Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
US strikes Iran over latest ship attack and Tehran responds by hitting Arab states
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | The United States attacked Iran early Sunday over an Iranian strike on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that set it ablaze and left one crew member missing. Iran responded with attacks on several countries in the Middle East, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Oman — the […]
Trump threatens Iran with ‘1,000 Missiles’ after ayatollah’s funeral saw open calls for his killing
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | U.S. and Iranian leaders traded threats on Saturday as the interim deal to end the war buckled under crossfire in the Middle East and efforts continued to keep talks going. President Donald Trump overnight made threats on social media of further missile attacks against Iran, after the funeral of Supreme […]
Unclaimed airstrikes target Iran after US attacks, raising questions of who launched them
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A series of unclaimed airstrikes that hit Iran after the U.S. said it finished its attacks have again raised questions of who else may be targeting the Islamic Republic. The strikes Thursday, just as Iran prepared to bury the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hit areas across southern Iran. […]
Iran and US trade fire and Trump calls the ceasefire into question
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | Iran targeted American military sites in the Gulf on Wednesday after the U.S. launched strikes on several places in Iran and reinstated sanctions on its oil sales. Washington said it was responding to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The crossfire raised fears that the war in […]
US revokes license authorizing sale of Iranian oil after 3 tankers struck in Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | The U.S. has revoked a license that had authorized the sale of Iranian oil, the Treasury Department said Tuesday. The Treasury issued the 60-day license last month, waiving sanctions on Iranian oil as part of an interim agreement to end the fighting between the two countries. Treasury officials did not […]
Tanker set ablaze after being struck by projectile in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran mourns Khamenei
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A tanker traveling off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz caught on fire early Tuesday morning after being struck by a projectile, the British military said. The attack was the latest targeting a vessel moving through the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, through which a fifth […]
Mourners throng funeral procession in Tehran for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
TEHRAN, Iran | Mourners dressed in black flooded into Iran’s capital Monday for a procession as part of the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with throngs of people calling for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump. Khamenei’s flag-draped coffin, and those of members of his family killed Feb. 28 in […]
Iran prepares for dayslong funeral for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in war
TEHRAN, Iran | Iran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with banners across Tehran urging the public to rise up in support of the Islamic Republic after the devastating war that killed the 86-year-old cleric. The country’s theocracy expects to see millions flood the streets of the […]
Iran warns oil tankers to use approved routes in Strait of Hormuz or face a ‘forceful response’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | Iran’s joint military command warned Thursday that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response,” again ratcheting up tensions over a waterway crucial for international energy supplies. The strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, has emerged as […]
Massive Shiite crowds mark Ashoura amid fresh Iran-Israel-US war fallout
NABATIYEH, Lebanon | Shiite Muslims marked one of the most important days on their calendar Friday with large gatherings in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and other parts of the world to remember the seventh-century killing of Hussein, the grand son of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The annual commemoration, known as Ashoura, is marked on the 10th day […]