News Archive Total: 10
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| 5/12/2026 | Reuters | US war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far, Pentagon says | The United States' war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Tuesday, an increase of $4 billion from an estimate provided late last month. With just six months before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump's Republicans may face an uphill battle to keep their House majority, Democrats are riding high in public opinion polls as they attempt to link the war with cost of living issues. | Link |
| 5/12/2026 | NYTimes | Trump Says Iran Must Make Deal or Face Renewed Attacks | As he departed for China on Tuesday, President Trump sought to assuage concerns that the cease-fire with Iran was in peril, telling reporters at the White House that “we have Iran very much under control.” But he also reiterated that “we’re either going to make a deal or they’re going to be decimated.” Iran’s government showed no sign of backing down from its hard-line negotiating stance. On social media, Kazem Gharibabadi, a deputy foreign minister, said Iran’s position was that any peace deal must include reparations for Iran, Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, and an end to U.S. sanctions. | Link |
| 5/12/2026 | NYTimes | U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities | The Trump administration’s public portrayal of a shattered Iranian military is sharply at odds with what U.S. intelligence agencies are telling policymakers behind closed doors, according to classified assessments from early this month that show Iran has regained access to most of its missile sites, launchers and underground facilities. Most alarming to some senior officials is evidence that Iran has restored operational access to 30 of the 33 missile sites it maintains along the Strait of Hormuz, which could threaten American warships and oil tankers transiting the narrow waterway. | Link |
| 5/11/2026 | WaPo | Trump calls Iran’s response to peace plan ‘unacceptable’ as ceasefire is tested | President Donald Trump called Iran’s response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war “totally unacceptable.” Trump’s comments Sunday came hours after Tehran said, according to state media, that it sent a response to the peace plan through Pakistani mediators. The back and forth follows an exchange of hostilities around the Strait of Hormuz in recent days that highlighted the fragility of a ceasefire the two sides reached more than a month ago. | Link |
| 5/10/2026 | NYTimes | Iran Responds to U.S. Proposal to End the War, Iranian State Media Says | Iran has formally responded to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war, Iranian state media said on Sunday, after a tense week of attacks and counterattacks in the Persian Gulf has rattled the fragile truce. But the announcement provided few details about whether a comprehensive agreement could follow. Negotiators for Iran passed their response to Pakistan mediators, who have been brokering the talks, according to Iran’s state broadcaster. White House officials did not respond to a request for comment on Iran’s response. | Link |
| 5/10/2026 | NYTimes | Mass Layoffs in Iran as Businesses Buckle Under Wartime Pressures | In mid-March, Babak, a 49-year-old Iranian product designer at a tech company in Tehran, was called into his boss’s office and told that his position was being eliminated. Iran’s government had shut down the internet two weeks earlier, at the outset of U.S.-Israeli war on the country, throwing the country’s tech industry into chaos and making Babak’s job impossible. | Link |
| 5/9/2026 | TOI | Israel built and defended secret base deep in Iraqi desert to support Iran air campaign | Israel set up a secret military base in the Iraqi desert to support its aerial campaign against Iran, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing US officials and other sources. According to the sources, Israel built the base shortly before the war began in late February to serve as a hub for logistics to support the Israeli Air Force. | Link |
| 5/9/2026 | Reuters | US, Iran no closer to ending war as Tehran's response awaited | A state of relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran's response to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting and begin peace talks. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Washington expected a response within hours. But a day later, there was no sign of movement from Tehran on the proposal, which would formally end the war before talks on more contentious issues, including Iran's nuclear program. | Link |
| 5/9/2026 | MO | Iran’s ‘mosquito fleet’ of small attack boats has struck 26 ships since the war began — and the US Navy can’t sink them all | Sometime before dawn on May 3, 2026, a bulk carrier transiting the Strait of Hormuz was swarmed by multiple small craft operating near Iranian waters. The vessel reported the attack to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center and kept moving. The next day, a tanker north of Fujairah, the major bunkering port on the Gulf of Oman side of the strait, was hit by unknown projectiles. Neither ship’s name, flag state, nor cargo has been publicly confirmed. What is confirmed is that these were not isolated events. They were the latest in a campaign of fast-boat raids that has made the world’s most important oil chokepoint a combat zone. | Link |
| 5/7/2026 | NYTimes | Tehran Says It Is Discussing Plan With U.S. to End Hostilities | Iranian officials said on Thursday that their country is discussing with the United States a one-page proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end hostilities for 30 days while they try to reach a comprehensive peace settlement. The plan has three main points, according to three senior Iranian officials: the lifting of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ships and ports, the opening of the strait to commercial traffic, and an end to the fighting. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations. U.S. officials did not respond to requests for comment | Link |