Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called a US strike on a school in Minab that killed nearly 170 children "an atrocity and crime against humanity" US President Donald Trump has claimed that talks with Tehran "are going very well" and delayed strikes on Iranian power facilities for another
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called a US strike on a school in Minab that killed nearly 170 children "an atrocity and crime against humanity" Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi slammed the US and Israel at an emergency UN Human Rights Council session on Friday, convened to discus
Washington DC [US], March 27 (ANI): US President Donald Trump said that taking control of Iran's oil supply remains 'an option', although he did not elaborate when asked about the possibility amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
Former Iranian diplomats are warning that the war between Iran, the United States and Israel could fundamentally reshape the Middle East’s security order, with some predicting a prolonged conflict and deeper regional instability.
Trump extends deadline to strike Iran energy sites US President Donald Trump says he will pause attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure for 10 days until 6 April, claiming Tehran requested the move. On Monday, Trump announced he would pause his threat to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities until Friday, now that deadline has been extended again. Trump also said talks with Iran are going “very well”, a statement which has not been confirmed by Iran.
Trump has called Middle East wars 'crazy', but the US-Israel war on Iran may be the craziest yet Submitted by Mohamad Elmasry on Thu, 03/26/2026 - 18:02 The war on Iran has hardened Tehran, split his Maga base, fuelled global instability, and revealed an incoherent foreign policy at odds with his 'America First' promise US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on 26 March 2026 (Chip Somodevilla/AFP) Off It is difficult to overstate the extent of US President Donald Trump 's Iran war misadventure. Despite Trump's claims to the contrary, his decision to go to war with Iran has produced an unmitigated disaster. In one fell swoop, Trump has undermined his own political brand, hardened Iranian resolve, fractured his Maga (Make America Great Again) base, and driven the global economy towards crisis.
The killing of the Iranian commander, who had been leading efforts to block the Strait of Hormuz, came as President Trump pressured Iran to engage in talks to end the war.
AMMAN, 26th March, 2026 (WAM) -- Jordan today strongly condemned Iranian attack on United Arab Emirates, which resulted in the deaths of two individuals of Pakistani and Indian nationality. Several others were injured, including a Jordanian citizen, an Emirati national, and an Indian national, following fall of debris in Abu Dhabi.
Alireza Tangsiri oversaw technology now used to threaten strategic waterway and goaded Trump to attack oil-export hub Kharg Island Middle East crisis – live updates Alireza Tangsiri, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Thursday, was a veteran hardliner with a taste for fiery rhetoric who grasped better than many the strategic importance of the strait of Hormuz , which carries a fifth of the world’s oil and gas. During naval exercises in the Gulf in January, Tangsiri said the Iranian Revolution of 1979 represented “a turning point in the history of the Iranian nation and a new dawn for the awakening of the oppressed nations of the world”. Continue reading...
Tehran denies it is ‘begging to make a deal’ and continues strikes across swathe of Middle East Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has urged Iranian leaders to negotiate an end to the near-month-long war or face further assassinations of senior officials amid intensified military action by the US and Israel. The latest threat on Thursday came as Israel said it had had “blown up and eliminated” the Revolutionary Guards’ naval commander, Alireza Tangsiri, and several senior officers in a strike on the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. Continue reading...
Targeted assassinations of Iranian leaders will continue, IDF spokesman says IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said that the Israeli military will continue to pursue Iranian leaders, following the killing of IRGC Navy chief Alireza Tangsiri in Bandar Abbas overnight, the Times of Israel is reporting.
MANAMA, 26th March, 2026 (WAM) -- The Advocate General and Head of the Terrorist Crimes Prosecution in the Kingdom of Bahrain announced Thursday that the Attorney General has issued an order to refer 14 defendants across four separate cases to the Criminal Court. The group includes several fugitives currently in Iran who formed separate cells, including a female defendant in the fourth case.
Ordinary citizens want peace, but bureaucrats are driven by military lobbies, Rudi Kennes has told RT The EU is divided over the US war against Iran, with public opinion strongly opposing it, while unelected officials in Brussels back Washington, Belgian MEP Rudi Kennes has told RT's Rick Sanchez.
Ordinary citizens want peace, but bureaucrats are driven by military lobbies, Rudi Kennes has told RT The EU is divided over the US war against Iran, with public opinion strongly opposing it, while unelected officials in Brussels back Washington, Belgian MEP Rudi Kennes has told RT's Rick Sanchez.
Starmer tells MPs he will not react to US president’s repeated insults amid Iran war Middle East crisis – live updates UK politics live – latest updates Donald Trump has dismissed British warships as “toys” in his latest jibe at Nato countries for their lack of involvement in the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, he claimed he had told the UK: “Don’t bother, we don’t need it. ” Trump has previously alleged that he requested two aircraft carriers from the UK that Keir Starmer had initially rejected and then offered to send.
Death toll in Lebanon increases to over 1,110 Israel’s attacks on Lebanon have killed more than 1,100 people and forcibly displaced over 136,000, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported. NNA also said the disaster risk management unit reported that “the total number of displaced persons in shelters reached 136,262 and the total number of displaced families reached 34,973”. It added that “the number of martyrs rose to 1,116 and the number of wounded to 3,229”.
Air superiority is supposed to deliver a quick triumph. But history has shown that promise to be written on the wind Middle East crisis – live updates To explore the roots of Donald Trump ’s Iran military strategy and the pugilistic rhetoric of his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , means looking back 105 years. In 1921, a year before Benito Mussolini and his blackshirts marched on Rome to launch the Fascist era, an Italian general named Giulio Douhet published The Command of the Air, proposing a revolution in warfare.
Donald Trump insists Iran is still interested in cutting a peace deal despite Tehran rejecting the US plan. Iran has now put forward a five-point counterproposal and says the war will end on its own terms. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior international correspondent, Julian Borger Continue reading...
The drones are an improved version of a weapon that Iran sent to Russia for use in its war in Ukraine.
Many of the vessels willing to make the crossing are taking an alternative route through Iranian waters Threats to shipping have effectively closed the strait of Hormuz since the US-Israel war on Iran began four weeks ago – upending global oil and gas supplies and sending energy prices soaring. In normal times, tankers carry about a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supplies through the narrow channel and on to the rest of the world, while about a third of the global fertilisers necessary for half of the world’s food production pass through in dry bulk vessels. Continue reading...
