‘I was in office that was attacked’: Iran top diplomat Araghchi recalls Khamenei’s ‘martyrdom’

Ali Khamenei; Abbas Araghchi Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday claimed he was inside the office of then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei when it was attacked during the first wave of US-Israeli strikes in Tehran on February 28 that triggered the Middle East conflict.He said that he emerged from the “rubble” fearing for Khamenei’s fate, […]

FIFA World Cup 2026: 5000 to 5 million, Least-known football star meets influencer who made him famous

New Zealand defender Tim Payne finally met Argentine influencer Valen Scarsini, the man behind his extraordinary rise from under 5,000 Instagram followers to more than 5 million ahead of World Cup 2026. The meeting took place at the team hotel in Boca Raton, marking the culmination of a viral campaign that turned Payne into an […]

Trump Hints at US-Iran Nuclear Deal While Iran Reports No Progress in Talks | World News

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that talks with Iran are going “very well” and that Tehran has agreed to allow American personnel, in coordination with Iranian authorities, to enter Iran and recover buried nuclear material once the war ends.“It’s very, very hard to get it … but nevertheless, I want to get at […]

‘It’s not nice’: Donald Trump says US has ‘other way’ to deal with Iran

Donald Trump (File photo) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has to decide between making a deal with Iran or doing it “the other way”, which he remarked would not be “nice.”He added that he would prefer to deal with Iran “the nice way.”“Now I have to make a determination: Do we sign […]

‘Economic Fury’ on Iran: US seizes Tehran’s biggest crypto network amid peace talks

After unleashing ‘Epic Fury’ on Iran, the United States has launched another front to step up its pressure on the country. The US, on Tuesday, imposed sanctions on Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, and several of its senior executives, accusing the platform of helping the Iranian government and sanctioned entities bypass Western restrictions. The move, […]

Iran Strikes Kuwait: Watch: Air defence battle over Kuwait as Patriot missiles respond to Iranian strike

Tensions in the Middle East escalated once again early Wednesday after Iran launched missiles towards US military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain. According to the US central command (CENTCOM), the missiles failed to hit their targets and were either intercepted or broke apart before impact. In response, the US military carried out strikes on an […]

Iran inflation hits highest level since World War II. Is another crisis brewing?

Representative image (Photo credit: AP) Iran’s annual inflation rate surged to its highest level since World War II in May, highlighting the deepening economic crisis facing ordinary citizens as the country grapples with the fallout of conflict, sanctions and long-standing structural problems.According to data released by Iran’s Central Bank, the consumer price index rose 77.2 […]

The art of the heel: Donald Trump makes more u-turns on Iran

TOI correspondent from Washington: One day US President Donald Trump declares that prolonged negotiations with Iran are “boring.” The next day he predicts a breakthrough agreement “within a week.” On another, he hints that military action remains very much on the table.In between, according to an explosive new report by Axios, Trump unleashed a profanity-laced […]

An alternative to the Strait of Hormuz? Why Iran is eyeing Yemen’s Bab al-Mandab

As tensions across the Middle East continue to escalate, attention is gradually shifting beyond the Strait of Hormuz to another highly strategic maritime chokepoint -the Bab al-Mandab Strait.Iran, through its allies in Yemen, is considering this narrow sea passage as a possible pressure point against its adversaries, according to Iranian state-linked media outlet Tasnim. This […]

Trump says Iran talks continue ‘at rapid pace’ as Tehran suspends negotiations after Lebanon strikes

US President Donald Trump on Monday said negotiations with Iran were continuing “at a rapid pace” despite fresh exchanges of fire that have tested the fragile ceasefire between the two sides.“Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.The ceasefire, reached nearly two months ago after […]