Iran Us Peace Proposal: Middle East tensions: Iran’s response to US peace proposal expected today

Iran is still reviewing the latest proposal from the United States, but a formal response is expected by Thursday.According to Al Jazeera, while there is no official deadline, Pakistani mediators are reportedly expecting Tehran’s response later today.The outlet quoted a lawmaker in the Iranian parliament and a former foreign minister as saying that Iran would […]

Hormuz row: Iran takes ‘100% PhD’ dig to mock Trump for ‘blockading their blockade’

US President Donald Trump. (AP photo) Iran on Monday mocked US President Donald Trump by ridiculing his blockade announcement earlier that day with a meme that said ‘Break an enemy blockade by blockading their blockade.’Along with the meme, Iran also took a dig at Trump by writing in his style. “I have, believe me, 100 […]

US blocks ‘all maritime traffic’ to Iran ports after Islamabad talks fail, allows Hormuz passage

The US military has announced it will begin blockading all Iranian Gulf ports on Monday at 1400 GMT (April 13), while allowing vessels not bound for Iran to continue transiting the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.“The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including […]

‘Most people we had in mind are dead’: Donald Trump after Khamenei assassination

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) said that “most of the people we had in mind are dead” when asked about potential future leaders in Iran following the killing of Tehran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the early phase of Operation Epic Fury.Speaking during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich […]

Iran-US indirect talks: Tehran’s top diplomat travels to Geneva for second round

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi left Tehran on Sunday for Geneva to take part in the second round of indirect nuclear negotiations with the United States, Iranian state media reported, with AFP confirming the development.Araghchi “left Tehran for Geneva late Sunday heading a diplomatic and technical delegation to conduct the second round of nuclear talks […]

US-Israel meeting: Trump urges Netanyahu to continue negotiations with Iran, warns Tehran by reminding ‘Midnight Hammer’

US President Donald Trump said no final agreement was reached for a nuclear deal after having a three-hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warned Iran of consequences if negotiations failed. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that he insisted to Israeli PM Netanyahu during their White House meeting Wednesday that […]

Donald Trump gives Iran ‘maximum two weeks’ for decision; rules out European mediation; says ‘Europe can’t help them’

US President Donald Trump on Friday said Iran had a “maximum” of two weeks to avoid potential American airstrikes, signaling he may act even before the deadline he set a day earlier.“I’m giving them a period of time, and I would say two weeks would be the maximum,” Trump told reporters when asked whether a […]

‘No talks until Israeli aggression stops’: Iran rejects nuclear dialogue with US after Trump sets deadline; Europe pushes to revive diplomacy

Iran has firmly ruled out any negotiations over its nuclear programme while under attack by Israel, rejecting repeated outreach efforts from the United States, after President Donald Trump gave a two-week deadline for possible dialogue.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday that talks with Washington were off the table “until Israeli aggression stops.”“Americans want […]

Israel-Iran war: Donald Trump to decide on Iran strike in 2 weeks; White House cites ‘substantial’ chance of negotiations to end conflict

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will decide within the next two weeks whether to join Israel in its military strikes on Iran, noting that there is still a “substantial” possibility of negotiations to resolve the conflict peacefully. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt read out Trump’s message, acknowledging ongoing speculation about “direct […]

When Trump was ‘disturbed’ by Netanyahu’s gift: It was a pager that Israel sold to Hezbollah

Trump was disturbed by Netanyahu’s gift of a gold-plated pager that he gave when he visited the White House in February. In September 2024, thousands of handheld pagers and walkie-talkies of Hezbollah operatives exploded simultaneously in two separate events across Lebanon and Syria. It was an Israeli attack nicknamed Operation Grim Beeper. Israel had secretly […]