Elliott Abrams

Six months into war, reopening Hormuz and keeping energy prices down are now key US goals

So Trump administration officials did something unconventional — they went around Iran's negotiators and reached out directly to IRGC leadership

The war in Iran has for months effectively blocked off the Strait of Hormuz, constraining Middle Eastern output and putting upward pressure on fuel costs in the U.S. While these recovered following an announced agreement between the warring sides, this has reversed due to a breakdown in negotiations and the repeated exchange of strikes in the region

But Kosta quickly put those concerns aside after revealing Trump walked back his threats on Tuesday

It remains unclear what he meant by ships that are "made outside of the area."

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister warns that a renewed US naval blockade has dismantled their peace accord, vowing a non-proportional response that will make Washington regret its actions

President Donald Trump's memorandum of understanding with Iran remains unpublished days after he announced it, fueling bipartisan criticism and confusion

Uncertainty continues to surround the proposed US-Iran peace deal as analysts and officials question whether it will hold beyond the expected signing on 19 June

World leaders welcomed news of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal as negotiators work through key issues before Friday's signing

The narrow waterway, which handles roughly one-fifth of global oil trade — about 20 million barrels per day — has become the focal point of escalating friction between Washington and Tehran

White House pushed Pakistan to broker temporary Iran ceasefire

Soon after, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed the ceasefire on X, giving a world on edge a chance to breathe again

Trump: Iran’s civilisation will die tonight

The dramatic rhetoric came with roughly 12 hours remaining before Trump's self-imposed 8 p.m. EDT deadline for Iran to reopen the vital waterway, through which roughly one-fifth of global oil supplies pass

The war in the Middle East has sent prices soaring, showing how much the world continues to depend on reliable supplies of oil and gas

The world remains dependent on reliable oil and gas supplies, even though two-thirds of global spending in the energy sector now go to cleaner alternatives such as solar power that are growing much more quickly

Over the past 12 months, a series of political and military crises has erupted in different parts of the world

But that resilience masks a potentially toxic shift of income from households to "Big Energy" — and packs big risks in an election year

President Trump on Saturday evening dismissed one of Tehran’s few surviving leaders’ threats against the U.S as its military campaign in Iran enters its second week

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has drawn rebukes from hardliners in his country for apologizing over attacks on neighboring states

Gulf Nations Increasingly Anxious Over Trump’s War Against Iran

Missile launches from Iran have slowed, but relentless drone volleys could deplete air defenses in the region

Gulf Nations Increasingly Anxious Over Trump’s War Against Iran

Iran has unleashed its 21st wave of “True Promise 4,” firing Kheibar Sheikan missiles and suspected cluster warheads that have set parts of central Israel and the Tel Aviv area ablaze, even as Israelis spend hours sheltering underground

For days, Gulf countries enduring Iranian strikes have stressed that they may respond in kind, but five days into punishing assaults they have held off on joining the fray

One official conveyed the deep frustration and even anger among Gulf countries regarding what they perceive as insufficient defence from the US military

Trump denies Israel forced him into war with Iran

The remarks offered a glimpse of Washington’s thinking about the political future of Iran as tensions escalate following US military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities

Prominent conservatives are balking at President Donald Trump’s war with Iran in ways they didn’t when he struck Iran’s nuclear facilities last year and Venezuela two months ago

Israel widened its offensive against Iran and its regional allies on Tuesday, striking Iranian-backed Hezbollah positions in Lebanon as Tehran retaliated by targeting Gulf states that host US military bases

The opening 48 hours of the current U.S.-Israeli campaign suggest that Iran has nearly replenished its missile stockpile since the 12-day war in June and refined its capabilities for this round of fighting

Public frustration over stalled nuclear negotiations with Iran quickly escalated into a sweeping US military operation that reshaped Tehran’s leadership and unsettled global markets

Iran will also be trying to exhaust the number of expensive missile interceptors held by its enemies

Safe havens in the Mideast like Dubai have seen incoming fire; hundreds of thousands of airline passengers are stranded around the globe; oil prices shot up; and U.S. allies pledged to help stop Iranian missiles and drones

An Iranian drone has reportedly struck a US Navy base in Bahrain as Tehran retaliates to ongoing US-Israeli strikes across the country

President Trump has become increasingly willing to assert American power overseas, a decade after propelling himself to the highest office by promising to focus on “America first.”

Explosions rock Abu Dhabi as Iranian missiles trigger emergency alerts, one person is killed by falling shrapnel, and Dubai’s iconic Fairmont The Palm suffers blast damage with multiple injuries reported

Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s leader, has taken big risks standing up to Mr. Trump

Trump moves from diplomacy to threat

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its strike group are due to arrive in the Arabian Sea in the coming days

For decades only diehard royalists took Reza Pahlavi seriously

He seemed more interested in his suntan than recovering his sun-and-lion flag