March 23 (Reuters) – Iran’s veteran supreme leader and a host of other top figures and Revolutionary Guards commanders have been killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes but the ruling system has maintained its ability to strategise and operate in the war…
Category: 3. Middle East
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What cargo ships are passing Hormuz strait?
Just a trickle of cargo ships and tankers — most of them Iranian — have made it through the Strait of Hormuz since Iranian forces effectively blocked the crucial trade route in the Middle East war.
Here are facts and figures about vessels that…
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UK sending air defence systems to Gulf: PM
Britain is sending short-range air defence systems to the Gulf to help counter Iranian missile attacks, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday.
“We’re deploying short range air defence systems to Bahrain at speed,” Starmer told a parliamentary…
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Iran denies talks with US after Donald Trump claims Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff held meeting
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei denied on Monday that any talks with the United States had taken place, contradicting US President Donald Trump’s earlier statements that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had met with Iranian…
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Meet Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, IRGC-vetted figure at center of US talks
Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has emerged as one of the Islamic Republic’s most visible figures amid the conflict.
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At least 222 children orphaned in Iranian drug-related executions in 2025
Nearly 1000 out of the 1,212 people executed for drug-related offences in 2025 were murdered by the Islamic regime, according to the 15th report of Harm Reduction International published on Friday. The figure, which excludes unrecorded…
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Houthis preemptively preparing for conflict amid Iran war, UAE media says
The Houthis may be making preemptive moves ahead of any widening conflict in which they may be drawn in. Since the war with Iran began on February 28, the Houthis have been in the spotlight, with questions swirling about whether they may join the…
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Trump: Deal with Iran to end war close; Israel will be happy; strikes on energy sites postponed
In a bombshell announcement, US President Donald Trump revealed early Monday that his administration was engaged in productive talks with Iran regarding a “complete and total resolution” of the US-Israeli war with the Islamic…
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Iran backed militia delays attacks as US halts Iran strikes
The Iranian-backed militia Kata’ib Hezbollah says it is extending its pause in attacks on US forces for five days. The pause appears to coincide with US President Donald Trump also saying that he will postpone attacks on Iranian energy…
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US’ and Iran’s options for ending war narrow the longer it goes on
It emerged on Saturday that Iran had launched two missiles towards the US-UK base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, a distance of around 3,800km (2,300 miles). Although the missiles did not reach the island, the incident has raised fresh…
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