Tehran [Iran], March 18 (ANI): Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will not return to its 'pre-war state. In a post on X, Ghalibaf said, 'The Strait of Hormuz situation won't return to its pre-war status. ' https://x.
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump expressed confidence that the Strait of Hormuz would soon be secured, saying it 'won't be too long,' even though NATO countries would not assist in the ongoing conflict with Iran, CNN reported. 'It won't be, I don't believe, too long. We're knocking the hell out of the coast.
Amid mounting criticism from other countries and his own administration, President Trump told reporters that the U. S. didn’t need help opening the Strait of Hormuz.
(260317) -- JERUSALEM, March 17, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Missile debris falls after Israeli air defense systems launched interceptor missiles over Jerusalem, March 17, 2026.
Oil, war and the limits of Washingtons power The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran has now entered its third week and has already become one of the most significant geopolitical events of this decade.
IRGC responds to killing of Larijani Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has responded to the confirmation of Ali Larijani’s assassination. In a statement published by Iran’s Tasnim news agency, the IRGC called Larijani a “distinguished figure, thinker [and] revolutionary politician” and emphasised that the “pure blood of this great martyr, like other dear martyrs, will be a source of honour, strength, and national awakening. ” “The IRGC will certainly not forget the bloodlust of this great martyr and other martyrs,” it added.
A U. S. attack or a move to seize control of Iran’s main oil export hub could cripple the country’s ability to profit from its natural resources.
Mr. Larijani, the top national security official and a confidante of the former supreme leader, expertly navigated Iran’s internal politics and led the brutal crackdown on protests this year.
The killing, which Iran confirmed, could embolden Iranian hard-liners, as the U. S. -Israeli bombing campaign continues.
Israeli forces kill two people in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency is reporting that Israeli warplanes have killed two people and injured six in an attack on a residential neighbourhood in the Ras al-Ain neighbourhood of Baalbek. Rescue teams are searching for survivors with three people still missing, NNA’s correspondent reported.
By wresting control of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has turned the tables on US Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 20:08 If the US fails to push Iran out of Hormuz or washes its hands of the waterway, the repercussions will ripple across global trade and finance, experts say This frame grab, taken on 12 March 2026, shows smoke emerging from the Source Blessing cargo vessel, filmed from another vessel in the Gulf, north of Dubai (Wang Shang/Handout/UGC/AFP) Off Iran spent a decade building up a shadow fleet of tankers untouched by western finance and insurance to evade US sanctions. Now, those vessels are snaking through the Strait of Hormuz while their western-affiliated counterparts are locked out of the key chokepoint. Whereas the US used its heft as the underwriter of the world’s finance system to box out foes like Iran and Russia , the Islamic Republic is using missiles and drones to do the same.
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Philipp Ackermann, German Ambassador to India, said that the country wants the war to be over soon. Ackermann, while talking to ANI on Tuesday, said that Germany wants the warring parties to get to the diplomatic table. He said, 'We want this war to end sooner rather than later.
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his administration's actions in the ongoing US-Israel conflict with Iran, claiming that scrapping the Iran nuclear deal signed under former President Barack Obama prevented a potential 'nuclear holocaust.
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reacted to the resignation of Joseph Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Centre, stating that his exit was 'a good thing' while criticising his stance on Iran.
Nowruz is approaching with far less of its usual energy across Iran this year, as many families abandon long-standing New Year preparations while war, economic strain and an atmosphere of uncertainty dampen the festive mood.
Iran confirms security chief Ali Larijani killed Iran's security chief Ali Larijani has been killed, Iranian media confirmed on Tuesday. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said earlier on Tuesday that he had been killed in an Israeli strike.
By cutting off Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, Kiev has triggered a row that delays a vital loan Ukraine has agreed to an EU inspection of the Druzhba oil pipeline on its territory, in a lastminute attempt to ease a dispute with Hungary that has blocked a €90 billion ($105 billion) EU loan package.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani has been martyred along with his son, the SNSC secretariat confirmed.
Israel has escalated its attacks on Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and th West Bank overnight after announcing Tuesday the assassination of Iran's defacto leader Ali Larijani, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.
The US president has lambasted bloc members for their unwillingness to join a team effort to secure the Strait of Hormuz US President Donald Trump has sharply criticized other NATO nations' unwillingness to join the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, denouncing the bloc as a "one-way street" that America has never really needed.
