Pivotal US-Iran War Deadline Approaches With No End In Sight For Conflict
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Friday to end the Iran war or make the case to Congress for extending it, but the date is most likely to pass without...
Iran Threatens Painful Response If US Renews Attacks
By Humeyra Pamuk and Tala Ramadan
WASHINGTON/DUBAI, April 30 (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday it would respond with "long and painful strikes" on U.S. positions if Washington renewed attacks, and also reasserted its control over the Strait...
Pentagon’s Hegseth Defends Iran War, Says Not a Quagmire
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to defend the Iran war in fiery remarks to Congress on Wednesday, saying it was not a quagmire and attacking Democratic lawmakers as "feckless" for criticizing the...
US Imposes Sanctions On 35 Individuals, Entities For Aiding Iran’s Sanctions Evasions
By Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday said it was imposing sanctions on 35 entities and individuals for their role in Iran's shadow banking architecture, accusing them of facilitating the movement of...
EXCLUSIVE – US Spy Agencies Examine How Iran Would React To Trump Declaring Victory
By Erin Banco and Gram Slattery
April 28 - U.S. intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the two-month-old war that has killed thousands and become a...
US Reviews Latest Iranian Proposal To End War Stalemate
By Steve Holland, Ariba Shahid and Parisa Hafezi
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD/DUBAI, April 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump discussed a new Iranian proposal on resolving the war with Tehran with his top national security aides on Monday, with the conflict currently...
US-Iran Peace Hopes Fade As Trump Scraps Talks
By Saad Sayeed, Ariba Shahid and Steve Holland
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran faded on Sunday, as efforts to revive talks stalled and both Tehran and Washington showed little...
Trump Cancels Envoys’ Pakistan Trip, In Blow To Hopes For Iran War Breakthrough
By Saad Sayeed, Ariba Shahid and Steve Holland
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump cancelled a trip by two U.S. envoys to Iran war mediator Pakistan on Saturday, dealing a new setback to peace prospects after Iran's foreign minister...
Witkoff And Kushner Headed To Pakistan For Iran Talks, White House Says
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will travel to Islamabad on Saturday morning for talks with Iran mediated by Pakistan, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on...
Iran Shows off Its Control over Strait After Collapse of Peace Talks
By Parisa Hafezi and Mubasher Bukhari
DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, April 23 (Reuters) - Iran showed off its tightened grip over the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday with video of its commandos storming a huge cargo ship, after the collapse of...
