America cannot achieve its aims by negotiation. So regime change is back on the agenda
Iran
America cannot achieve its aims by negotiation. So regime change is back on the agenda
New supreme leader remains hidden as radicals demand renewed war with Washington
President Trump’s third major shift in military strategy comes as he searches for a way to turn the tables on Iran in the nearly five-month-old war.
Tehran (AFP) – The United States is "taking over" the Strait of Hormuz and will be paid for protecting it, US President Donald Trump declared on Monday, as Washington and Tehran once again fought over the vital waterway.
The latest escalation extends a pattern of attacks and counterstrikes that has continued for about a week.
In a tumultuous resumption of violence, Iran had fired several volleys of attacks, while Israel targeted a major Iranian petrochemical facility.
Tehran has also reportedly ordered the Strait of Hormuz to be blocked over the ongoing Israeli offensive in Lebanon
Iran and the US say they have carried out fresh strikes around the Strait of Hormuz, with Kuwait condemning "repeated" Iranian attacks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday reiterated his offer to help move Tehran’s fissile material stockpile
Tehran has delivered its counterproposal to Washington’s conditions for ending the war via Pakistani mediators
Iran has “not even begun yet” in the standoff over the critical waterway, a top official warned Tuesday, after Tehran attacked ships that were part of the new American "Project Freedom." Trump said Tuesday evening that the operation was being paused.
US and Israeli forces have destroyed more than 13,000 targets in Iran, which in return has discovered a weapon that’s far more effective.
In a bombshell development, Iran has offered Trump a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz and end the war.
Iran said it had been 'victorious in the field' during weeks of war and had only agreed to a temporary truce with the US because its demands had been met, Iranian Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Saturday. The two-week ceasefire is set to end on Wednesday unless it is renewed.
The vessel was attempting to make its way past American forces in the Gulf of Oman, the US president has said
