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A statement attributed to the government-affiliated Pakistan Strategic Forum cautioned Israel against endangering Pakistani officials. “We will beat hell out of them if any harm occurred to our diplomats,
President Donald Trump said that peace negotiations with representatives from Iran were ongoing: “They want to make a deal so badly.”
When a 19-year-old wrestler and two other men were hanged in the holy city of Qom on Thursday, Iran’s theocratic regime was sending a message to both dissenters inside the country and opponents abroad
Thousands more U.S. troops neared the region, while Tehran tightened its grip on the crucial Strait of Hormuz. Sirens over Israel warned of barrages of incoming Iranian missiles and Gulf nations worked to intercept fire.
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The Latest: Trump tells Iran to ‘get serious soon’ on negotiations after Tehran rejects ceasefire
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a warning to Tehran on social media to “get serious soon” on negotiating a deal to end the war. The post comes a day after Trump said a deal to end the war is near,
Trump said he’ll postpone his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by five days. He added the US held ‘productive conversations’ with Tehran but Iran denied it had any dialogue with Washington.
Iran’s parliamentary speaker warned Washington that Tehran was “closely monitoring all U.S. movements in the region, especially troop deployments.” Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, one of the Islamic Republic’s remaining top leaders,
President Donald Trump will hit Iran harder if Tehran fails to accept that the country has been "defeated militarily," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi questioned US calls for negotiations, saying Washington’s shift in tone amounts to an acknowledgment of failure after previously demanding “unconditional surrender.
Tehran offered its own terms to end the fighting that include a demand for reparations. Israel, concerned that the war might end before it can dismantle Iran’s weapons programs, plans to ramp up its attacks.
Iran is forcing oil tankers to take a new route in the Strait of Hormuz, with some ships charged millions of dollars to transit “the Tehran toll booth.”