Archiv: Iran


26.10.2026 - 19:41 [ Times of Israel ]

In ‘unprecedented confrontation,’ IDF chief said resisting Netanyahu’s order for military action tied to Iran

An “unprecedented confrontation” has been unfolding in recent days between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir surrounding an instruction by the prime minister for unspecified military action that defense officials believe could lead to a swift confrontation with Iran shortly before the election, Channel 12 reported Sunday.

The TV network, which cited anonymous sources, said Zamir had been resisting carrying out the military action, no details of which were provided, and sought further deliberations, as well as signed documentation from Netanyahu regarding legal authorization for it.

26.10.2026 - 19:38 [ Times of Israel ]

Mossad chief said sparring with aides over his support for plan backed by PM to strike Iran before election

Citing unnamed senior sources, Haaretz says that the senior Mossad officials have pushed back on plans to strike Iran now, raising concerns about the timing of such a strike and its possible impact on tomorrow’s election.

The senior Mossad officials questioned Netanyahu’s judgement and expressed concern that political considerations were being conflated with security ones, Haaretz reports.

26.10.2026 - 18:52 [ Ynetnews.com ]

Netanyahu in 1993: Iran will have bomb by 1999

(March 4, 2015)

The prime minister has been warning for over 20 years that Tehran is close to achieving its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

24.10.2026 - 11:08 [ Reuters ]

US has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine, Middle East, sources say

During the presidency of Joe Biden, the requests included switching off the service to prevent Iranian proxy militias in Yemen and Lebanon from using Starlink to communicate, and activating the service to provide ‌internet access inside Iran and in Ukraine to support its military, said four of the former officials.

Similarly, President Donald Trump‘s administration asked Musk, who is CEO of SpaceX, to make the service available in Iran following US-Israeli strikes in 2025 and 2026, in hopes it would bolster internet access and communications for anti-government protesters, a former senior Trump official and a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

07.10.2026 - 15:27 [ B Wruble / X ]

•Max Blumenthal highlights former BND chief August Hanning’s Israeli intelligence connections …

…amid his arrest for treasonous espionage, noting Hanning introduced heiress Christina Block to CGI Group—led by ex-Shin Bet chief Yaakov Peri—to abduct her children from her ex-husband in Denmark and allegedly plant fake child abuse images.

•Hanning, who served on the board of another Israeli firm, faces charges including passing ~2,000 classified BND documents on Iran’s nuclear program and Russian forces; prosecutors confirmed the foreign service analysis was not for Russia, with the probe triggered by evidence from the Block kidnapping investigation.

•The October 6, 2026 arrests of Hanning and ex-BND employee Manfred D. stem from a Hamburg search in the Block case that uncovered unauthorized classified materials dating to 2022, years after Hanning left office.

06.10.2026 - 15:25 [ El Pais ]

‘The truth is Cuba has already fallen’: the United States’ strategy to subdue the island

(October 2, 2026)

“The president says anything and Marco Rubio finds himself in a very difficult position to react to what he says,” says Andy Gómez, the former director of the Cuban and Cuban American Studies Institute at the University of Miami, who helped shape a policy proposal for U.S.-Cuba relations in the Obama era. “The scene is like a soap opera, a soap opera lived every day in Miami and in Cuba. There is a major global problem with the war with Iran, for which no solution is in sight; so Cuba has had to wait.”

28.09.2026 - 16:56 [ Middle East Eye ]

Iran denies involvement in suspected plot targeting UK airbase

The embassy said the claims were “unfounded and malicious” and criticised British individuals and media outlets for attempting to link Iran to the incident at RAF Fairford.

The embassy also threatened legal action to “safeguard the rights and interests of the country and its people” over what it described as misleading and damaging media reports.

18.09.2026 - 15:02 [ United Nations Human Rights Council ]

Iran: Civilians trapped between extreme State repression and violations arising from devastating conflict with US, Israel, UN Fact-Finding Mission finds

17 September 2026

GENEVA – Civilians in Iran are caught between gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed by their own Government and the nation’s deadly conflict with the United States and Israel, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said today. In its latest report, the Mission also found reasonable grounds to believe that the United States committed war crimes during a pair of airstrikes which killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children.

Submitted to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the report concluded that the Government‘s violent repression of the 2025–2026 protests marked an unprecedented escalation from past crackdowns, marked by the widespread use of lethal force resulting in mass killings and injuries, and extensive arrests.

13.09.2026 - 13:48 [ Middle East Eye ]

‚Houthis have their own issues‘: Pezeshkian says Iran not at war with Saudi Arabia

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Tehran is “not at war with Saudi Arabia”, as tensions rise over Houthi attacks on the kingdom, Al Jazeera reported.

Pezeshkian said the Houthis have “their own issues”, distancing Iran from the group’s actions.

09.09.2026 - 02:30 [ Al Jazeera ]

US destroys five Iranian tankers, Iran retaliates with attacks on Jordan

The United States has claimed attacks on five Iranian oil tankers after accusing Iran of launching ballistic missiles at a US warship twice in two days.

Iran responded to the attacks on Tuesday by firing missiles at US forces stationed at the Al Azraq base in Jordan. Amman said its air defences intercepted and destroyed 18 of 20 Iranian missiles, while the rest fell in open areas.

06.09.2026 - 19:51 [ theGuardian.com ]

Iran war likely to drag on for another six months, ex-US defense secretary warns

Panetta declared in an interview that the war with Iran – launched by Trump over six months ago – risks becoming another “forever war in the Middle East”, with no clear end in sight.

“It’s no mystery that the United States and Iran are caught in a terrible stalemate, in which there really are very few options available to bring this war to an end,” said Panetta, who also served as CIA director under Barack Obama, suggesting the conflict is on course to become “another failed war” in the Middle East “like Iraq and Afghanistan”.

04.09.2026 - 02:29 [ Middle East Eye ]

Vance says US not talking to Iran unless they stop shooting at ships

US Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Thursday that the United States does not plan to hold talks with Iran unless Tehran stops attacking commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

„They‘ve got to stop. It‘s that simple,“ he said.

03.09.2026 - 10:48 [ Al Jazeera ]

Iran Red Crescent urges ICC probe into deadly US strike on wedding party

The Iranian Red Crescent Society has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate a missile attack by the United States that hit a wedding party in the southern town of Kuhestak, killing at least four people and wounding dozens.

In a letter to the court on Wednesday, the humanitarian group said the attack warrants “an independent, impartial, thorough, and effective investigation” given the “civilian character of the location”.

02.09.2026 - 15:43 [ Reuters ]

US pounds Iran, Tehran strikes back at bases in biggest exchange since July

Iran responded by striking what it said were U.S. assets in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Iraq, and said its aim was now to drive U.S. forces from the vast network of military bases they have occupied ​for decades across the Middle East.

02.09.2026 - 15:37 [ Saudi Gazette ]

Saudi Arabia condemns Iran’s targeting of Saudi tanker in Strait of Hormuz

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Kingdom strongly condemned the targeting of the vessel by Iran and expressed its rejection of Iranian attacks against Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait.

“The Kingdom also condemns the Iranian attacks targeting Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, and affirms its full support and solidarity with the brotherly countries in the measures they take to protect their security and sovereignty from any threat,” the ministry said in a statement.

02.09.2026 - 15:34 [ Middle East Eye ]

Two dead after Monday attack on Saudi oil tanker in Hormuz, says shipping firm

Two Filipino sailors were killed in an attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, Saudi Arabia‘s national shipping company Bahri said on Wednesday.

„Bahri confirms that its vessel SIDR was involved in a security incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz“ on the evening of 31 August, the carrier said on X, confirming „the loss of its two Filipino seafarers as a result“ of the attack.

02.09.2026 - 15:14 [ Al Jazeera ]

What do we know about the fatal US bombing of a wedding in Iran’s Sirik?

The city of Kuhestak, located in southern Iran’s Sirik County in Hormozgan province, close to the Strait of Hormuz, was the target of multiple overnight attacks by the United States military, with local sources and authorities saying a wedding ceremony was struck.

The Hormozgan governor’s office on Wednesday identified four victims as four-year-old Amir Ali Karimi, 16-year-old Mohammad Malahi, 43-year-old Kolsoum Malahi and 43-year-old Zarkhatoun Taheri. More than 60 others were wounded, some seriously.

02.09.2026 - 15:08 [ Middle East Eye ]

US strike on wedding ceremony in Iran‘s Sirik kills at least four people

At least four people, including a child, have been killed in a US attack on Tuesday in a residential area near the Iranian city of Sirik, local media reported, citing the Iranian Red Crescent Society’s provincial branch.

The US strike occurred during a wedding, wounding over 50 people. Rescue efforts in the area remain ongoing.

01.09.2026 - 22:02 [ Mirror Now ]

Putin-Pezeshkian Talks: Russia Declares ‘Solidarity’ With Iran At SCO Summit In Bishkek | WATCH

Russian President Vladimir Putin just held a high-stakes bilateral meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek. The optics and message were unmistakable.

01.09.2026 - 21:40 [ IBTimes.sg ]

Iran War Becomes $760M-a-Day Jackpot for Putin as Strait of Hormuz Chokes Global Oil Supply

(March 26, 2026)

The average earnings of Russian crude oil exports increased by 26 percent in the first two weeks of war alone to a rate of 230 million dollars a day in crude oil alone.

Combining both the revenues of oil and gas, the total daily earnings were at least 760 million. During the same period of two weeks, Russia also sold an extra 672 million euros or about $777 million of oil in comparison with the level during pre-war times.

01.09.2026 - 21:33 [ DefTechtimes.com ]

Russian oil revenues jump $1.3 billion as Strait of Hormuz crisis shifts global supply

(March 13, 2026)

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is creating major disruptions in global oil markets. Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial route for the world’s oil shipments, has slowed exports and pushed countries to look for alternative supplies. Russia is stepping in to fill the gap, benefiting from rising demand and higher oil prices, which is driving a significant boost in its revenues.

01.09.2026 - 21:15 [ QZ.com ]

Oil surged above $94 a barrel after the U.S. struck Iranian targets in Hormuz

Oil prices surged Tuesday following U.S. military action against Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, a retaliatory move after Tehran launched overnight attacks on vessels passing through the waterway.

01.09.2026 - 21:10 [ VoiceOfEmirates.com ]

Reuters: US Blockade Chokes Iranian Oil Exports via Strait of Hormuz

A naval blockade imposed by the United States on Iran has effectively halted Iranian crude oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz for nearly seven consecutive weeks. This unprecedented development has suspended all new petroleum shipments to China, the primary remaining buyer of Iranian oil, according to data and market tracking reports cited by Reuters.

01.09.2026 - 21:06 [ Fox News ]

US strikes IRGC, Iranian port targets after Trump vow to ‚hit back hard‘

President Donald Trump greenlights retaliatory strikes on Iran just hours after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was talking about a return to the ceasefire under the memorandum of understanding (MOU). Pezeshkian met Russia‘s Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

01.09.2026 - 20:59 [ Reuters ]

Two tankers carrying Saudi oil attacked in Strait of Hormuz

(Updated 6 hours ago)

Two supertankers carrying Saudi ​oil were struck by unknown projectiles within minutes of each other while ‌transiting outbound through the Strait of Hormuz late on Monday, according to shipping intelligence and tracking firms Marisks and Kpler.

„The near-simultaneous incidents represent a further escalation in the threat environment within ​the Omani corridor,“ Marisks said.

01.09.2026 - 20:55 [ NewArab.com ]

Iran president offers US olive branch before Putin meeting at SCO summit

(10 hours ago)

„I state explicitly that if the United States returns to its commitments under the aforementioned memorandum of understanding, the Islamic Republic of Iran will immediately take reciprocal action,“ Pezeshkian said, according to the Iran presidency‘s website.

The memorandum aimed at ending hostilities between Tehran and Washington that began in late February with US and Israeli attacks on Iran that killed former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The deal, meant to set the stage for final peace talks, later collapsed, with both sides accusing each other of violating its terms.

31.08.2026 - 21:37 [ Yahoo ]

Putin to meet Xi, Modi, Erdoğan and Pezeshkian at Kyrgyzstan summit

(August 28, 2026)

ussian President Vladimir Putin will meet the leaders of China, India, Turkey and Iran at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek next week, his foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said in Moscow on Friday.

30.08.2026 - 23:10 [ Middle East Eye ]

US forces strike two Iranian launchers on Iran‘s Larak island

(19 min ago)

According to an unnamed US official cited by Al Jazeera Arabic, US forces have bombed the rocket launchers claiming they were preparing to fire missiles carrying naval mines toward the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards said the attack killed and wounded several soldiers and citizens and would be met with a „response and punishment“ from Tehran, Iranian state media reported.

30.08.2026 - 23:07 [ Al Jazeera ]

Explosions heard on Iran’s Larak Island: Iranian media

(1 hour ago)

28.08.2026 - 16:09 [ American Conservative ]

The Iran War Is Lose-Lose

The on-again, off-again conflict, characterized by tit-for-tat retaliatory strikes, is a lose-lose situation for both parties and for the region as a whole, yet we are unlikely to escape this tragic dynamic unless more realist strategic thinking prevails in both Washington and Tehran. Neither side can “win” this war, but they can cut their losses before they incur even higher human, financial, and military costs. The realist school of thought offers a compelling diagnosis of this conflict, and points the way to a mutually beneficial conclusion.