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US says Iran conflict ended for War Powers purposes, Pentagon Iran war cost may omit asset losses

UAE declares travel ban on Iran for UAE citizens • UK raises terror threat level to severe • Iran's air defenses engaging drones over parts of Tehran

Smoke rises following an explosion from shelling on the village of Blida in southern Lebanon. April 30, 2026.
 US military forces boarded the crude oil tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean after pursuing it from the Caribbean. The vessel was accused of breaching Washington's blockade on sanctioned vessels traveling to or from Venezuela. February 9, 2026.

Iran may run out of oil storage within weeks under US blockade pressure

IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon on April 25, 2026.

CENTCOM prepares for renewed strikes in Iran, IDF strikes Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

Gas prices are displayed at a Shell gas station as an airplane approaches San Diego International Airport for a landing on April 24, 2026 in San Diego, California.

Iran war drives jet fuel surge, disrupts travel routes, testing European airlines


Khamenei promises ‘de-Americanization’ of Mideast - analysis

All eyes are on Iran in terms of the next moves it may make. 

 A member of the Iranian police holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the 44th anniversary of the US expulsion from Iran, earlier this month, in Tehran.

US issues Iran sanctions on one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death

Britain separately announced its sanctions targeting senior Iranian decision makers enforcing Tehran's mandatory hijab law.

 Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

'Gender apartheid': UN slams Iran's modesty laws, one year to Amini's killing

The UN said that this is "gender discrimination designed to bring the women of Iran into complete submission."

 A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 19, 2022.

Iran shuts down for two days because of 'unprecedented heat'

Tehran is expected to reach 39 C by mid-week.

 The southern Iranian city of Ahvaz

Iran media celebrates possible Israel ‘civil war’ and Netanyahu’s ‘crisis’ - analysis

Pro-regime media in Iran had to admit that the protesters had marched to Jerusalem and that Israel’s government is in Jerusalem, a tacit acknowledgement that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

 People demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial reform, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2023.

Iran summons Russian ambassador over statement on Gulf islands

The islands, Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb, are claimed by the UAE and Tehran, but have been held by Iran since 1971

 Russian President Vladimir Putin sits next to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not pictured) in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022.

Iran’s illegal behavior in the Gulf continues - analysis

Iran’s continued use of illegal actions also shows how it is willing to conduct destabilizing activities even as its diplomats work toward diplomatic goals with the Gulf states.

Four Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels, some of several to maneuver in what the U.S. Navy says are "unsafe and unprofessional actions against U.S. Military ships by crossing the ships’ bows and sterns at close range" is seen next to the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul

The Iran-led bloc senses an opportunity to threaten Israeli life

BEHIND THE LINES: Does Iran see an opportunity in the cracks in Israeli society?

 A WOMAN walks past an Iranian flag painted on a wall in a street in Tehran earlier this week.

Iran’s pro-Palestinian naval stunt extends arc of coastline influence - analysis

Iranian naval "parade" involves some 2500 boats in support of the IRGC Navy

IRGC forces are seen in the 17th Great Prophet drill in Iran.

Iran pressures Jews to not celebrate Passover and join anti-Israel march

The meeting place for Iranian Jews to participate in the al-Quds Day demonstration is one of the more famous synagogues in Tehran.

Iranian Jews pray at the Abrishami synagogue at Palestine street in Tehran December 24, 2015..