Trump’s Threat to Impose Fees in the Strait of Hormuz Contradicts His Aides
President Trump said the United States could collect tolls or fees, despite Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying no country could do so.
President Trump said the United States could collect tolls or fees, despite Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying no country could do so.
President Trump said the United States could collect tolls or fees, despite Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying no country could do so.
President Trump signed an agreement that Iran said gave it control of the waterway — and global energy supplies. Now, Iran’s military is violently asserting authority.
With much of their leadership killed in the war, Iran’s conservatives have sought to fill the void and intensify the fight against the United States.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
The Iranian authorities said the funeral procession in Mashhad for the former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would start late. Hours earlier, the United States and Iran traded strikes.
Iran’s president and foreign minister were physically attacked this week by supporters of a hard-line faction that vehemently opposes any deal with the United States.
A Times reporter in Iran said the events “surpassed anything I’ve ever witnessed.
In the cities of Najaf and Karbala, home to two of Shiite Islam’s holiest sites, hundreds of thousands attended commemorations for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who extended Iran’s influence in Iraq.
Millions of Iranians descended on Tehran to pay their respects to the slain supreme leader.
What you could see when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s coffin was being driven to a public space in Tehran.
The ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, held at a site considered sacred by many Shiites, was the latest step in a weeklong funeral organized by Iran’s government.
Some residents have escaped the city and posted photos of their getaways on social media — a reminder that not all Iranians are mourning the death of Ayatollah Khamenei.