Israel launched multiple air strikes on Iran in the early hours of Saturday, in response to what the Israeli military called “months of continuous attacks” from Tehran and its proxies. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says Iran has been “relentlessly attacking Israel” since 7 October 2023. The IDF’s confirmation of strikes on Iran followed earlier reports by Iranian state media …

Iran resumed domestic and international flights on Thursday following a brief suspension caused by its missile attack on Israel, state media reported. The Islamic Republic launched 200 missiles at Israel on Tuesday night, marking its second direct military strike on the country. The first occurred in April and involved a combined missile and drone attack. Flights were grounded across Iran …

The United States sanctioned five people and seven companies in China and Iran on Tuesday, accusing them of aiding Tehran’s ballistic missile and drone programmes. The sanctions targeted individuals and companies in China, Hong Kong and Iran involved in procuring key components for “subordinates” of Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, the US Treasury Department said in a …

Iran has denied any links with the attempted assassination of the former United States (US), President, Donald Trump. The Iranian Mission to the United Nations said the allegations of attempting to assassinate Trump was “unsubstantiated and malicious”. A 20-year-old had shot Trump in an attempt to kill him during his campaign in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. While the shooter missed …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash, the Islamic Republic News Agency reports. The demise of the Iranian president was announced early Monday morning. Mr Raisi’s helicopter and two more helicopters were en route to Tabriz City on Sunday after he inaugurated the Qiz Qalasi Dam at the border with the Azerbaijan Republic. Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, …

Iran on Saturday hanged at least seven people, including two women, while a member of its Jewish minority is at imminent risk of execution as the Islamic Republic further intensified its use of capital punishment, an NGO said. Parvin Mousavi, 53, a mother of two grown-up children, was hanged in Urmia prison in northwestern Iran along with five men convicted …

Iran fired air defence batteries early Friday morning after reports of explosions near the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. It remained unclear if the country was under attack. However, tensions remain high in the wider Middle East after Iran’s unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. IRNA said the defences fired across several provinces. It did not elaborate …

President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option Netanyahu’s war cabinet favours after a mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, according to officials. The threat of open warfare erupting between the arch Middle East foes and dragging in the United States put the region …

Iran says its attack on Israel is a response to Israel’s strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, and “the matter can be deemed concluded”. Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York said the early Sunday attack was a response to Israeli “aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus”. Israel earlier this month struck an Iranian building …

The UK condemned Iran’s attack on Israel, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement posted on X. “I condemn in the strongest terms the Iranian regime’s reckless attack against Israel. Iran has once again demonstrated that it is intent on sowing chaos in its own backyard”, Sunak’s statement said. “The UK will continue to stand up for Israel’s …