Middle East

Ali Larijani

Iran: We’ll bomb US bases if we’re attacked

Top Iranian security official denies that the US has proposed a framework for a nuclear agreement, threatens to strike US military bases in the Middle East if Trump orders attacks on Iran.
February 12, 2026
Trump US Venezuela

Trump faces narrow options as Iran holds firm

Meaningful concessions would expose the ruling system to existential danger by making future military retaliation easier if Iran again threatens others or unleashes large-scale violence at home.
February 9, 2026
iran protests

Iran protests expected to restart next week

Weeks after the Iranian regime crushed massive protest movement, merchants who orchestrated the first wave of demonstrations are calling for dissidents to take to the streets again.
February 8, 2026
Araghchi Witkoff

Report: US, Iran to discuss non-aggression pact Friday

Mediators from Turkey, Qatar, and Egypt reportedly presented the US and Iran with a framework for an agreement with a three-year hiatus on uranium enrichment, limits on aid to terrorist proxies, and the signing of a non-aggression pact.
February 5, 2026
Khamenei and Trump

Trump: Khamenei should be very worried

US discovered Iranian attempts to reboot nuclear program at new site, President Trump claims, adding that negotiations are underway with Iran.
February 5, 2026
iran protests

Iranian doctors arrested for treating protesters

Mohammad Raiszadeh, chief of the state-affiliated Medical Council, verified 17 arrests but claimed that no prosecutions for treating protesters occurred and that no rulings have been reached.
February 4, 2026