How Iran’s ‘golden weapon’ of Hormuz became a bigger priority than its long-disputed nuclear programme

How Iran war challenged US global standing

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – The US attack on Iran was meant to project strength. Instead, it became a turning point that exposed Washington's strategic limits and eroded its global credibility.

Formalizing Control Over the Strait of Hormuz Is Iran’s Top Priority

Formalizing its control over the Strait of Hormuz has become Iran’s top priority in negotiations with the US. Tehran says it will not discuss the nuclear issue with Washington until control over the Strait is established. Reuters reported on Thursday, speaking with an Iranian source who explained Tehran is unwilling to speak with American officials []

Iran alleges US strikes on Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant as peace treaty goes for a toss

With tensions yet again escalating in the Middle East after the United States (US) launched fresh attacks on Iran, the Islamic Republic has claimed that the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant was targeted the American forces on Thursday; although Washington has not acknowledged the strikes yet.

Line In The Sand: U.S. Demand Open Strait As Internal Tehran Chaos Threatens Colation Peace

A major diplomatic standoff is unfolding over the world’s most critical energy chokepoint. The United States has delivered a firm ultimatum to Tehran, demanding a public, unambiguous guarantee that the Strait of Hormuz is open and that international shipping will no longer face attacks. According to senior U.S. officials speaking on the condition of anonymity, [] Line In The Sand: U.S. Demand Open Strait As Internal Tehran Chaos Threatens Colation Peace

Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant Targeted by US Missile

Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant Targeted by US Missile

Iran Claims Hormuz — Pay Tolls Or Else

Iran’s rulers now claim they “manage” the world’s most critical oil chokepoint, daring America and its allies to accept a new legal regime in the Strait of Hormuz. Story Snapshot Iran has drawn a huge new control zone in the Strait of Hormuz and demands ships get its permission to pass. A new Iranian “Persian []

BREAKING: US ATTACKS IRAN! NEW ROUND OF BOMBING!

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[Video] The US just launched major airstrikes against Iran, hitting around 90 targets.

The US just launched major airstrikes against Iran, hitting around 90 targets. The Islamic Republic is the biggest sponsor of terrorism, and they will not stop until they are stopped. The US is finally standing up to the bullies in Tehran. Finish the job!

Is Iran Using the Strait to Distract?

"Iran is using HORMUZ to WASTE ALL THE TIME." Al Arabiya Geopolitical Analyst Riad Kahwaji argues Tehran is shifting attention to the Strait of Hormuz to divert focus from its nuclear program.

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Inside the Trump Administration’s Iran Nuclear Strategy: Strict Inspections and Agricultural Ties

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s Iran nuclear strategy is taking a decidedly different shape than previous diplomatic efforts, pivoting toward mandatory, unrestricted weapons inspections while simultaneously leveraging American agriculture and domestic energy production. According to key congressional and diplomatic voices, this multi-pronged framework aims to neutralize Tehran’s atomic ambitions without repeating the pitfalls of past []

Analysis-How Iran's 'golden weapon' of Hormuz became a bigger priority than its long-disputed nuclear programme

By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowallDUBAI, July 8 - Control over the Strait of Hormuz has become a golden weapon to Iran, for which it is willing to risk new escalations with the United States, and is a bigger priority than a nuclear programme for which it accepted decades of sanctions.So central is the issue to Iranian strategy that ships passing the Strait without Tehran's approval were fired upon this week, leading to an exchange of fire with the United States that threatens last month's interim peace deal.

JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran reportedly preparing to launch a "massive"

JUST IN: Iran reportedly preparing to launch a massive attack on US military bases in the region shortly.@BRICSNews

Jared Kushner Helped Make This Mess in Iran While Making a Mess of Money

It was clear, almost from the start, that President Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to launch a war against Iran would be his greatest strategic blunder yet. Nearly four months later, Tehran’s repressive regime remains entrenched and more radical than ever. The mullahs still have their enriched uranium and plenty of drones and missiles, and now []

Iran’s ‘new nuclear weapon’: Weaponised geography in Strait of Hormuz

Former Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller says the terms of the US peace talks with Iran are going to be “incredibly difficult” to negotiate. “I’m reminded of what the Taliban said, in reference to American efforts in Afghanistan. You have the clock; the Taliban said, we have the time,” Mr Miller told Sky News Australia. “We’re not going back to February 27 when 20 per cent of global oil supply flowed. It’s not going to be free and unfettered anymore. “That is the new Iranian nuclear weapon. They’ve weaponised geography, and they’ve done it with a terrifying clarity and impact.”

US strikes Iran in response to Strait of Hormuz ship attack

WASHINGTON — The United States attacked Iran one day after Tehran struck a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, an exchange that threatened to break the fragile ceasefire between the two countries. U.S. Central Command said that American ...

U.S. responds to Iranian drone attack on ship in Strait of Hormuz * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

Source link Just as nothing else in the military assault on Iran, triggered by the Islamic regime’s now-fading insistence that it obtain nuclear weapons, has been typical, neither is the

The US-Iran War and Greater Eurasia

In spite of pessimistic forecasts of certain doom for Iran if Tehran ever found itself in a direct confrontation with Washington, the Islamic Republic withstood the overwhelming US-Israeli blow launched against it after decades of mounting tensions. With Iran emerging from the conflict as the first state in fifty years to survive a war with America, the outcome of the Middle East clash may now send ripples throughout an international system already fraught with uncertainty. Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club, examines the consequences of the Iran War for the macroregion of Greater Eurasia.

Iran tells Gulf states not to serve as arenas for US attacks

Tehran has maintained that its strikes against American bases in the region are strictly defensiveIran has warned that Arab states in the Middle East are legitimate targets for retaliatory strikes because they host US military bases.The US continued striking targets in Iran early on Monday local time, marking the fourth consecutive night of bombardment. On Sunday, Iran responded by firing

Iran War Live Updates: Middle East war reignites? Iran threatens 'hard slap' after US strikes, targets 3 Gulf states

Iran War Live Updates: Middle East war reignites? Iran threatens 'hard slap' after US strikes, targets 3 Gulf states

Iran says not seeking nuclear weapon 

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated on Sunday that Tehran is prepared to offer assurances that it is not pursuing a nuclear weapon, while underscoring that Iran will not give up its right to enrich uranium. “What the United States wants is for Iran not to build an atomic bomb. This is nothing new, and we [] The post Iran says not seeking nuclear weapon appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

UAE air defenses repel missile, drone attack from Iran — ministry

The news came shortly after Iran’s Press TV channel reported that the Islamic Republic had started its attacks against US targets in the Middle East

Are You Serious? Iran Says They Have To Get A Bomb (Hearsay)

Yep. Wonderful. Supposedly, Iran has said they no longer have a choice and must develop a nuclear bomb. Now, before you jump on me, this has yet to be confirmed as true. If and until that point, it’s something to be taken under consideration. If this back-and-forth continues between Iran and America, if it intensifies,

Flashback: Operation Midnight Hammer “Destroyed” Iran’s Nuclear Program. Yet Destroying That Program Cited as Reason to Start War

A year ago today, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that Iran’s nuclear facilities “have been destroyed.” ... The post Flashback: Operation Midnight Hammer “Destroyed” Iran’s Nuclear Program. Yet Destroying That Program Cited as Reason to Start War appeared first on The New American.

हर्मुज आक्रमणले फेरि चर्कियो मध्यपूर्व तनाव

काठमाडौँ। स्ट्रेट अफ हर्मुजमा तीनवटा व्यापारिक जहाजमाथि भएको आक्रमणपछि संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाले बुधबार बिहान इरानका सैन्य संरचनामाथि हवाई आक्रमण गरेको छ। यससँगै इरानले बहराइन र कुवेतलाई लक्षित गरी मिसाइल प्रहार गरेको देखिएको छ। पछिल्लो घटनाक्रमले युद्धविरामतर्फ अघि बढिरहेको प्रयासलाई गम्भीर धक्का पुर्‍याउँदै मध्यपूर्वलाई पुनः व्यापक द्वन्द्वतर्फ धकेल्ने जोखिम बढाएको छ। अमेरिकी सेनाले तेहरानले अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय जलमार्गमा []

Trump insists Iran agreed to nuclear inspections to 'infinity'

Just days after talks in Switzerland were hailed as a breakthrough, the US and Iran are already clashing over one main issue. Donald Trump says Tehran agreed to international monitoring of its nuclear programme. But Iran insists no such agreement has been made. Our North America Correspondent Jon Brain reports.

IAEA chief calls for robust Iran nuclear inspections amid post-war talks

TOKYO: The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Friday called for a “very strong” verification system in Iran, stressing that Tehran’s stated intentions are insufficient to guarantee it is not developing atomic weapons. International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi’s remarks came as the United States and Iran pursue a broader post-conflict ... Read more The post IAEA chief calls for robust Iran nuclear inspections amid post-war talks appeared first on BOL News.

US-Iran war LIVE: IRGC hits airbases in Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain; US says Tehran doesn't control Strait of Hormuz

US-Iran war LIVE: The US military said it struck dozens of targets at multiple locations across Iran in a fresh wave of attacks. In retaliation, Iran hit US bases in the Gulf.

Netanyahu: Iran ‘Has Chemical Weapons’ - Warns of Another Major Threat

In a Newsmax interview, the Israeli prime minister said Tehran possesses chemical weapons, claimed most Iranians oppose the regime, and warned that the combination of radical Islamism and nuclear arms could place the entire world in existential danger

Iran strikes U.S. targets after fresh American attacks

Iran said on Thursday it had targeted U.S. military infrastructure across the Gulf in retaliation for fresh American strikes on Iranian territory, marking the latest escalation in a conflict that is increasingly testing a fragile ceasefire brokered just weeks ago. The renewed exchange of attacks came as Iran prepared to bury its late Supreme Leader [] The post Iran strikes U.S. targets after fresh American attacks appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

Warning To Kim: Nuclear Weapons Do Leave ‘Fingerprints’

Photo Credit:ChatGPT ChatGPTBy James ZumwaltThe thought of Pyongyang’s madman helping Tehran’s madmen should be most disturbing to the West.

Tit-for-Tat in Strait of Hormuz; UPDATE: Iran Attacks Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraqi Government Upheaval

Tit-for-Tat in Strait of Hormuz; UPDATE: Iran Attacks Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraqi Government Upheaval

FOR INSIDERS: Iran's flex in Strait of Hormuz puts Trump on back foot

Iran is flexing its leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, putting the U.S. on its back foot as it looks to resume shipping through the key passageway and curb Tehran's nuclear program. Tehran ratcheted up tensions this weekend in the strait, through which around 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas flow, targeting cargo...

Iran Just Humiliated the U.S. — Here’s the Inflation Bill

The war in Iran is reaching a critical stage. The world can stomach an energy shock, provided it’s short-lived. The war in Iran is proving not to be short-lived. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Iran was not signed over the weekend. And numerous reports indicate the two nations are once again []