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Standing over the dry bed of the Karaj River, all that remains are twisted steel beams, shattered concrete slabs, dust, and silence. What lies here is not the aftermath of an attack. Iranian officials and witnesses describe it as a deliberate and calculated strike — one they say was designed not just to destroy infrastructure,…
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Image for representative purposes only. File | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. will permit non-emergency government personnel and family members to leave Israel over safety risks, the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem said on Friday (February 27, 2026), amid growing concerns about the risk of a military conflict with Iran. The embassy did not elaborate on…
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The Iranians “not yet willing to actually acknowledge and work through the President’s demands”, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said in an interview last week. On Sunday (February 22, 2026), Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for West Asia and his chief negotiator with Iran, said the President was “curious” on why Iran had not…
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Mike Huckabee, former Republican Governor of Arkansas, was appointed as U.S. Ambassador to Israel by the Trump administration. Credit: X/@GovMikeHuckabee Israel has “historical and biblical rights” to West Asia and “it would be fine if they took it all”, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said in a newly released interview with podcaster Tucker…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (center) heads to venue for talks between Iran and the U.S., in Muscat, Oman on February 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Iran’s top diplomat insisted on Sunday (February 8, 2026) that Tehran’s strength came from its ability to “say no to the great powers,” striking a maximalist position just…
A map showing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran is seen behind a 3D printed miniature of U.S. President Donald Trump in this illustration. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday (February 4, 2026) said preparations were completed for holding talks with the U.S. in the coming days, hours after the U.S….
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Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, once compared Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Hitler, and warned that if Tehran acquired a nuclear bomb, his kingdom would do the same. For years, rivalry between Saudi Arabia, a Sunni monarchy, and Iran, a Shia theocracy, had been a defining feature of West Asian geopolitics….
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The U.S. imposed sanctions on 10 people and firms from Iran and Venezuela over allegedly contributing to Iran’s drone trade and ballistics programme which the Trump administration says threatens the U.S. and its allies in West Asia. The Treasury Department said the latest measures are intended to support the reimposed United Nations sanctions on Iran…
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