Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is en route to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as U.S. President Donald Trump stated Tehran can initiate direct phone contact if it wishes to negotiate. Araghchi’s Moscow visit signals Iran’s diplomatic …
On Friday evening, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad for talks, while US President Donald Trump simultaneously announced he was sending his special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner to meet him there on Saturday. The timing …
Hostilities could resume immediately, as the current ceasefire lapses at midnight Washington time, leaving no formal barrier to renewed airstrikes, naval intercepts, or retaliatory strikes by Iranian proxies in the region. Why is the blockade the main sticking point? Iran …
Minutes before Iran announced the temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, traders sold nearly $760 million in oil futures betting prices would fall — and were proven right when Brent crude dropped to $88.73 a barrel. The trades occurred …
Iran’s parliament speaker warned that the Strait of Hormuz will close again if the United States maintains its naval blockade on Iranian ports, reversing an earlier announcement of full openness tied to the Lebanon ceasefire. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote on …
Iran announced it will maintain the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz until the current ceasefire ends, reversing an earlier pledge to lift the restriction and triggering a sharp drop in global oil prices. Iran suspends lift of Hormuz blockade …