U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened a major escalation in tensions with Iran, warning that the United States would strike the country “very hard tonight” and suggesting Washington could seek control over strategic Iranian oil infrastructure, including the critical Kharg Island export terminal. Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday, come during a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Middle East following two days of military exchanges between the United St

U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly angrily confronted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s threats to resume airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, according to a report published by [Axios]. “What the fuck are you doing?” Trump reportedly shouted during the Monday phone call, according to Axios, which cited a U.S. official familiar with the conversation. The report also cited the official as summarizing Trump’s remarks to Netanyahu: “You’re fucking c

An Iranian citizen living in Armenia says the Iranian government revoked his passport while he was attempting to leave the country through Zvartnots International Airport, following his participation in anti-Iranian government protests in Yerevan earlier this year. Seyedmasoud Taheri told The Armenian Report in an interview that he discovered his passport had been invalidated on May 8 while trying to board a flight to Barcelona with his wife, Mina Samadi. According to Taheri,

A criminal case has been opened in Turkey against filmmaker Rojhilat Aksoy after she organized a screening of the film “Aurora’s Sunrise,” which tells the story of Armenian Genocide survivor Aurora Mardiganian. Authorities accuse the filmmaker of insulting the Turkish nation, a charge that has been brought under the country’s controversial Article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code. The case was launched by the regional prosecutor’s office in the southeastern Turkish city of Di