Iran’s government accused the United States of seeking to manufacture a pretext for military intervention, after US President Donald Trump threatened “strong action” over the deadly crackdown on mass protests.
President Donald Trump reiterated a message he had posted earlier on social media, that “help is on its way” for the Iranian protesters.
Denmark’s foreign minister said Tuesday that he and his Greenlandic counterpart would meet with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House on Wednesday.
The United Nations rights chief said Tuesday he was “horrified” by the mounting violence directed at protesters across Iran, amid reports that hundreds have been killed.
A military escalation between the United States and Iran would have grave consequences for the region, Qatar said Tuesday after Washington threatened strikes in response to a government crackdown on protests in the Islamic republic.
Iran has entered its fifth day of an effective nationwide internet blackout as anti-government protests, born of deep economic grievances, spread across several cities. While independent verification of casualties and overall scale remains constrained by the telecommunications lockdown, activists and monitoring groups using Starlink and shortwave radio report significant violence and mass arrests.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that Iran’s regime was living out its last days, as pressure grew on the Islamic republic over crackdowns on protests that have reportedly killed hundreds of people.
The U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) criticizes European policies and institutions, explicitly backs nationalist parties as preferred partners, and argues that the continent’s fragility stems from the erosion of sovereignty, national identity, and political confidence.
Washington announced Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado will meet President Donald Trump this week as pressure grew on the interim leadership in Caracas to speed up the release of political prisoners.
Venezuela’s interim government said it was ready to pursue a “new agenda” with the European Union and Britain following talks with their envoys after Nicolas Maduro was ousted as president.
