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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | The United States has sent Iran a 15-point peace plan, via Pakistan, in an attempt to end the war with Iran, now in its fourth week, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two unidentified officials. The Trump administration is eager to “find an off-ramp …

The Straight of Hormuz is subject to sovereign laws of Iran and Oman but under international law, it is also an international waterway   COMMENT | NATALIE KLEIN | The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow body of water adjacent to Iran and Oman, which connects the Persian Gulf to the …

TEHRAN | Xinhua | U.S. and Israeli forces attacked gas company offices and the gas pressure reduction station in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, and targeted the gas pipeline of a power plant in Khorramshahr city, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Iranian Foreign Ministry on …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | In a matter of days, a string of high-profile killings has torn through Iran’s senior ranks, claiming the lives of Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib, among others. The wave of targeted strikes raises urgent questions about …

NEWS ANALYSIS | AHMED SALLAM | When discussing the escalation currently taking place in the Middle East as a result of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, we must return to the period following the end of World War II. At that time, Washington presented itself to the region as the …

  Pentagon officials revealed that the initial six-day surge of the Iran campaign carried a price tag exceeding 11.3 billion dollars, reigniting debate not just over Washington’s fiscal priorities, but the war’s necessity itself BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | What might 11.3 billion U.S. dollars have achieved? It could have …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua |  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference on Thursday that Iran has lost its uranium enrichment and missile production capabilities. Netanyahu said that these were two of the three goals of the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, and that the third goal, toppling …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Majid Saffar, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Uganda, has issued a strong condemnation of what he described as a deadly joint attack by the United States and Israel on a primary school in southern Iran, intensifying debate around war crimes, …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has “demanded” several countries heavily reliant on Middle East oil join a coalition to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which about 20 percent of the world’s oil passes. A …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Washington is “not ready” to end the conflict with Iran, which is now entering its third week. “We’re not ready to leave yet, but we’ll be leaving in the near future,” Trump told reporters at the …