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Iran’s top military commanders on Thursday spoke of a forceful response to an Israeli air strikes over the weekend as rhetoric around retaliation appears to have stiffened in recent days.

Iran's leading Sunni cleric Mowlavi Abdolhamid has welcomed the government’s appointment of a Sunni ethnic Balochi as governor of the Sunni-majority Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

Germany moved one step closer to severing ties with Iran on Thursday, ordering all Iranian consulates to be shut down in response to the execution of the German-Iranian national Jamshid Sharmahd.

Israel's foreign minister on Thursday accused the United Nations of appeasing Iran in a post on X with a manipulated image depicting the UN chief bowing before Iran's supreme leader, signaling a new low for their relationship.

Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat on Thursday said the kingdom's relationship with regional arch-rival Iran was on the mend and Riyadh hoped Tehran would take steps to defuse its simmering conflict with Israel.

A hardline Iranian newspaper affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards has called for building nuclear weapons as a form of deterrence following Israeli air strikes on October 26.

Iran's Ambassador to Russia says that Tehran does not anticipate Moscow taking on a mediating role between Iran and the European Union in negotiations concerning Iran's nuclear program.

Israel said it uncovered another Iran-backed spy operation following a wave of arrests over the past month, as spy cells are allegedly activated across the country.

Hardliners aligned with the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader have intensified their stance against Israel, calling for renewed attacks in retaliation for Israel’s October 26 strikes on Iranian military targets.

Canada has identified Iran as one of its top strategic cyber threats in its 2025 National Cyber Threat Assessment, citing Tehran's expanding cyber activities and surveillance of global opponents as a growing security risk.

The United States will help oversee a Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire by which UN forces and the Lebanese army replace the Iran-backed group in the south of the country, according to an unverified draft published by Israel's Channel 11.

A little-known but influential body handpicked by Iran's Supreme Leader may provide the spur Ali Khamenei needs to ditch his avowed refusal of nuclear weapons and reach for the ultimate deterrent in the wake of punishing Israeli attacks.

Days after Israel’s unprecedented air strikes on multiple military targets in Iran, media outlets in Tehran, think tanks, and some Iranian officials are now assessing the attack’s impact and implications.

In his first speech as Hezbollah's Secretary-General, Naim Qassem stressed Iran's steadfast and unconditional support for the armed Lebanese group, underscoring their persistent unity despite heavy blows they have both taken from Israel in recent weeks.

Iran cut off four fingers of the right hands of two brothers convicted of theft on Tuesday as the government continues its onslaught of amputations.

Israeli air strikes over the weekend knocked out Iran's last three Russian-provided S-300 air defense missile systems and has left the country "naked", Fox News reported citing US and Israeli officials.

Iran’s Defense Minister has denied reports of Israeli fighter jets entering Iranian airspace during last weekend’s raids as it plays down the damage inflicted after the four-hour assault.

Israel’s air strikes revived the specter of war long gone - a ghastly déjà vu for Iranians who weathered the nigh decade-old struggle with Iraq and a grim induction into its sights and sounds for those too young to remember.

The European Union announced it is considering targeted and significant measures against Iran following the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd, a German citizen and US resident, who was hanged this week.

Iran’s government-controlled media have criticized Moscow—frequently hailed by officials as Iran’s 'strategic ally'—for not issuing an immediate and unequivocal condemnation of Israel’s October 26 air strikes on Iran.

Distance posed no challenge for the Israeli military, which demonstrated its ability to enter Iran and act at will, all while showing restraint, a leading urban warfare expert told Iran International.