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Monday, June 16, 2025
TopicIran-US tensions

Topic: Iran-US tensions

Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq prepared to disarm to avert escalating conflict with Trump

Move follows warnings issued privately by US officials since Trump came to power, according to Reuters. Groups fear American airstrikes & now have Revolutionary Guard's blessing to disband.

‘US will receive a strong blow,’ Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei rebuffs Trump threat over nuclear deal

Trump threatened that Iran would be bombed if it does not accept his offer for talks outlined in a letter sent in early March, giving Tehran a two-month window to make a decision.

Trump to kill what’s left of Iran nuclear deal before confronting UN

The US and a few Mideast allies are declaring the end of the nuclear deal while most other Security Council members disagree with the latest example of Trump’s 'America First' foreign policy.

Raisina Dialogue opens to talks on US-Iran, Afghan peace initiatives, climate change

On day one of the three-day meet, foreign minister S. Jaishankar said India's policy will seek to achieve a broad engagement with parties and contribute to the global good.

Modi govt’s major tool to save India from US-Iran conflict’s fallout – 2020 Budget

India, which enjoys cordial relations with both Iran and US, must delicately balance its stressed economy as global events spin out of control.

Trump’s Soleimani strike pays off for now after Iran backs away

Soleimani's assassination was a dramatic show of strength that, at least for now, reset the power dynamic between the US and Iran.

What we know about the 2 US air bases in Iraq targeted by Iran

Iran fired at the al-Asad and Erbil US air bases in Iraq, escalating an already tense situation that began last week after Iranian Gen Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike.

This is no time for the US to snub Iran’s foreign minister

For the first time in years, Iran’s foreign minister might actually matter. The US couldn’t have picked a worse moment to make him a persona non grata.

Hardliners in US and Iran are each other’s best friend despite tensions

Gen Qassem Soleimani's assassination is the latest and most conclusive evidence that Iranian revolutionaries have no greater friends than their supposed enemies in Washington.

How will Iran respond to killing of Qassem Soleimani? We are about to find out

Anybody who claims to know how the Islamic Republic will respond, is either a liar or a fool.

On Camera

Uttarakhand crash shows how cheap a pilgrim’s life is. Helicopter rides cheaper than pony

Some answers can be found in tender documents issued by Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) which runs the heli-tourism wing for and on behalf of the Uttarakhand state government.

Three yrs since launch, govt-backed e-commerce network ONDC is a tortoise running with the hares

Built as a novel concept to ‘democratise’ e-commerce in India, ONDC has seen limited success in specific pockets. But it’s still an emerging player in a highly competitive market.

Pakistan’s claim on 3 Rafales shot down ‘inaccurate’, better than F-35 & Chinese fighters—Dassault CEO

Pakistan claimed it shot down 6 Indian fighter jets—including 3 Rafales—during Operation Sindoor. The French aircraft manufacturer Dassault makes the Rafale.

India-Pakistan terms of engagement: H-word, M-word & the Trump hyphenation

Return to hyphenation is dreaded because our successive govts have laboured for three decades to rid us of what we see as the equivalence big powers used to draw between us and Pakistan. Three things follow.