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Trump administration pauses US visa appointments worldwide amid sweeping immigration crackdown
While Trump campaigned in 2024 on a platform of stopping illegal immigration, his administration has also made legal immigration more difficult.
US offers $10 million reward for information on senior IRGC leaders, including one killed in April
US State Dept. sanctions Iranian military activities, fuel export in Operation Economic Outcast
US plans to revoke tourism and business visas of up to 200,000 foreigners - report
US imposes fresh sanctions targeting Iran's covert 'shadow banking' financial network
The move comes after the US said on Friday it had imposed sanctions on an independent "teapot" refinery in China for buying billions of dollars' worth of Iranian oil.
Iran executes man with alleged resistance ties, links to Israeli intelligence, regime outlets say
Mizan identified the man as Soltanali Shirzadi Fakhr, saying he had been a long-time member of the MEK and was found guilty of cooperating with Israeli intelligence.
Trump considering plan to send Afghan refugees who helped US to Congo - NYT
AfghanEvac President Shawn VanDiver criticized the move, describing it as giving the refugees a choice between "the world’s number one refugee crisis to the world’s number two refugee crisis.”
US State Dept. offers $10m. reward for Hamidawi, leader of Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia
The US State Department offered up to $10 million for information on Ahmad al-Hamidawi, leader of Kataib Hezbollah, responsible for deadly attacks on US facilities and the kidnapping of US citizens.
US arrests Iranian family tied to 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US embassy
Seyed Eissa Hashemi is the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar, the infamous spokeswoman for the Islamist militants who overran the US Embassy in Tehran during the 1979 hostage crisis.
US, Lebanon request Israel pause attacks against Hezbollah prior to talks - report
The report said the request was still under review by Netanyahu, with Lebanon earlier on Friday saying that the US would be mediating the talks.
US expelled Iran's UN deputy ambassador in December 2025, months before beginning of war - report
The report said that Iran's UN mission received a note from the State Department in December asking Aghajani to leave the country immediately, the latest in a series of expulsions last year.
Voices from the Arab press: US-Israel Iran war faces political limits
Israel and the US put pressure on Iran militarily, but domestic politics and regional dynamics could shape how the conflict unfolds and eventually ends.
US imposes sanctions targeting Hezbollah financial network, State Department says
According to the statement, the sanctions are intended to disrupt fundraising and money laundering activities carried out on behalf of Hezbollah’s finance team.
US State Department partners with El Al to return American citizens from Israel
According to the State Department, El Al has returned over 2,000 Americans to the United States since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, in flights exclusively designated for US citizens.
