Tag: U.S.-Iran Tensions
Report: US conducted cyber operation against Iran after Saudi oil attacks
The United States conducted a covert cyber operation against Iran in retaliation for striking two Saudi Aramco facilities on Sept. 14, reported Reuters on Wednesday.
The news agency cited two unnamed U.S. officials, who said the response...
Report: Rouhani spurns Trump as Macron diplomacy plan fails
A behind-the-scenes diplomatic effort that would have culminated with a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and the resumption of negotiations, was scuttled when Rouhani backed out at the...
Trump at UN: US sanctions on Iran ‘will be tightened’
In his speech at the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump called on the international community to take action against the threat from Iran, which he said...
Report: Pentagon to present military options to retaliate for Iran strike on Saudi oil
The Pentagon will reportedly present U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday military options to retaliate in the aftermath of Iran attacking two Saudi Aramco facilities on Sept. 14.
The options include airstrike targets in Iran,...
Pompeo: ‘US stands with Saudi Arabia and supports its right to defend itself’
Saudi Arabia has the right to defend itself, and Iranian aggression won’t be tolerated, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted on Thursday after a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“The U.S....
Report: Trump weighs retaliatory action against Iran after Saudi oil-facility attack
The Trump administration is considering numerous options, including a physical strike or cyber attack on Iranian oil facilities or Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ assets, to respond against Iran for striking two Saudi Aramco oil...
How far can the West go to entice Iran to talk?
According to press reports, Israel’s government got a scare last week during the G7 meeting in Biarritz, France. If a story broadcast on Israeli television is to be believed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urgently...
Exlusive Interview: America is forcing Iranian regime to ‘behave like a normal country’: Pompeo
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has had a prolific career, from graduating first in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and serving in the U.S. Army for five years to becoming...
Facing tensions on multiple fronts, is Israel on the verge of an all-out war?
The big news in Israel is not that Iran attemptedto send kamikaze drones into Israeli territory last week or that Israel targeted that terrorist cell in Syria; these are not completely out of the ordinary or even...
Israel, Iran and Trump: Behind the rhetoric
Referring to a Talmudic dictum relating to self-defense, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video clip on Sunday morning, explaining the preemptive strike launched by the Israel Defense Forces in Syria on Saturday night.
“If someone...