Middle East

Federal authorities have started the process of seizing Jamshid Ghomi’s assets, including his $35 million coastal mansion.

Lawmakers voted 215–208 for the Democrat-led measure to remove U.S. troops from armed hostilities with Iran.

The 1973 War Powers Resolution prohibits a president from keeping troops in active hostilities for more than 60 days without congressional approval.

In an interview with the New York Post, Trump confirmed an earlier report that he shouted expletives at the Israeli Prime Minister.

‘He’s involved, absolutely. Yeah, I think they have a lot of respect for him,’ the president said of Mojtaba Khamenei.

The U.S. military said Iran fired attack drones and missiles at targets across the Gulf overnight, with no American forces harmed in the strikes.

The OECD forecasts that if energy disruptions persist, global growth will slow to 2.1 percent in 2026 and 1.8 percent in 2027.

U.S. Central Command said Iran launched missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain on June 2, but none of them reached their intended targets.

The Treasury targeted Nobitex, whose cofounders are close associates of former Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei’s family.

The U.S. military reported the crew of the tanker M/T Lexie ignored repeated warnings over 24 hours before U.S. forces launched a missile at its engine room.

‘The conversations between us have been going on continuously,’ including on Tuesday, the president said.

The head of the shadowy Quds Force said Iran would move to block the Bab al‑Mandab Strait that links the Red Sea to the wider ocean.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington and Tehran are close to a deal, but he warned that progress is slowed by fractures in Iran’s leadership.

A report from Iran’s official state media suggests that the negotiations remain intact but that their fate depends on Israeli military actions in Lebanon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been unable to push through a bill exempting them from conscription.

The president says that ‘talks are continuing, at a rapid pace,’ with Iran despite a report from an Iranian semi-official news outlet saying talks had halted.

A UK maritime monitoring agency added that a large explosion was reported.

The United States said Monday that it bombed radar and drone sites in Iran.

Tehran warns it could suspend negotiations with Washington if attacks continue, but Trump says diplomacy remains on track.

Iran stated that it had struck an American airbase on June 1 but didn’t specify which base it had targeted.