Pakistan’s military carried out targeted strikes against militant hideouts in Iran on Thursday, responding to an attack by Tehran a day earlier in a rare escalation of tensions that both sides signaled they don’t want to see get worse. Pakistan carried out morning strikes against “terrorist hideouts” in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province, Pakistan’s Foreign … Read more
Iran’s dispatch of a warship to the Red Sea is its most audacious move yet to challenge US forces in the key trade route, emboldening Houthi militants whose missiles have disrupted shipping over the past two months. Tehran is unlikely to want direct confrontation — its old frigate being no match for the US-led maritime … Read more
Oil rose after Iran sent a warship to the Red Sea in response to the US Navy’s sinking of three Houthi boats over the weekend, adding to regional tensions as ships continue to avoid the key waterway. Brent crude climbed above $78 a barrel after declining by 5% over the prior three sessions, with West … Read more
Iran dispatched a warship to the Red Sea after the US Navy destroyed three Houthi boats, a move that risks ratcheting up tensions and complicates Washington’s goal of securing a waterway that’s vital to global trade. The Alborz destroyer traversed the Bab El-Mandeb strait, a narrow choke point between the Red Sea and the Gulf … Read more
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Updated Oct. 13, 2023 1:51 am ET The assassination of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani nearly four years ago was a gamble by the Trump administration aimed at weakening the power that Tehran wields across the Middle East through a network of armed groups. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 … Read more
Iran Releases Four Americans From Evin Prison The Wall Street Journal American detainees in Iran released on house arrest CNN Iran moves 4 Americans to house arrest, lawyer says, in possible first step in their release CBS News Americans moved out of prison in deal that could see US releasing Iranian funds and prisoners CNN Man from Connecticut among … Read more
Just weeks before the one-year anniversary of the major protests caused by Mahsa Amini’s death, Iranian authorities are preparing a new Bill on hijab-wearing that experts fear would put unprecedentedly harsh punitive measures into law, according to CNN. A portrait of Mahsa Amini is held during a rally calling for regime change in Iran following … Read more