Iran News
News and analysis on Iran’s regional role, nuclear ambitions, and ties to terrorism. Includes conservative commentary and opinion from The Daily Signal.
-
opinion
Next Gen Missile Defense Can Enforce Trump’s Iran Redlines
Critics of President Donald Trump’s recently signed memorandum with Iran worry about future Iranian cheating, particularly after Trump leaves office. As a hedge against cheating, the president has kept a formidable array of naval and air power nearby—a force clearly capable of retaliating against Iranian missile launches or other violations of current or future agreements. But there’s another, more preventative… -
opinion
Clearing Up the Confusion on Trump’s Memorandum of Understanding With Iran
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. There’s been a lot of confusion about this memorandum of understanding, and that’s the 60-day hiatus in the quote-unquote “war” with Iran… -
breaking
US Military Conducts Strikes Against Iran
The U.S. military conducted strikes against Iran on Friday, Central Command said in a statement, adding that U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites after Tehran’s attack on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes throw the fate of the interim peace deal recently agreed between the… -
news
Congress Scrambles to Cover Cost of Iran War
As the administration seeks a boost in defense funding, Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are trying to figure out how to overcome opposition from Democrats and cover the cost of the Iran war. The funding debate could be a prelude to a larger government shutdown battle ahead of the midterm elections. On Wednesday, the White… -
news
House Foreign Affairs Chair: Iran’s Proxies Must Be Tied to Agreement
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast told the Daily Signal that while the current memorandum of understanding with the Iranian regime delivers a win for President Donald Trump’s administration, Iran’s terror proxies—Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthi rebels in Yemen—must be tied to the final peace agreement. The Florida Republican’s remarks come after Hezbollah, a… -
opinion
Why the Media Called Trump a Warmonger…Then an Appeaser
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. The so-called Iranian memorandum of understanding involving a 60-day period of negotiations that may or may not lead to… -
news
Vance: Iran Deal Has ‘Successful Foundation’
Vice President JD Vance spoke optimistically of peace talks between the United States and Iran on Monday, even as President Donald Trump has threatened to resume strikes if Iran doesn’t rein in regional allies, and congressional stakeholders have questioned whether America is getting a fair deal. On Monday morning, Vance departed from Switzerland after talks… -
opinion
Trump’s Iran Gamble
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: Victor, let’s go ahead and get to the memorandum of understanding. It was a very short two-page document, easy to read through,… -
news
US and Iran Beginning Discussions on a Final Deal—Here’s What We Know
President Donald Trump announced that the United States and Iran are beginning discussions on a final deal. Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran on Thursday, opening a round of negotiations to reach a final peace agreement in 60 days. The memorandum of understanding, first reached over the weekend with Iran, involves the U.S…. -
opinion
Iran Deal Can Work If We Hit Them Every Time They Break It
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. There’s a lot of confusion, controversy, and disagreement about the latest phase of the Iran war. Remember, we bombed kinetically… -
news
US, Iran Reach Deal to End War, Signing Set for Friday
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters)—U.S. and Iranian officials said on Sunday they have agreed on a peace framework for a deal to end their war, halt the U.S. blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, possibly leading to lower energy prices once oil shipments resume through the critical waterway. “The Deal with the Islamic… -
news
Iran Will Fall Within the Year: Amit Segal and Josh Hammer
U.S.-Israeli military and diplomatic pressure will lead the Iranian regime to crumble within the next year, Israeli and Jewish American political commentators told the Daily Signal in Israel. That is, unless “Israel fatigue” undermines the effort. “Iran is losing $450 million [a day] through the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz,” Amit Segal told the… -
news
How Open-Source Intelligence Is Defeating Hamas and Hezbollah
As hostilities and Iranian-funded terrorism against the state of Israel continue, the Israeli Defense Forces has resorted to using intercepted propaganda, known as open-source intelligence, from the radical Islamic regime in Iran and its proxy terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah to preempt future terror attacks. The use of open-source intelligence, or intercepted existing intelligence,… -
news
US Will Hit Iran ‘Very Hard’ Tonight
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters)—President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would hit Iran “very hard tonight” and wanted eventually to take Iran’s oil infrastructure hub Kharg Island, after tit-for-tat strikes in the Gulf that have undermined a shaky ceasefire. Iranian sources and Western officials said indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on a preliminary peace deal… -
opinion
38 Days of Strikes, 60 Days of Negotiations—Is Iran Just Buying Time?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. We talk about an Iran war, but as I speak on June 9, we haven’t had a real kinetic back-and-forth bombing… -
news
Iran Fighting Intensifies With Congress Divided on War Power Questions
After weeks in which President Donald Trump has expressed cautious optimism about peace talks with Iran, the United States retaliated against an Iranian downing of an American aircraft, raising questions about the administration’s Iran exit plan and how it will work with Congress going forward. On Tuesday, the United States struck Iran in retaliation for… -
news
Trump: Iran Will ‘Have to Pay the Price’ After Tit-for-Tat Strikes
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters)—U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Iran had taken too long to negotiate a deal and would now “have to pay the price,” while Tehran said it would reassess diplomatic engagement with Washington after overnight tit-for-tat strikes. Iran launched missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain… -
news
Trump Says Iran Downed Apache Helicopter, US Must React
REUTERS—President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Iran had shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond, deepening doubts about prospects for peace between the two countries. Trump said the two U.S. pilots involved in the incident were uninjured. “Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this… -
news
International Pressure Prolongs Human Suffering, IDF Sergeant Says
International pressure from Western media, politicians, and one-sided human rights organizations has prevented Israel from fully neutralizing threats—allowing them to resurface decades later and prolong unnecessary bloodshed, an intelligence officer with the Israel Defense Forces told the Daily Signal. Avraham Levine, who lost dozens of loved ones to attacks carried out in northern Israel by… -
exclusive
Weak American Leaders Green-Light Bloodshed, IDF Major Says
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Weak American leaders open the door for global terror, a decorated member of the Israel Defense Forces told the Daily Signal. “Terrorists pray for weak leaders to control the strongest enforcer of world peace, the United States of America,” Shadi Khalloul, a decorated Aramaic Catholic IDF soldier, said. “Those terrorists use…