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U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump on Monday (August 17, 2026) threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of a U.S. deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran to surrender. Also Read: West Asia war updates on August 17, 2026 “If…
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the United States could reach a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Wednesday (August 5, 2026), adding that this would stabilise energy prices. “We are in talks with the Iranians, and I think there is…
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President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement on Saturday (July 18, 2026) that repeated U.S. breaches of a memorandum of understanding signed by the Presidents of Iran and the United States had shown that President Donald Trump’s signature was “utterly worthless and devoid of…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s chief negotiator on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) issued an ultimatum to the United States to accept the conditions in Tehran’s 14-point proposal for peace in the West Asia war or face “failure”. The defiant message came after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected the latest counteroffer…
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Iranian students chanted anti-government slogans and scuffled with counter-protesters on Saturday in the latest display of anger at the country’s clerical leaders, who also face a U.S. military build-up aimed at pressuring them into a nuclear deal. The gatherings at universities, which were reported by both local and diaspora media outlets, followed a mass protest…
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Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami said no country can deprive the Islamic republic of its right to nuclear enrichment, after U.S. President Donald Trump again hinted at military action following talks in Geneva. “The basis of the nuclear…
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Satellite images show that Iran has recently built a concrete shield over a new facility at a sensitive military site and covered it in soil, experts say, advancing work at a location reportedly bombed by Israel in 2024 amid tensions with the U.S. Images also show that Iran has buried tunnel entrances at a nuclear…
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U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One with U.S. first lady Melania Trump at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. on February 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday (February 16, 2026) that he would be involved “indirectly” in talks between Iran and the…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran was ready for a “fair and equitable” deal, but not for coercion. File | Photo Credit: AP A day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that time was running out for Iran to reach a deal on its nuclear programme, Tehran said on Thursday that its armed forces…
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An anti-U.S. mural on a building in Tehran, Iran. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iranian authorities unveiled a new mural on a giant billboard in a central Tehran square on Sunday (January 25, 2026) with a direct warning to the United States to not attempt a military strike on the country, as U.S. warships head to…
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