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TEHRAN — Iran’s “Hormuz first, nuclear later” proposal — formally embedded in the 14-point plan submitted to Washington on May 2 —

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed on May 5 that

TEHRAN — Abbas Araghchi’s statement on May 5 contained two propositions that Western correspondents treated as contradictory: Pakistan’s mediation is “making progress,”

WASHINGTON — Project Freedom’s first operational day on May 4 produced a military transit and a diplomatic catastrophe in equal measure. Two

DUBAI — Major General Ali Abdollahi, commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned on May 4 that “any foreign military force,

WASHINGTON — Iran’s first response to Project Freedom was not a missile strike. It was a test — three instruments activated simultaneously

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s refusal to endorse Project Freedom is not diplomatic hedging. It is the only rational response available to a

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TEHRAN — The most consequential document to emerge from the Strait of Hormuz crisis in April was not a threat. It was,

RIYADH — President Trump reviewed a 45-minute CENTCOM briefing on April 30 that included a ground and amphibious seizure of the Strait

RIYADH — Admiral Brad Cooper and General Dan Caine briefed Donald Trump on April 30 on three options for restarting the Iran

RIYADH — Iran’s 14-point Hormuz proposal, transmitted to Washington via Pakistan on the night of May 1, is not a peace offer.

TEHRAN — On the evening of May 1, Iran submitted a revised 14-point peace proposal to the United States via Pakistan offering

JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia blocked Pakistan’s $1.5 billion arms deal with Sudan’s military government on April 20, withdrawing the financing that made