Tag: Iran
Houthi seizure of Yemeni port pushes US diesel past $6 a...
Saudi oil output has fallen to its lowest level since 1990 as the Iran war disrupts shipping.
Trump Can Escalate the Iran War But He Still Has No...
Seven months into the conflict, Washington can still destroy targets. What it has not shown is how the war ends.
UN Wants to Right-Size Maps; Would it have Saved Trump from...
Juan Cole argues that map projections which shrink Africa and the Middle East help explain why Washington keeps misjudging the size of the countries it goes to war with.
US strike on Iranian wedding kills at least four, drawing war...
Iran's Red Crescent has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate, as both sides accuse each other of violating a June ceasefire.
Shanghai Cooperation Org. Roundly Condemns War on Iran
A bloc representing 40 percent of the world's population, from Russia and China to India and Pakistan, jointly denounced the US and Israeli strikes on Iran at a summit in Kyrgyzstan.
Poll: Americans Oppose Iran War, Blame it for Inflation, and Diss...
Two-thirds of Americans say Trump has handled the Iran War badly, and most blame the war for rising gas and grocery prices, a new UMass Amherst poll finds.
Highest Gasoline Prices ever in Aug., as US-Iran Tit for Tat...
Americans paid nearly $60 billion more at the pump this spring than a year earlier, and the Gulf shipping crisis shows no sign of easing before the price hits again.
Pakistan’s “Fresh” Proposals to End Iran-U.S. Conflict
Opening the Strait of Hormuz has become the number one U.S. goal.
Latest sanctions on Iran risk strengthening Tehran and undermining US credibility
Two London-based political scientists argue the sanctions could backfire, uniting Iran's government against outside pressure while costing the US diplomatic credibility abroad.
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