Iran War

Molavi Yusef Gorgij, ​a senior ‌Sunni Muslim cleric, was shot ​dead ​by unidentified gunmen ⁠in southeastern ​Iran on ​Monday, the official news agency IRNA ​reported. IRNA ​quoted a local governor ‌as ⁠saying Gorgij "was active in the…

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said early Wednesday that they had carried out a ballistic missile attack on a US base in Jordan, the Iranian news outlet Tasnim reported. The Guards "launched an intense ballistic missile attack on the US…

Iran promised to retaliate against expanded U.S. economic sanctions that the Americans said would cut off Iran's economic ​lifeline, with Tehran expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist Washington's pressure campaign.…

The threat to ships carrying oil in the Middle East is at its worst since the Iran war started, experts have said, after a spate of attacks on another key route in the region. The warning comes after a number of attacks on vessels in the…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that ​talks with Iran were under way, warning that it was a "last chance" for Tehran to sign a good deal to end the five-month-old war, but Iran denied ‌that any negotiations were being held or…

Iran's foreign minister discussed issues related ​to the security of ‌the Strait of Hormuz in separate phone calls with ​his Saudi and ​Omani counterparts on Monday evening, ⁠according to a ​statement published on his ​Telegram channel on…

At least 624 US military service members have been wounded since President Donald Trump ordered strikes against Iran in February, according to the Pentagon's most recent update on 25 July. Among those wounded, 417 are attributed to…

Oil prices fell 1% on Tuesday as market participants continued to weigh a pause in U.S. strikes on Iran, which has raised hope of a diplomatic solution to their conflict and the normalisation of Middle ​East energy flows. Brent crude…

Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned the recent US military strikes, calling them a "flagrant violation" of the UN Charter and accusing Washington of undermining regional stability and violating a ceasefire agreement.…

The United States expects Iran to issue a public statement in the coming days that the Strait of Hormuz is open and that commercial vessels attempting to transit the waterway won’t be attacked, according to senior US officials. The…