Washington says blockade pressure will widen

G7 leaders welcomed the US-Iran agreement and called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon. Their response highlighted that the conflict’s regional fronts were not automatically resolved by a...

Reuters reported that tankers began moving through Hormuz after the memorandum, while Iranian officials said technical talks required visible US implementation. Continued Israeli attacks in Lebanon...

A planned round of US-Iran talks in Switzerland was postponed amid disputes over implementation and continued regional violence. The delay showed that a signed memorandum did not remove mistrust or...

Reuters reported a US-brokered Lebanon ceasefire, with Qatar and Iran involved in efforts to secure it, taking effect after exchanges of fire. Its separate negotiation and implementation underscored...

Trump announced an extension of the US-Iran ceasefire while waiting for an Iranian proposal and the conclusion of discussions, at Pakistan’s request. The extension was not a peace settlement: the...

An AP report said US and Iranian negotiators had reached a tentative understanding to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and begin new nuclear talks. The reported framework also contemplated easing the...

Russia’s push to secure control over eastern Caucasian khanates brought Qajar Iran into war. Iranica dates the war’s opening to June 1804, when Russian commander Pavel Tsitsianov appeared before...

Napoleonic France and Qajar Iran signed the Treaty of Finkenstein. France recognized Persian claims to Georgia and promised military assistance against Russia. The agreement shows how Qajar...

The treaty, reached with British mediation, ended the war and recognized Russian possession of territories it had occupied in the Caucasus. Its border settlement displaced Qajar authority across...

After years of border disputes and Russian expansion, fighting resumed between Qajar Iran and Russia. Iranica dates the conflict to 1826–28; this month marker uses July 1826 as the conventional...