122 resultsfor “Key terms in Iran conflict”
Iran continues to squeeze supplies, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has warned. The [OECD](https://www.theguardian.com/business/oecd) predicted economic growth of 0.9% in the UK this year – a modest upgrade from
conflicts involving Tehran-backed groups in Lebanon. So, what has Trump said, what is the pushback from Iran, and what are the key sticking points? ## What did Trump say? The president said on his social
key issues and accused the Americans of "contradictory statements". Global energy markets have seen big price swings since early March after Iran threatened to attack ships trying to use the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation
key motivation behind the US naval blockade of Iranian ports. In an [interview](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape) with Al Jazeera on April 14, Frederic Schneider, a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, told
conflict? ### Ballistic missiles Before the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran had always insisted negotiations be exclusively focused on Iran’s nuclear programme. US demands, however, have extended beyond the nuclear file. Before
term. Several Senate Republicans joined Democrats in passing a war powers resolution last month to limit the length of the conflict with Iran. (A similar resolution still has not passed the House
terms, the agreement may produce limited tangible benefits while increasing the risk of Afghanistan becoming further entangled in regional geopolitical competition. Afghanistan cannot realistically maintain equivalent strategic relationships with countries whose interests directly conflict with
conflict began with US and Israeli strikes across Iran on 28 February and continued with waves of attacks across the Middle East for five weeks until a two-week truce was declared. Trump announced
key reservoir for about 20,000 people living nearby. But if the tanks were the target, then the legal question becomes critical, Brian Finucane, a former state department lawyer, said. “It’s either a military
term increase.” To a number of GOP strategists and local party leaders involved in key congressional and gubernatorial races, the message was too little, too late and too jumbled. “What the hell did he just
key issues related to Taiwan or the [US-Israeli war in Iran](/news/2026/5/15/how-xi-trump-summit-failed-to-yield-iran-war-breakthrough). Trump’s visit, the first of his second term, was filled with pomp and circumstance, including a greeting from waiving children
conflict that began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran on February 28, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency and the state-owned media organization Press TV. ### [National](https://www.npr.org/sections/national/)
Iran, combined with Trump’s tariffs, were squeezing working families. Democrats have increasingly focused on the conflict’s economic impact, with higher energy costs contributing to inflation and broader cost-of-living pressures across
conflicts. However, Beijing is far too disciplined to fall for such short-term traps. Taiwan is a non-negotiable core interest, and any temporary trade-off would be strategically foolish. While Trump may lavish praise
term security," he said. At the start of the war, Iran had uranium enriched to 60%, according to senior US officials. It does not have nuclear weapons. The UK government has said there
Iran-Iraq war. But the US was not a combatant in that conflict, just one factor that could fail to pursuade shipping companies and insurers that a US escort would provide sufficient protection. And over
conflict, which is trying to impose by force commitments that are already outlined in the NPT and that Iran, as a signatory, had agreed to. If the war had not started, this could have been
conflict, after it tried to get through the blockade on Sunday. Videos shared by Centcom were said to show the ship being warned before troops repelled onto the vessel. Tehran deemed
terms of an agreement. The reported details included the lifting of a US naval blockade and "at least $300bn (£223bn)" to address the damage caused by the US and Israeli strikes on Iran. Israel
term, Trump withdrew the US from the JCPOA despite the IAEA saying Iran had complied with the agreement up to that point. ### Strait of Hormuz Access to and control of the vital waterway connecting