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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
TopicIran-US tensions

Topic: Iran-US tensions

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.

European leaders scramble to work out a response to escalating US-Iran tensions

The assassination of an Iranian general was a disaster for EU, with the bloc's Middle East strategy now shredded and the nuclear deal dead in all but name.

2020 forecasts for emerging markets sent awry as US-Iran tensions drain risk assets

The killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani has sent a shudder through risk assets, managing to eclipse the optimism over the US-China trade deal.

After Qassem Soleimani killing, Iran could make oil a weapon of choice

There is no particular reason to expect that Iran’s retaliation will target oil, except that even the best guarded of the industry’s installations have been shown to be vulnerable.

Soleimani’s killing: Iran’s Rouhani vows revenge, Trump waves US flag, war clouds gather

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Trump’s latest middle east action is either bold or reckless

The US strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani, a man regarded as the second most powerful person in Iran, comes 2 days into Trump’s re-election year, and while he faces an impeachment trial.

Top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani killed in US airstrike in Baghdad

The death of Soleimani, who led the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force, heightened fears of an armed conflict between the US and Iran.

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Bads of Bollywood can’t get more brazenly nepo. The joke’s on us

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.