The economic pressure being exerted on Iran by the United States is inflicting severe hardship on the population without materially changing the country’s core demands or preventing Tehran from challenging US operations
Nine months after Donald Trump declared Iran’s nuclear program “obliterated,” the fragile balance between Washington and Tehran is once again nearing a breaking point. Following last year’s 12-day conflict between Israel and
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Oil prices could surge past $150 a barrel for the first time in history if restrictions on tanker movement through the Strait of Hormuz persist, according to market analysts, even as Brent
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More than 600 vessels remain stuck in the Middle East due to the ongoing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, with shipping experts warning that it could take “several weeks” to clear
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Iranian authorities have showcased the rapid repair of a bomb-damaged bridge in central Iran, presenting it as evidence of fast recovery capacity following recent strikes, while contrasting it with ongoing delays in
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A high-level Iranian delegation has arrived in Islamabad for direct negotiations with the United States, opening the talks with an emotional display of school belongings linked to children killed in reported airstrikes
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The glaring differences between the United States and Iran notwithstanding, the talks beginning in Islamabad tomorrow have a fairly good chance of being a success. There is too much at stake, and
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Residents of Tehran emerged on Wednesday to their first day in nearly 40 without the sound of explosions, as reported by the Financial Times. But the city they encountered was deeply scarred
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Editorial The language of peace, when deployed by states long entangled in cycles of militarisation and geopolitical opportunism, often invites not admiration but scrutiny. Pakistan’s latest overtures towards peace, accompanied by the
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Does witnessing suffering make you more moral? Can a life surrounded by brilliance teach you justice, or does real understanding only come from seeing the world at its worst? For Tom Gross,
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Note: On 7 April, after his ghastly genocidal threat that ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’, US President Donald Trump agreed to a provisional two-week ceasefire reportedly based on a set of proposals from
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