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The contrast between Friday's Lebanon deal, which prevents the transfer of funds to non-state armed groups, and the U.S.-Iran truce, which is set to inject billions of dollars into Iran's proxy groups, makes it difficult to predict whether Beirut will manage to disarm Hezbollah

U.S. CENTCOM announced that they conducted strikes on 'multiple targets' in Iran in response to a drone attack on an oil tanker • This is the second round of U.S. strikes since the memorandum of understanding was signed between Washington and Tehran earlier this month

De Amerikaanse strijdkrachten voeren opnieuw aanvallen uit op Iran. Volgens Central Command, de Amerikaanse strijdmacht in de regio, zijn de recentste aanvallen een vergeldingsactie na een droneaanval van Iran op een schip in de Straat van Hormuz. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

Two deals backed by the Trump administration diverged into different strategies. Rubio's deal sees Iran and Hezbollah sidelined from the regional arena. Vance's Switzerland MoU brings Iran and Hezbollah to center stage. Will one cancel the other, bringing all sides to a total standstill?

Iranians woke early on Saturday to watch the men’s national football team face Egypt, riding an emotional rollercoaster as Iran fought back to draw but missed the chance to directly qualify for the World Cup’s last 32. But all is not lost for Team Melli after the 1-1 draw. Depending on the results in other groups, the Iranians could still reach the knockout stage for the first time in their history. Iran had a troubled buildup to the World Cup due to the war in the Middle East, which broke out in late February with US-Israeli strikes on Tehran. The team has also faced the strain of considerable visa and travel restrictions in the United States, which is co-hosting the 2026 tournament with Mexico and Canada. “It was a good game, even though they were unable to prepare properly,” said Iranian football fan Amin. “I wish they’d played the whole game like the last five minutes,” when Iran was on the attack, the 33-year-old car dealer told AFP. Fans in Tehran watched a broadcast of the match in a packed hall dotted...

As tensions persisted despite the cease-fire, Bahrain accused Iran of attacking its territory with a drone and said it reserved the right to respond. U.S. Vice President JD Vance warned Tehran that while Washington had honored the agreement, 'violence will be met with violence'

The United States and Iran traded military strikes after Washington on Friday accused Tehran of attacking a cargo ship, jeopardising a fragile ceasefire as diplomats struggle to contain the Middle East war. US Central Command said the American strikes, against Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions, were a response to “unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces” that “clearly violated the ceasefire”. It described the operation as “a powerful response to yesterday’s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz”. Iranian state television, citing a reporter in Sirik, said an explosion was heard late on Friday at Taherouyeh pier in the southern port city. It quoted an informed military source as saying the blast was caused by a projectile impact in the area. US President Donald Trump had earlier denounced what he described as an Iranian drone strike on the vessel, saying: “Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our ceasefire agreeme...

Iran face an anxious wait to see if they will progress to the World Cup knockout stage after they came from behind to hold Egypt to a 1-1 draw, which ended in dramatic fashion with an apparent last-ditch winner ruled out for offside. Egypt, whose qualification for the last-32 was already guaranteed, took the lead inside five minutes through Mahmoud Saber, before Ramin Rezaeian equalised from a tight angle in the 14th minute of a frantic start. The early action fizzled out as the game became scrappy until a remarkable finale in which Iran hit the woodwork before snatching what seemed a famous win, only to have VAR intervene. Iran’s Mehdi Taremi who had a penalty saved in the first half hit the crossbar with a late header before Shoja Khalilzadeh fired home in the 93rd minute, sparking wild celebrations as the Iran bench streamed onto the pitch. But Khalilzadeh had strayed just offside and Egypt clung on for a draw, which means they finish second with five points, behind Belgium on goal difference, and will pla...

CENTCOM said it struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites as well as coastal radar facilities, after Trump accused Iran of a 'foolish violation of the cease-fire.' ‌Iran's ‌Revolutionary Guards said its ⁠response will be 'swift and ‌decisive'

VS melden vergeldingsaanval op Iran na aanval op commercieel schip. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

Iran on Friday condemned a joint statement issued by the US secretary of state and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers, describing it as “interventionist, irresponsible and provocative.” In a statement, the Iranian foreign ministry criticised positions outlined in the joint communique issued after the GCC-US ministerial meeting in Bahrain on Thursday and warned against what it called continued hostile and interventionist behaviour in the region. Tehran dismissed Washington’s stated “enduring commitment” to the security of GCC member states as “mere rhetoric” and a distortion of reality, arguing that the US military presence in the region has become a source of insecurity and division. The ministry said the recent use of military bases and facilities in regional countries during US and Israeli strikes on Iran demonstrated that Washington did not value the security of its regional partners. It urged regional states whose territory and facilities were allegedly used during the conflict to reconsider...

SUA și Iran au bătut palma pentru o foaie de parcurs de 60 de zile care să oprească războiul. Politologul Raluca Moldovan (UBB) explică ce înseamnă acest acord istoric și cum se va traduce pacea direct în viața de zi cu zi a românilor.

'We'll send somebody from the IRGC to go hang out in Doha with somebody from CENTCOM,' the U.S. vice president said in an interview with UnHerd. Vance added that "pro-Israel" UAE is talking with the IRGC for the first time on 'various types of economic incentives' for Iran

The Wall Street Journal cited officials saying that Iran estimates countries could make $40 billion a year charging security, safety and environmental fees in the waterway. Iran's chief negotiator in Oman: 'Management of the Strait will never return to the way it was before'

Pakistan and Iran on Thursday agreed to fully activate the Pakistan-Iran Joint Transport Committee and take coordinated measures to resolve transport and logistics issues on a priority basis to enhance bilateral trade and regional connectivity.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it may never be known who was at fault for a ​deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran on February ‌28, the first day of the Iran war, that killed scores of children. Reuters reported in March that an initial internal US military investigation showed US forces were likely responsible ​for the fatal strike in Minab in southern Iran. The Pentagon ​has since elevated the probe but it has not acknowledged any ⁠preliminary findings. “I don’t know that they are ever going to solve ​that problem,” Trump told reporters. “I don’t know that they are ever going to ​solve that problem in terms of whose fault was it because there were missiles flying all over the place, and it’s horrible what happened but there were missiles flying ​all over the place,” he said. “Somebody said it was our missile, maybe ​it wasn’t our missile but I have seen nothing to lead me to believe ‌it ⁠was,” Trump remarked, adding: “I don’t think it was us.” The strike on February 28, when the US and Israe...

United States President Donald Trump faced pointed criticism over the Iran war in a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans on Wednesday, shortly before his administration asked Congress for tens of billions of dollars to pay for the conflict. Several Republicans who attended said Trump engaged in a shouting match with Senator Bill Cassidy, who said the administration needed to explain a framework deal Trump signed last week that gives Iran financial incentives but falls short of the goals he laid out at the war’s beginning. “The American people need to know more than we are being told,” Cassidy told reporters. “It does not appear, although I don’t know for sure, that the course of this is going the way that we were told.” Later on Wednesday, the Senate’s Republican leaders scheduled a late-night vote to block a resolution calling for an end to hostilities with Iran in what appeared to be an effort to please the president. The Senate voted by 50 to 47, largely along party lines, to block a war powers reso...

With even the Strait of Hormuz deal open to conflicting interpretations, Gulf states are forging closer ties with Iran, weakening the united front Washington sought to build. Once again, Iran stands to gain diplomatic leverage

• FO expects technical talks to resume on Tuesday • Hopes Hormuz tensions will ease with diplomatic progress • Urges Afghanistan to prevent terrorism emanating from its soil • Says govt pursuing release of crew members from hijacked tanker ISLAMABAD: Pakis­tan on Wednesday expre­ssed optimism over ongoing high-level technical talks between Iran and the United States, saying progress in trade and economic cooperation with Iran would be linked to the easing of international sanctions on Tehran. Addressing the weekly press briefing, Foreign Of­f­ice spokesperson Tahir Hus­sain Andrabi said the pathway towards sanctions relief for Iran had alre­ady been initiated thr­o­ugh talks held in Buergenstock, Switzerland. He described the process as a positive development and expressed the hope that the negotiations would produce constructive results as they moved forward. Responding to a question, the spokesman said there had been a temporary pause in technical-level discussions between Iran and the United States and tha...

DUBAI - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed Wednesday that the US would not “undermine” its Persian Gulf allies in the negotiations with Iran and said he “didn’t sense any doubts about our security assurances” to the region.