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A giant anti-Israel and anti-Netanyahu billboard is displayed at Enghelab Square in Tehran as tensions between Iran and the United States and Israel continue, on October 12, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. The billboard depicts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing an empty hall and carries Persian messages reading, 'More isolated with each passing day' and 'Al-Aqsa Flood is a definite defeat for the Zionist regime.' (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images, JTA)
October 20, 2026, 6:24 pm
Iran stalling on deal with US to hurt Trump politically ahead of midterms, Iranian officials say
Talks also hampered by deep distrust between the two nations as threat of renewed attacks looms; 2 tankers said to go up in flames after hitting mines in Hormuz
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers his Leader’s Speech during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
September 30, 2026, 8:17 pm
UK’s Burnham says ‘strong indications’ Iran involved in airbase incident
Iranian embassy says it ‘categorically rejects’ accusations that it was involved in suspicious activity around airbase used by US that triggered major security incident
By AFP
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to the media during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 25, 2026. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)
September 30, 2026, 5:09 pm
Iran indicates it received official US response to latest offer on ending war
Officials don’t say what reply contained; FM Araghchi updates Tehran cabinet on his trip to UN General Assembly; UK monitors says three ships hit in Hormuz
By Agencies
President Donald Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
September 22, 2026, 11:24 pm
Trump tells UN he may sign deal with Iran after midterms, or ‘annihilate’ it instead
US president focuses much of his 38-minute General Assembly address on Iran, touting accomplishments against ‘bully of the Middle East’ in recent war; mentions Israel only once, Netanyahu not at all
By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (C) arrives for the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 22, 2026. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
September 22, 2026, 5:44 pm
Seeking talks, Iran offers to open Hormuz if US ends blockade, curtails military threat
Rubio suggests US open to talks with Tehran on sidelines of UN General Assembly, says ‘no harm in engaging’ but cautions that the Islamic Republic is run by ‘lunatic clerics’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mohsen Rezaei, former commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who was named on August 9, 2026, as the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, attends a ceremony at Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran, on June 4, 2026. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)
September 15, 2026, 2:21 pm
After Trump floats talks, Iran security chief rejects negotiations until ‘conditions’ met
Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei declares ‘stakes around oil and the straits have changed,’ vows Tehran will only talk if all its conditions are met
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump (left) seen signing the Persian-language version of the memorandum of understanding with Iran, at the Palace of Versailles in France, June 17, 2026. (Screenshot/White House via X); Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signs the MOU in a photo released June 17, 2026, by the regime-run IRNA news agency. (IRNA via X)
August 17, 2026, 5:23 pm
As 60-day MOU expires, the US and Iran are even further apart than before
With both sides refusing to compromise on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending the US naval blockade, there is no clear path out of the war that began on February 28
By AP
A woman waves an Iranian flag next to a billboard showing a graphic of a man wearing a shirt showing the face of late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with words calling upon the avengers of Imam Hussein, in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, August 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 8, 2026, 7:44 pm
In risky gamble, Iran bets control over Strait of Hormuz can force Trump to bend
Tehran believes US munitions shortages and voter discontent over high energy prices give it upper hand, but prolonged war and economic pain could turn its leverage into a liability
By Joseph Krauss and AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY
US President Donald Trump talks to reporters before he boards Air Force One, August 4, 2026, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
August 5, 2026, 4:11 am
Trump says ‘all-day’ talks held with Iran, deal could happen on Wednesday or Thursday
Rubio: Progress made, but there’s still work do to; report says US used up 80% of THAAD interceptors during war; crew of Indian ship rescued after being sunk in Houthi-targeted Red Sea
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on July 12, 2026 shows cargo ships anchoring near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan (AFPTV/AFP)
July 13, 2026, 5:21 pm
Trump to resume blockade of Iran’s ports, says US ‘guardian’ of Hormuz, will charge ‘20% on all cargo’
Iran fires on ships, again targets Gulf neighbors; Tehran accuses US of hampering talks on strait; Germany, France and Britain condemn Iranian attacks in waterway
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
A woman holds a sign reading 'We'll Kill Trump' while waiting in Islamic Revolution Square for the funeral procession of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei beneath a billboard depicting Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, July 6, 2026. (Altaf Qadri/AP)
July 12, 2026, 8:28 am
Trump suggests standing order to destroy Iran if it kills him, but it’s not that simple
US has no way to create an automatic, preauthorized ‘dead man’s switch’ retaliation; decision on how to respond would fall on his successor, Vice President JD Vance
By Will Weissert
Footage posted to social media shows the interception of Iranian missiles over Jordan, July 9, 2026. (Screenshots/Al Jazeera via Youtube)
July 9, 2026, 5:20 pm
Iran fires 10 missiles at Jordan after US strikes reported near Bushehr nuclear plant
Tehran accuses US of targeting nuclear power plant perimeter; Iran also launches drones and missiles at Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A cyclist rides past a billboard bearing pictures of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along a street in Baghdad on July 2, 2026, ahead of his funeral in Tehran. (Ahmad al-Rubate/AFP)
July 8, 2026, 5:34 am
Lawsuit accuses US of sharing confidential info on Iranian asylum seekers with Iran
Homeland Security Department denies sharing asylum application records with Iranian regime, which would violate national immigration regulations
By SAFIYAH RIDDLE
Iran's team stands for their national anthem during the World Cup Group G soccer match between Egypt and Iran in Seattle, June 26, 2026. (Manu Fernandez/AP)
June 28, 2026, 8:00 am
Iran narrowly knocked out of World Cup after tumultuous contest on and off field
Last minute 3-3 draw between Austria and Algeria causes elimination of Iranian soccer squad; team had complained of travel restrictions, visa denials and quick exits from US after matches
By JIM VERTUNO
Tel Aviv, June 22, 2026. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
June 22, 2026, 8:34 pm
Investors sour on Israel as US moves to end fighting, blunting market’s wartime gains
As stocks rise across the globe on news of war with Iran ending, Tel Aviv sees sharp declines amid waning confidence in prospect of new Mideast and improved geopolitical landscape
By Sharon Wrobel
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