Iran deployed troops and offered a bounty as it launched a hunt for a US pilot whose jet Iranian media said had been downed by the Islamic republic's air defence systems Friday. US Central Command (CENTCOM), responsible for military operations in the Middle East, did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment on the first such report in
Iran fired on targets across the Middle East while American and Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic Republic early Friday as the war neared the end of its fifth week unabated and the U.N. Security Council prepared to meet over Tehran's stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz. Despite claims from the U.S. and Israel that Iran's military capabilities have
Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran's continued ability to attack even as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed the threat from the country was nearly eliminated and predicted the war would end soon. Iran's strikes on its neighbors along with its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz have disrupted the world's
Israel said it came under Iranian missile fire on Thursday after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb the Islamic Republic into the "Stone Ages" with heavy strikes in the next two to three weeks. In a speech from the White House, Trump sought to reassure war-weary Americans that the military campaign that began on February 28 was coming to
President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will "finish the job" in Iran soon as "core strategic objectives are nearing completion," offering a full-throated defense of the war Wednesday night in his first national address since the conflict began more than a month ago. He used his platform before a wide audience to tout the success of the U.S. operations
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran's president had asked for a ceasefire, but ruled out any truce until the vital Strait of Hormuz was reopened for crucial energy shipments. But his assertion was flatly denied by Iran, with foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei rejecting it as "false and baseless". Trump made the remarks ahead of a
Iran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait's airport on Wednesday, while airstrikes battered Tehran even as U.S. President Donald Trump said he was nearly ready to wind down the war and claimed that Iran's president wanted a ceasefire. Iran had no immediate response to Trump's claim on social media that "Iran's New Regime President" was
Iran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait's airport on Wednesday while airstrikes battered Tehran - an unrelenting tempo hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was nearly ready to wind down the war. Trump, who is scheduled to address the nation later in the day, said he could walk away from the war in two to three weeks once
Israel struck Iran's capital on Wednesday ahead of US President Donald Trump's planned address to the American public on the month-long war he said could end within weeks. The conflict that began on February 28 with US-Israeli attacks on Iran has mushroomed throughout the region, sending energy markets into a tailspin and threatening to torpedo the
