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Iran warns against new escalation by US and allies
Iran said any new attack would bring sustained retaliation against U.S. bases and interests, while the State Department warned of possible escalation.
- On Sunday, Iran warned against any new attack by the United States and its allies, claiming to have intelligence suggesting such a move was being prepared and threatening sustained retaliation against United States bases and interests.
- Tensions surged Saturday after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis carried out strikes on Riyadh and a major oil facility in Yanbu, with forces advancing along the Red Sea coast amid the country's reignited civil war.
- The United States State Department issued a security alert Saturday warning of potential escalation in the Middle East, urging Americans to exercise vigilance amid possible flight cancellations and airspace closures as the conflict nears seven months old.
- Houthi gains at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have severed energy exports from the Gulf, while a United States blockade of Iranian ports compounds economic damage to the Islamic Republic.
- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf stated Iran will continue fighting and negotiating, as the June ceasefire remains collapsed with little sign of diplomatic progress and neither side willing to make major concessions.
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The Tehran regime is still calling for the lifting of the United States naval blockade, the release of frozen funds and the end of the war.
Iran's chief negotiator said on Sunday that Tehran has conveyed to Washington, through intermediaries, its conditions for reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which it has blocked throughout the war in the Middle East. The two opposing sides are at an impasse, months after the conflict began with US-Israeli attacks on Iran in late February. Since then, Tehran has kept the Strait of Hormuz - a vital sea route for the transport of oil and gas…
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Total News Sources61
Leaning Left6Leaning Right12Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Right
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources lean Right
46% Right
L 23%
C 31%
R 46%
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