Iran and the United States said Wednesday they were going ahead with nuclear talks in Oman later this week, even as President Donald Trump piled pressure on Tehran's supreme leader by saying he should be "very worried.

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has taken the unusual step of tapping military leaders for high-level diplomacy, sending the top U.S. commander in the Middle East to talks over Iran’s nuclear program and positioning the Army secretary as a key negotiator on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

IRAN’S Supreme Leader has skipped a key military event – fuelling rumours about security as Trump’s military build up across the region. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was mysteriously

Khamenei has joined the annual session every year since taking leadership in 1989 -- even through the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a report.

Iran issued one of its most severe warnings toward the United States after a senior military spokesman threatened to “set fire to their world” if any action was taken against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

American warships now crowding the waters around Iran sit at the intersection of diplomacy and danger, where a single misread signal could matter more than any order from Washington. President Donald Trump may want leverage without war,

Iran has drawn a clear red line. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran will never give up uranium enrichment, even if war is imposed. Speaking after indirect nuclear talks with the United States in Oman,