the unfolding U.S. operation against Iran remains “laser-focused” and decisive in achieving its objectives, pushing back on comparisons to past prolonged conflicts while outlining a campaign he said is systematically degrading Tehran’s military capabilities.
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said Thursday that he does not intend to put troops in Iran, undercutting an anonymous report claiming his administration is considering putting thousands of troops in the Middle East.
Qatar announced on Wednesday that it had given all Iranian diplomats in the country 24 hours to leave, declaring them personas non grata.
A majority of Republicans continue supporting President Donald Trump in his military action, Operation Epic Fury, against the Islamic regime in Iran, a recent poll found.
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.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday attended the dignified transfer of the six servicemembers killed when a KC-135 refueling plane crashed in Iraq.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard shared the intelligence community’s assessments on Operation Epic Fury, China, drug cartels, artificial intelligence, and more while presenting the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
Iranian state media confirmed the death of security chief Ali Larijani, arguably the most important figure in what remains of the regime.
