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Iran-Tied Hackers Leak Patel's Personal Emails

'Handala Hack Team' disseminated FBI chief's old personal and work messages, as well as photos

(Newser) - FBI Director Kash Patel is now among the apparent targets of a hacking crew that Western researchers tie to Iran. The group calling itself "Handala Hack Team" says it broke into Patel's personal Gmail account and has posted photos and documents it claims came from his inbox, reports...

Report: US May Send 10K More Troops to MidEast

Trump says he has extended deadline for Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz

(Newser) - The Pentagon is reportedly eyeing a major troop boost in the Middle East even as the White House talks up possible diplomacy with Iran. The Wall Street Journal , citing Pentagon officials "with knowledge of the planning," reports that the Defense Department is considering sending as many as 10,...

Trump Explains 'Big Present' From Iran

He says officials let oil tankers sail through Strait of Hormuz as a gesture of good faith

(Newser) - During Thursday's Cabinet meeting, President Trump explained the " very big present " he said the US had received from Iran on Tuesday. The president said Iran had agreed to let Pakistan-flagged oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz as a gesture of good faith, the Telegraph reports....

Trump Says Iran 'Better Get Serious Soon'

He claims 'strange' negotiators are 'begging to make a deal'

(Newser) - President Trump is warning Tehran that the clock is ticking. With a five-day halt on US strikes against Iran's energy facilities set to end Saturday, Trump said Thursday that Iran must "get serious soon" about talks "before it is too late."
  • "The Iranian negotiators are
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Iran Says It's Collecting Tolls on Strait of Hormuz

After reportedly asking $2M of an oil tanker, government aims to put plan in writing

(Newser) - Iran says it's letting certain ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz—for a fee. As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues, "Iran will continue to impose fees for the safe passage of ships through the strait," an Iranian Foreign Ministry rep was quoted as telling state-aligned...

Israel Says It's Taken Out Another Big Iranian Name

Iran's Alireza Tangsiri, the IRGC's naval chief, is dead, according to Israel Katz

(Newser) - Israel says it has taken out a top Iranian military figure in a strike it's framing as help for Washington. Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday announced that an overnight attack killed Alireza Tangsiri, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' navy chief, and other senior naval officers allegedly involved in...

Zelensky Says Russia Is Blackmailing the US

Moscow's support for Iran, including reported drone deliveries, may hinge on one point

(Newser) - Russia is reportedly gearing up to arm Iran, the very ally that's been arming it. Western intelligence officials say Moscow is close to completing a delivery of drones, as well as medicine and food, to Iran—a shift that would mark Russia's first confirmed supply of lethal hardware to Tehran...

Netanyahu Orders Military to Step Up Strikes on Iran

Israel aims to wipe out military infrastructure before possible ceasefire

(Newser) - Israel's leadership is trying to hit Iran's military infrastructure hard and fast before possible US-Iran diplomacy puts the brakes on the war. The New York Times , citing two senior Israeli officials and others briefed on the matter, reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered the military...

Iran's Cheap Drones Are a Big Problem for US

$35K Shahed drones strain Gulf defenses despite US strikes: Nicholas Kulish

(Newser) - The United States' problem in the Iran war isn't what it can blow up—it's what it can't see. Nicholas Kulish of the New York Times reports that even as American strikes level drone factories like one recently hit near Isfahan, Iran's Shahed attack drones remain cheap, simple, and surprisingly...

82nd Airborne Troops Are Being Deployed to Middle East

Pentagon deployment boosts US options for potential ground operations against Iran

(Newser) - The Pentagon is tapping one of its fastest-moving units as the White House weighs how far to take its confrontation with Iran. Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and division headquarters at North Carolina's Fort Bragg have been given written orders to head to...

UK Cops Bust 2 in Arson Attack on Jewish Ambulances

But CCTV footage suggests there's at least one more suspect at large in attack on Jewish charity

(Newser) - British police arrested two men on Wednesday in connection with an arson attack on four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity, which authorities are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime. The Metropolitan Police said the two men, aged 45 and 47, were arrested in London on suspicion of arson with...

Trump: Iran Gave US a 'Very Big Present'

He says war has already been won

(Newser) - President Trump says the United States has already "won" its war with Iran—even as diplomats scramble to stop the fighting and Iran publicly denies it's talking to Washington at all. Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said US and Israeli strikes over the past three-plus...

Somebody Is Broadcasting Mystery Signals in Persian

Radio sleuths baffled by Cold War-style string of numbers and the Persian word 'attention'

(Newser) - "Attention" is the first word, and it comes in Persian—three times—before a male voice launches into hours of measured, seemingly random numbers. The transmission, on shortwave radio, has aired twice daily since the US-Israel strikes on Iran began on Feb. 28, reports Wired , citing the group Priyom,...

Report: Crown Prince Urges Trump to Intensify Iran War

Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman reportedly calls for broader strikes on Iran, including oil sites

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia's crown prince is reportedly telling US President Trump that now is not the time to hit pause on the Iran war. People briefed by American officials say Mohammed bin Salman has urged Trump in recent calls to press ahead with the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, framing...

Iran War May End Era of F-14 Jets
Iran War May End
the Era of F-14 Jets
Mar 24, 2026 10:04 AM CDT

Iran War May End the Era of F-14 Jets

Last ones in operation might have been destroyed by Israeli bombs

(Newser) - The venerable F-14 fighter jet, familiar to anyone who's seen Top Gun, may be history because of the Iran war. Both NPR and the War Zone report that Israeli bombs might have destroyed the last operational ones in existence. Satellite images show multiple destroyed Tomcats at an Iranian airbase,...

FBI Renews Push for Leads in Robert Levinson Mystery

Family hopes Iran war will produce information on the former FBI agent, or his remains

(Newser) - The FBI is still pushing to find out what happened to one of its own: Robert Levinson. Nearly 20 years after the retired FBI agent vanished on Iran's Kish Island, FBI Director Kash Patel marked both the March 9 anniversary of his disappearance and Hostage and Wrongful Detainees Day,...

Iran Publicly Denies Talks With US
Iran Publicly Denies
Talks With US
Mar 23, 2026 11:56 AM CDT

Iran Publicly Denies Talks With US

But Trump says negotiations with a 'respected' Iranian official are going well

(Newser) - World markets remained in an upbeat mood on Monday after President Trump postponed a major escalation of the Iran war and said the two sides were engaged in "productive" talks to end the conflict. Much uncertainty remained about those talks. Coverage:
  • Trump said son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve
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Iran Warns It May Shut Strait of Hormuz 'Completely'

Tehran threatens Hormuz closure and regional energy infrastructure attacks

(Newser) - Iran is warning it will choke off one of the world's most important oil routes if the US follows through on a new threat, CNN reports. The country's armed forces headquarters said Sunday it is prepared to shut the Strait of Hormuz "completely" and for an indefinite...

Officials: Iran Lobbed 'Reckless' Strike on Remote Island

Chago Archipelago's Diego Garcia, which hosts UK-US military base, was reported target

(Newser) - Iran has reportedly launched missiles at Diego Garcia, an Indian Ocean island that's home to a strategic UK-US military base. Citing US officials, the Wall Street Journal reports that two intermediate-range ballistic missiles were fired, per the AP . Britain condemned "Iran's reckless attacks" after the unsuccessful attempt...

Iran Says Airstrike Hit Nuclear Enrichment Facility

State media: Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was attacked Saturday, with no radiation leakage

(Newser) - Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, Iranian state media reports. Iran's official Mizan news agency said there was no radiation leakage after Saturday's strike on the Natanz nuclear facility, nearly 135 miles southeast of Tehran. The facility, Iran's main uranium...

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