News Archive Total: 10
| Date | Source | Headline | Item | Link |
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| 6/11/2026 | AP | Trump says he’s called off new military strikes on Iran after threatening escalation | President Donald Trump said Thursday he has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war. Trump had threatened major strikes on Iran and to seize control of its oil and gas industries as escalating attacks between the countries pushed the Middle East closer to full-scale war. | Link |
| 6/10/2026 | NYTimes | Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Strikes Iran Again After Trump Says Talks Are Taking Too Long | The United States launched a new wave of airstrikes on Iran early Thursday morning local time, hours after President Trump vowed to keep up military pressure on Tehran because Iranian leaders were taking “too long to negotiate.” The U.S. Central Command said the attack began at 5:15 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday. Explosions were heard in Qeshm and Kish Islands near the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the southern cities of Minab and Sirik, and air defenses sounded alarms in the capital of Tehran, according to Iranian state news outlet. | Link |
| 6/10/2026 | WaPo | U.S., Iran negotiate via ultimatums and attacks with ceasefire on the brink | The latest exchange of attacks between the United States and Iran may mark the end of a fragile ceasefire that has withstood numerous violations over the past two months. “The Bully of the Middle East is dead,” President Donald Trump wrote early Wednesday on social media after Iranian missiles struck U.S. assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan. The strikes were in retaliation for U.S. attacks on southern Iran near the Strait of Hormuz in response to what Trump said was Iran’s downing of a U.S. helicopter over the strait on Tuesday. | Link |
| 6/10/2026 | Reuters | Iran’s coordinated strikes on US Gulf bases | Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for missile and drone attacks on U.S. military facilities in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain, citing retaliation for American strikes near the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military said its strikes targeted Iranian air defenses and radar sites after Tehran downed a U.S. Apache helicopter, whose crew was rescued unharmed. Regional militaries reported intercepting most incoming threats, but the attacks mark a sharp escalation since the April ceasefire and risk further destabilizing already tense Gulf security. | Link |
| 6/9/2026 | NYTimes | U.S. Launches Strikes on Iran After Trump Vowed to Retaliate for Downed Helicopter | The United States launched what it described as “self-defense strikes” against Iran on Tuesday, in retaliation for the shooting down of a U.S. helicopter gunship near the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier. “The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” the U.S. Central Command said in a statement, adding that the airstrikes were launched at 5 p.m. Eastern time. | Link |
| 6/9/2026 | Telegraph | Trump vows retaliation after Iran shoots down US Apache | Donald Trump vowed that the US would respond after Iran shot down a US Apache helicopter, stranding its two pilots near the Strait of Hormuz. Both pilots, who were unharmed, were rescued by a sea drone in a first-of-its-kind rescue mission on Monday. The pair were picked up by a Corsair surface boat before being evacuated by helicopter. | Link |
| 6/8/2026 | NYTimes | Iran Signals It Will Halt Strikes Against Israel After Hours of Attacks | Iran signaled that it was ready to wind down a military escalation with Israel on Monday after the adversaries traded attacks for hours, shattering a fragile two-month cease-fire and bringing the Middle East back to the precipice of full-blown war. In remarks carried by Iranian state television on Monday afternoon, Iran’s military said that it was ceasing its attacks for now. But it warned that if Israel resumed its own strikes, including in southern Lebanon, “much harsher and more forceful actions than before will follow.” | Link |
| 6/8/2026 | WaPo | Airstrikes intensify as Israel-Iran clashes leave ceasefire on brink | The intensifying strikes on Monday occurred just hours after Trump told reporters that he was days away from a deal with Tehran and would call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge restraint. Trump’s call to Netanyahu came after Israel had carried out an airstrike on Sunday in Beirut, where the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah is headquartered, triggering a retaliatory ballistic missile barrage from Iran that marked a significant escalation and the first direct blows between the Middle Eastern archenemies since April. | Link |
| 6/7/2026 | MEAWW | Iran offers a 30-day Hormuz reopening plan as US-Iran standoff continues | Iran could impose a 30-day waiting period before reopening the strategically crucial Strait of Hormuz under its administration, according to a member of the country's negotiating team, adding a new layer of uncertainty. Majid Shakeri, who participated in recent talks in Islamabad, said Tehran is considering a proposal that would link the reopening of the strait to the removal of perceived threats from the United States and its allies. | Link |
| 6/7/2026 | US eyes Iranian assets for Gulf allies' reconstruction, source says | Reuters | The U.S. will attempt to redirect Iranian assets to Gulf states for rebuilding and repairs of damage caused by Iran, a source familiar with the matter said, as Tehran followed up a wave of strikes against Kuwait and Bahrain with further drone launches. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has directed a team to assess costs for damage inflicted on Gulf allies by Iran, the source said on Saturday, adding the U.S. will consider using Iranian assets for repairs of any future destruction as well. | Link |