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US VP Vance says Iran war 'will end immediately after the election'

US Vice President JD Vance says the Iran war will enter a 'different phase' after the midterms in an interview on Air Force Two.

Vice President JD Vance arrives at Joint Base Andrews Tuesday, 15th September 2026
Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor receive the Special Jury Award for "Naza" during the closing ceremony of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, Italy, September 12, 2026.

Israeli politicians denounce NAZA film, Iranian leadership reportedly divided

The US Airforce crewmember, callsign ''Bravo,'' in a '60 Minutes' interview.

'A modern-day miracle': US airman shot down over Iran recounts survival, rescue on 60 Minutes

A woman walks past a mural depicting Iran’s late supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran in August.

Iranian leadership divided as hard-liners sabotage negotiations, Khamenei still unseen - report


Conflict continues as Iran weighs costs of future US strikes, returning to negotiations - analysis

Iran may hint that it is willing to hold talks again and continue to play the “good cop, bad cop” game it has played in the past. The IRGC would act as the bad cop and the government as the good.

(Illustrative) A projectile is fired during what the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said was a third round of strikes this week against Iran, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on July 11, 2026.

Mediators propose 10-day ceasefire to de-escalate US-Iran war

A 10-day ceasefire could potentially help revive the interim deal reached last month.

US Marines carry out a verification boarding of the tanker Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released July 16, 2026.

US continues striking Iranian military targets, air defenses as conflict continues escalating

"The strikes will continue degrading Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz," CENTCOM wrote. 

Flight operations aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, at an unknown location, released July 14, 2026, in this still image taken from a handout video.

Iran targets Kuwaiti infrastructure to send 'calibrated signal' to US following direct strikes

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed the attacks had been on a US military support center at Kuwait's Camp Arifjan, and alleged it had destroyed a radar facility at Ali Al Salem Air Base.

Smoke billows near the oil facility in Mangaf, Kuwait, July 18, 2026.

Iran targets Kurdistan in regional escalation, spiking gas prices and tensions - analysis

Iran’s attacks on the Kurdistan Region come as the Iraqi prime minister has wrapped up his visit to the US.

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

US tells Israel it will send dozens more refueling planes amid Ben-Gurion crowding crisis - report

According to Israeli officials, the US military prefers having the refueling planes operate from Ben-Gurion Airport as it is less exposed to Iranian attacks than other bases in the region.

One of two US Air Force F-22 stealth fighter jets receives fuel mid-air from a KC-135 refueling plane over Norway en route to a joint training exercise with Norway's growing fleet of F-35 jets August 15, 2018.

Iran's IRGC claims it targeted US command center in Syria, state media reports

The US command center located in al-Tanf in Syria was reportedly targeted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in retaliation for recent American attacks against Iran.

Missiles are displayed during a military parade held by the Houthis, who are armed primarily by the IRGC.

US military delayed intelligence review tied to Iran's Minab school strike, CNN reports

An independent investigation was launched in March, with interviews conducted with service members involved in the strike, but the results have yet to be released.

The Minab school damaged by a strike on February 28, in Minab, Iran, May 21, 2026.

US sanctions network accused of procuring weapons for IRGC as Iran ramps up strikes in Hormuz

Those targeted allegedly used aviation and logistics companies in Iran, Italy, and Russia to source arms and drone components in violation of renewed UN restrictions.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (2nd-R) and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (R) attend a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House on July 14, 2026 in Washington, DC.

‘I trust President Trump’

Sylvan Adams, President of the World Jewish Congress, Israel, explains why he believes the US president sees through Iran’s tactics – and why he trusts his judgment

Sylvan Adams speaks at the WJC Governing Board in Geneva, in May