•Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) implementing a maritime blockade against the Iran-flagged crude oil tanker vessel Herby while the latter was attempting to sail toward an Iranian port US President Donald Trump yesterday branded Iran’s terms for ending the Middle East war “totally unacceptable,” raising...
•Prince Reza Pahlavi Amid the US-Israeli joint strikes in Iran, Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has issued a message urging citizens to remain calm but prepare for renewed protests, calling the current situation in Iran a decisive turning point. In a statement addressed to Iranians, security forces and US President Donald Trump, Pahla...
Shares dipped, and oil prices dropped back today as Tehran gave an encouraging response during talks with US officials in Geneva on Iran’s nuclear programme, after days of escalating rhetoric from President Donald Trump. Oil prices had earlier risen after Trump ramped up threats towards Iran, a large crude producer, but Iranian Foreign Ministe...
•Trump US President Donald Trump said yesterday he had been told the killings of protesters in Iran had been halted, but added that he would “watch it and see” about threatened military action. Trump had repeatedly talked in recent days about coming to the aid of the Iranian people over the crackdown on protests that […]
•Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump Donald Trump thinks Iranians should overthrow their government if it refuses to negotiate on its nuclear programme, but the US president is “still interested” in diplomacy, the White House said today. “If the Iranian regime re...

