US Conducts More Airstrikes On 'Multiple Targets' In Iran After IRGC Attacked Another Commercial Ship ^59.8%

ZeroHedge - By Tyler Durden - 6/27/2026, 11:30 PM

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Update1930ET): The Pentagon has sought to level the score once again, after Iran had attacked a second commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz in under 48 hours on Saturday. Late in the day, the US military conducted more air strikes against "multiple targets in Iran". According to a fresh CENTCOM statement: After yesterday’s U.S.... more

Iran-US war latest: Trump threatens to ‘drop bombs smack in the middle of their head’ if he doesn’t like deal with Tehran ^49.5%

The Independent - By Alisha Rahaman Sarkar, James C. Reynolds, Maira Butt - 6/17/2026, 2:00 PM

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President Donald Trump has threatened to restart the war in Iran if he doesn’t like the terms of any deal agreed with Tehran. Speaking from the G7 summit in the French Alps on Wednesday, he said that a memorandum of understanding had not been finalised but that he would go back to “shooting at them and dropping bombs right smack in the... more

Iran Responds to US Ceasefire Proposal, Trump Rejects It as 'Unacceptable' ^58.2%

Newsmax - By JON GAMBRELL, SAMY MAGDY - 5/10/2026, 8:47 PM

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Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, but President Donald Trump quickly rejected it as "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!" with no details. Iran seeks to end the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting the... more

Iran Ceasefire Tested as Cargo Ship Catches Fire and Kuwait Reports Drone Attack ^18.4%

Newsmax - 5/10/2026, 12:44 PM

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Breaking: Iran has sent its response to a U.S. proposal aimed at ending the more than two-month war, Iran's IRNA news agency said on Sunday. The proposed plan, sent to mediator, Pakistan, will focus at this stage on ending the war, IRNA said. more

IRGC Seen Tightening Grip as Peace With US Faces Internal Resistance ^78.4%

Newsmax - By Newsmax Wires - 5/8/2026, 11:48 PM

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Efforts to secure a broader peace deal between the United States and Iran are increasingly being complicated by the growing influence of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which analysts, diplomats and even some U.S. officials say has emerged as the chief obstacle to meaningful negotiations. While Iranian civilian officials and... more

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says ships can now pass through the Strait of Hormuz ^68.7%

NPR - By NPR's International Desk - 5/6/2026, 12:33 PM

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be provided after President Trump said he was pausing a U.S. military effort to guide merchant vessels through the strategic waterway. The Guard's navy command said in a post on social media that it will no longer block the passage of shipping through the... more

Iranian Strikes Reportedly Caused More Damage to US Bases Than Disclosed ^63.9%

Newsmax - By Brian Freeman - 4/27/2026, 12:10 AM

Iranian military strikes have caused more widespread damage to U.S. bases and equipment across the Middle East than publicly acknowledged, according to a weekend NBC News report citing officials familiar with internal assessments. The report said attacks carried out since the start of U.S. and Israeli operations on Feb. 28 struck... more

Iran News Agency Denies It Wanted Ceasefire Extension ^91%

Newsmax - By Newsmax Wires - 4/22/2026, 12:04 AM

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Iran's semiofficial Tasnim News Agency on Wednesday forcefully rejected claims attributed to President Donald Trump that Tehran had sought an extension of a ceasefire agreement, publishing a detailed report asserting that no such request had been made. The move directly challenges a Tuesday post by Trump on Truth Social in which he... more

Iran's Top Negotiator Rejects 'Threat'-Based Talks, Blames Trump ^66.6%

Newsmax - By Newsmax Wires - 4/20/2026, 10:17 PM

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Iran's top negotiator and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Monday that Tehran will not engage in talks with Washington under pressure, underscoring hardened rhetoric as tensions simmer between the two countries. Qalibaf wrote in a post on X that Iran "does not accept negotiations under threats," according to Reuters,... more

Iran Accuses US of Ceasefire Breach, Vows Retaliation Over Attack on Ship ^74.8%

Newsmax - 4/19/2026, 10:19 PM

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Iran's top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya, accused the U.S. of violating a ceasefire by firing ​at one of Iran's commercial ⁠ships in the ​Gulf of Oman, vowing to ⁠retaliate. State media quoted a Khatam al-Anbiya spokesperson as saying early ​on Monday that the vessel was en route from China to Iran. "We warn ⁠that the armed... more