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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
TopicUS-Iran relations

Topic: US-Iran relations

Iran’s Qassem Soleimani was on Bush and Obama’s kill list too but Trump went for the attack

Top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani whom Donald Trump ordered killed was trained to disregard human lives.

How Modi govt’s budget could be affected by US air strikes to kill Iranian general

Oil prices rose close to $70 a barrel in international markets after US air strikes killed Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian general.

How Trump crushed Iran economy, stoked largest stir since 1979 Islamic revolution

The immediate trigger for the ongoing protests in Iran, which started earlier this month, was a 50% hike in petrol prices.

Attack on Saudi Arabia shows Iran is a threat, demands a united global response

World powers can disapprove of Trump's policies, but they need to recognise a regime that willfully endangers the global economy.

Where is Iran’s fleet of oil tankers? Analysts and traders are on a quest

If there’s one point on which companies monitoring Iran agree, it’s that the US hasn’t yet achieved its goal: oil is still flowing from the country.

US sanctions on Iran’s Javad Zarif is either a masterstroke or a blunder

US President Trump's North Korea strategy of waging an economic war first and then charming leaders during negotiations won't work for Iran if its chief negotiator is sanctioned.

Oil tankers perform vanishing act in Hormuz as tensions escalate

Oil tanker owners are doing everything possible to minimize risk in the Strait of Hormuz, a dangerous energy chokepoint. But rising US-Iran tensions in the Gulf region are no help.

Trump’s propaganda efforts won’t win hearts and minds of Iranians

Iranians know propaganda when they see it. So, US's efforts to convince them their state problems stem from misrule, and not Washington, won't work.

Arvind Panagariya wants glasses for all, and Arun Sukumar on the 5G dilemma

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Iran mute on nuclear deal breach as remaining parties ‘scramble’ to find solution

Iranian President had said that it would no longer comply with the 300-kg uranium cap after the U.S. revoked waivers to buyers of Iranian oil.

On Camera

Akbar wasn’t a Hindu-made hero. Don’t use communal filters to frame his legacy

What made him ‘Akbar the Great’ was not the might of his armies alone, but the political architecture he built to sustain power over a subcontinent teeming with diversity.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.