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A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman, July 16, 2026. Photo: Reuters/File Photo

Trump vows to hit Iran hard after first exchanges of fire in a month

Iran launched missiles overnight at two US air bases in Jordan in response to a US attack on Iran's Larak Island, where Washington said it had struck Iranian launchers firing mines into the...

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah's office in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2024. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran's Khamenei urges Gulf rulers in written message to confront 'real enemy'

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War weighs on Iran's economy as US intensifies sanctions

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz are visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran. 27 August, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran urges other nations not to join new US sanctions, mediators focus on reopening strait

General view of Aramco's oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Saudi Arabia, 12 January, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Pipelines and ports: Iran war spurs Gulf infrastructure investment

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, 6 August 2026. Photo: Reuters

US offers to lift Iran sanctions in return for reopening Hormuz: Report

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, 24 June 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Iran says US sanctions will achieve nothing

A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman, July 16, 2026. Photo: Reuters/File Photo

Iran and Oman still working on Strait of Hormuz accord, says senior Iranian source

The Shorja wholesale market, as the U.S. administration suspends shipments of U.S. dollars to Iraq, in central Baghdad, Iraq, April 23, 2026.

Iraq may show how US can squeeze Iran's trade partners

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference to outline further sanctions against Iran, at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., US, August 24, 2026.

What are the new US economic sanctions on Iran and its trade partners?

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf meets Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir in Tehran, Iran, 24 August 2026. Photo: Reuters

Pakistan and Iran made 'significant progress' in talks on conflict, minister says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial service held for Ran Gvili, an off-duty police officer who was killed fighting militants that had infiltrated Israel during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, and the last hostage recovered from Gaza, in Meitar, Israel, January 28, 2026. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

Netanyahu alleges Iran tried to assassinate one of his sons

Banners with pictures of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, are displayed on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 22, 2026. Photo: Reuters

What are Iran's options to escalate further in face of US economic threats?