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Iran Demands Gulf States Remove US and Israeli Presence or Risk Continued Strikes

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has made it clear to neighbouring Gulf governments that their decision to host American and Israeli military activities will have direct consequences for their own security. His statement, issued over a month into the Iran-US war, adds a new diplomatic and military layer to an already complex regional crisis. Tehran's message appears designed to pressure Gulf governments to reassess their...

IEA Chief Sounds Historic Alarm Over Iran War’s Catastrophic Toll on World Energy Markets

The head of the world's leading energy security body has sounded an alarm of historic proportions over the damage the Iran war has inflicted on global energy markets. Fatih Birol, director of the International Energy Agency, said the crisis is equivalent to facing the 1970s oil shocks and the Ukraine gas crisis all at once. His warning came as the IEA continued emergency consultations...

Energy Prices Surge as Middle East War Spills Into Global Markets

The economic arm of the US-Israel campaign against Iran reached global markets this week when Israel's strike on the South Pars gas field and...

Iran Takes Aim at Gulf Energy Network After South Pars Strike Triggers Retaliation

Iran took direct aim at the Gulf energy network on Wednesday, threatening imminent strikes against facilities in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar after...

Trump Storms Out of NATO’s Corner After Iran Triumph, Calls Alliance a Sham

President Donald Trump stormed out of NATO's corner on Tuesday, declaring the alliance a sham after its members refused to back the US-Israel military...

European Countries Challenge Trump’s Hormuz Strategy as Crisis Deepens

As the crisis at the Strait of Hormuz deepened, European nations directly challenged Donald Trump's strategy of building a naval coalition to reopen the...

Hormuz Blockade Enters New Week With No Naval Solution on the Horizon

The Strait of Hormuz blockade shows no signs of ending as another week passes without a single allied government committing warships in response to...

Trump Calls Iran’s Military Capabilities ‘Crumbling’ as US Warplanes Launch Fresh Waves Over Tehran

President Donald Trump declared on Friday that Iran's military capabilities were crumbling under the weight of the US-Israeli bombing campaign, calling Iranian leaders "deranged...

Trump Draws the Battle Lines: Nuclear Containment Above Oil Market Stability

President Trump drew clear battle lines Thursday, placing nuclear containment above oil market stability in his administration's hierarchy of wartime priorities. In a Truth...

Reliance Investment Backs Trump’s $300 Billion Texas Refinery Plan

President Donald Trump has announced a $300 billion deal to establish a new oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas, the first of its kind in...

Trump Vows “Harder” Response if Iran Threatens Strait of Hormuz

In a direct message to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. will hit "twenty times harder" if global oil...

Pentagon’s Long Reach: How US Bases on British Soil Shaped the Iran Campaign

The geography of the US-British military relationship is, by any measure, remarkable. American forces maintain a significant presence across a range of British military...

The Assembly’s Choice: Vetting the Next Supreme Leader

The Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body of senior clerics, is now faced with the most important decision in its history: selecting a successor...

Iran’s Nuclear Future Hangs in the Balance as Trump Issues State of the Union Warning

The future of Iran's nuclear programme — and perhaps of the broader Middle East security order — hangs in the balance as the United...