Tehran. Iran has demanded compensation for the environmental damage caused by oil spills in the Persian Gulf and surrounding sea areas over the past few decades. Ismail Baghai, spokesperson for Ir...
WASHINGTON, Aug 13: After more than five months of conflict, oil markets continue to surge and tumble over the latest developments in the US-Iran clash, including President Donald Trump's shifting ...
Shipping attacks in the Gulf of Oman and Red Sea deepen fears of a prolonged conflict as Iran and the US harden their positions, with Tehran insisting the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until ...
Washington, Aug. 8: To reach a deal with Iran that reopens the economically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump may need to do something out of character — compromise. Any concession wou...
Washington DC. Amid the ongoing war in Iran, the United States and Iran have made conflicting claims over control of the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. The US President Donald Trump has ...
TEHRAN, Aug 11: Iran's foreign ministry said Monday that a defence pact signed last week between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan was "a sign of a change in the perception" of countries in the reg...
Iran and Oman make progress on a framework for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but Washington’s rejection of Iranian demands and Trump’s push for compensation threaten to prolong the standof...
Iran, Aug. 7: Iran says it's in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman, while two Israeli soldiers have been killed in Lebanon.
Kathmandu. Pakistan has stated that it is continuously trying to bring the United States and Iran to the negotiating table and to advance the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Speaking ...
TEHRAN, Aug 9: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, vital to the world economy, until the United States met Tehran's conditions set out the day bef...
Iran says Hormuz reopening hinges on US compensation, sanctions relief and an end to military threats, while Washington says it is seeking a deal to restore commercial shipping through the vital oi...
Tehran, Aug. 4: Iran denied any negotiations were taking place with the United States after President Donald Trump said new talks would begin Monday in an effort to end their war, now in its sixth ...
Kathmandu. Amid the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran, the US has fired missiles at a cargo ship flying the flag of Panama, which was heading towards an Iranian port, breaking the Iranian blockad...
HONG KONG, Aug 7: Oil prices extended gains and stocks fell further on Friday amid fading optimism over a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as reports said Iran was planning to block US and Isra...
Three Yemeni government sources told Reuters air defences were engaging drones launched by the Houthis towards the commercial quay and storage in the port. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said they h...
Cairo, Aug. 3: With escalating attacks against U.S. bases and its allies over the past week, Iran's leaders are showing considerable unity over their war strategy: hanging tough, determined to show...
Kathmandu. Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar held a telephone conversation with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday. It is said that they discuss...
WASHINGTON DC, Aug 6: Tensions over US military stockpiles amid its conflict with Iran have reportedly escalated at Camp David last week, where President Donald Trump confronted his War Secretary P...
Tehran says an interim shipping arrangement with Oman is being discussed while it seeks broader concessions from Washington, including compensation, an end to sanctions and the release of frozen Ir...
Washington, Aug. 3: President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States and Israel had agreed to hold off on new strikes on Iran -- provided a deal to end the months-long conflict is "rapid...
Tehran. As negotiators seek a deal to end the war, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for an end to the 'no war, no peace' situation with the United States. Pezeshkian said on Saturday...
TEHRAN, Aug 6: Iran and Oman have agreed a route for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and were finalising arrangements for jointly managing the strategic waterway, Tehran said Wednesday, even ...
Iran’s Guards have previously threatened action against any vessels transiting the strait if they are linked to Tehran’s adversaries, or if they fail to comply with Iranian directives. The United ...
Cairo, July 28: Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials said Monday, w...
Tehran. The first post-war video of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has been released. Iranian news agency 'Mehr' has released this video, in which Mojtaba is seen sitting on the ground ...
MUMBAI, Aug 6: India's central bank kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday as it waits to see whether volatile oil prices caused by the Iran war feed wider inflationary pressures.
Trump has often threatened massive strikes if Tehran did not reach an agreement and then cited progress in talks that have so far failed to end hostilities. US President Donald Trump said his admi...
Tehran. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has emphasized the need to pull the country out of its current uncertain state. He described the relationship between Iran and the United States as a sta...
WASHINGTON, Aug 5: US President Donald Trump said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as soon as Wednesday but warned Iran it would get "hit very hard" if negotiations fell through.
Analysts say Tehran is using calibrated escalation, targeting shipping lanes and energy infrastructure to raise the cost of confrontation and strengthen its bargaining position in any future negoti...
Tehran. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has put forward strict conditions for reopening the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. Iran has demanded that the US lift its naval blockade...
TEHRAN, Aug 4: Iran denied any negotiations were taking place with the United States after President Donald Trump said new talks would begin Monday in an effort to end their war, now in its sixth m...
The message from Tehran is that unless Washington accepts a new status quo that gives Iran a greater role in Hormuz, the conflict could spread beyond the Gulf. Iran is betting it can outlast Washi...
Kathmandu. According to ministry and military sources, at least 10 people have been killed in an attack by Houthi rebels in the strategic Yemeni province. The Houthi, backed by Iran, and the Saudi...
HONG KONG, Aug 3: Oil prices tumbled Monday as Donald Trump said fresh talks with Iran will begin later in the day, while the yen extended gains after US and Japanese officials confirmed a rare joi...
Oil prices fall as diplomatic push gains momentum despite continued threats from Israel and the US. US President Donald Trump said talks with Iran will happen on Monday but declined to set a deadl...
Kathmandu. An American official said that the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway, will reopen after talks between Iran and Oman, with positive progress being made. Reuters, quoting the American...
WASHINGTON, Aug 3: President Donald Trump in a Saturday evening social media post claimed that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and said that he would hold ...
Trump’s apparent de-escalation after days of threats of new attacks from each side was the latest twist in the war the US and Israel launched five months ago. President Donald Trump has said the U...
Washington DC. In recent days, news reports in American media indicated that the ammunition stockpile held by the Ministry of Defense was dwindling amidst the ongoing war with Iran. Trump, the Mini...
TEHRAN, Aug 2: Iran's military sources denied on Sunday U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Tehran had asked Washington to call off its strikes, calling his remarks "a new lie," Iran's Mehr ne...
Som Kumar Tamang, 44, died after a missile hit a Chinese company building in northern Kuwait, becoming the second Nepali killed since the Iran-US-Israel conflict escalated across West Asia. A Nepa...
KATHMANDU. US President Donald Trump has expressed expectations that the ongoing conflict with Iran will end soon. Responding to journalists' questions about energy prices, Trump stated that the wa...
TEHRAN, Aug 2: Iran's military sources denied on Sunday U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Tehran had asked Washington to call off its strikes, calling his remarks "a new lie," Iran's Mehr ne...
Iran effectively shut the strait to ships other than its own after the United States and Israel attacked on February 28. Oman has won backing from Gulf states for a plan that would let Tehran coll...
Tehran. Iran has warned of widespread retaliation against Gulf energy infrastructure, US military assets, and other strategic structures if America launches military attacks on its soil again. Acc...
TEHRAN, July 31: Mediator Pakistan insisted on Thursday that negotiations between Iran and the United States were ongoing, even as Washington carried out a "heavy wave of strikes" on its foe in ret...
The US military said Monday it has wrapped up its latest round of strikes on Iran, marking the 10th straight night of operations. US forces bombed targets in southern Iran overnight after Presiden...
Washington DC. US Vice President JD Vance has said that potential peace talks with Iran will not be easy. According to him on Wednesday, the peace talks will be chaotic and will take time to reach ...
TEHRAN, July 30: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that two oil tankers attempting to leave an "unsafe route" south of the Strait of Hormuz turned back after a fire broke out on ...
Iran had been pressing the Houthis to close the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea if the US continued to attack Iranian power infrastructure. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they we...
Tehran. Iran and Oman are in the final stages of an agreement to reopen the important Strait of Hormuz. Iran has stated that the agreement could be finalized soon after both countries agreed on the...
TEHRAN, July 30: A US attack killed three people, including a two-year-old, on Iran's Qeshm island, the Fars news agency reported on Thursday after the US military said it wrapped up a heavy wave o...
US says two service members were killed in an Iranian attack in Jordan as Washington launches an eighth consecutive night of strikes, raising fears of a wider regional conflict. The US said it had...
Washington DC. Although efforts to end the US-Iran war continue, the future of peace talks remains unclear. In this situation, data has been released showing that ship traffic in the Strait of Horm...
TEHRAN, July 28: Iran's foreign ministry on Monday said it was not currently involved in negotiations with the United States, despite a halt in recent fighting between the two sides.
Kuwait came under sustained attack, with a desalination plant hit and operations at Kuwait International Airport suspended due to repeated missile and drone threats. Iran launched more attacks on...
California. US President Donald Trump has warned Iran that it will face serious consequences if the Hormuz Strait is not reopened soon. He said that negotiations between the US, Iran, and Oman on r...
TEHRAN, July 23: The US military struck Iran's Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump warned he was "not finished" with a war that has already cost Washingt...
Washington and Tehran have been testing the limits of escalation since their ceasefire agreement collapsed last week, raising the prospect of a return to all-out war. The United States struck brid...
Kathmandu. Hopes are rising that the impact of the ongoing war in the Middle East will decrease following indications from both sides that diplomatic talks between Iran and Oman on the safe passage...
DUBAI, July 22: Iran and US forces traded new military attacks Tuesday, with Tehran warning of "more decisive and powerful" strikes ahead as the conflict threatened to widen with a blockade of Saud...
As a month-old interim ceasefire collapses, the US president weighs broader military action despite analysts warning that more strikes are unlikely to force Tehran to change course and could deepen...
Washington D.C. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that progress has been made in talks with Iran on facilitating the passage of more ships through the Strait of Hormuz, but a final agreeme...
TEHRAN, July 22: Fresh US strikes triggered air defences in Tehran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump warned he was "not finished" with a war with Iran that has already cost his nation $37.5...
US widens offensive against Iranian military assets as Tehran threatens retaliation and regional tensions continue to escalate. The US struck Iran’s coastal defenses and missile sites on Wednesday...
Kathmandu. US President Donald Trump has said that discussions are underway regarding the full opening of the Strait of Hormuz after the first phase of talks with Iran. He said that the next phase ...
TEHRAN, July 21: Iran targeted US radar and air defence installations in the Gulf on Tuesday, warning Washington of "more decisive and powerful" attacks to come as the conflict threatened to widen ...
Kathmandu. It is claimed that a new tension has emerged in the internal political power balance of Iran after Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei gave an 'final ultimatum' to President Masoud Pe...
TEHRAN, July 20: Iran is fighting a "full-scale war" with the United States, its president said Monday, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic republic including a city hosting a nuc...
Kathmandu. US President Donald Trump has claimed that talks with Iran are ongoing and that this is the 'last chance' for Tehran to 'sign a good document (agreement)'. He also claimed that the curre...
HONG KONG, July 20: Oil scaled back gains after hitting its highest price in a month on Monday as Iran said diplomatic exchanges with the United States were ongoing via mediators despite renewed co...
Tehran. Iran has executed two Iranian citizens on charges of spying for Israel. International news agency Reuters has given this information quoting the state news agency Fars. According to Irania...
TEHRAN, July 20: The United States expanded the scope of its strikes on Iran on Monday, targeting provinces around the country including a city hosting a nuclear power plant, as the Islamic republi...
Kathmandu. After US President Donald Trump postponed the planned attack on Iran's infrastructure, oil prices per barrel have fallen by more than $4 in the international market. According to Reuter...
KATHMANDU, July 18: The price of gold in the domestic market decreased by Rs 5,300 per tola (11.6638 grams) amid escalated US-Iran conflict following the collapse of a brief ceasefire.
Washington DC. US President Donald Trump has announced that a new major military attack on Iran has been postponed and that talks between Washington and Tehran will resume starting Monday. Trump c...
DUBAI, July 18: Hostilities in the Middle East intensified on Saturday after a seventh straight night of US attacks on Iran, with Tehran threatening a "full-scale offensive" in response and the str...
KATHMANDU. Since becoming Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared in public. In the meantime, news has come that Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and American intelligence agency...
TEHRAN, July 18: Bombing intensified in the Middle East for the seventh consecutive night, with Iran threatening a "full-scale offensive" in response to American strikes and hitting several US mili...
Kathmandu. The United States and Israel have agreed to a deal to end the months-long conflict, with the condition that it must be concluded soon, and have agreed to stop new attacks on Iran. Fears...
TEHRAN, July 18: The United States and Iran traded attacks on Friday, with Tehran targeting American assets across the Middle East in the biggest escalation since the two foes returned to outright ...
Kathmandu. After US President Donald Trump announced that further military strikes against Iran would be halted for the time being, Iranian government and semi-government media have mocked Trump. ...
WASHINGTON DC, July 17: US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) alleged that Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and non-state actors possess the capability to compromise America's election...
Washington DC. US President Donald Trump claimed on Saturday night that the US has canceled the military strike it was preparing to carry out on Iran for the time being. He said this decision was m...
WASHINGTON DC, July 17: The White House on Thursday (local time) said the Strait of Hormuz remains open for commercial vessels that are not travelling to or from Iranian ports as part of the US blo...
Tehran. Amidst growing fears of further military action from America and Israel, Iran has warned of a decisive and proportional response to any attack. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi gave t...
BEIJING, July 17: China and Pakistan's foreign ministers on Friday called on the United States and Iran to end fighting and return to the negotiating table, after they met in Shanghai, according to...
Washington DC. A former US Congress analyst has said that America has reached a strategic 'stalemate' in its conflict with Iran. According to Kenneth Katzman, a fellow at The Soufan Center and for...
KUWAIT CITY, July 17: Iran said Friday it had targeted US military infrastructure in Kuwait in response to American attacks on the Islamic republic.
Tehran. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has strongly condemned the alleged US attack in the residential area of Qeshm Island, calling it a 'terrorist attack' on civilians. He ac...
TEHRAN, July 17: The United States hit Iran on Friday, with Tehran accusing US forces of striking civilians sites and drawing Iranian threats of reprisals on regional infrastructure.
Washington DC. Following Iran's alleged 'surprise' missile attack on US forces, America and Saudi Arabia have launched powerful retaliatory strikes on military targets related to Iran. The US Centr...
TEHRAN, July 16: The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war.
Kathmandu. The military tension that has existed between the United States of America and Iran for some time ended on Wednesday. Hostile activities between the two countries have resumed after Iran...
Tehran. Iran has rejected Oman's proposal for joint monitoring of the important Strait of Hormuz. While both sides are discussing the final agreement, Iran has put forward its own new proposal. Ir...
Tehran. Iran has stated that it has not requested talks with the United States in the past two weeks and has not relinquished its control over the strategic waterway Strait of Hormuz. A senior Iran...
Muscat. Oman has presented a new proposal to Iran for the joint management of the Strait of Hormuz in support of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations. The proposal includes a system for collectin...
Tehran. Amidst war with America and Israel, Iran, which is reorganizing its defense system, is going to receive shoulder-launched air defense missile launchers made in China within a few weeks. Ac...
Tehran. Iran has stated that it has suffered a major loss in its natural gas production capacity due to the war with America and Israel. According to the Iranian government, the country has lost a...
Tehran. Ukraine has denied Iran's retaliatory threats following an attack on an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea. The incident on Saturday is considered to have established the first direct li...
Washington DC. US President Donald Trump has said that the US has temporarily stopped the resumed airstrikes on Iran at the request of the Iranian government. He also warned that the attacks would ...
Washington D.C. Crude oil prices fell sharply in the world market on Monday after the conflict between the United States and Iran was temporarily halted. This decline is considered the biggest sinc...
Tehran. Iran has clarified that its stance on the management of the Strait of Hormuz has not changed. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Baghei said that although talks are ongoing with O...
Iran and the United States have returned to mediated talks, and their military actions have been temporarily halted. However, the impact of the war continues to be felt on international waterways b...
Five months after the United States launched a war against Iran following Iran's attack on a US military base in Jordan, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) still appears capable of inflic...
Kathmandu. The US Army's Central Command (CENTCOM) has stated that since the re-imposition of naval blockade on Iran, 9 commercial ships have been rerouted and one ship has been neutralized as of W...
Washington. The US faces a new military challenge as Yemen-based Iran-backed Houthi rebels have warned of a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea. According to US officials, if the Ho...
Kathmandu. Following diplomatic mediation to resolve the conflict with Iran, Pakistan has sought a foreign exchange stabilization facility of US$10 billion from America, citing sources as reported ...
Tehran. Iranian officials said that the United States targeted various cities in the western and southern parts of the country in airstrikes on Iran for the 11th consecutive night. According to Ira...
Washington DC. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has stated that the ongoing war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far. In his statement to the US Parliament, he said this amount could increase f...
Washington DC. The US Defense Ministry has released the identities of two American soldiers killed in an Iranian attack in Jordan. According to the Defense Ministry, 25-year-old First Lieutenant T...
Washington DC. Since July 7, about 100 American soldiers have been injured in the ongoing conflict with Iran, the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) has stated. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell...
Tehran. The United States has attacked Iran for the ninth consecutive night. This attack came after the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the death of a US soldier in northern Iraq. The sold...
Kathmandu. Due to the increasing tension between America and Iran in West Asia, oil transportation through the Strait of Hormuz has been affected, causing crude oil prices to rise by approximately ...
A US military member died in an Iranian attack in northern Iraq on Saturday, the US military said. Agency Baghdad. A US military member died in an Iranian attack in northern Iraq on Saturday, the...
Afghanistan. Five Afghan citizens have died and 14 are missing while trying to enter Iran through the desert in Nimroz province in western Afghanistan. According to local media ToloNews, they were ...
Kathmandu. Iran's ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, has accused Washington of lacking the will to implement diplomatic agreements, questioning America's commitment to peace. He commente...
Washington. Military tension between the United States and Iran is further escalating. The US military has stated that it carried out airstrikes on Iran for the eighth consecutive night, while Iran...
Washington. A fatal attack on a US military base in Jordan has signaled that Iran has not yet abandoned its strategy of using long-range weapons, a security analyst said. Speaking to CNN, retired ...
Kathmandu. Two American soldiers have died and one is missing in Iran's ballistic missile and drone attack in Jordan on Friday. Military officials have confirmed this incident. According to the US...
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has claimed that airstrikes were carried out against Iran for the seventh consecutive night, targeting energy infrastructure and other military sites on Saturday. ...
Tehran. At least 38 people have died and more than 400 have been injured due to US attacks in various provinces of Iran, Iran's Ministry of Health has stated. The attacks targeted civilian infrastr...
Iran has claimed to have struck US military targets in Kuwait and Jordan in retaliation for American attacks. This was mentioned in a military statement broadcast by Iranian state television on Sat...
Kathmandu. The war between America and Iran has intensified again. With this, uncertainty about the future, economic crisis, and mental stress are increasing among the general public of Iran. Afte...
Tehran. Iranian state media claimed that the United States attacked the maritime control tower in the southeastern port city of Chabahar, Iran, for the third time this week with missiles. According...
Doha. Qatar's Ministry of Defense has stated that its armed forces successfully foiled the missile attack carried out by Iran early Friday morning. The Qatari Ministry of Interior has confirmed tha...
Tehran. Iran's former Foreign Minister and senior advisor to the Supreme Leader, Ali Akbar Velayati, has claimed that the Strait of Hormuz is owned by Iran and that no power in the world can snatch...
Kathmandu. While US President Donald Trump is warning of further severe military action if Iran does not return to negotiations, the United States launched new airstrikes targeting Iran's military ...
Iran. The United States has further intensified military action against Iran, launching a new phase of airstrikes on southern coastal areas and strategic ports. In response, Iran has claimed to hav...
Kathmandu. Kuwait and Bahrain said on Wednesday that their air defense systems had foiled air attacks carried out from Iran. These incidents occurred while military tensions were escalating between...
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