The US blockade and tighter sanctions enforcement are cutting into Iran’s oil income and targeting financial networks that sustain the Islamic Republic, but may still fall short of forcing Tehran into concessions, experts said at an Iran International town hall in Washington.
Iran-based and Iranian-linked actors have used two leading US artificial intelligence platforms to place articles under fake journalist identities and help develop targeting recommendations against US naval forces, according to separate investigations by OpenAI and Anthropic.
More than two-thirds of respondents to an Iran International Instagram poll said the Trump administration’s pressure on the Islamic Republic is hurting ordinary Iranians more than the authorities.
Three years after Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, the Islamic Republic faces a weakened network of regional allies, direct military confrontation and mounting economic pressure, upending its long-held strategy of deterring enemies while keeping war away from its territory.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Iran had failed to take advantage of repeated opportunities to reach an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program, while also saying Tehran had “lost complete control” of the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego has sparked a backlash from California officials and prompted the White House to insist that he was misunderstood as he defended the mounting costs of the war with Tehran.
Iran is reviewing Washington’s response to a seven-day proposal sent through intermediaries, a senior foreign ministry official said on Sunday, as other officials offered differing assessments of whether further negotiations with the United States were needed.
Iran’s currency fell to another record low against the dollar on Sunday, extending its decline during a US campaign aimed at restricting the Islamic Republic’s oil exports and financial flows.
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was approaching a decision on Iran, warning Tehran faced the “easy way or the hard way” as the Pentagon kept military options open amid continued attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
An Iranian-American student who pressed Michigan Democratic US Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to state his position on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says he and his family have faced threats and harassment after a video of the exchange went viral.
Iran took a US response to its latest diplomatic proposal to cabinet, a tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz and two January protesters were executed among the key developments on Wednesday.
Iran said on Tuesday it is awaiting a US response to its proposal for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, as regional oil flows continued to recover and the rial sank past 2.5 million to the dollar.
A designated terrorist organization has written to American voters. Iran's Revolutionary Guards sent a 26-page letter to US scholars, students and media describing a government in decline and telling Americans they have the power to change it at the ballot box in November.
President Donald Trump may be putting off a difficult choice over Iran until after the US midterm elections, a former senior US diplomat told Iran International.
US President Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping that direct or indirect assistance to Iran, including intelligence, components and military equipment, was unacceptable, US Ambassador to China David Perdue said Friday.
A hacked freeway sign in the heart of Los Angeles’ Iranian community directed drivers to a website threatening opponents of the Islamic Republic, in what cyber and security experts describe as a psychological operation designed to spread fear.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday there was “a lot of momentum” toward a deal with Tehran after his envoys met regional mediators and Iran’s top diplomat, as contacts in New York put the Strait of Hormuz at the center of efforts to end the war.
Travel to and from Iran is becoming harder as major foreign airlines, including the flag carrier of Turkey, a key affordable hub for Iranians, suspend services and new US sanctions threaten remaining international routes operated by Iranian carriers.
US President Donald Trump weighed military action, economic pressure and a possible deal with Iran, while Iranian leaders paired diplomatic overtures with warnings over the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.
Democrats are intensifying attacks on President Donald Trump over the Iran war as the midterm elections approach, seeking to tie the six-month conflict to an issue closer to American voters’ wallets: the rising cost of gasoline and everyday goods.
The US Treasury is offering whistleblowers up to 30% of collected penalties for information leading to enforcement actions over Iran-related sanctions evasion or money laundering, as Washington seeks intelligence on Tehran’s financial networks abroad.
Iranian security forces committed crimes against humanity in their crackdown on nationwide protests, a UN fact-finding mission said on Thursday, citing mass killings, torture and arbitrary detention.