https://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:31:37 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL US President Donald Trump repeated his threat to strike Iranian infrastructure hard on if Tehran it does not open the Strait of Hormuz, using explosive language hours after announcing that US forces rescued the second crew member of a downed F-15 fighter jet in a high-risk mission. https://www.rferl.org/a/crew-member-f15-rescued-/33725134.html https://www.rferl.org/a/crew-member-f15-rescued-/33725134.html Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:18:10 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Headline US President Donald Trump on April 4 told the Iranian regime that “time is running out” and that it must make a peace deal or open the crucial Strait of Hormuz to shipping or face “hell,” renewing an earlier threat in which he vowed to send Iran “back to the stone ages.” https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-deadline-iran-bushehr-hormuz/33724801.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-deadline-iran-bushehr-hormuz/33724801.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:01:32 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Stories Shuttered factories in India and a key US military aircraft destroyed in Saudi Arabia feature in RFE/RL's roundup of photos of the fifth week of the US-Israeli war with Iran. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-israel-us-war-photos-week-five/33723176.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-israel-us-war-photos-week-five/33723176.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:27:55 +0200 Photo GalleriesNewsIranThe Rundown Stories Scaled-back resolution seeks to restore shipping without force mandate as Tehran tightens grip on key global oil route. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-trump-strait-hormuz-shipping-energy-food-un-security-council/33723994.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-trump-strait-hormuz-shipping-energy-food-un-security-council/33723994.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:02:14 +0200 IranNewsChina President Donald Trump said the US military "hasn't even started" to destroy what is left of Iran after a month of devastating attacks and he threatened to strike electrical power plants and more bridges in his latest warning to the regime in Tehran. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-israel-war-trump-ceasefire-deal-missile/33723819.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-israel-war-trump-ceasefire-deal-missile/33723819.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:19:23 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown Stories US President Donald Trump has said the United States could end its war with Iran soon while reserving the option for limited future strikes. https://www.rferl.org/a/marco-rubio-united-states-nato-iran/33722108.html https://www.rferl.org/a/marco-rubio-united-states-nato-iran/33722108.html Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:10:39 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown StoriesMiddle East Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian says his country has the "necessary will" to end the war with the United States and Israel depending on conditions, a possible sign the countries may be moving toward settling the conflict. https://www.rferl.org/a/pezeshkian-iran-peace-us-war-talks/33721776.html https://www.rferl.org/a/pezeshkian-iran-peace-us-war-talks/33721776.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:33:35 +0200 IranNewsMiddle East Huge explosions and fires lit up the night sky in the Iranian city of Isfahan which is home to the Badr military air base. The US reportedly used bunker-busting bombs overnight on March 30-31, with US President Donald Trump sharing video of explosions on his Truth Social platform. https://www.rferl.org/a/huge-explosions-in-isfahan-as-us-targets-iranian-munitions-depot/33721319.html https://www.rferl.org/a/huge-explosions-in-isfahan-as-us-targets-iranian-munitions-depot/33721319.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:41:01 +0200 VideosIranVideo Archive President Donald Trump has renewed his warning to Tehran to reach a deal to end the war soon and also to open the Strait of Hormuz or he will order air strikes with the aim of "completely obliterating" Iran's oil export hub of Kharg Island, oil wells, and power plants. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-warning-iran-deal-energy-attacks/33719920.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-warning-iran-deal-energy-attacks/33719920.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:11:22 +0200 IranNewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline A Russia-flagged ⁠tanker ⁠carrying Russian ‌crude oil has entered Cuba's exclusive economic ⁠zone, ship tracking data show, avoiding a potentially tense showdown with the US Coast Guard and providing a lifeline to the struggling Caribbean island nation. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-oil-tanker-kolodkin-cuba-tanker-sanctions/33719298.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-oil-tanker-kolodkin-cuba-tanker-sanctions/33719298.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:04:08 +0200 NewsIranRussiaThe Rundown Stories US President Donald Trump said he wants to “take the oil in Iran” and perhaps seize Kharg Island, while at the same time insisting that Washington is doing “extremely well” in negotiations with Iran and that he is "pretty sure" a peace deal will be reached. https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-iran-war-israel-marines-qalibaf/33719293.html https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-iran-war-israel-marines-qalibaf/33719293.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:11:04 +0200 IranNewsThe Rundown StoriesMiddle East Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels deepened their involvement in the Middle East war, launching a second salvo of missiles within 24 hours against Israel, while Tehran has given permission for ships from “nonhostile” nations to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. https://www.rferl.org/a/houthi-iran-israel-war-hormuz-pakistan-shipping/33718789.html https://www.rferl.org/a/houthi-iran-israel-war-hormuz-pakistan-shipping/33718789.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:21 +0100 IranNewsPakistanThe Rundown Stories At least 12 US troops were wounded, two of them seriously, when Iran struck a Saudi air base with at least one missile and several drones, as Yemen's Houthi rebels launched their first missiles at Israel since the war began, threatening to broaden a conflict now in its fifth week. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-nato-iran-war-casualties-saudi-rubio/33718562.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-nato-iran-war-casualties-saudi-rubio/33718562.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:23:47 +0100 IranNewsThe Rundown Stories US President Donald Trump postponed threatened attacks on Iranian power plants for a second time, apparently giving Tehran 10 more days to open the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, and said talks on ending the war were going "very well." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-war-talks-strait-of-hormuz-nato-trump/33717230.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-war-talks-strait-of-hormuz-nato-trump/33717230.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:07:29 +0100 IranNewsThe Rundown StoriesMiddle East As the uncertainty surrounding indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran intensifies, air strikes on Iran, Israel, and surrounding states also continued -- “business as usual,” as one Israeli military official called it on March 25. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-trump-israel-war-ceasefire-negotiations/33716554.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-trump-israel-war-ceasefire-negotiations/33716554.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:11:49 +0100 IranNewsThe Rundown StoriesMiddle East A fire broke out at the Ust-Luga oil port in Russia's Leningrad region following a Ukrainian drone attack on March 25, say Russian officials. The port of Ust-Luga is one of Russia's largest multipurpose ports on the Baltic Sea, located in the Gulf of Finland. https://www.rferl.org/a/another-russian-oil-port-in-flames-after-drone-strike/33716213.html https://www.rferl.org/a/another-russian-oil-port-in-flames-after-drone-strike/33716213.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:17:17 +0100 VideosRussiaVideo Archive US President Donald Trump said he sees a "very serious chance" of making a deal with Tehran after he revealed the two sides had talks over the weekend that led him to delay any strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-us-halt-strikes-iran-energy-talks-tehran/33713467.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-us-halt-strikes-iran-energy-talks-tehran/33713467.html Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:29:52 +0100 NewsIranThe Rundown HeadlineMiddle East Ukraine and Russia exchanged drone strikes, involving over 200 drones from each side, following US-Ukrainian talks in Florida, which also addressed potential prisoner exchanges between Russia and Ukraine. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-launch-massive-drone-strikes/33713393.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-launch-massive-drone-strikes/33713393.html Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:18:27 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories As US President Donald Trump’s deadline looms for Iran to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the Israeli military warned its citizens that “more weeks” remain in the twin wars against Iran and Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-trump-deadline-hormuz-israel-war-oil/33712932.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-trump-deadline-hormuz-israel-war-oil/33712932.html Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:07:31 +0100 IranNewsThe Rundown Stories Iranian missile attacks injured at least 175 people across several Israeli cities, officials said. A strike in the southern city of Arad wounded 115 people. Another attack injured dozens near Dimona, close to Israel’s nuclear site, officially described as a research facility. https://www.rferl.org/a/over-170-injured-in-iranian-strikes-across-israel-strike-reported-near-nuclear-site/33712826.html https://www.rferl.org/a/over-170-injured-in-iranian-strikes-across-israel-strike-reported-near-nuclear-site/33712826.html Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:26:26 +0100 Middle EastIranVideo ArchiveVideosThe Rundown Stories