Mideast Crisis

Lebanon’s political leaders reacted on Wednesday against Tehran’s perceived meddling in the country’s internal debates over Hezbollah’s disarmament, following comments from a top Iranian official.

The Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) recruited a Ugandan construction worker to surveil Israel's embassies in Uganda and Senegal, materials from a European intelligence source reviewed by Iran International indicate.

Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday pressed Germany to release any findings into German companies suspected of supplying materials for chemical weapons deployed by Saddam Hussein during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.

Hamzeh Safavi, a Tehran University professor and son of senior Khamenei military adviser, said Iran should consider a Saudi-backed approach that conditions any recognition of Israel on acceptance of a two-state solution along 1967 borders, the Financial Times reported.

Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, called for direct confrontation with Israel on Sunday after Hezbollah said a senior commander and four other members were killed in an Israeli strike near Beirut.

Iran denounced Israel’s strike in Beirut that killed Hezbollah’s top military commander, saying it breached the November 2024 ceasefire, the foreign ministry said on Sunday.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday that Tehran had faced down the United States’ Central Command and NATO on its own in June’s 12-day war with Israel, describing the conflict as a strategic victory that forced its adversaries to seek a halt to fighting.

Iran’s nuclear strategy has entered an ambiguous new phase, said veteran non-proliferation expert Mark Fitzpatrick, and Israel’s attacks in June could have left intact Tehran's ability to pivot toward a bomb if it so chose.

US President Donald Trump on Friday said that the United States deprived Iran of its nuclear capabilities with airstrikes in June, setting the stage for a transformed region.

Iran has made significant investments to restore its ballistic missile capacity, increasing the likelihood of renewed war with Israel, i24 reported on Thursday, citing Western officials.

Hamas and Hezbollah are quietly rebuilding their military capabilities amid a tense ceasefire with Israel, the Jerusalem Post cited Israeli defense officials as saying on Thursday.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that its Mideast arch-foe Iran was seeking to reach a deal and that his administration would "probably" achieve one.

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Tuesday that a new US-backed Security Council resolution on Gaza must not be applied in any way that harms Palestinian rights.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was quoted in an interview with a domestic news outlet which was withdrawn without explanation that he had confronted Iran's security chief about the Tehran-backed Shi'ite armed group Hezbollah.

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he seeks a deal with Iran and believes Tehran does too, speaking alongside Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who said he would try to help Tehran and Washington reach a deal.

US and Israeli attacks on Iran nuclear in June achieved tactical wins but might ultimately backfire in unforeseen way, UAE-based newspaper The National quoted former US special envoy for Iran Robert Malley as saying.

The crew of an oil products tanker seized by Iran last week are safe and the vessel is now anchored off the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, its technical manager Columbia Shipmanagement said on Monday after Tehran confirmed the seizure.

A reported push by senior Israeli officials for the United States and Israel to force regime change in Iran by the end of US President Donald Trump's term is more rhetoric than reality, Professor Aram Hessami told Eye for Iran.