Iranians rally outside US embassies worldwide, urge continued pressure on Tehran
Protesters sent a unified message to Washington, urging policymakers not to reach agreements with Tehran and instead to “stay the course” in confronting the regime.
Protesters sent a unified message to Washington, urging policymakers not to reach agreements with Tehran and instead to “stay the course” in confronting the regime.
"This war will be remembered as Trump's grave strategic miscalculation. One whose consequences reshaped the region in unintended ways," Middle East scholar Fawaz Gerges told Reuters.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, one of Japan’s big three shipping firms, is among those caught up in the confusion as firms try to work out what impact the US-Iran two-week ceasefire is having.
The US and Israel have reached a "stage of desperation," and a "request for a ceasefire indicates their defeat," Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said.
Open-source intelligence points to heavy military damage, casualties, and economic toll following the Israel-US campaign.
Trump added that he thinks it is unlikely the deal will not be complied with, but if not, then the "Shootin' Starts, bigger, and better, and stronger than anyone has ever seen before," he wrote.
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Netanyahu made a "hard sell" for attacking Iran, the report claimed, adding that he pitched a number of options for a new Iranian leader who would take over when the current regime fell.
Iranian and US officials are expected to hold talks on Friday to discuss a long-term settlement after the longtime foes agreed on a Pakistan-brokered two-week ceasefire to suspend a six-week-old war.
Vance added that Israel's actions were not because Lebanon was included in the ceasefire. "The Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn't," he clarified.
Araghchi claimed that the terms of the ceasefire explicitly outline Lebanon's inclusion in the deal, a claim that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have denied.