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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday it was time to end the months-long war with the United States because Tehran was in a position of strength over Washington

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf speaks during a 40-day commemoration ceremony for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Imam Hassan Mosque in Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. Hadi Mizban/APhide caption

Iran’s parliament passed a resolution early this week that would increase punishments for Iranians who interact in any way with foreign media outlets, organizations or individuals. 

Tehran’s grocery stores are well-stocked, but many families can barely afford the basics. Unemployment is soaring and those with jobs are working more hours for money worth half as much as a year ago, putting food, medicine and everything else —  except for heavily subsidized gasoline — further out of reach

Fifty Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in the initial months of the Israel-Hamas war, whose remains were recently recovered from under the rubble, were buried in a mass funeral on Thursday in Gaza City. (AP Production by: Wafaa Shurafa)

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said the war with Iran has entered a “new phase where the most effective tool that we have is the economic pressure that we can apply to them.”

The United States resumes its naval blockade on Iranian ports, a move President Donald Trump details as a strategic shift from previous plans. Miad Maleki, a former senior U.S. Treasury official, discusses the economic and geopolitical implications of this decision. Trump emphasizes the importance of Gulf States contributing to security in the Strait of Hormuz

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• Expanding conflict:The United Arab Emirates said it issuspending all trade with Iran “in light of regional escalations.” Iran has denied firingtwo ballistic missiles the UAE said were “targeting maritime navigation.”

Iran has considered attacking U.S. military targets in Europe if the war escalates, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing two regime insiders