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US-Iran tensions over threat of renewed strikes
The story so farThe U.S. government has ordered diplomats and other federal employees to leave Saudi Arabia and is drawing down staff at other missions in the region, amid reports of Iranian plots against Americans. An intelligence memo warns that Iran has ramped up efforts to target US personnel, and that lethal plots by Tehran against American citizens have reached "advanced stages." The Trump administration is preparing to restart military operations against Tehran, and the US and Israel have drawn up plans to renew strikes on Iran.
Still watching
- Will the interim deal be revived, and will the US respond to Pezeshkian's call for a new attempt?
- Will the US blockade on Iranian shipping be lifted, and when will stranded vessels and sailors be able to return home?
- Can the Iranian army's claim that it shot down a US drone over Bandar Abbas be independently confirmed?
- Is the intelligence memo's claim of advanced lethal plots against Americans supported by public evidence?
- Will the US restart military strikes against Iran, and on what timeline?
How it developed
US-Iran tensions over threat of renewed strikes
- The U.S. government has ordered diplomats and other federal employees to leave Saudi Arabia and is drawing down staff at other missions in the region, amid reports of Iranian plots against Americans.
- An intelligence memo warns that Iran has ramped up efforts to target US personnel, and that lethal plots by Tehran against American citizens have reached "advanced stages."
- The Trump administration is preparing to restart military operations against Tehran, and the US and Israel have drawn up plans to renew strikes on Iran.
Iran threats raise stakes of renewed war
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