US-Iran tensions

‘It Looked Like Daylight…’: US Pilot Reveals What Really Happened After 14,000-Kg Bomb Struck Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Site

U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Kane, one of the pilots who flew the bomber, said the mission lasted 37 hours. Every second mattered. Every bomb had a target. 

Jul 02, 2025, 01:14 AM IST

Iran issues more visas to Canadian team probing crash and helping families

Iran has issued eight more visas to a team of Canadian officials following a fatal plane crash near Tehran and most members of the group should be in Tehran on Monday, Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Sunday.

Jan 13, 2020, 06:39 AM IST

Gold prices soar to near 7-year high amid US-Iran conflict

In the wake of Iran's retaliatory missile strikes against the US forces in Iraq, Gold prices soared as much as 2 per cent on Wednesday to vault over the $1,600 ceiling for the first time in nearly seven years, as investors flocked to safe havens.

Jan 08, 2020, 12:33 PM IST

Gold slips from near seven-year high amid US-Iran tensions

Deficit-hit palladium meanwhile hit another record peak on the back of prolonged supply constraints in the market. Spot gold was down 0.1% at $1,564.31 per ounce as of 1257 GMT, having fallen as much as 0.7% earlier in the session. It touched its highest since April 2013 at $1,582.59 on Monday. US gold futures were 0.2% lower at $1,566.00.

Jan 07, 2020, 20:04 PM IST

Gold prices down from near 7-year high as US-Iran tensions ease

Spot gold fell 0.2% to $1,562.81 per ounce by 0107 GMT. In the previous session, prices hit their highest since April 2013 at $1,582.59. 

Jan 07, 2020, 08:01 AM IST

Oil inches up as Iran and United States trade threats

Brent crude futures rose 22 cents to $68.82 a barrel by 12:19 p.m. EST (1719 GMT), after soaring to a high of $70.74 a barrel from Friday`s settlement. US West Texas Intermediate crude was up 7 cents at $63.12 a barrel after touching $64.72, its highest since April. Oil pared gains during the session.

Jan 06, 2020, 23:34 PM IST