Jon Gambrell
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PoliticsMideast’s water supply at risk as Bahrain and Iran say their desalination plants were attacked amid expanding war
By Jon Gambrell, Sam Metz, Kareem Chehayeb and The Associated PressMarch 8, 2026
PoliticsIran sends conflicting signals on war, highlighting split between leaders looking to de-escalate vs. hard-liners bent on fighting the U.S. and Israel
By Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick, Samy Magdy and The Associated PressMarch 7, 2026
PoliticsTrump says ‘I have to be involved’ in choosing next Iran leader, ‘like with Delcy in Venezuela’
By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, Elena Becatoros, Samy Magdy and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
PoliticsMeet Mojtaba Khamenei, ‘the power behind the robes’ and presumptive favorite to assume power as Iran’s Supreme Leader
By Jon Gambrell and The Associated PressMarch 4, 2026
By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, Samy Magdy and The Associated PressMarch 2, 2026
PoliticsIran will pick a new supreme leader in ‘one or two days’ as retaliation attacks spread to more targets after Khamenei’s death
By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, Josh Boak, Eric Tucker and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2026
PoliticsIranian Supreme Leader Khamenei dies after major attack by Israel and the U.S., Iranian state media confirms
By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, Josh Boak, Eric Tucker and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
PoliticsTrump calls death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the ‘single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country’
By Jon Gambrell, Konstantin Toropin, Josh Boak, Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
PoliticsU.S. airstrikes target members of Iranian leadership while retaliation focuses on Israel and American bases in the region
By Jon Gambrell, Konstantin Toropin, Josh Boak, Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
PoliticsNew round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks to start Thursday as Trump assembles largest military presence in Mideast in decades
By Jon Gambrell and The Associated PressFebruary 22, 2026
PoliticsTrump says regime change in Iran that ousts Islamic clerics ‘would be the best thing that could happen’ as another carrier heads to Mideast
By Konstantin Toropin, Aamer Madhani, Jon Gambrell and The Associated PressFebruary 13, 2026
PoliticsCincinnati Reds great Barry Larkin brings baseball to the Middle East, with camels carting in relief pitchers from the bullpen
By Jon Gambrell and The Associated PressNovember 14, 2025
PoliticsAs the Mideast unites around the Gaza ceasefire, Iran is at one of its weakest moments since the 1979 revolution
By Jon Gambrell and The Associated PressOctober 12, 2025
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