Iranian state television, citing an unidentified senior official, said Wednesday that Iran had rejected a peace plan proposed by the United States to end the Middle East war. "Iran has responded negatively to an American proposal aimed at ending the ongoing imposed war," the official said, according to the English language broadcaster Press TV. "The
Iran said on Wednesday it fired a volley of cruise missiles at a US aircraft carrier, as strikes rained down across the Middle East despite back-channel diplomatic efforts to end the nearly four-week war. A conflict that began on February 28 with a US-Israeli bombing campaign on Iran has rapidly engulfed the entire region, sending oil prices skyrocketing
The United States sent a 15-point plan to Iran for a possible ceasefire, an official said, even as it began to move paratroopers to the Mideast to back up a contingent of Marines heading there Wednesday. Iran's military scoffed at the diplomatic effort and launched more attacks on Israel and the Gulf region, including an assault that sparked a fire
US President Donald Trump sent a peace plan to Iran as he voiced optimism Tuesday at ending nearly a month of warfare, with Tehran announcing that it will let "non-hostile" oil vessels go through the crucial Strait of Hormuz. The tentative signs of a diplomatic solution came despite new violence, with an Iranian missile causing injuries in Israel,
US President Donald Trump has executed another spectacular about-turn, from threatening to escalate the Iran war to announcing "very good" talks to end it, which were denied by the Islamic republic. AFP looks at the facts, the speculation and what might happen now: Yes, according to Trump, no according to Tehran, but it might depend on how "talks"
Iran launched a new wave of missiles against Israel Tuesday, hours after US President Donald Trump hailed "very good" talks to end the war despite Tehran denying any dialogue had taken place. No casualties were reported. Trump's surprise disclosure -- which prompted a positive response from jittery markets and pushed oil prices down -- came ahead of
Smoke rose from central Tel Aviv as Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel and Gulf Arab states Tuesday, even as U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war. Trump also delayed a deadline for Iran to open the strategic Strait of Hormuz for shipping or see its power stations targeted by airstrikes,
US President Donald Trump said Monday that he had ordered a halt to his threatened strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure after "very good and productive talks" with Tehran, and that negotiations are set to continue this week. The United States and Iran "have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete
Iran has laid out maps of power plants it threatened to target in the region, in response to US President Donald Trump's ultimatum for the Islamic republic to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. Trump threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if it did not reopen the strategic waterway within 48 hours, which were due to end late Monday. The waterway
The great theorists of war agreed that squandering one’s military power is the cardinal strategic sin. Sun Tzu, writing some 2,500 years ago, warned that an army that improvidently wastes its resources will collapse before the conflict is won. The people who sustain that army will be ruined along with it. Likewise, Carl von Clausewitz insisted that