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Iran Appeals to Gulf Nations’ Long-Term Interests as Short-Term Costs Mount

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has appealed to Gulf nations' long-term interests even as the short-term costs of the war continue to mount for both sides. His message, delivered more than a month into the Iran-US conflict, urges Gulf governments to look beyond their immediate alliance commitments and consider what is truly in their long-term interest. Tehran is seeking to shift Gulf governments' time horizons...

 IEA Chief Fatih Birol Says March 11 Reserve Release Was Just the Opening Move in Managing the Crisis

Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency, has described the record 400 million barrel reserve release authorized on March 11 as merely the opening move in what could become a sustained campaign of emergency energy market interventions. Speaking in Canberra, the IEA chief said the initial release represented just 20 percent of available strategic stocks and that further deployments were actively under...

Trump’s Social Media Claim Contradicted: The Credibility Cost of “We Knew Nothing”

When US President Donald Trump posted on social media that the United States "knew nothing" about Israel's strike on Iran's South Pars gas field,...

 South Pars Strike Opens New Chapter in Middle East War as Iran Targets Gulf Energy Hubs

A new and more dangerous chapter in the Middle East war opened on Wednesday when Israel struck the South Pars gasfield and Iran responded...

Trump: NATO’s Iran Refusal Proves Alliance Has Always Been a One-Way Deal

President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that NATO's refusal to support the US-Israel military campaign against Iran proved what he had always believed: the...

Trump Calls Iran’s Banks and Financial Institutions Potential Next Targets in Escalating Conflict

President Donald Trump expanded the scope of potential US targets on Friday, with Iranian banks and financial institutions entering the conversation as Iran itself...

Trump Outlines His Global Security Vision: No Nuclear Iran, Whatever the Oil Price

President Trump used Thursday's global oil crisis as a platform to outline a broader security vision: Iran will not have nuclear weapons, regardless of...

Trump Unveils Landmark $300 Billion Refinery Partnership with Reliance

President Donald Trump has announced a "historic" $300 billion project to construct a new oil refinery at the Port of Brownsville, Texas. This facility,...

Trump Claims U.S. is “Far Ahead of Schedule” in Iran War

President Donald Trump has lauded the speed of the U.S.-Israeli military operation, stating that the war in Iran is "moving much faster" than his...

Iran’s Resistance Axis Stands Firm After Khamenei Succession

The network of armed groups and political movements allied with Iran — often described as the resistance axis — moved quickly to express solidarity...

From the Cotswolds to the Indian Ocean: Britain’s Key Role in the Iran Conflict

Two locations separated by thousands of miles — one in the rolling English countryside, the other a speck of land in the vast Indian...

Iran and Russia: An Alliance Tested by the Death of a Shared Ally

Vladimir Putin's description of Khamenei as "an outstanding statesman" following his death was more than diplomatic courtesy — it reflected a genuine alignment of...

Trump’s Iran Section: Five Key Takeaways From the State of the Union

President Trump's State of the Union Address included a substantial section on Iran, covering everything from military strikes to nuclear negotiations to human rights....

Iran-US Talks: Fresh Optimism in Nuclear Standoff as Geneva Talks Surpass Expectations

Observers cautiously raised their expectations for Iran-US nuclear diplomacy on Tuesday after a second round of indirect talks in Geneva produced better results than...