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While Germany, France and the U.K. called on Iran to cease attacks on countries in the region, Russia called the joint U.S.-Israeli strike on Tehran a 'premeditated and unprovoked act of armed aggression'

In a speech released shortly after the U.S. and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran early Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to 'destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground' while warning that 'Americans may be lost' in the 'massive, ongoing' operation

Netanyahu sees a historic opportunity with the military operation in Iran, but has overlooked the long-term risk for U.S.-Israeli relations. If the war exacts a price from the United States, many Republican and Democratic voters will accuse Israel of having pushed for it deliberately

European leaders held emergency security meetings and scrambled to protect their citizens in the Middle East after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.

The United States and Israel launched a wave of strikes against targets in Iran on Saturday, triggering explosions in the capital Tehran and an escalation across the region. “We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally — again — obliterated. We’re going to annihilate their navy,” said US President Donald Trump in an address from his Florida home posted to his Truth Social platform. On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation aimed to “remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran”, and urged Iranians to overthrow the Islamic Republic’s clerical leadership. In response to the Israel-US aggression, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran later in the day confirmed the launch of the “first wave” of missile and drone attacks against Israel in response to the strikes on its territory. Political figures and analysts in Pakistan have condemned the recent developments, particularly criticising ...

Countries in the Middle East and around the world were watching with bated breath after the United States and Israel carried out long-feared strikes on Iran on Saturday. Trump: ‘annihilate’ US President Donald Trump vowed that the strikes would cripple Iran’s military and urged Iranians to rise up against the Islamic republic. “We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally — again — obliterated. We’re going to annihilate their navy,” Trump said in the address from his Florida home posted to his Truth Social platform. Calling on Iranians to stand up to their government, Trump added: “The hour of your freedom is at hand.” But he also warned that “the lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties”. Netanyahu ‘cast off the yoke’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation aimed to “remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran”, and urged Iranians to overthrow the Islamic republic’s cleri...

Bitcoin en andere cryptomunten zijn scherp in waarde gedaald nadat Israël zaterdag aankondigde een preventieve aanval op Iran te hebben uitgevoerd.

Oil-linked futures on Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 surged after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran reignited fears of supply shocks.

In the wake of reported joint air strikes by Israel and the United States on Iran, the Pakistan government has directed aviation authorities to closely monitor the country’s airspace and adopt precautionary measures.

Bitcoin faced geopolitical instability alone as a weekend move on Iran saw traditional markets closed, with key support still holding. Bitcoin (BTC) daily losses neared 4% on Saturday as the US and Israel announced a military operation in Iran. Key points: Bitcoin targets $63,000 as US President Donald Trump confirms a major bombing campaign inside Iran. Read more

Volgens bemiddelaar Oman is er een mogelijke doorbraak in de onderhandelingen tussen de VS en Iran. Iran zou hebben ingestemd nooit uranium op te slaan. „Dit maakt het argument over verrijking eigenlijk minder relevant”, benadrukt Albusaidi. „Want nu hebben we het over nul opslag.” Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

Het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken heeft vanwege de mogelijk ophanden zijnde aanval van de Verenigde Staten op Iran het reisadvies voor Israël aangescherpt. Israël heeft nu grotendeels kleurcode oranje, wat betekent dat alle reizen - behalve strikt noodzakelijke - worden afgeraden.

He later commented that he would not allow Iran to enrich uranium at all, adding that Tehran 'doesn't want to go quite far enough, and it's too bad.' Meanwhile, several countries recommended their citizens not to visit Israel or Iran amid mounting tensions

The IAEA estimates that Iran had 440.9 kg of uranium enriched to up to 60% before last year's Israeli-U.S. attacks - enough, if enriched further, for 10 nuclear weapons, according to an IAEA yardstick. The agency and Western powers believe the bulk of that is still intact. Washington wants Tehran to give it up

Regatul Unit a anunțat vineri, 27 februarie, că închide ambasada din Iran și își retrage tot personalul de acolo, „în contextul situației de securitate” din regiune.

The UN nuclear watchdog issued a confidential report on Friday urging Iran to let it inspect all its nuclear sites and pointing at Isfahan as a place of interest because of a new enrichment plant and near-bomb-grade uranium that was stored there. The report was sent to members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ahead of a quarterly meeting next week of its 35-country board, amid nuclear talks between the United States and Iran, the latest round of which was held on Thursday with no breakthrough. Like previous IAEA reports, it could be used by Washington to support its argument that Tehran has not been transparent about its nuclear activities, at a time when US President Donald Trump has massed forces in the region and threatened new military action. The United States and Israel bombed Iranian nuclear sites last June, and Iran has since refused to show what happened to its stockpile of highly enriched uranium or allow IAEA inspectors access to sites where enrichment took place. “While the Agency ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his support for the operation against the regime in Iran, which seeks to attack other countries and deprives its own population of their rights, while stressing that it is better to resolve the situation through diplomatic means.

Iran said on Friday that in order to reach a deal, the United States will have to drop its “excessive demands”, tempering the optimism expressed after talks seen as a last-ditch bid to avert war. The Oman-mediated talks follow repeated threats from US President Donald Trump to strike Iran, and with the United States conducting its biggest military build-up in the region in decades. Trump, on February 19, gave Iran 15 days to reach a deal, and while Iran has insisted the discussions focus solely on its nuclear programme, the US wants Tehran’s missile programme and its support for armed groups curtailed. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Trump’s negotiating team would demand that Iran dismantle its three main nuclear sites and hand over all its remaining enriched uranium to the United States. Without specifying what demands he was referring to, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday told his Egyptian counterpart that “success in this path requires seriousness and realism from the other...

Washingtonul a inițiat o procedură extrem de dură împotriva unei bănci elvețiene, suspectată că a facilitat operațiuni financiare de spălare de bani pentru Rusia, Iran și Venezuela.

The United States hopes talks with Iran in Geneva will produce an agreement to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and President Donald Trump has amassed forces in the Middle East to increase pressure on Iran to reach a deal. What is at stake? Iran has, over decades, developed an advanced and large-scale uranium enrichment programme. While enriched uranium can be used as fuel in power plants at various purity levels, at high levels it can be used to make nuclear weapons. Until Israel and the US attacked its nuclear facilities last June, Iran was enriching uranium to up to 60 per cent purity, a short step from the roughly 90pc that is weapons grade. It had enough material enriched to that level, if enriched further, for 10 nuclear weapons, according to an International Atomic Energy Agency yardstick, and more at lower levels. The IAEA, the UN nuclear watchdog, has not, however, been able to verify how much of that uranium stock remains. Iran has yet to declare what happened to it or allow the agency...