It’s being widely reported in US media that the American military is sending additional forces to the Gulf, including what’s known as an amphibious ready group (ARG), with up to 5,000 Marines and sail...

A complex tug-of-war inside the White House is driving U.S. President Donald Trump's shifting public statements on the course of the Iran war, as aides debate when and ⁠how to ⁠declare victory even as...

In Khamenei's first comments, ⁠he vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz shut and called on neighboring countries to close U.S. bases on their territory or risk Iran targeting them.

Iran's U.N. Ambassador said ⁠on ⁠Thursday Tehran was ⁠not going to close the Strait of Hormuz, ​but added that it was Iran's right to preserve the ‌security of the key shipping ‌route.

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His first statement since his appointment was read on state television Thursday by a news anchor.

Iran’s new supreme leader on Thursday rejected US threats of a widening war and its calls for his nation’s “unconditional surrender.” Instead, Mojtaba Khamenei doubled down on the Islamic Republic’s retaliation campaign against American allies around the Gulf and pledged to keep the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut.

The United States is sending a 2,500-strong Marine expedionary force to the Middle East, reports said, as President Donald Trump declared he would end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran "when I feel it in m...

Khamenei's message, read aloud by an announcer on state TV, came as oil prices again topped $100 a barrel and two tankers burned in Iraqi waters after an overnight attack.