CNN: President Donald Trump said he believes the Memorandum of Understanding with Tehran “is over,” but that negotiators can “keep talking if they want,” after the US and Iran exchanged strikes across the Middle East — casting doubt on the status of ongoing talks. Oil prices jumped after his comments, made at the NATO summit in Turkey.
Surge of attacks: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said they attacked American military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait after the US launched strikes and reimposed sanctions on Iranian oil sales, following attacks on ships near the Strait of Hormuz…
New US attacks on Iran were absolutely necessary, NATO chief says
“When you have a ceasefire and Iran is basically violating the ceasefire, I think it is totally crucial that the U.S. forcefully react,” Rutte told reporters before a summit of NATO leaders in Ankara…
US reinstates sanctions on Iranian oil sales after LNG, oil tanker attacks
The U.S. move came after three tankers reported being struck by unknown projectiles in and near the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, the British navy-affiliated agency UKMTO said in a report. There was no immediate comment from Tehran, or any claim of responsibility.
The U.S. official said negotiators continued to work in good faith toward a final agreement with Iran despite the latest escalation…
Trump Lashes Out at Europe at NATO Summit
President Trump assailed allies for not joining the war in Iran, called Spain “hopeless” and repeated his desire to control Greenland. His criticism cast a pall over a meeting critical for NATO’s future…
Iran projects regional power as Khamenei funeral heads to Iraq
“The Iranian regime is trying to project force, to say that its axis of resistance not only managed to face this existential threat, but it came out stronger,” said Harith Hasan, an Iraqi academic at the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies in Doha.
It is an attempt “to show that they’re still influential, that their regional project is still supported not only by Iranians but by Shia Arabs and Muslims all over the region”…
Trump orders halt to US trade with Spain over NATO spending, Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an immediate halt to all trade with NATO ally Spain, escalating tensions over defence spending and the Iran war, despite European Union rules requiring trade negotiations to be conducted as a single bloc…