Back from G7, Trump demands ā€˜unconditional surrender’ from Iran’s rulers

Back from G7, Trump demands ā€˜unconditional surrender’ from Iran’s rulers

by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2025 Real World News The U.S. knows the exact location of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and has “total control of the skies over Iran,” President Donald Trump said on Monday as he called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender.” Trump, who made the comments after he left the G-7 summit […]

Regime change in Iran? MAGA debates, Left taunts

Regime change in Iran? MAGA debates, Left taunts

by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2025 Real World News When President Donald Trump on Monday urged people to “immediately evacuate Teheran,” Iran’s capital city, many jumped to the conclusion that he was setting the stage for the U.S. entering the Israel-Iran conflict. Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social: “Iran should have signed the […]

Give Israel this: It has been reshaping the Mideast since 2024

Give Israel this: It has been reshaping the Mideast since 2024

by WorldTribune Staff, June 16, 2025 Real World News Having effectively dismantled Iran’s terror proxies Hizbullah and Hamas, and prompting the ouster of top ally Bashar Assad in Syria, Israel is now taking the fight directly to Iran. After taking heavy damage and seeing most of its top military leaders eliminated, Iran reportedly has sent […]

Trump: ‘I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum … Today is day 61’

Trump: ‘I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum … Today is day 61’

by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump campaigned on ending “forever wars” and derided Washington’s “neocons” as “warmongers.” For good measure, Trump 2.0Ā  put some distance between himself and Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu as he engaged with the Gulf Arab states and sought to negotiate with Iran. After all […]

Doom and gloom in the Mideast; Iran expanded nuclear stockpile before U.S. talks began

Doom and gloom in the Mideast; Iran expanded nuclear stockpile before U.S. talks began

by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2025 Real World News Update: Israel launched air strikes on Iran on Thursday night. Video footage posted to social media showed smoke reportedly ā€œrising from several sites acrossā€ Iran’s capital of Teheran. Explosions were reported in Natanz and Fordow, where Iran’s major nuclear facilities are located. U.S. President Donald Trump […]

Iran media riveted by Trump visit to region; Regime upbeat after 4th round of talks

Iran media riveted by Trump visit to region; Regime upbeat after 4th round of talks

FPI / May 15, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct U.S. President Donald Trump’s multi-day visit to the Middle East, which began on May 13, was the subject of headlines in Iranian state media amid growing optimism in Teheran about a series of indirect talks with an American leader who appears to be changing the strategic landscape in the […]

Trump makes deal with Saudis, warns Iran: ā€˜God sits in judgement’

Trump makes deal with Saudis, warns Iran: ā€˜God sits in judgement’

by WorldTribune Staff, May 13, 2025 Real World News Soon after landing and being given the purple carpet treatment by his Saudi Arabia hosts, President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a massive Saudi investment deal, warned Iran to “make peace or else,” and said he would be lifting all sanctions on Syria. In a statement […]

Trump adviser Witkoff: Iran has agreed they ‘don’t want’ nukes

Trump adviser Witkoff: Iran has agreed they ‘don’t want’ nukes

by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2025 Real World News Iran’s government has agreed to give up its pursuit of nuclear weapons, a senior adviser and assistant to President Donald Trump said. Steve Witkoff told Breitbart News that Iran has informed him that they “don’t want” nukes. Witkoff is expected to meet with the Iranians in […]

Iran’s Houthi proxies target U.S. ships, Red Sea trade routes, consumers

Iran’s Houthi proxies target U.S. ships, Red Sea trade routes, consumers

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 23, 2025 Amidst the unpredictable arc of crisis shadowing the Middle East persists the systemic and sustained merchant shipping attacks in the Red Sea.Ā  The culprits are a shadowy but lethal Iranian proxy force, the Houthis, who use their control of mountainous parts of the Yemeni coast […]

Following first major military action in new term, Trump gives ultimatum to Iran

Following first major military action in new term, Trump gives ultimatum to Iran

by WorldTribune Staff, March 19, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump warned Iran that it would pay a heavy price for any continued support of the Yemen-based Houthi terrorist organization. Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Reports are coming in that while Iran has lessened its intensity on Military Equipment and General Support to the […]