Iran

Trump prioritizes Iran nuclear issue over economics, most Iranian launchers reportedly operational

South Korea weighs phased role in Hormuz mission • Hezbollah reportedly planning to occupy Beirut • Hamas preventing Gazan contractors from crossing Yellow Line to rebuild Rafah

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a 'Rose Garden Club' dinner for National Police Week in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press, ahead of departing the White House for Joint Base Andrews en route to Beijing, China, in Washington, DC, US, May 12, 2026.

Trump says stopping Iran's nuclear program outweighs Americans' economic pain

South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-Back, speaks during the joint press conference with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, following the 57th Security Consultative Meeting at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

South Korea weighs phased role in Hormuz mission after US talks, defense minister says

Mockups of domestically-made Iranian missiles are displayed at an exhibition outside the Defence Museum in Tehran on March 31, 2026.

Iran retains access to majority of missile launch sites, US intelligence shows - report


Approximately 2 million jobs lost in Iran due to war as internet blackout enters fourth month - NYT

Businesses across Iran have begun laying off workers as the country’s economy struggles under the combined pressure of war-related disruptions, sanctions, and infrastructure damage.

An Iranian woman walks next to an anti-Israeli mural on a street in Tehran, Iran, May 11, 2026.

‘You cannot have it both ways’: Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi urges US to back regime change in Iran

Speaking at the POLITICO Security Summit in Washington DC, Pahlavi said Western governments had spent years pursuing a failed strategy of appeasement that ultimately emboldened Tehran.

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah and an Iranian opposition figure, attends a press conference at the House of the 'Bundespressekonferenz' in Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2026.

Saudi Arabia launched secret attacks on Iran during Middle East war

The Saudi attacks, not previously reported, mark the first time that the kingdom is known to have directly carried out military action on Iranian soil and show it is becoming much bolder.

Smoke rises following an explosion in Tehran amid the war with Iran, March 7, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Hezbollah, Iranian hacktivists publish target list of IDF Egoz veterans as 'senior officers'

Handala said on its website that the commandos would now become targets for the "resistance's shadows."

  A soldier from the elite anti-guerrilla unit EGOZ in a training exercise.

Trump: '100% confident' Iran will stop enriching uranium, will hand over remaining stockpiles

Trump said that Iran has pledged to stop enriching uranium and is "100% confident" that they will comply, while stressing the US will never let Iran possess a nuclear bomb.

US President Donald Trump gestures while delivering remarks at the White House in Washington, May 11, 2026.

Donald Trump 'very disappointed' with Kurdish opposition groups following US backing - analysis

Trump said he was disappointed, apparently referring to weapons transfers involving Kurdish opposition groups. He claimed that only “some guns with ammunition” had been sent.

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq February 12, 2026.

Iran threatens to enrich uranium to weapons-grade, as Israel sends Iron Dome to UAE

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 Georgia's authorities stop an illegal uranium sale. Stock photo.

Israelis report receive recruitment, threatening text messages from Iran

The Israel Police released a statement calling the messages “attempts by Iranian intelligence elements to recruit Israeli citizens in Israel and abroad.”

Messages sent by Iranian intelligence elements, May 12, 2026

Israel and UAE: A ‘brothers-in-arms’ alliance against Iran's growing threat - opinion

Even before the current Iran war, there was a clear trend of growing military and defense-industrial cooperation between Israel and the UAE.

(Illustrative) Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, in Ashkelon on August 7, 2022.

Iranian-backed militias search Iraq for 'Zionist-American' base in show of force - analysis

Reports of a secret Israeli base in Iraq have now led Baghdad to feel it must do something and stage a show of force, resulting in Iranian-backed militias sending forces to southern Iraq.

Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces stand guard at a military base near the Iraqi-Syrian border in Al-Qaim, west of Iraq on January 23, 2026.