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The history of Iran is replete with paradoxes and exceptions. It is a land of great contrasts both in climate and geography and is inhabited by, in the words of an ancient historian, “a poor people with a proud spirit.” Given its location, the Iranian people and its rulers have interacted with its neighbouring states…
The world is holding its breath with respect to the June 14 adoption of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States for a cessation of hostilities and a 60-day period of negotiation to iron out their thorny differences. The scepticism stems from at least two scores of premature claims by U.S….
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Image used for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: AP About 22 countries including the United States and European nations jointly warned Iran on Thursday (June 11, 2026) to stop attacking people “on our soil”. Iran’s security services were condemned for their “deplorable” use of international and local criminal gangs for plots in Europe,…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) said Tehran has taken too long to negotiate a deal and would now “have to pay the price” after Iran and the United States exchanged strikes in the region amid reported efforts to continue talks. “Iran is…
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A screenshot from the video shared by FSUI shows smoke billowing from Marivex after it was struck by a U.S. precision munition. | Photo Credit: FSUI Twenty four Indian seafarers were rescued from tanker Marivex, a ship sanctioned by the U.S. for Iran links, off the south-eastern coast of Oman on Monday (June 8, 2026),…
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The United States said it shot down a pair of Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, the latest escalation of violence as the war crept into its 100th day on Sunday (June 7, 2026) with no end in sight. Weeks of indirect talks marked by tit-for-tat threats and sporadic exchanges of fire have failed…
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Pakistan Interior Minister visits Tehran for third time in weeks amid U.S.-Iran tensions Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi reached Tehran on Saturday (June 6, 2026) to push for peace amidst rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran, according to media reports. It is Mr. Naqvi’s third visit to Iran in recent weeks, as Pakistan leads…
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Iran still has “21, 22%” of its missiles left, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday (June 5, 2026), in a week in which Tehran fired dozens of them toward regional neighbours, despite a sputtering ceasefire. “They still have capacity. They have some missiles; they have some drones. I would say, percentage-wise, maybe 21, 22%…
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Smoke billows from southern Lebanon, following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, on June 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) killed eight people, including a father and his son and daughter, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Hezbollah agreed…
Iran’s chief negotiator warned the United States is not to be trusted on Sunday (May 31, 2026), saying Tehran would not agree to any deal with Washington unless it fully secures Iranian rights. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf’s remarks came as reports emerged that U.S. President Donald Trump had sent a tougher peace proposal back to Iran,…
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