UAE Could Join Any US-Led Effort to Secure Strait of Hormuz, Says Senior Official
By Alexander Cornwell
TEL AVIV, March 17 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates may join a U.S.-led effort to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran all but shut the vital waterway to ships as Tehran wages war with...
Russia Is Sharing Satellite Imagery and Drone Technology With Iran, WSJ Reports
March 17 (Reuters) - Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to aid Tehran’s targeting of U.S. forces in the region, the Wall Street Journal...
Reza Pahlavi, Shirin Ebadi Plan Transitional Justice System for Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last Shah and the country’s most recognizable opposition leader, is setting up a committee tasked with establishing a transitional justice system in a future...
Iran Detains Dozens, Warns of Risk from ‘Enemy’ During Festival
DUBAI, March 17 (Reuters) - Iran arrested 10 foreigners among dozens rounded up on suspicion of collaborating with Israel and the U.S., Iranian media said on Tuesday, as officials warned people to stay at home during a festival that...
Oil Tankers ‘Starting to Dribble Through’ Strait of Hormuz, Says White House
WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - Oil tankers are crossing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's actions to choke traffic through the shipping route have not hurt the U.S. economy, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNBC on Tuesday, reiterating the Trump...
Israel’s Katz Says Iran’s Security Chief Killed, Tehran Strikes Persian Gulf Neighbours
By Jana Choukeir and Maayan Lubell
DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 17 (Reuters) - Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday the Israeli military had killed Iran's security chief and the head of its Basij militia in airstrikes overnight, and Tehran...
Israel Says It Has Plans for at Least Three Weeks of War as Airstrikes...
By Alexander Cornwell and Parisa Hafezi
TEL AVIV/DUBAI, March 16 (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it has detailed plans for at least three more weeks of war as its military pounded sites across Iran overnight, while Iranian drone attacks temporarily shut...
EXCLUSIVE: Tehran Residents Hope for Regime Change in Run-Up to Nowruz
By Firoozeh Nordstrom
For Iranians, the month of March marks the arrival of spring and the celebration of the Persian New Year, Nowruz. Yet this year, countless Iranian families are mourning the Islamic Republic's brutal...
EXCLUSIVE – Hamas Holds Talks With Trump-Led Board as Iran War Strains Gaza Plan
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Rami Ayyub
CAIRO/JERUSALEM, March 16 (Reuters) - Envoys from U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" have met representatives of Hamas in Cairo in an effort to safeguard the Gaza ceasefire, under serious strain...
Iran War Should Trigger Faster Exit From Fossil Fuel Dependence, UN Climate Chief Says
By Kate Abnett
BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) - The disruption to energy markets caused by the Iran war is a lesson on the risks of relying on fossil fuels which should drive governments to wean their economies off oil and gas faster, the...
