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Montevideo, July 16th 2026 - 07:57 UTC

Tag: Iran

  • Saturday, July 11th 2026 - 07:19 UTC

    Trump threatens Iran with '1,000 missiles' over alleged assassination plot

    The message came after reports that Israel shared intelligence with Washington about an alleged new Iranian plan to kill Trump

    US President Donald Trump warned that “1,000 missiles” are armed and aimed at Iran, ready to strike the country should Tehran attempt to assassinate him, in a message posted on his social network that raises tension with the Islamic Republic amid an already ongoing military escalation.

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  • Wednesday, July 8th 2026 - 21:20 UTC

    US launches fresh strikes on Iran after Trump declares ceasefire over

    The escalation is the most serious since the two countries signed a memorandum last month to end their war

    United States forces launched new strikes on Wednesday against Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, after President Donald Trump declared the provisional ceasefire with Tehran “over.” US Central Command confirmed the operation and said it aimed to degrade Iran's ability to threaten freedom of navigation through the waterway, which carries close to a fifth of the world's oil.

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  • Wednesday, June 17th 2026 - 19:21 UTC

    US-Iran memorandum sets Hormuz reopening, $300 billion reconstruction and sanctions relief

    The memorandum establishes an oversight mechanism for its implementation and provides for the definitive agreement to be ratified by a binding UN Security Council resolution

    The United States government on Wednesday released the official text of the agreement reached with Iran to end the war, a 14-point document called the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding” that provides for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a reconstruction plan of at least $300 billion and the lifting of sanctions. The text, read by a senior official of Donald Trump's administration, will be signed on Friday in Switzerland and will open a 60-day period to negotiate the definitive agreement.

  • Tuesday, June 16th 2026 - 08:24 UTC

    Some Iranian Americans wave protest flags, others cheer as Iran open the World Cup

    Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran

    Iran began their World Cup campaign in Los Angeles on Monday with a 2-2 draw against New Zealand, before a crowd that mixed fans cheering the team and Iranian Americans waving symbols of protest against the government in Tehran. The match was played barely 24 hours after the announcement of a preliminary agreement to end the war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran in February.

  • Monday, June 15th 2026 - 21:50 UTC

    Brazilian stocks slip as the US-Iran deal sinks oil prices and hits Petrobras

    The shares that lost the most value were those of the private oil firms Prio (-6.9%) and Petroreconcavo (-6.5%), also affected by the fall in crude

    São Paulo's stock exchange closed on Monday down 0.42%, dragged by the plunge of the state oil company Petrobras after the international crude price fell, linked to the preliminary agreement between the United States and Iran. The Ibovespa, the benchmark index of Latin America's main exchange, ended the session at 170,415 points.

  • Monday, June 15th 2026 - 08:21 UTC

    US and Iran announce a deal to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz

    Trump later clarified that the definitive reopening of Hormuz would take place after Friday's signing

    The United States and Iran reached a preliminary peace deal on Sunday to end nearly four months of war in the Middle East and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan, the mediating country, announced. The agreement, confirmed by both US President Donald Trump and Tehran, will be officially signed on Friday, June 19, in Switzerland.

  • Thursday, June 11th 2026 - 08:12 UTC

    US and Iran trade fire for a second night as Tehran says it has closed Hormuz

    Iran's General Staff declared Hormuz “closed” to all traffic and warned it would fire on any vessel, while the United States maintained that transit continues

    The United States and Iran traded fire for a second consecutive night, in what amounts to a more dangerous phase of the war in the Persian Gulf and raises the prospect of a return to open hostilities. As US forces again struck Iranian targets, the Revolutionary Guard said it had hit bases with a US presence in the region, and Iran's General Staff announced the “absolute” closure of the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump threatened new strikes on Thursday if Tehran does not accept his conditions for peace.

  • Wednesday, June 10th 2026 - 13:52 UTC

    US launches strikes against Iran in retaliation for the downing of an Apache helicopter

    The strikes come amid a week of heightened regional tension

    The United States launched a series of strikes against Iran on Tuesday in retaliation for the downing of a US Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, Central Command (Centcom) said. The action marks a sharp escalation that deepens doubts over the ceasefire in place since April 8 and over the peace negotiations that President Donald Trump says are within reach.

  • Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 21:24 UTC

    Trump says he will urge Netanyahu not to retaliate after Iran's missile attack on Israel

    “I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate. Each of them had their moment: Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don't need another one,” Trump said

    US President Donald Trump said he would call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ask him not to respond to the missiles Iran fired at Israel on Sunday, in an effort to prevent a new escalation and salvage a deal with Tehran that he considers “very close.” It was Iran's first direct attack since the ceasefire reached on April 8.

  • Saturday, May 30th 2026 - 07:31 UTC

    United States and Iran acknowledge preliminary agreement but disagree on its essential terms

    The most significant divergences concern the practical aspects of the eventual deal

    The administrations of US President Donald Trump and the Iranian government confirmed on Friday the existence of a preliminary agreement aimed at extending the current ceasefire by sixty days and opening formal talks on Iran's nuclear program, in what amounts to the most significant diplomatic advance since the start of the war three months ago. However, the versions disseminated by Washington and Tehran on the content of the understanding differ substantially on the central points: the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the fate of the highly enriched uranium under Iranian control, and the possible payment of frozen funds to the Islamic Republic.

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