President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Iran, declaring that the country would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if it attacks United States vessels, as tensions escalate around the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Speaking in an interview with Fox News on Monday, Trump said Washington would respond with overwhelming force to any aggression against…
Iran has warned ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz to coordinate with its authorities, escalating tensions after the United States launched a naval effort to escort stranded vessels through the strategic oil corridor. The warning followed President Donald Trump’s announcement of “Project Freedom,” a US-led operation aimed at guiding commercial ships trapped in the strait, one of the…
A top Pentagon official, on Wednesday, testified before Congress that the war in Iran has gulped $25 billion from the U.S. government since February 28 when the Donald Trump administration declared war on Iran. A chunk of the money was spent on ammunition, according to Jay Hurst, acting Pentagon comptroller and chief financial officer who gave his testimony at…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was extending a ceasefire with Iran to give more time for negotiations, but would maintain a US naval blockade of the country’s ports. Trump posted on social media that he would “extend the Ceasefire” until Iran came up with a proposal to end the conflict. However, he “directed our Military to continue…
Iran said it has executed two men convicted of espionage, according to the judiciary news outlet Mizan News Agency, on Monday. The executions were carried out at dawn, the report said. The sentences had been issued by a revolutionary court in the city of Karaj, near the capital Tehran. Iranian authorities accused the two men of spying for Israel’s…
As tensions escalate between the United States and Iran and reports of civilian casualties continue to emerge, a growing number of Iranians in the diaspora have openly supported U.S. President Donald Trump and his confrontational posture toward the Islamic Republic. Many of them believe that weakening or toppling Iran’s theocratic leadership could pave the way for democracy and greater…
