Today marks 6 months of Iran war
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US strikes Iranian rocket launchers on Strait of Hormuz
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Hudson Institute senior fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs discusses the U.S. economic pressure campaign against Iran and the demining of the Strait of Hormuz on ‘Life, Liberty & Levin.’
Khamenei has not been seen in public since being injured in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes six months ago, but a series of written statements have been attributed to him.
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US plans to sanction another bank in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions, Bessent tells AP
President Donald Trump's administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week as it intensified efforts to economically isolate Iran, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in a statement carried by Iran's state broadcaster noted "the martyrdom and injury of several of our fighters and compatriots" after the U.S. bombed targets in the Strait of Hormuz.
At least seven people died when a ferry capsized near Cyprus. The cause is not known. Of the 267 people on board, 237 have been rescued; crews are searching for 23. The ship began taking on water shortly after departing from Kyrenia, a port in the Turkish northern part of the island.
Overall, the tenor from the military leadership is that the ongoing Iran operation, having reached the six-month mark, has been “too much for too long,” said one person familiar with the assessment.
Through cyberwarfare, Iran "can turn a tactical disruption into outsized economic, psychological and political consequences."
Bessent's campaign means to push countries that still do business with Iran to sever their financial ties or face retaliation from the U.S.
Mojtaba Khamenei urged Muslim countries to unite against what he called their “real enemy” and said divisions among Muslims served the interests of their adversaries.
Iran’s supreme leader has called on leaders of Muslim countries to stand together against Israel and the United States, imploring them to “know your real enemy.”