4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (177+ words) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered relatively restrained remarks on Tuesday in response to western allies announcing a slew of unprecedented punitive moves against Israel, adding only that the US will not follow suit. "We were made aware that…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (253+ words) Rafael Grossi, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Monday that restoring its access to key facilities in Iran could have “very, very positive repercussions” for Tehran, as the US, Britain, France and Germany prepare to…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (143+ words) Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed “all this controversy around Qatar” as a “big hoax”. In an interview with Israel’s i24NEWS, he said: "I attacked Qatar, and not only that, I bombed it and launched attacks on it during the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (132+ words) Iran's Baghaei to Americans: 'Don't let anyone turn your children into mercenaries' Middle East Eye Iran's Baghaei to Americans: 'Don't let anyone turn your children into mercenaries' Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has told Americans to ask themselves: “Why…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (309+ words) Iran responded decisively to the US attempt to weaken or eliminate the Iranian forces’ control over the Strait of Hormuz, army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia has said. In a statement carried by IRNA, General Akraminia revealed more details about…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (830+ words) US President Donald Trump on Thursday hosted Haredi Jewish leaders, some of whom are best known outside their communities for holding anti-Zionist positions, at the White House ahead of the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah. The delegation of rabbis and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (105+ words) Middle East Eye Iran says no one can reopen Strait of Hormuz without its consent Iran will decide whether vessels can pass through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of parliament’s National Security Commission. Azizi said Iran’s…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (136+ words) Middle East Eye US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it "wouldn't be appropriate to say" if he would greenlight the CIA arming Iranians to encourage a violent uprising, a day after he asked on his TruthSocial account, "When are…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1065+ words) In recent days, several high-level regional diplomatic initiatives have signalled an effort to revive US-Iran negotiations. Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, travelled to Tehran last month, followed by the foreign ministers of Oman and Qatar, each seeking to…...