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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicUS-Iran

Topic: US-Iran

Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides’ emails after nuclear site strikes on Tehran

Hackers claim to have about 100 GB of emails from White House Chief Susie Wiles, Trump's lawyer Lindsey Halligan, adviser Roger Stone, and Trump critic Stormy Daniels.

Israel-US air power forced Iran to choose regime survival over war

The stark reality is that Iran capitulated. It opted for regime survival and oil wealth preservation rather than going the Afghanistan way.

US will strike again if Iran rebuilds nuclear programme, says President Donald Trump

Trump had earlier claimed that strikes on Tehran had completely destroyed Iran's nuclear sites. US intel, however, deferred by saying it was 'pushed back only by a few months'.

B-2 stealth bombers, 6 ‘bunker busters’—how US strikes on Iran unfolded

The B-2 Spirit bomber is manned by a two-person crew, consisting of a pilot and mission commander. The crew would have meticulously prepared for this 40-hour mission over Iran.

‘Voted Trump, got Netanyahu as boss,’ Priyanka Chaturvedi mocks US president amid Iran strikes

The strikes in the early hours targeted Iran's nuclear sites in Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow. Fardow is Iran's main enrichment location for uranium enrichment to 60 per cent.

Iran to present counter-proposal to US in nuclear talks

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran will soon hand a counter-proposal for a nuclear deal to the United States via Oman, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday, in response to a U.S.

IAEA says Iran carried out secret nuclear activities. Tehran terms report ‘politically motivated’

US intelligence agencies and IAEA have long believed Iran had a secret, coordinated nuclear weapons programme that it halted in 2003. Iran denies ever having had one.

Iran refuses to suspend uranium enrichment to secure nuclear deal with US

Amid ongoing negotiations mediated by Oman, there have been reports about a 3-year freeze on enrichment. Washington and Tehran have completed five rounds of talks to reach a nuclear deal.

At least 31 killed as US launches wave of air strikes against Houthis in Yemen

Trump warned Iran against supporting the group, declaring, 'America will hold you fully accountable, and we won’t be nice about it!'

US received intel about Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, no known connection with Thomas Crooks

The US Secret Service and the Trump campaign were notified of the Iranian threat, and security was boosted as a result, as confirmed by a US national security official.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Yudh Seva Medal for Major General SS Sharda, who led Indian Army’s info war during Op Sindoor

Independence Day honours for ADG Strat Comm team behind Op Sindoor’s strategic messaging, including the logo designer, for real-time narrative control & countering misinfo.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.