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Trump: We Need to Hear 'Those Secret Words' From Iran

He says he will not allow the nation to have a nuclear weapon

(Newser) - President Trump didn't spend much time on Iran in his State of the Union address, but he vowed that he will not allow the "world's No. 1 sponsor of terror" to have a nuclear weapon. The line drew one of the strongest positive responses from Democrats all...

Trump Denies Reports Top General Is 'Reluctant' on Iran

President says Dan Caine predicts easy success, but multiple outlets suggest otherwise

(Newser) - As President Trump weighs possible military action against Iran, a strange dynamic is playing out: Multiple reports suggest his top general is leery about going forward, while Trump insists those reports are "100 percent incorrect." In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump wrote that Gen. Dan Caine,...

USS Ford Sailors Struggle With a Marathon Deployment

Families grapple with mission approaching record length as Trump sends ship near Iran

(Newser) - The USS Gerald R. Ford is on a deployment that could easily stretch to 11 months and set a Navy record, and it's wearing on the 5,000 people aboard and those waiting at home. The Wall Street Journal reports that President Trump has twice extended the carrier's...

Trump: I'm Considering Limited Strike on Iran

President acknowledges possible move amid nuclear talks

(Newser) - President Trump is openly weighing whether to hit Iran with what he calls a "limited" military strike if it refuses to accept new curbs on its nuclear program. Asked Friday if such an option was on the table to push Tehran toward a deal, the president replied, "I...

Washington's Iran Leverage: Lots of Firepower

Large military buildup continues as Trump weighs nuclear talks

(Newser) - The US is steadily massing warplanes and ships around Iran, giving President Trump the ability to launch the biggest air campaign in the region since the 2003 Iraq invasion—if he chooses to pull the trigger. F-35s, F-22s, and other fighters have been sent to bases in Jordan and Saudi...

Trump: Next 10 Days Will Tell the Tale on Iran
Trump Has a 10-Day
Warning for Iran
Feb 19, 2026 12:16 PM CST

Trump Has a 10-Day Warning for Iran

President suggests military action will follow if nuclear talks fail

(Newser) - President Trump says Iran has roughly a week and a half to decide whether it wants a nuclear deal—or a military strike. Speaking at the first meeting of his new Board of Peace in Washington on Thursday, Trump said the world would see "over the next, probably, 10...

Iran Partially Closes Strait of Hormuz

Live-fire drills coincided with US-Iran nuclear talks

(Newser) - Iran put part of the world's key oil artery on pause for a few hours on Tuesday. Tehran's Revolutionary Guard temporarily restricted traffic in sections of the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a safety measure during live-fire military drills, according to state media. The exercise, dubbed "Smart...

Deal or War? It's a Crucial Day for US and Iran

Trump, ayatollah each issue threats as nuclear talks resume

(Newser) - It's a crucial day for US-Iranian relations as talks resume on Tehran's nuclear program. Axios sees the summit in Geneva as a possible "make or break moment" that will determine whether the nations strike a deal or head to a military conflict. The leaders of both nations...

Ford Strike Group Heads to Mideast During Iran Talks

Trump says deployment is 'in case we don't make a deal'

(Newser) - President Trump is doubling down on a show of US naval power in the Middle East as he pushes for a fast-track deal with Iran over its nuclear program. The Pentagon will deploy the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group to the Gulf region, officials confirmed, adding a...

US Secretly Sent Thousands of Starlink Terminals to Iran

State Department covertly delivered satellite internet amid mass protests, per WSJ

(Newser) - Washington's quiet bet on Elon Musk's satellites in Iran turns out to have been much bigger than previously disclosed. US officials say the Trump administration secretly moved about 6,000 Starlink satellite internet terminals into Iran after security forces there crushed mass protests in January, killing thousands and...

Iran Adds 7 Years to Nobel Laureate's Sentence

Narges Mohammadi was days into a hunger strike

(Newser) - A court in Iran has imposed more prison time on Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi, her lawyer said Sunday, days after she began a hunger strike. Mostafa Nili posted on X that Mohammadi was sentenced to six additional years for "gathering and collusion" and another 18 months for...

Family of Nobel Laureate: 'Narges Will Never Be Silenced'

Narges Mohammadi starts a new hunger strike in Iran prison over her detention, lack of medical care

(Newser) - Iran's most prominent jailed activist is again refusing food. Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, has launched a new hunger strike in an Iranian prison to protest what she calls her illegal detention, harsh conditions, and isolation from family and lawyers, her relatives said in a statement...

Iranian Media Says US Talks Will Be Moved to Oman
US-Iran Talks Are Back On
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Feb 4, 2026 8:05 PM CST

US-Iran Talks Are Back On

Insiders say Arab countries urged US to accept change of venue from Turkey to Oman

(Newser) - US-Iran talks appear to be back on. After hours of indications that the anticipated talks were faltering over changes in the format and location, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said nuclear talks will take place in Oman on Friday, the AP reports. The Trump administration confirmed the US will take...

US Fighter Jet Shoots Down Iranian Drone in Arabian Sea

Pentagon says it was approaching a US vessel 'aggressively' with 'unclear intent'

(Newser) - Tensions between the US and Iran just ratcheted up a notch. An American fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that the Pentagon says "aggressively" approached a US aircraft carrier with "unclear intent," reports Reuters . The incident happened Tuesday in the Arabian Sea, and the vessel involved...

Oscar Nominee Arrested After Criticizing Iran's Leader

Mehdi Mahmoudian had signed a letter accusing supreme leader of mass killings

(Newser) - An Iranian screenwriter whose film is up for two Oscars is now behind bars in Tehran. Mehdi Mahmoudian, co-writer of Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident , was arrested after signing a statement blaming Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for a deadly crackdown on protesters, according to Neon, the film'...

Iran Says It Has Its 'Fingers on the Trigger' Over US Threats

Tehran demands end to threats from President Trump before considering direct negotiations

(Newser) - Iran's government says it's open to talking, but not while the US president is promising to hit it "with great power." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in Istanbul on Friday that Tehran won't hold direct talks with Washington unless President Trump drops his public...

EU: Iran's Revolutionary Guard Are Terrorists

European Union designates paramilitary group a terrorist organization

(Newser) - The European Union has listed Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization over Tehran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests, the bloc's top diplomat said in an X post on Thursday. Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, said that foreign ministers unanimously agreed on the...

Iran Still Has a 'Robust' Missile Force

Tehran has vowed to retaliate if US strikes

(Newser) - Israel may have bloodied Iran's forces in June's 12-day war, but it didn't knock out what matters most: missiles that can still reach US troops and allies across the Middle East. Analysts estimate Tehran retains roughly 2,000 medium-range ballistic missiles capable of striking as far as...

Man's 'Chilling' Plot to Kill for Iran Gets Him 15 Years

Carlisle Rivera schemed to assassinate Iranian American writer Masih Alinejad

(Newser) - A federal judge gave a would-be assassin the maximum 15 years in prison on Wednesday for plotting to kill an Iranian American writer on behalf of Tehran, after hearing the woman who was targeted describe multiple attempts on her life. Judge Lewis J. Liman said Carlisle Rivera's written conversations...

Trump Doubles Down on His 'Armada' Warning

President urges Iran to come to the negotiating table on nukes

(Newser) - Last week President Trump warned Iran that an "armada" was heading its way, said the same on Monday , and recycled the warning on Wednesday. In a Truth Social post, Trump cautioned that a "massive Armada" led by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is speeding toward Iran "...

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