Iran war

The U.S. has launched “large and powerful” strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said Tuesday in a post on Truth Social.

Mediators in the Iran war are stepping up efforts to get the Strait of Hormuz reopened, with Tehran agreeing to draw up a list of conditions to restore normal traffic after ⁠a Qatari emissary pressed the Iranians to respect freedom of navigation.

As the conflict reaches the six-month mark, polls show that Americans are sour on the president’s handling of the Iran war.

Oil prices tumbled for the third straight day, as a flurry of headlines from the Middle East sparked renewed optimism in global energy markets.

“Americans did not ask for this war, and they cannot afford it,” reads the letter sent to President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Iran’s foreign minister dismissed the threat of new U.S. sanctions as a sign of desperation on Sunday and said the expected new measures would fail to defeat Tehran.

The United States and Iran exchanged defiant messages ahead of Monday’s scheduled announcement of new U.S. economic sanctions that could impact the Islamic Republic and Tehran’s most important trading partners including China.

President Donald Trump warned of economic consequences against any country that provided “any type of lifeline to Iran“ as the United States looks to resolve a war it began alongside Israel nearly six months ago.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates suspended all trade with Iran on Wednesday after the UAE said it had come under renewed fire from the country — a move that will further isolate the Islamic Republic, which is suffering under U.S. sanctions and a blockade.

Russia is shipping drone components, ammunition and TNT to Iran, helping Tehran replenish stockpiles damaged in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.