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Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied Friday (September 18, 2026) in a government-organised show of defiance after months of war, pledging their readiness to take up arms in the biggest such demonstration since the United States and Israel attacked in February. Iran’s government has sought to rally the people and stress national unity, even as…
India forged a consensus of BRICS countries on Saturday (September 12, 2026), after Iran and the United Arab Emirates agreed to a last-minute compromise on the language used about the war in West Asia, allowing the 11-member grouping to adopt the New Delhi Declaration at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Also Read:…
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The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) in response to the latest attacks on its warships, and Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan, the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back toward open hostilities in a more than six-month-old war. Following…
Activists accuse Iran of using capital punishment as a means to intimidate the population in the wake of the protests and the war against the United States and Israel that erupted on February 28. File | Photo Credit: AP Iran has executed over 500 people so far this year after a new surge in hangings…
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) said that the United States would achieve nothing with its new round of economic sanctions, local media reported. “With the measures that the government’s economic sectors have foreseen, America will not achieve anything with economic pressure at…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Iran’s currency hit a record low Monday (August 24, 2026) as Washington prepared to announce new sanctions it said would add further pressure on an economy already battered by previous sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade. The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the…
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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian defended a memorandum of understanding with the United States as the best way out of a stalled war. Meanwhile, the new head of the Islamic Republic’s top security body warned, in a more forceful tone, of retaliation if neighbouring countries support U.S. threats to further sanction Tehran. A Palestinian man was…
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Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday (August 10, 2026) that a defence pact signed last week between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan was “a sign of a change in the perception” of countries in the region towards the United States. “The countries of the region have realised that security is not a commodity that can…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday (August 9, 2026) they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, vital to the world economy, until the United States met Tehran’s conditions set out the day before, including compensation for war damages. Also read | West Asia war updates on August 9. 2026 Iran has imposed an effective…
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‘Donald Trump has few good options’ | Photo Credit: AFP “When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations,” United States President Donald Trump told Iranians on February 28, 2026, after the U.S. and Israel assassinated Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…