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2026-09-23 · CBS News · Politics

U.S., Iran hold first talks since June as Trump threatens annihilation

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2026-09-04 · CBS News · Politics

Iran threatens "more painful" retaliation after U.S. strikes Iranian oil tankers

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2026-09-03 · CBS News · Politics

Iran ignores Trump's warning, claims new attacks on bases used by U.S.

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2026-08-21 · CBS News · Politics

Iran touts its trade ties as U.S. turns from bombs to economic warfare

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2026-08-18 · CBS News · Politics

Trump announces "crushing economic operation" on Iran with talks in limbo

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2026-08-18 · CBS News · World

Trump threatens Oman, Iran war in stalemate as 60-day talks window ends

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2026-08-04 · CBS News

🔮 - He also called Iran's leadership "unbelievably duplicitous" after Tehran said it had no plans to hold direct talks with Washington, despite his claim that negotiations would start Monday and that a "deal is imminent." assertive

2026-08-18 · CBS News

🔮 - President Trump on Wednesday announced a "crushing economic operation" on Iran, one he said would amount to "economic warfare." assertive

2026-08-18 · CBS News

🔮 It's been careening back and forth because of uncertainty about what the war with Iran will do to the global flow of crude. assertive

2026-08-21 · CBS News

🔮 Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called on Iran and Iraq to strengthen economic cooperation and prepare for what he described as "unjust sanctions," warning that the United States and Israel had shifted toward economic warfare after failing to defeat the two countries militarily. Speaking to Iranian and Iraqi businesspeople at the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, Ghalibaf said the two countries should develop mechanisms to withstand sanctions and reduce their dependence on the U.S. dollar. "If you look at the resources and raw materials of Muslim countries, you will realize that our enemies come to plunder them," Ghalibaf said, according to a post on his channel on the Telegram messaging app. assertive

2026-08-26 · CBS News

🔮 President Trump told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the U.S. was "achieving a very big victory" against Iran, but that the war "will continue for as long as necessary" and there's no timetable to resume peace talks with Tehran. assertive

2026-09-03 · CBS News

🔮 Oil prices jump again as Iran continues launching attacks on U.S. Gulf allies Oil prices jumped again Thursday as Iran claimed new strikes targeting U.S. forces across the Middle East, but bond yields eased and stock markets traded steadier after recent volatility. Crude futures had dropped briefly, after President Trump suggested U.S. attacks against Iran would likely be short-lived, but with Iran's retaliation continuing, and likely to draw further American strikes, oil prices continued the general upward trend on Thursday that has been seen for a week, since hostilities resumed. assertive

2026-09-04 · CBS News

🔮 Energy secretary says "we are always open" for nuclear agreement with Iran Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the Trump administration is not shutting down diplomatic relations with Iran despite his comments earlier that there "may not be a nuclear agreement. assertive

2026-09-23 · CBS News

🔮 - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, who is in New York for the annual U.N. gathering, said Tehran would "firmly defend" Iran's positions in the war and use the opportunity to "convey Iran's plight." assertive