The intelligence community is helping the Trump administration identify and target companies helping Iran smuggle oil around the world.
Pezeshkian doubles down as Iran conducts joint naval drills with China and Russia amid US threats over nuclear program
Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years, this strategy proved successful. Slowly but surely, Tehran’s “axis of resistance” gained influence in Iraq,
U.S. President Donald Trump says he sent a letter to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, something not immediately confirmed by the supreme leader
Khamenei did not identify the United States by name but said a “bullying government” was being persistent in its push for talks.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would not negotiate with the US while being threatened, telling President Donald Trump to 'do whatever the hell you want', Iranian state
Following President Pezeshkian's statement, hopes for negotiations between Washington and Tehran regarding Iran's nuclear program have dimmed.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks under a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, as armed forces commander slisten, at rear, in a ceremony meeting a group of officials, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)