Middle East & North Africa
Iran: Revolutionary Guards captain killed in the Qandil mountains as operations against PJAK escalate
An IRGC captain, Sina Ahmadi, was killed on October 17 in the Qandil range on the Iran–Iraq border, as Iranian…
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Iran
Latest news and analysis on Iran, its nuclear program, armed forces, regional policy and relations with the United States and Israel.
Middle East & North Africa
Hegseth makes a surprise visit to Israel and meets Netanyahu eight days before the election
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth made an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday, October 19 and met Prime Minister…
Drones
Revolutionary Guards claim they shot down a US MQ-9 over the Strait of Hormuz – threats against the seven undersea internet cables
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim to have shot down a US MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, an unconfirmed claim,…
Middle East & North Africa
Netanyahu to Trump: “We have a job to finish” – “You’re a warrior, Bibi,” the US president replies in a video released eight days before the election
Benjamin Netanyahu has published a video of his phone call with Donald Trump, hours after the US president publicly backed…
Middle East & North Africa
Netanyahu: new 10-point security doctrine “from defence to offence” – “If we have to act alone, we will act alone”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a new ten-point national security doctrine on October 18, describing a shift from defence…
Middle East & North Africa
Araghchi: the Strait of Hormuz opens on day six of Iran’s plan if the US accepts the terms – “The proposal is still on the table”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran’s seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remains “still on the table”,…
Middle East & North Africa
Hegseth to Iran: a “choice very quickly” between the table and the “destruction America can bring” – “The military should win the Nobel Peace Prize every year”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told Iran at the University of Tennessee that it must give up its nuclear ambitions…
Middle East & North Africa
Vance on the Iran war: “the enemy gets a vote too” – seeks a “final, durable commitment” that Tehran will not rebuild its nuclear programme
At a CBS News town hall in Michigan, Vice President JD Vance defended the administration’s Iran strategy, blamed Iranian tanker…
Analysis
Strait of Hormuz explained: why the narrow passage matters
The Strait of Hormuz carries about a fifth of the world’s oil and a large share of its LNG. Here…
Economy & Energy
US sanctions Iraqi bank for “sending dollars” to Iran – Bessent: “The noose is tightening around Iran’s economy”
The US Treasury sanctioned Iraq’s International Development Bank for Investment and Finance, accusing it of giving Iran access to US…
Middle East & North Africa
Araghchi in Baghdad: new talks with the US only with “credible guarantees” – “The choice on Hormuz belongs to Washington”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the OIC foreign ministers’ meeting in Baghdad that Tehran stays open to negotiations with…
Middle East & North Africa
Saudi Arabia: “Iran is encouraging” the Houthi attacks on Riyadh – the airport deaths are “war crimes”
Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Rayed Krimly openly accused Iran of encouraging the escalation of Houthi attacks on Riyadh, after more…