A new warning from Iran-linked media has put the region’s invisible infrastructure in focus – suggesting that the next major disruption in the Gulf may not come from oil or shipping lanes, but from the internet cables running deep beneath the sea. A report by Tasnim News Agency has put fresh attention to the vulnerability … Read more
Iran has rejected remarks by European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on transit through the Strait of Hormuz, asserting that international law does not prevent it from acting to safeguard its security. Kallas had said that passage through key waterways like Hormuz “must remain open and free of charge” under international law. Responding, Iran’s … Read more
Negotiations between the United States and Iran have come to a halt without a deal after 21 hours of marathon talks in Islamabad, as both sides failed to bridge deep differences despite the highest-level engagement in decades. While both countries indicated that discussions may continue, sharp disagreements over nuclear commitments, sanctions relief and regional control … Read more
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is recovering from severe facial and leg injuries sustained in the airstrike that killed his father, Ayatollah Khomeini, at the start of the war, people familiar with his inner circle told news agency Reuters. The strike hit the Supreme Leader’s compound in central Tehran on February 28, the first … Read more
Donald Trump warns if Iran assassinates him, Tehran faces total obliteration in his stark, unprecedented threat The geopolitical shockwaves following the joint US–Israeli strikes on Iran, launched under the name Operation Epic Fury, have extended beyond the battlefield, raising questions about retaliation, succession and presidential security after the confirmed death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah … Read more
Several loud explosions were heard over Dubai and Qatar’s capital Doha for a second consecutive day on Sunday, witnesses said, as Iran expanded retaliatory strikes across the Gulf following US and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic. Residents in both cities reported multiple blasts in the night sky, with air defence systems believed to have … Read more