Military bases across the country are stepping up security measures amid the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. U.S. Northern Command, which is responsible for the defense of North America, has directed military installations to put in place 11 additional “force protection” measures to enhance safety and security, the command said in a statement. The measures are…
According to President Trump, the United States attacked Iran because the Islamic Republic posed “imminent threats” to the U.S. and its allies, including through its use of terrorist proxies and continued pursuit of nuclear weapons. “Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas and our allies throughout the world,” he…
TEHRAN — In January 1979, the shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, left a nation that erupted in celebration at the end of his rule, ushering in the era of the Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. More than 47 years later, the death of Khomeini’s successor, Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, elicited similar scenes of…
At least three U.S. service members are among the hundreds confirmed dead in a widening war across the Middle East, set off by a string of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran this weekend that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Pledging to continue the “combat operations … in full force,” President Trump on Sunday…
”America first” was Donald Trump’s promise on the 2024 campaign trail, but his administration broke that oath late Friday when it launched a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. Now the president’s staunchest supporters are echoing the anti-war cries of lefties. It’s an odd turn of events when MAGA mouthpiece Tucker Carlson and lefty icon Jane…
BEIRUT — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday, had over more than 30 years in power demonized the United States, called for the destruction of Israel and maintained an iron-clad grip on Iran’s politics while advancing its influence across the Middle East. President Trump announced Khamenei’s…
Israel and the United States launched an air campaign against Iran on Saturday, striking across the country in what President Trump says was a “massive and ongoing operation” aimed at razing Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities, thwarting Tehran’s support to proxies and the destruction of its theocratic government. The attacks spurred a furious Iranian retaliation,…
Embassy staffers and dependents evacuating, airlines suspending service, eyes in Iran warily turning skyward for signs of an attack. The prospects of a showdown between the U.S. and Iran loom ever higher, as massive American naval and air power lies in wait off Iran’s shores and land borders. Yet little of that urgency is felt…