Iran is forcing oil tankers to take a new route in the Strait of Hormuz, with some ships charged millions of dollars to transit “the Tehran toll booth.”

When a 19-year-old wrestler and two other men were hanged in the holy city of Qom on Thursday, Iran’s theocratic regime was sending a message to both dissenters inside the country and opponents abroad,

Iran’s parliamentary speaker warned Washington that Tehran was “closely monitoring all U.S. movements in the region, especially troop deployments.” Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, one of the Islamic Republic’s remaining top leaders,

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi questioned US calls for negotiations, saying Washington’s shift in tone amounts to an acknowledgment of failure after previously demanding “unconditional surrender.

Targets included regime launching sites, weapon manufacturing sites in Isfahan and Parchin, as well as a Quds Force site in central Iran. Explosions were heard across Tehran and Karaj City on

Iranian parliament speaker Ghalibaf has threatened U.S. forces while reportedly being eyed by the Trump administration as a potential Iran talks channel.

By Nandita Bose and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will hit Iran harder if Tehran fails to accept that the country has been "defeated militarily," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday.