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The curious case of strikes on Iran, a threat to the rules-based global order

The curious case of strikes on Iran, a threat to the rules-based global order

uring a House of Representatives hearing, Foreign Minister Sugiono emphasized that Israel has attempted to use its security interests as an excuse for attacking Iran. This action, he added, has shattered trust in international law and weakened...

International sanctions: implications for shipbrokers

As of February 2025, shipowners in the Western hemisphere have reportedly earned over US$6.3 billion from the sale of aging tankers, many of which have eventually joined the so-called “shadow fleet.” Such vessels are often used to circumvent...

FO says Iran's Moghadam 'respected' in Pakistan after FBI move

FO says Iran's Moghadam 'respected' in Pakistan after FBI move

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has come to the defence of Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, after the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) included him in its "most wanted" list over his alleged involvement in the 2007 disappearance of...

Sayyed Khamenei: Iran holds powerful strategic cards

Sayyed Khamenei: Iran holds powerful strategic cards

Iranian leader praises national unity, warns of foreign miscalculations, and urges legal action against Israeli aggression through global forums. The leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, affirmed...

Iran Seeks Backing from China and Russia After U.S. Airstrikes

Iran Seeks Backing from China and Russia After U.S. Airstrikes

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has urged security coordination from countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which includes China and Russia, at a summit of the group in China. Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. State...

Iran’s oil exports at all-time records in May

Iran’s oil exports at all-time records in May

Figures by Kpler, a major energy analytics firm, cited in a Sunday report by Fars news agency showed that Iran had exported nearly 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in May, on par with figures seen in September last year and one of...

Harman settles for $1.45m over US Iran sanctions evasion

The US Department of the Treasury has announced a $1.45m settlement with Harman International Industries. The settlement relates to a potential civil liability for 11 apparent violations of sanctions on Iran. In a statement, the Treasury...

Iran talks tough on Israel

Iran talks tough on Israel

In a meeting with Iraq’s Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari in Tehran, Pezeshkian said, “The Zionist regime is trying to break up the region and steal its resources.” He stressed the need for unity. “We must support each other and avoid...

Netanyahu’s endgame – on Gaza, Haredi service in the IDF, and winning the next election

Netanyahu’s endgame – on Gaza, Haredi service in the IDF, and winning the next election

This Editor’s Note was sent out earlier Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here. What is Prime Minister Benjamin...

Yemen fighters seize tons of Iran-supplied Houthi weapons

Yemen fighters seize tons of Iran-supplied Houthi weapons

Fighters allied to Yemen's exiled government claimed Wednesday they had seized 750 tons of Iranian-supplied missiles and weaponry bound for the country's Houthis, the latest interdiction of arms in the country's decade-long war allegedly tied to...

Iran Update, July 14, 2025

Iran Update, July 14, 2025

Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...

Georgetown professor removed as department chair after publicly hoping for symbolic Iranian strike on US

Georgetown professor removed as department chair after publicly hoping for symbolic Iranian strike on US

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., questioned City University of New York Chancellor Dr. Felix V. Matos Rodriguez during a July 15, 2025, House Education Committee hearing on Antisemitism in Higher Education. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!...

Iran Update, July 13, 2025

Iran Update, July 13, 2025

Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...

Americans Reject Democrat Politicians: They’re Weak, Woke and Love Abortion

Americans Reject Democrat Politicians: They’re Weak, Woke and Love Abortion

The summer hasn’t done much to break the heat that Democrats are feeling from voters. The party of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is about as popular as a rush-hour traffic jam, according to the latest surveys. Unfortunately for Minority Leaders...

Imam Khamenei: ‘Israel’ Pleaded US to Save It during War with Iran

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei told the Iranian judicial officials to sue the Israeli regime and its accomplice, the United States, for their recent aggression against the Iranian nation. Imam Khamenei received a group...

Iran's Inflation: Rooted in Institutional Failure

Iran's Inflation: Rooted in Institutional Failure

By: Amir Reza Etasi Iran’s economy over the past five decades has been gripped by persistent, complex inflation, rooted in deep structural failings, the preeminence of security and nuclear imperatives, and the systematic corrosion of institutional...

Iran Update, July 11, 2025

Iran Update, July 11, 2025

Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Meets China’s Xi Jinping Amidst SCO Summit Preparations

Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, currently in China for a ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday morning. Araqchi is in China to participate in the...

Superman’s relationship with America’s government keeps getting more complicated

Superman’s relationship with America’s government keeps getting more complicated

In an extremely contentious interview with her boyfriend/coworker Superman/Clark Kent (David Corenswet) in James Gunn’s 2025 reboot movie Superman, Lois Lane presses him about the fallout of his intervention in an overseas war between the...

Khamenei says Israel launched war to ‘overthrow system’ in Iran

Khamenei says Israel launched war to ‘overthrow system’ in Iran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Israel’s attacks during last month’s 12-day war were intended to weaken the Islamic Republic’s system and spark unrest to topple it. “The calculation and plan of the aggressors was...

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