The pair were promised rewards to send intelligence back to Iran, while one was prepared to commit a ‘violent attack’.
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Iran’s parliament speaker and top negotiator says Tehran is waiting for an official US response to its seven conditions.
The government is defiant and planning for the worst, but a US siege is expected to make most Iranians poorer.
A deliberate expansion of Iran’s campaign of retaliation beyond the Middle East could be taking place, said an expert.
Torn between military action and diplomacy, US appears to settle for drawn-out economic pressure campaign, blockade.
Eleven Democrats are absent from procedural vote that narrowly shelves House impeachment vote against defence secretary.
Iran is said to have geo-located Bessent’s $12.5m mansion in Washington, DC after a photo of it was published.
Mohsen Rezaei’s comments come as the IRGC said at least three ships had hit mines and caught fire in the Hormuz strait.
The US has charged three men over alleged involvement in a plot to attack a Royal Air Force Base in Fairford, UK.
US President Donald Trump has announced plans to end the billions of dollars in annual US military aid to Israel.
Iran has opened its first all-women military training camp amid fears of renewed US attacks.
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