The United States is beginning to carry out strikes deeper inside Iranian territory, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said. Below are the key takeaways from his statement: The U.S. is winning — d...
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After a ballistic missile launched from Iran was intercepted, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Fidan conveyed Turkey’s response and ...
At least 101 people were missing and 78 wounded after a submarine attack on an Iranian ship off Sri Lanka’s coast, Reuters writes, referring to sources in Sri Lanka’s navy and defense mini...
Iran will not negotiate with the United States, Mohammad Mokhber, advisor to former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, told local TV. According to Mokhber, there is no basis for dialogue with the US, as Ira...
US Commander in the Middle East Brad Cooper has stated that the US assault on Iran is proceeding faster than expected, Reuters reports. Cooper noted that the first 24 hours of the operation “Epic Fury...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has declared that any leader appointed by Iran’s terrorist regime, who continues to lead the program to destroy Israel, threaten the United States, the free world,...
The Council of Ayatollahs has reportedly chosen Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei, as Iran’s next Supreme Leader, according to the Iran International news agency. However, the news has not yet...
Iran and its proxies could target the US with attacks in response to the Saturday killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by Israeli and US strikes, Reuters writes, referring to a US intellige...
Iran has called on European countries to refrain from getting engaged in any Israel-US joint operations against Tehran, Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said. “Any such a...
Neither the International Atomic Energy Agency nor US intelligence has confirmed that Iran possesses or is attempting to produce nuclear weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. “Iran...
The consequences of aggression against Iran are already being felt across the region, Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, has said. “Moscow firmly and decisively calls on all parties to halt mil...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected the war against Iran was “not going to take years”, Reuters writes. US President Donald Trump initially projected the war to last four to fi...
