How Trump Destroyed the Aura of the Wartime President
Even as he’s wrecking American institutions, he is revealing the limits of his cultural influence.
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Iran must never get nuclear weapon, it would use it immediately: Trump
Washington, DC [US], March 17 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday defended recent US military actions against Iran, warning that Tehran must never be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons, and also claimed that American forces have significantly weakened the country's military capabilities.
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Iran: the foreign policy puzzle that keeps defeating Washington
Why Tehran keeps trapping American presidents in an endless geopolitical crisis Britain was already struggling by the late 1960s. The country was mired in economic crisis, the pound had been devalued, and the Labour government was forced into painful public spending cuts. At the same time, the glow of Britain's former imperial influence in the Middle East was fading.
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Iranian president: Tehran will not surrender to bullies
Iranian president: Tehran will not surrender to bullies Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Tehran did not initiate the war with the United States and Israel, insisting Iran is exercising its right to defend itself against attack. Writing on X, Pezeshkian said protecting the country from military aggression was Iran’s “natural right which we are good at”. He also warned regional states against allowing their territory to be used for attacks on Iran.
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A Predictable Problem
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a well-known problem, appears to have caught Trump off guard.
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Iran’s Araghchi denies contact with US envoy Witkoff
Iran’s Araghchi denies contact with US envoy Witkoff Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his last communication with US envoy Steve Witkoff took place before Washington launched its latest military strike on Iran. Writing on X on Monday, Araghchi said there had been no communication after the attack, rejecting suggestions that diplomatic contact had continued. “My last contact with Mr Witkoff was prior to his employer's decision to kill diplomacy with another illegal military attack on Iran,” he wrote.
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Reza Pahlavi’s supporters in Iran are turning against him
Reza Pahlavi’s supporters in Iran are turning against him Two weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran , a growing number of Iranians who saw Reza Pahlavi as an alternative to the ruling establishment say they are losing faith in the exiled opposition figure. For some, the turning point came before the war broke out, when Pahlavi urged Iranians to rise up against their rulers despite the dangers of a ferocious crackdown. For others, it is his latest call for demonstrations during the traditional Persian festival of Chaharshanbe Suri, set to be held on Tuesday.
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Report on Iran Seeking to Communicate with US ‘Pure Lie’: Source
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An informed source dismissed as a “pure lie” a report claiming that Iran has sought communication with the US in recent days.
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"Nobody's seen him, which is unusual": Trump raises questions about Mojtaba Khamenei's health
Washington, DC [US], March 17 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday questioned the health and whereabouts of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, saying the leader has not been seen publicly and noting that speculation about his condition has been circulating widely. Trump said numerous claims have emerged regarding Khamenei's condition, ranging from severe injury to even death.
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Iran’s Larijani urges Muslim states to back Tehran against US and Israel
Iran’s Larijani urges Muslim states to back Tehran against US and Israel The Tasnim News Agency has published a six-point message from Ali Larijani, Iran's secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, addressed to Muslims worldwide and the governments of Islamic countries. The letter calls on Muslim-majority states to support Iran as the war with the US and Israel continues. Larijani wrote that Iran had faced a coordinated assault during negotiations.
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What Are Trump’s Positions on Iran? They Can Change by the Sentence.
The president is no stranger to staking out contradictory stands, part of what his aides say is his negotiating style. But on Iran, his shifting positions are colliding with the consequences of war.
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More registered US voters view Israel negatively than positively, poll finds
More registered US voters view Israel negatively than positively, poll finds Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 03/16/2026 - 17:58 Poll shows a surge in negative views on Israel among independents, a key voter bloc that helped Trump win back the White House Anti-Trump and pro-Palestine protesters gather outside the 'Donald J Trump Institute of Peace' in Washington, DC, on 19 February 2026 (Heather Diehl/Getty Images/AFP) Off More registered voters in the US now view Israel negatively rather than positively, according to a poll released on Monday by NBC News. The poll found that 39 percent of US voters now view Israel negatively, while 32 percent view it positively. That is a sharp drop in positive attitudes towards Israel compared to 2023, when 47 percent had a positive view and just 24 percent a negative one.
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Trump rebukes allies for reluctance to join Strait of Hormuz escort
WASHINGTON, March 16 (Xinhua) -- U. S. President Donald Trump on Monday complained that U.
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Iran's Supreme Leader appoints Ex IRGC Commander as military adviser
Tehran [Iran], March 16 (ANI): Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Monday appointed former Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commander Mohsen Rezaei as his military adviser, Al Jazeera reported, citing Iran's Mehr News Agency. Meanwhile, the European Union has imposed sanctions on 16 individuals and three entities it said were responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran, as per Al Jazeera.
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Trump, power politics, and Russias new reality with Washington
From America First to global confrontation: How Trumps strategy is changing US power Donald Trump saw his historic mission as restoring American greatness and pulling the United States out of the strategic drift of the past decade and a half. Initially, both Trump and his MAGA allies framed this task in terms of national concentration and restraint.
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Starmer speech leaves Reform UK and the Tories playing catch-up | John Crace
The PM’s decision not to sign up the UK to the Middle East conflict reflects the public mood better than Badenoch and Farage’s former gung-ho support It was a message that could just as easily have been given via a ministerial statement in the Commons. But Keir Starmer needs every break he can get at the moment and he wasn’t going to pass up the chance to look like a world leader at a press conference in Downing Street. The advantages were obvious.
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Trump’s threats to Nato reveal glaring absence of any strategy on Iran
White House seems to have failed to anticipate that Tehran would fight back by trying to impose costs on the west Middle East crisis – live updates If there was a moment when the absence of a US strategy on Iran was exposed, then this was it. Donald Trump demanded on Saturday that the UK, China, France, Japan and others participate in a naval escort for oil tankers through the strait of Hormuz. Despite launching the attack on Iran, with Israel, the White House does not seem to have fully anticipated what was likely to follow.
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Wary allies show there's no quick fix to Trump's Iran crisis
European leaders are hesitant to help Trump secure the Strait of Hormuz, but they know inaction on the Iran war is not really an option.
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Trump pressures UK and France to help secure Strait of Hormuz
Trump pressures UK and France to help secure Strait of Hormuz US President Donald Trump says he expects France and the United Kingdom to support efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking on Monday, Trump said he had raised the issue with French President Emmanuel Macron. He described Macron’s response as “not perfect” but added: “I think it will help.
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Trump says Macron willing to help reopen Strait of Hormuz
Trump says Macron willing to help reopen Strait of Hormuz US President Donald Trump says he has spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron about efforts to unblock the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking at a White House event on Monday, Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio would soon announce which countries are prepared to assist the United States.
