Many in the Middle East remain on edge after the United States carried out limited strikes on Iranian targets just hours before Tuesday’s midterm elections in the U.S. The strikes in the Strait of Hormuz are raising more questions about…

Speaking to the Financial Times, US President Donald Trump indicated that are no immediate plans to strike Iran. "I'm ready, we're ready. We're locked and loaded if we need to go, but there may be no reason for it," he said. "We seem to be getting everything we want," Trump added, referring to negotiations with Iran.…

The White House has not reported on the US’s strikes on Iran over the past several weeks.

Talks aimed at avoiding a new wave of large-scale U.S. and Israeli strikes are ongoing.

Iran cast doubt on the chances of a deal with the US on Tuesday, after the US carried out air strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, with the fate of last-minute negotiations between the two sides uncertain. The air strikes, which occurred late on Monday, came after US President Donald Trump said he did not plan to attack…

MEE staff on Tue, 11/03/2026 - 15:59 US officials said they launched 'defensive' strikes on Qeshm Island, the same day Trump vowed not to attack Iran A picture taken on 30 April 2023 shows a general view of the Iranian island of Qeshm (Atta Kenare/AFP) Off Iran cast doubt on the chances of a deal with the US on…

State of the Union: Officials described the pre-midterm strikes as limited and “defensive.” The post Iran War Day 249: U.S. Strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island appeared first on The American Conservative.

The United States launched strikes on Iranian targets, a U.S. official said, in what appeared to be a limited operation on the eve of Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections. Iranian state media reported explosions being heard on the islands of Qeshm and Hengam in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, and in the nearby mainland…

The strikes appeared to be limited, as opposed to a return to full hostilities. President Donald Trump previously said the U.S. wouldn’t launch strikes on Iran before Tuesday’s midterms.

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday evening that the U.S. struck Iran's Qeshm Island — the same day Trump declared victory in the conflict. The post Trump Bombs Iran Just Hours After Announcing, ‘We Won’ first appeared on Mediaite.

The US military is responsible for strikes on Iran, according to The Wall Street Journal citing an unnamed US official. The newspaper indicated that the attacks were part of a series of limited operations Washington had "secretly carried out" against the country. Earlier, several explosions were heard in southern…

The United States struck Iran's Qeshm Island on Monday night, a day before the midterm elections, US officials have now confirmed. It is the first time Washington has owned up to weeks of attacks along Iran's southern coast that it never announced. Iran's state

Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein reports that a military source of his gives even odds that the U.S. will strike Iran after the midterms — but says any attack would be smaller than first planned. Klippenstein writes that President Donald Trump’s plan for a decisive attack on Iran is now in doubt. Trump said…

The US is not going to attack Iran after the midterms, President Donald Trump said on Monday, one day ahead of a hotly anticipated election and following a warning from conservative podcast host Tucker Carlson that Trump was weighing dropping a nuclear bomb. Trump ruled out strikes in a question posed by an NBC…

Sean Mathews on Mon, 11/02/2026 - 20:52 Trump and Iran issue de-escalatory statements as midterms approach and warnings of nuclear war lurk US President Donald Trump departs the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after delivering remarks, on 2 November 2026 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP) Off The US…

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How plans to bomb Iran after midterms came apart — but danger remains

The National Iranian-American Council (NIAC) has called on US President Donald Trump to rule out using nuclear weapons in Iran following a social media post from Tucker Carlson suggesting it was being discussed. Carlson, a right-wing former ally of Trump, posted on X that the US could be "within days" of launching a…

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Iran has completed an updated military plan for responding to any fresh attack, Fars news agency reported, citing a senior Iranian security and political official. According to the unnamed official, the Iranian military is prepared to implement the plan. The official said Iran's enemies and their allies in the region…

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Iranian forces fired on an aircraft in Iran's own airspace. The United States then bombed the launcher on Iranian soil and Axios reporter Barak Ravid called it self defence.

A group of senators was briefed on what the next phase of the Trump administration’s war on Iran will look like. One of them thinks it’s “insane.” Democratic Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, offered those remarks at a Middle East Institute panel on Wednesday. “I will just…

Sen. Chris Murphy said the plans would lead to the “destruction of our commitment to the rule of law” if carried out.

Senator Chris Murphy says he has been briefed on the US's plan to restart the war on Iran, calling it "insane" and saying it would lead to a "devastating escalation". "You've heard a preview that it would be a short-duration plan. I'll just say this: their plan is insane," Murphy said, speaking at an event organised…

Mersiha Gadzo on Thu, 10/29/2026 - 18:06 Chris Murphy says the plan could target civilian infrastructure and 'lead to devastating escalation' US Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on US President Donald Trump's supplemental funding request for the defence department, in…

MEE staff on Wed, 10/28/2026 - 15:19 American, Israeli armies are preparing for renewed attacks to push Tehran towards negotiations, The Wall Street Journal reports US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a roundtable discussion with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on 21 October…