Category: Yemen

Trump says Iran’s got three choices: “wiping Iran out,” “letting them rot economically” or “making a deal”

Tehran says conditions for ending war sent to US via Qatar

BREAKING: President Trump told Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent @TreyYingst that he is in a “deciding mode” and “very big things” are going to happen in the near future regarding the US-Iran war.

Trump said, “My question is, if and when do I blow the entire nation up? They better behave.” Trump also said he’s “open” to meeting with Iran’s president after Tehran sent a list of war-ending demands. |

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President Trump says there’s three choices on the table for the war: “wiping Iran out,” “letting them rot economically” or “making a deal.”

The Islamic Republic appears deeply concerned that another major U.S.-Israeli strike campaign could begin at any moment. Internal reports say police stations, security buildings and military facilities across Tehran have been evacuated, with forces deployed into surrounding streets and major intersections.

Iran has launched a major mobilisation drive to train and arm volunteer civilians who would serve as part of state security under the Basij militia arm of the IRGC, sparking fears of renewed conflict with the US.

  • Iran warns against any new large-scale strikes by the United States and its allies saying it received information such a plan is being prepared.
  • Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Iran “must push the enemy back and deal devastating blows using our full military might” before any negotiations with the United States.
  • A Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis says it intercepted a ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh and foiled other attacks on the cities of Bish, Taif, Farasan, and Yanbu.
Saudi Arabia attacks Houthi rebels in Yemen – BBC News

Iran sets terms for peace as Saudi forces foil Houthi attack on Riyadh

  • Iran’s security chief Moshen Rezaei tells Al Jazeera conditions for ending war – stopping attacks on all fronts, release of frozen Iranian funds, end of blockade – have been sent to US via mediator Qatar, and are awaiting a response from US President Donald Trump.
  • Yemen’s Houthis say attacked what they called “sensitive” sites in Riyadh with ballistic missiles, drones, in addition to an ARAMCO facility in Yanbu. Saudi Arabia has not yet confirmed these claims.
  • Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Pakistani counterpart, Ishaq Dar, stress “the importance of uninterrupted energy supplies and the safe passage of ships” during phone call.
  • Fighting between Yemen’s Houthi group and the Saudi-backed internationally recognised government intensifies, with battles reported east of Marib and around Taiz.

The Iran-backed Houthis are now threatening to strike Turkey and Pakistan if they intervene militarily in Yemen. Senior Houthi official Mohammed al-Bukhaiti warned both countries they would be struck with an “iron fist” if they enter the conflict.

Iranian oil sales reach two-year high despite US blockade, says government department

Iran’s Plan and Budget Organisation says oil sales have reached a two-year high despite the US naval blockade aimed at preventing Iranian exports.

U.S. Admits Iranians, Bans Mahmoud Abbas From Attending UN

Mahmoud Abbas aka Abu Mazen

US Bans Palestinian Authority President From Attending UN, But Admits Iranians

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) foreign ministry on Thursday condemned the US decision to bar Palestinian officials from attending the UN General Assembly for a second year in a row.

The US has denied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York next week, repeating a move that drew widespread criticism last year.

Abbas still barred as US approves visas for Iran’s President Pezeshkian & FM Araghchi…

In a statement on Wednesday, the US State Department said it would extend visa restrictions to members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and officials with the Palestinian Authority (PA).

The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned the decision as an “unjustified measure that contradicts efforts to restore confidence, develop Palestinian-American relations, and create the necessary political climate for implementing the two-state solution and achieving peace and stability in the region”.

The State Department said it was extending the restrictions on PA officials as “a consequence of their failure to reform, contrary to their commitments to the United States, and their ongoing activities that undermine the prospects for peace”. Abbas is among those barred from entering the US for the gathering.

In other news:

Trump extends sanctions on Iran, Houthi supporters march in Sanaa

  • US President Donald Trump has signed the Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 into law, extending existing US sanctions on Iran.
  • Tens of thousands march through the streets of Sanaa in support of the Houthis and against Saudi Arabia, as fighting heats up in western Yemen.
  • Yemeni government forces claim they have killed 30 Houthi fighters and wounded more than 60 during clashes in the al-Wazi’iyah district of Taiz.
  • The UN has warned that Yemenis are facing “multiple concurrent health risks” amid rising violence that has displaced more than 112,000 people in two weeks.

Something unusual is unfolding across Iran as multiple pre-strike warning signs appear at once.

▪️ Isfahan air defenses reportedly moved to heightened alert and dispersal, while aircraft were reported entering western Iranian airspace before turning back. Continue reading U.S. Admits Iranians, Bans Mahmoud Abbas From Attending UN

Iran Asserts ‘Strait Of Hormuz Is Closed’, Supertanker Hit by Mine

Supertanker Explodes After Hitting Mine, IRGC Says, & Asserts ‘Strait Of Hormuz Is Closed’

Comes within hours of Trump reasserting Tehran is desperate for a deal…

  • IRGC says supertanker exploded after hitting mine in Hormuz, says strait remains closed.
  • ‘Deal’ headlines return: US seeks “Step-by-Step” agreement with Iran, reports state media.
  • Houthis seized more Red Sea territory, including Perim Island near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
  • Iran-Gulf diplomacy was postponed, delaying efforts to address the Strait of Hormuz crisis in what was to be a rare GCC-Iran meeting.
  • Saudi oil exports face ongoing disruption after a pipeline shutdown, pushing oil prices above $100/barrel.

More below the fold.

Fighting rages in Yemen as Saudi-backed forces strike advancing Houthis

  • Yemen’s Houthis say they launched a large-scale ballistic missile and drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait and claimed “direct hits”. There was no immediate response from Riyadh.
  • The Iran-backed rebels say they captured more strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, strengthening their control of a crucial Bab al-Mandeb shipping route.
  • Iran says a planned meeting with Gulf states regarding control over the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed by Saudi Arabia over the recent events in Yemen.
  • Ground fighting intensifies on several fronts in Yemen as Saudi-backed government forces carry out air strikes on Houthi positions in an attempt to retake Mocha, days after the Houthis captured the strategic port city.

Here’s a look at the latest developments:

    • The Houthis have seized the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands in the southern Red Sea, tightening their grip on the Bab al-Mandeb shipping route.
    • Iran’s nuclear chief has been blocked from attending the IAEA’s annual conference in Vienna after US opposition.
    • The WHO reports nearly 3,000 casualties in Yemen following days of fighting.
    • Israeli forces shelled southern Lebanon despite a June ceasefire framework, striking Nabatieh al-Fawqa and firing on Beit Yahoun.
    • The IOM says more than 93,000 people have been newly displaced in Yemen by the ongoing conflict.

Dozens of Saudi air strikes pound Houthi positions in Yemen

  • Houthis say dozens of air attacks were launched by Saudi Arabia as the prime minister of Yemen’s internationally recognized government accuses the militia of killing and displacing civilians during its rapid advance.
  • Oil ‌prices continue to rise as concerns over supply disruptions persist after attacks on Saudi ⁠energy infrastructure left ⁠its East-West pipeline offline and cast doubt on efforts to ease shipping risks in the Gulf.
  • President Donald Trump once again says Iran “wants to make a deal” to end the war but adds he will “determine whether or not” the United States chooses to engage.
  • Iran’s security chief says the reality surrounding global energy shipments and the Strait of Hormuz has changed and there will be no talks with Washington until Tehran’s demands – as outlined in the Islamabad memorandum of understanding – are met.

Continue reading Iran Asserts ‘Strait Of Hormuz Is Closed’, Supertanker Hit by Mine

Iran’s regime threatens US, tries to recruit Iranians to fight & support Houthi’s in attack against Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is being attacked with ballistic missiles, losing ground in Yemen, and still appears unwilling to fully confront the Houthis.

The Houthis have already crossed a major threshold, launching ballistic missiles and drones against Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran, striking Saudi infrastructure and wounding at least 73 people. Yet they have continued attacking, while Saudi-backed forces have now lost the strategic port of Mocha, roughly 80 km from Bab al-Mandab.

Iran Security Chief Warns Trump: ‘The Straits Have Changed’ — ‘Damage Control Won’t Stop What’s Coming’

Getting desperate:

The Islamic Republic is now texting Iranians to come learn how to fight because its existing military and Basij structures are no longer enough to project strength. The new “Janfada” mobilization is moving from propaganda into training, with the Islamic Republic announcing plans for 1,000 so-called national resistance battalions and mass-texting people about military and relief training.

The Islamic Republic’s police chief just threatened Iranians with another massacre on state TV: “Our finger is on the trigger.”

Ahmadreza Radan called protesters “homeland-sellers” and “enemies,” warning they would be dealt with “firmly.” He then put the police alongside the IRGC, Army and Basij, declaring that all have their fingers on the trigger.

Iran’s top security official warned President Donald Trump on Monday that the strategic balance around the region’s critical waterways has changed, ruling out negotiations until Tehran’s sweeping conditions are met and declaring that American “damage control won’t stop what’s coming.”

“Don’t get distracted by the U.S. president’s mixed signals — from ‘no negotiations’ to ‘we’re ready to talk,’” Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s powerful Supreme National Security Council, wrote on X.

“The stakes around oil and the straits have changed. Damage control won’t stop what’s coming,” he continued.

“No talks until Iran’s conditions are met. Period!”

Continue reading Iran’s regime threatens US, tries to recruit Iranians to fight & support Houthi’s in attack against Saudi Arabia

Iran War: Saudi Arabia seeks Israeli help against Houthis

According to a report by veteran journalist Danny Zaken in “Israel Hayom” – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly approached several Middle Eastern countries for help against the Houthis — including an indirect request to Israel for intelligence and other assistance.

According to regional diplomatic sources, Riyadh contacted other Gulf states and Egypt directly, while the request to Israel was reportedly conveyed through US Central Command. The goal: help prevent the Houthis from threatening or closing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Who Is Running Iran?

Report Exposes Power Struggle at Top of the Regime

FILE - Motorbikes drive past a billboard depicting Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Al

A fierce power struggle is gripping the top of Iran’s regime, with hardline security figures pushing to escalate the conflict with the United States as questions mount over who is actually wielding authority in the absence of the country’s unseen Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Pakistan Warns Iran to Keep the Houthis Away from Saudi Arabia

Pakistan delivered a warning to Iran on Wednesday that if Tehran’s terrorist proxies in Yemen, the Houthis, continue attacking cities and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan may be obliged to intervene under its defense pact with the Saudis.

UN Security Council meets on Yemen after Houthis seize city of Mocha

Ghalibaf says Yemeni people will ‘triumph’ after Houthis capture Mocha

Iran’s parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has backed Yemen’s Houthis in a post on X.

  • The UN Security Council is holding a meeting in New York on the situation in Yemen, as the Houthis rapidly advance on the Red Sea coast, threatening to gain more leverage over the crucial Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
  • The Houthis report about 40 air strikes were launched by Saudi Arabia in a new salvo following their attacks on oil facilities and civilian infrastructure deep inside the kingdom.
  • Projectiles hit several areas in Iran’s southern Sirik district with multiple explosions heard across the coastal region, as oil prices hold at $100 a barrel with no end in sight to the war.
  • US President Donald Trump claims the ongoing war with Iran will end immediately after the US November midterm elections and predicts oil prices will then quickly decline.
  • US military lacks capacity to blockade Bab al-Mandeb Strait as Yemen’s Houthis close in

    Former US Ambassador to Algeria and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Henry Ensher, says Yemen’s Houthis could take control of the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and that the US lacks the capacity to stop it from happening.

    Houthis claim major attack on Saudi base in response to 300 air strikes

    • Yemen’s Houthis say they launched a large-scale ballistic missile and drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait and claimed “direct hits”. There was no immediate response from Riyadh.
    • The Iran-backed rebels say they captured more strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, strengthening their control of a crucial Bab al-Mandeb shipping route.
    • Iran says a planned meeting with Gulf states regarding control over the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed by Saudi Arabia over the recent events in Yemen.
    • Ground fighting intensifies on several fronts in Yemen as Saudi-backed government forces carry out air strikes on Houthi positions in an attempt to retake Mocha, days after the Houthis captured the strategic port city.

Iran, Yemen Dilemma: “Saudi-American F**k Up Of Epic Proportions”

The Houthis are literally fighting in sandals and are routing a military provisioned by (directly) KSA and (indirectly) the US.

Hormuz Deal Hits Snag: Monday’s Gulf-Iran Shipping Talks “Postponed”

Yemen Blame Game Begins: “Saudi-American F**k Up Of Epic Proportions”

Dudes in sandals seizing US-made armored vehicles in rapid blitz on Red Sea coast…

An official affiliated with Saudi-backed militias in Yemen told CNN that the Houthis “committed everything they had – waves upon waves of fighters… along with their available ballistic missiles and weapons.”

“But the air support never came,” the source said in reference to the fact that the Saudi-backed side rapidly folded and retreated in just days last week. “And Mocha has now fallen.” The blame game has begun after a mere 36 hours has seen the Saudi coalition fracture on the ground, and the finger-pointing is likely to go on in the halls of government, now as Saudi territory continues coming under direct missile and drone threat.

🚨 American military advisers and IRGC officers are now facing off through opposing sides of the escalating war in Yemen. CNN reports that more than 100 U.S. military advisers are operating in Saudi Arabia, with one U.S. official putting the number at roughly 200. At the same

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Another regional source told CNN on Thursday that “The failure this time is not with the Yemenis” but that “it’s a disaster made in DC and Riyadh.”

According to some further key lines and expletives:

The regional source told CNN that it was “a complete failure of political leadership” amid fierce squabbling and delayed decision-making in Riyadh.

“There was not one air strike throughout the day yesterday (by Saudi support forces), although there were minute-by-minute updates,” the regional source added. “It’s a Saudi-American f**k up of epic proportions.“

There are at the same time widespread reports that the Iran-backed Houthis have seized US made M-ATVs and MRAP armored vehicles.

Dudes in sandals breaking the coalition with lighting speed…

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🚨 Saudi Arabia is being attacked with ballistic missiles, losing ground in Yemen, and still appears unwilling to fully confront the Houthis. 
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The Houthis have already crossed a major threshold, launching ballistic missiles and drones against Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran, striking Saudi infrastructure and wounding at least 73 people. Yet they have continued attacking, while Saudi-backed forces have now lost the strategic port of Mocha, roughly 80 km from Bab al-Mandab.
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  • Fighting has intensified on several fronts in Yemen as government forces carry out air attacks on Houthi positions in an attempt to retake al-Makha (Mocha), days after the Iran-aligned group captured the strategic port city and tightened its grip on the vital Red Sea shipping lane.

Iran-Backed Houthis Capture Strategic Red Sea Island

  • Heavy fighting is underway between advancing Houthi rebels and troops supporting Yemen’s internationally recognized government at its two major strongholds.

Fierce battles ongoing between advancing Houthis and Yemen forces

  • An Iranian commercial vessel has been attacked near Qeshm Island, killing one person and wounding four others, with an official blaming the “US terrorist enemy”.
  • Houthi forces and Yemen’s internationally recognised government trade strikes as fighting over the critical Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint on the Red Sea coast of Yemen intensifies.
  • The fighting has forced tens of thousands of Yemenis from their homes, intensifying one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
  • Iran is expected to meet with Gulf states in Oman on Monday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to promote regional security.

Yemen government counterattacks Houthis with air strikes

  • Iran-aligned Houthi forces have seized full control of Yemen’s Red Sea coast following a rapid advance against government forces, which launched a series of air strikes along the west coast in response.
  • Saudi Arabia has suspended its crucial East-West oil pipeline as a “precaution” after it was targeted by drones launched from Iraq, though Riyadh has held off on immediate retaliation to give Iraqi authorities time to prevent further strikes.
  • Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has ordered an investigation and dismissed a regional military commander after confirming the drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline originated from Iraq.
  • Iran is expected to meet with Gulf states in Oman on Monday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to promote regional security.

Countries Have No Duty To Admit 13 Children From 3 Marriages In Yemen, Rules Top Human Rights Court

Countries Have No Duty To Admit 13 Children From 3 Marriages In Yemen, Rules Top Human Rights Court

Many EU countries have allowed migrants to bring second and even third wives in the past…

A Yemeni asylum seeker living in the Netherlands cannot rely on family reunification rules to bring over children from two additional marriages that Dutch law does not recognize, ruled the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The ECHR dismissed the migrant’s complaint on Tuesday, holding that Council of Europe states are not required to treat polygamous family arrangements as they would a monogamous household.

The man, 56, has three wives and 13 children from those unions. After arriving in the Netherlands in 2018 and receiving asylum, he was allowed to bring one wife and their eight children.

Dutch authorities refused entry to the five children born of his other two marriages, citing that “polygamy is prohibited in the Netherlands.”

He lost his challenges in the Dutch courts and then turned to Strasbourg, according to French newspaper Le Figaro. He argued the case was not about importing polygamy, because he was not seeking to bring the other two wives, only the remaining children. The court rejected the argument that the refusal violated his right to respect for family life.

If a European state “establishes an immigration policy that takes family ties into account,” it “cannot be obliged to recognize polygamous marriages that conflict with its own legal system,” the judges in Strasbourg ruled.

Continue reading Countries Have No Duty To Admit 13 Children From 3 Marriages In Yemen, Rules Top Human Rights Court

Iran: Yemen’s Houthis seize strategic city of Mocha in ‘stunning’ blow

It’s getting messy in Arabia….

The Houthis have seized the strategic port of Mocha, bringing the Islamic Republic’s most powerful remaining proxy dangerously closer to the Bab al-Mandab chokepoint. Over the past 48 hours, Houthi forces have rapidly pushed south along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, taking Hays, Al-Khawkhah, Al-Wazi’iyah, Mawza, the Khalid ibn al-Walid camp and Mocha, while Saudi-backed Yemeni forces retreated toward Dhubab, much closer to the strait.

⚓ Mocha dramatically improves the Houthis’ position on the Red Sea.

The port sits roughly 60–75 km north of Bab al-Mandab. Consolidating Mocha gives the Houthis another coastal position and brings them closer to Dhubab and Perim Island, directly overlooking one of the world’s most important shipping arteries.

✈️ Saudi Arabia has enormous airpower, but has so far stopped short of fully committing it to the coastal battle. Saudi aircraft have conducted strikes across Yemen, but air support has been intermittent and poorly integrated with the forces actually trying to hold the Hays–Al-Khawkhah–Mocha line.

When Houthi drones, missiles and ground forces applied pressure, the line collapsed.

Yemen’s Houthis seize strategic city of Mocha in ‘stunning’ blow

  • Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are rapidly advancing along the Red Sea coast threatening to gain more leverage over the crucial Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most ‌important trade routes.
  • The Houthis report about 40 air strikes were launched by Saudi Arabia in a new salvo following their attacks on oil facilities and civilian infrastructure deep inside the kingdom.
  • Projectiles hit several areas in Iran’s southern Sirik district with multiple explosions heard across the coastal region as oil prices hold at $100 a barrel with no end in sight to the war.
  • US President Donald Trump claims the ongoing war with Iran will end immediately after the US November midterm elections and predicts oil prices will then quickly decline.

Trump says Iran talks ‘could happen’, claims war to end after US elections

U.S. Strikes Iranian Tankers, Iran Attacks Jordan, Oil Surges Past $100

U.S. Strikes Iranian Tankers, Iran Attacks Jordan, Oil Surges Past $100

US forces target Iranian tankers as IRGC retaliates with Jordan base attack

  • The US military says it has destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers following Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ballistic missile attacks on a US Navy warship.
  • In response to the US attacks, the IRGC said it attacked a base in Jordan hosting US troops.
  • IRGC navy units also warned oil tanker crews in Kuwait and Bahrain to leave their vessels, threatening to strike ships in the area.
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned Tehran that Washington will continue to strike Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for attempted attacks on US warships.
  • The US has announced sanctions on 27 Iranian airlines and warned companies against doing business with them.
  • The US State Department says the United States will not relent in its economic campaign against Iran after sanctioning 36 entities connected to the Iranian government’s aviation sector.
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed the latest US sanctions, stating the United States resorts to more penalties after failing to achieve its war goals.
  • The US embassy in Yemen says the Houthis must bear the consequences of their aggression, stating that the group started the ongoing conflict.

The war in Yemen is threatening to open a new front as the Iran-allied Houthi rebels are trying to advance along the Red Sea coast, through the mountain chains of Taiz province, edging closer to strategic ground that overlooks one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries.

For the internationally recognised Yemeni government, this is an offensive with global consequences.

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  • Projectiles have hit several areas in Iran’s Sirik, with multiple explosions heard across the coastal region, including Minab County and Qeshm Island, Iranian state media report.

Rubio vows to ‘strangle’ Iran economically

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said US forces will continue to target Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for attacks on their warships, adding that Washington aims to “strangle” Tehran economically.

“At the end of the day, they continue to fire at our naval ships, and when they fire at our naval ships, they pay a price in tankers,” Rubio told reporters. “They lose a lot of tankers, they don’t hit our ships, but they lose five tankers.”

Iran-Backed Houthi Terrorists Attack Saudi Cities; Women and Children Injured

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen launched drone and missile attacks against four cities in southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, injuring at least 70 people and inflicting significant damage on Saudi oil facilities.

The Houthis claimed successful attacks on an air base in the Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, plus oil facilities in Abha, Najran, and Jazan. Jazan is a Red Sea port located near the Yemeni border that hosts one of the largest refineries in Saudi Arabia. The Jazan refinery was targeted by Houthi attacks several times in August.

Satellite photos showed smoke billowing from the refinery in Jazan and the oil distribution center in Abha, but few additional details about the strikes were released by the Saudi government.

The casualty count stood at 73 people injured as of late Tuesday morning, with no reported fatalities. Saudi officials said women and children were among the wounded.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi privately expressed support for the assassination of President Trump.

According to Iranian MP Mojtaba Zarei, Araghchi was asked during a closed National Security Commission meeting about killing Trump in retaliation and responded that whoever carries it out, “I will kiss his hand.”

The remarks come as Trump’s campaign of powerful economic sanctions and the naval blockade has shredded the Islamic Republic’s economic and strategic capacity, choking its oil lifeline and increasing pressure on a system already struggling to sustain itself and its proxies.

Araghchi is portrayed as part of the Islamic Republic’s so-called “moderate” faction, yet publicly he has dismissed threats to assassinate Trump as the rhetoric of “extremists.” There is no real moderate faction.

The distinction is fake. They serve the same Islamic Republic, defend the same system and only change their language depending on the audience.

Trump is winning the confrontation, and behind closed doors, an Iranian MP says the Islamic Republic’s supposed “moderate” foreign minister would celebrate his assassination.

Iran: will it be a Bad War or a Bad Deal?

Options in Iran Are Bad War or Bad Deal

Trump: U.S. Navy ‘Controls the Strait 100%’ with ‘Steel Wall’ Blockade — Iran Escalation

Iran Won’t Reopen Strait of Hormuz without US Concessions

Trump Rejects Iran’s Six-Point Ultimatum, Says He Is ‘Now Demanding Compensation’ in ‘All F

Trump claims Hormuz Strait open, seeks Iranian compensation

  • President Donald Trump says the United States will seek compensation from Iran for casualties in the war. The move came days after Tehran demanded that Washington pay for damages from the five-month conflict as a condition for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei conveyed a message of unity during a recent seven-hour meeting. Pezeshkian confirmed that Khamenei is in perfect health despite making no public appearances since taking power.
  • Khamenei’s office has announced several new key appointments, including naming a former wartime commander and veteran political insider to head the nation’s highest security body.

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