Iran, Strait of Hormuz
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About half of Iran's stockpile of ballistic missiles and its associated launch systems were still intact as of the start of the ceasefire in early April, officials said.
Target options reportedly include strikes on naval assets, coastal systems, and leadership targets as tensions persist despite the current truce
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps effectively has assumed control over key state functions and blocked presidential appointments, according to an Iran International report.
Iran renews attacks in the Strait of Hormuz after Trump says he's extending a ceasefire indefinitely, as thousands more U.S. forces head for the region.
The U.S. military on Thursday said it had seized three tankers carrying oil from Iran, including one in the Indian Ocean overnight. American forces boarded the M/T Majestic X, which the Pentagon
The war with Iran has led the U.S. military looking to increase its spending for next year to billions on drones, air defense systems and fighter jets.
Iranian hardliners rallied in Tehran as talks with the US broke down, with members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards apparently parading ballistic missiles
The U.S. military has seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil. The move on Thursday ratcheted up a standoff with Iran a day after its paramilitary Revolutionary Guards took control of two vessels in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. forces boarded another "stateless" vessel linked to Iran, the U.S. military said Thursday. The tanker was interdicted in the Indian Ocean — far from the hotly contested Strait of Hormuz — in the latest seizure that is part of a tit-for-tat series of commercial vessel interdictions by U.