US-Iran tension: Why Tehran may choose confrontation over 'surrender'

The Iranian leadership is weighing up whether resisting US demands is the best option for its survival.

Why Iran is betting on war

Tehran thinks a drawn-out conflict could eventually yield a better deal than what Trump is offering today

Trump appears ready to attack Iran as U.S. strike force takes shape

Although the United States and ally Israel have a decisive military advantage over Iranian forces, there are ways for Tehran to make any attack painful, officials said.

By Dan Lamothe, Susannah George, Júlia Ledur

Donald Trump turns against UK Chagos Islands plan again

President suggests US could use Diego Garcia airfield for potential strikes against Iran Donald Trump changed his mind on supporting the Chagos Islands deal because the UK will not permit its airbases to be used for a pre-emptive US strike on Iran, the Guardian has been told. In his latest change of heart on the deal, the US president said on social media that Keir Starmer was “making a big mistake” by handing sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius in exchange for continued use by the UK and US of their airbase on one of the islands, Diego Garcia. Continue reading...

By Peter Walker and Dan Sabbagh

NATO country orders citizens to immediately evacuate Iran, warning 'possibility of a conflict is very real'

Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk warns citizens to immediately flee Iran, saying "the possibility of a conflict is very real" amid escalating tensions.

Trump appears to set Iran 10-day deadline, as US deploys vast Middle East force

The US military is stationing a vast array of forces in the Middle East, including two aircraft carriers, fighter jets and refuelling tankers, giving President Donald Trump the option for a major attack against Iran as he pressures the country to strike a deal over its nuclear programme. The deployment is unlike anything the US has done since 2003, when it amassed forces ahead of the invasion of Iraq. It dwarfs the military build-up that Trump ordered off the coast of Venezuela in the weeks...

By Bloomberg