Iran
As new US sanctions make international travel more difficult, Iranian authorities shut down the French Language Center in Tehran, further undermining Iranians' plans to study and move abroad.
Iranian officials had made an offer after indirect talks between the two countries on the sidelines of this week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The president is skeptical that Tehran, which broached the idea with mediators last weekend, will meet his demands.
Masoud Pezeshkian spoke to the United Nations a day after the U.S. president said he might "annihilate" the Islamic Republic.
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 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
Pentagon says most soldiers suffered ‘minor concussions’ and have returned to duty