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In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran must never develop nuclear weapons and should stop supporting terrorism. He also said Tehran’s short-range missiles are meant to threaten Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar.
Donald Trump keeps declaring the Iran war won, but the conflict, the costs and the politics keep refusing to cooperate. In a war that has already strained the US and jolted global markets, his usual habit of narrating events into submission is running into a much less pliable opponent.
Madrid has extended its opposition to the U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran by barring U.S. aircraft involved in the attacks from Spanish airspace, after already ruling out use of its military bases for war-related operations.
Iran says Washington is quietly preparing a ground assault while talking about negotiations in public, as the month-old war spreads across the region and back-channel diplomacy struggles to catch up.
Overnight strikes hit Tehran and other Iranian cities as diplomatic efforts continued and fears grew that the fighting could widen, with US troops arriving in the region and global markets reacting sharply.
Donald Trump said Tulsi Gabbard takes a more cautious view than he does on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, offering a rare public glimpse of disagreement inside his administration as the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Tehran enters its second month.
A Canadian activist and YouTuber filmed a crowded stretch of the Strait of Hormuz while touring aboard a ship from Bandar Abbas, Iran, where dozens of oil tankers and cargo vessels were packed into the narrow waterway.
At a Miami conference run by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, Donald Trump said Mohammed bin Salman didn’t expect to have to 'kiss his ass' and called on the crown prince to 'be nice' as he praised the United States' turnaround.
A former Trump Iran adviser tells POLITICO he expects the fighting to continue and possibly escalate because both Washington and Tehran are too sure of themselves to compromise. He says talks are mostly performative, Iran wants guarantees and compensation, and the U.S. may be pushed toward more military moves.
Four weeks into the war on Iran, the White House is pivoting and contradicting itself while parts of the MAGA base turn against the administration. Meanwhile, a hardline bill in Israel and an online propaganda arms race using AI and memes are shaping the narrative.
An Iranian missile and drone barrage hit Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia, wounding U.S. service members and damaging aircraft. The strikes come amid a wider flare up across the region, with attacks near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant, strikes on the UAE, and the first Houthi claim of a strike on Israel.
With Israel heading to its first national vote since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks, questions are rising about whether public backing for a strike on Iran could help Benjamin Netanyahu at the ballot box. The Guardian's chief Middle East correspondent Emma Graham-Harrison offers context.