Masoud Pezeshkian spoke to the United Nations a day after the U.S. president said he might "annihilate" the Islamic Republic.
Destroyed bases, tired troops and low ammunition stocks. The Iran War has thrust the US military into an increasingly dire situation.
Rep. Thomas Massie, a noted political foe of President Donald Trump, accused Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth of being a "threat to the Constitution" for continuing the war in Iran.
Trump’s Operation Economic Outcast is expected to push many Iranians into deeper poverty as food inflation soars
The Trump administration risks a clash with Beijing as it tries to cut off Iran’s economic lifelines without upending a fragile U.S.-China truce.
As midterm elections approach, the Trump administration is favoring economic pressure over military involvement, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announcing Monday some 60 new Iranian entities, individuals and ships have been added to the sanctions list. Tehran in turn denounced 'economic terrorism.'
UAE, long a crucial trading hub for Tehran, has also suspended commercial ties
“As long as you do not accept the reality of defeat and stop indulging in delusions, Iran will continue to enforce the blockade,” Iran’s deputy foreign minister said.
The U.S. and Israeli militaries have pounded Iran hard for more than five months. Iran is using the Strait of Hormuz as its final point of leverage.
The sudden strike call-off followed a week of threats that helped keep crude near $90 a barrel
The US president said the outlines of a deal had been agreed that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end what he called Iran’s nuclear threat
Even renewed assaults on Iran’s nuclear programme may not prevent a forever war
