The World Is Cutting Ties With America. It’s Already Costing Us.
When other countries cut ties, Americans pay.
When other countries cut ties, Americans pay.
What America’s embarrassments have in common.
The Iranian foreign minister landed in Muscat on Saturday. A standoff over the strait this week set off heavy clashes between the U. S.
During the war, Israel attacked Iran’s steel plants, saying they provided forces with revenue and the means to make weapons, but it also hurt the civilian economy.
Iranians mourning the country’s supreme leader condemned U. S. strikes that Washington called retaliation for Iran’s attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the proposed meeting involving the mayor’s commissioner for international affairs, Ana María Archila, and the Iranian official had not taken place.
The officials said that Iranian negotiators blamed the recent ship attacks on rogue military units.
Companies desperately want to get their ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, but face mounting risks. “Things are becoming uglier by the minute,” one executive said.
U. S. forces hit more than 170 targets, including air defense systems, drone and missile storage sites, and military speedboats.
Days of strikes by the two countries have given way to an uneasy pause as Qatari mediators seek to salvage the tattered U. S. -Iran truce.
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei did not appear at his father’s funeral this week, fueling speculation about his physical condition and leaving a power vacuum in a divided country.
The latest escalation of hostilities over the Strait of Hormuz is empowering Iranian hard-liners
Eric Schmitt, a New York Times National Security correspondent, analyzes recent skirmishes between the U. S. and Iran and whether they threaten ongoing negotiations for a peace deal.
The administration appears to be reverting to an all-stick, no-carrot approach. But it has yet to answer why it believes economic warfare and bombing will yield a different result this time.
Iran’s military said it fired missiles at a Jordanian air base used by American forces. Jordan said it had intercepted missiles entering its air space.
Experts said the lack of such capabilities poses a potential risk when the president travels overseas. The White House defended the aircraft’s safety.
A huge crowd surrounded Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s coffin in his hometown, Mashhad, on Thursday, the final day of his funeral procession. The supreme leader’s body was transported to the Imam Reza Shrine, where it will be buried.
American officials said they were trying to safeguard maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it had responded by firing at U. S.
This difference reflects Iran’s limited firepower and degraded air defenses, and highlights how the war is taking a disproportionate toll on Iranians.
The United States and Iran traded new strikes amid rising hostilities between the two countries. The latest rounds came hours after President Trump said he thought their temporary cease-fire was over.