Pakistan announces US-Iran talks 'in coming days'

Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar made the announcement on Sunday.

ByDavid Brennan, Kevin Shalvey, Meredith Deliso, Nadine El-Bawab, and Jon Haworth
Last Updated: March 29, 2026, 4:47 PM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes, with his son Mojtaba Khamenei later chosen to succeed him. Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Iran is also attempting to block some shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and expanding its ground operations in the south of the country.

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Mar 22, 2026, 5:33 AM EDT

Iran warns of retaliatory strikes if US attacks power plants, state media says

The Iranian military said on Sunday that Tehran would seek to retaliate against U.S. energy sites and infrastructure in the Gulf region if Washington moves to strike Iranian power plants, according to Fars News Agency, a semi-official state news agency affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

This video grab taken from handout footage released by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on March 12, 2026, shows what it says was the "launch of wave #41 of Iranian missiles."
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Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. would "hit and obliterate" Iranian power plants if the Strait of Hormuz wasn’t opened within 48 hours

"If Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked by the enemy, all energy infrastructure, as well as information technology (IT) and water desalination facilities, belonging to the U.S. and the regime in the region will be targeted pursuant to previous warnings," said Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaqari, a spokesperson for the Iranian Armed Forces, according to Fars.

Mar 21, 2026, 8:25 PM EDT

Trump threatens to 'hit and obliterate' Iranian power plants if Strait of Hormuz not opened in 48 hours

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will "hit and obliterate" Iranian power plants if the Strait of Hormuz isn't opened within 48 hours

"If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!" Trump said in a post on his social media platform.

The largest power plant in Iran is thought to be the Damavand Combined Cycle Power Plant — which is located in the outskirts of the capital city Tehran.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, March 19, 2026.
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Iran has effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz -- a narrow waterway off Iran’s southern coast that normally handles about 20% of global oil consumption -- since the start of the war.

Trump's post came as he floated on Friday that he was considering "winding down" the U.S.'s military campaign, claiming the U.S. was "very close to meeting our objectives."

Trump also said Friday that the U.S. would "help" Gulf states secure and police the Strait of Hormuz "if asked."

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