President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is nearing a decision on whether to reach a deal with Iran or launch another round of military strikes, as U.S. commanders reportedly prepare new attack options amid escalating threats from Tehran.
President Donald Trump warned Friday that the United States could launch another round of military strikes against Iran unless Tehran reaches an agreement, escalating his threats as Washington intensifies economic pressure on the Islamic Republic.
Dozens of Israeli fighter jets flew toward Iran’s border Monday in a massive show of force demonstrating Israel’s ability to strike the Islamic Republic, according to a report published Wednesday.
Data released by maritime tracking agency Kpler on Wednesday showed that oil exports have reached, and even surpassed, pre-war levels despite resurgent terror attacks by Iran on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States must decide whether to secure victory over Iran the “nice way or the not nice way,” as his administration weighs further military action to prevent Tehran from rebuilding its nuclear weapons capabilities.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Iran of employing “Nazi U-boat tactics” against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, warning that reaching an agreement with Tehran remains difficult because its leadership is controlled by “radical Shia clerics.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was in Tehran on Monday to “discuss de-escalation steps” with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and President Masoud Pezeshkian after the Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) pressured Russia to do more to halt Iran’s attacks on other Middle Eastern countries.
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat down late last week with Breitbart News at the State Department in Washington for his first major exclusive long-form on-camera interview after delivering an address at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Adm. Brad Cooper revealed Friday that America’s naval blockade and economic pressure campaign have inflicted “devastating costs” on Iran, denying the regime at least $25 billion in oil exports and leaving its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unable to pay its own troops.
China’s loss of Persian Gulf oil due to the Strait of Hormuz crisis turned out to be Brazil’s gain, as the trade volume between Brazil and China hit a record $142 billion by September 2026, fueled by soaring exports of Brazilian oil.
Two ships sank in, or near, the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after suffering attacks from as-yet unidentified “projectiles.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “All In,” Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) responded to a question on whether he would accept allowing Iran to control the Strait of Hormuz to end the war in Iran by stating that “The war
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “National Report,” Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) discussed the situation in Iran and stated that “we have to move into a position where the Gulf state partners are opening the Strait of Hormuz.” Barrett said,
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said on Tuesday that government revenue is down 42 percent for the first half of 2026 due largely to the impact of the Iran war.
Iran’s top national security official on Sunday called Washington’s response to Tehran’s demands over the Strait of Hormuz “inadequate” and threatened to strike American-linked undersea communications cables, data centers, and artificial intelligence facilities across the region if war resumes.
Iran-backed Houthi terrorists killed at least 12 people, including an American, and wounded more than 300 others in a missile attack on Saudi Arabia’s busiest airport Saturday, as President Donald Trump weighs joining Saudi-led military strikes against the group.
President Donald Trump announced Friday that Russia has agreed to supply millions of tons of diesel fuel to the American and global market, following a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States will not launch military strikes against Iran before the November 3 midterm elections.
The Pentagon has ordered U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to complete preparations for a possible resumption of major combat operations against Iran as President Donald Trump weighs renewed strikes that could come before November’s midterm elections, according to multiple reports Wednesday.
The air force of Oman evacuated the mostly Indian crew of a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker called On Peace on Wednesday after it was struck by a projectile and set ablaze while passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump said Monday that a lack of refineries, particularly in Russia and California, is influencing gasoline prices, not the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran is set to have no oil at sea and no oil revenue this week for the “first time in history,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said as Tehran’s top security official issued a rare warning over the country’s deepening economic crisis.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran is “ready to fold up” as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that Tehran loaded “ZERO” crude oil onto tankers in September, the latest sign of the administration’s campaign to cut off the regime’s most critical source of revenue.
The Washington, DC, outlet Axios reported on Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio personally ordered Iranian diplomats, allegedly in the United States to attend last week’s U.N. General Assembly, to leave the country after low-level discussions with the U.S. failed to produce results.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran is “doing very poorly” and will ultimately “give up,” as the regime’s currency plunged to another record low under intensifying U.S. economic pressure aimed at further isolating Tehran and cutting off its oil revenue.
A spokeswoman for the Iranian regime warned on Monday supply problems and wartime damage to Iran’s refineries could cause fuel supply problems in northern Iran during the winter. On Tuesday, the Islamic dictatorship’s currency fell to a record low of 2.5 million rials to the U.S. dollar.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping’s trip to Washington, DC, was touted as a historic event, and there was plenty of theater around his meeting with President Donald Trump, but very little of substance has emerged so far beyond an agreement to lower tariffs on about $60 billion worth of trade goods.
President Donald Trump said Monday the war with Iran will end with a U.S. victory “very soon,” declaring the outcome will be decided “one way or the other” as Washington and Tehran remain engaged through mediators over a potential agreement addressing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran warned Sunday that it was prepared for a “doomsday war” if the United States resumes its attacks, while leaving the door open to further negotiations one day after President Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, saying Tehran is “losing so badly” after the U.S. turned its attempt to close the waterway against it with what he called the “greatest blockade ever in military history” — while making clear he remains willing to reach an agreement on terms he considers acceptable.
President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s proposed seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and told aides he expects U.S. strikes against Iran to resume after the November midterm elections.
Iranian hardliners reportedly wrote furious social media posts after White House Special Rep. Steve Witkoff met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday, with some calling for both Araghchi and President Masoud Pezeshkian to be removed from office.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that Iran’s regime has been reduced to “cornered animals” as the United States combines military force, a naval blockade, and an unprecedented financial offensive designed to cut off Tehran’s “financial oxygen,” predicting that under the mounting pressure, “they’re going to yell uncle.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Will Cain Show,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said that China could easily open the Strait of Hormuz, but refuses to, and the U.S. will “have to decide whether, having achieved all of
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian painted Iran as the “victim of terrorism” by the United States and Israel in his speech at the U.N.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) responded to a question on how he’d resolve the war in Iran by saying that the current situation “really does raise questions as to what will happen with the strait,
President Donald Trump said a three-hour round of U.S.-Iran negotiations on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly “went very well” Tuesday and later told Gulf and other regional leaders there was “a lot of momentum” toward a deal, as Washington and Tehran reopened a negotiating channel for the first time since June.
Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani lamented the “dangerous situation” in the Middle East during his address to the U.N.
President Donald Trump told world leaders Tuesday he faces a “big decision” between reaching a deal that would allow Iran to rebuild and renewed military action he said could “annihilate” the Islamic Republic, while urging other nations to join the United States in imposing “complete economic isolation” on Tehran as Arab mediators pushed for high-level talks.
The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said Monday the E.U.’s ongoing naval security mission across the Red Sea needs to boost its numbers and include more warships, deeming the current size of the deployment insufficient amid intensified attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists.
