
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stood at a podium at the Treasury Department on Monday and announced what the Trump administration is calling an "economic D-Day" against Iran.
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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stood at a podium at the Treasury Department on Monday and announced what the Trump administration is calling an "economic D-Day" against Iran.

The US is expanding economic pressure on Iran as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the EU has backed Operation Economic Outcast.

Oil prices rose on Friday after US President Donald Trump warned that countries trading with Iran could face additional economic sanctions, adding a fresh layer of uncertainty to already tense global energy markets

Qatar's prime minister is heading to Tehran as Iran ties compensation, sanctions relief and maritime access to efforts to restart diplomacy with Washington.

Military incidents involving Iran, the United States and Gulf states have renewed concern over regional security and the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran says reopening the Strait of Hormuz depends on US action over sanctions, frozen assets and military pressure, keeping energy markets focused on one of the world?s most important shipping routes.
A travel account from Tehran to Mashhad portrays Iran as resilient and unsettled at once, showing a population carrying war’s pressures while still searching for normal life.

Pakistan says high-level talks in Tehran produced progress toward reviving Iran-US dialogue and reducing the risk of wider regional escalation.
President Donald Trump says US contact with Iran is continuing in a limited form, even as Tehran says negotiations are not direct and the Strait of Hormuz dispute remains unresolved

President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran will immediately reciprocate if Washington returns to commitments in the June memorandum, leaving a path back to talks.

Pakistan's role in U.S.-Iran diplomacy is giving Islamabad fresh strategic relevance while testing its ability to balance ties across a divided region.

Iran says it targeted US-linked bases in Jordan and the UAE after American forces struck rocket launchers on Larak Island near Hormuz.

Ukraine's president is making a serious new allegation about the depth of cooperation between two of the countries he considers adversaries, claiming Russia has been actively helping Iran target American military bases
Iran has denied UAE missile allegations while Abu Dhabi moves to suspend trade and financial transactions, raising fresh concerns for Gulf commerce, shipping and energy markets.

Iran says diplomacy with Washington can return if pressure gives way to trust and respect, while Qatar continues mediation around regional security and Hormuz shipping.
US and Saudi Arabian forces said they struck 'Iran-aligned terrorists' in Iraq in retaliation for recent attacks, coming after a short pause in the broader Iran war hostilities.

Iran held funerals in Kuhestak after a strike hit a wedding gathering, as US-Iran fighting and Gulf security fears intensified.
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Norway has praised Pakistan's mediation role between Washington and Tehran, reinforcing Islamabad's growing diplomatic profile in the conflict.

The September 1 SCO summit in Bishkek will bring the leaders of China, Russia, India, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asian states together amid global tensions.

Iran and Oman are close to a shipping framework for the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran says the agreement alone will not fully reopen the waterway.

A media report says Iran is considering an invitation to the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, but Tehran and the pact's three members have not officially confirmed it.

President Trump says he has signed two new orders targeting birthright citizenship. And, Iran is aiming to ban U.S. ships from the Strait of Hormuz