Iran’s nuclear facilities have been “blown up to kingdom come,” U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday. “We destroyed the nuclear. In other words, that’s destroyed. I said Iran will not have nuclear. We blew it up. It’s blown up to kingdom come,” Trump said, speaking at the NATO summit at The Hague in the Netherlands. He … Read more
Fears that the Iranian regime could be using the recent conflict with Israel to crack down on its own population grew Wednesday after three people were executed and hundreds more were arrested and accused of spying. Accused of espionage for Israel’s Mossad spy agency, the three people put to death Wednesday allegedly brought “assassination equipment” … Read more
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, confirmed Wednesday that the country’s nuclear facilities had been “badly damaged” in American strikes over the weekend. Speaking on Al Jazeera, Baghaei refused to go into detail but conceded the strikes on Sunday by American B-2 bombers using bunker-buster bombs had been significant. “Our nuclear installations have been badly … Read more
A new U.S. intelligence report found that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back by only a few months after a U.S. strike, and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as U.S. President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the early assessment. The early intelligence report issued by the U.S. Defence … Read more
Aerial view of a ship at sea. Suriyapong Thongsawang | Moment | Getty Images Iran may be threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz but experts told CNBC that it’s also the one with the most to lose. In major move after U.S. struck Iranian nuclear sites, the country’s parliament on Sunday reportedly approved the … Read more
A satellite image shows the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran in this handout image dated June 14, 2025. Maxar Technologies | Via Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday disputed Iranian attempts to downplay the strikes on its nuclear facilities, stressing that “obliteration” was an accurate description, even though the full extent of the damage … Read more
Shutting the vital Strait of Hormuz would be bad news for economies around the world, experts have warned after the measure was passed by Iran’s parliament today Iran could approve a measure that causes costs to rise(Image: undefined via Getty Images) The world could soon be braced for an inflation “disaster” after Iran’s parliament approved … Read more
The United States is bracing for Iran’s response after President Donald Trump launched punishing strikes on Iranian nuclear energy sites Saturday. It was the first time the U.S. has directly bombed the Islamic Republic. The U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, including the key Fordo site, with 14 GBU-57s, 30,000-pound “bunker buster bombs,” according to the … Read more
The United States, the Middle East and world oil markets are bracing for Iran’s response after President Donald Trump launched punishing strikes on Iranian nuclear energy sites overnight, plunging the region into an unprecedented new phase of a decades-old conflict. The U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, including the key Fordo site, with 14 GBU-57s, 30,000-pound … Read more
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a discussion at the Munich Leaders meeting hosted by the Munich Security Conference at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, May 7, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that the United States is not at war with Iran, but with … Read more