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Iran has ruled out any future negotiations with the United States until President Donald Trump's term ends in January 2029. "Trump will not reach an agreement with us. We will accompany him until his term ends," declared Majid Shakeri, an adviser to Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
The declaration is a masterclass in geopolitical grandstanding. While Tehran publicly shuts the door on diplomacy, it's simultaneously issuing **six new...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a 15-point Gaza peace plan backed by US President Donald Trump in a rare public break between the two allies. Netanyahu declared that the Israeli Defense Forces will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely disarmed," insisting on full disarmament of heavy and light weapons rather than what he termed "fictitious disarmament." The plan, proposed by Trump's Board of Peace in July, envisioned a phased...
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirmed that the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement is “technically the same as NATO’s Article 5,” with any armed attack on one signatory treated as an attack on all three. Speaking to Anadolu agency, Fidan stressed the pact “does not identify Iran, or any other country, as a common threat” and is “not directed against Iran or any other country.” The agreement, signed Friday by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, **Turkish...
Trump warns Iran the Strait of Hormuz will open 'very soon' or Tehran will get 'hit very hard,' escalating tensions as the U.S. and Oman work on an interim agreement. The strait, a critical oil chokepoint, has been effectively blockaded by Iran, which wants to charge users for passage—a move the U.S. fiercely opposes. The warning sets the stage for a week of energy security drama.
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on Friday, creating a new mutual defence bloc that pledges an attack on one is an attack on all. The pact, signed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, is aimed at strengthening collective deterrence amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran. Analysts see it as a...
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What happens next: All eyes turn to the **August 19...
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan are set to sign a landmark trilateral defence pact in Jeddah on Friday, a move dubbed the potential 'Islamic NATO'. The agreement comes after nearly a year of negotiations as Gulf states face unprecedented security challenges following the US and Israeli attack on Iran earlier this year.
This pact is fundamentally about regional power consolidation. Turkey, a NATO member, is hedging its bets by anchoring itself to Sunni...
Iran and Oman are finalizing a deal to jointly manage the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran says the agreement will ban U.S. and Israeli ships from the critical waterway, a move the Trump administration swiftly rejected.