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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was quoted in an interview with a domestic news outlet which was withdrawn without explanation that he had confronted Iran's security chief about the Tehran-backed Shi'ite armed group Hezbollah.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.
A member of Tehran’s city council has implicitly confirmed reports that images from the capital’s traffic-camera network were sent abroad and used by Israel, and called for tighter security controls on foreign-made surveillance equipment.
Iran and Hezbollah have reconstituted parts of their weapons-transfer and financing network using third-country routes, maritime channels and money-exchange systems after earlier air and land corridors were disrupted, Israel’s Ynet news outlet reported.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards spokesman said Israel is in no position to launch a new war, describing current rhetoric as psychological pressure rather than a real military threat, in remarks published on Monday.
US Central Command on Sunday accused Iran of violating international law after confirming that Iranian forces seized a Marshall Islands–flagged tanker in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz last week.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has sent a senior commander back to Yemen to address what Yemeni opposition media describe as a leadership crisis within the Houthi movement, according to a report by the opposition site Defense Line.
Iran’s nuclear chief said on Sunday that US and Israeli strikes on its civilian nuclear facilities during the June conflict had damaged the credibility of the UN nuclear watchdog, accusing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of failing to condemn the attacks.
Israel has indicted a 27-year-old resident of Kiryat Yam on charges of spying for Iranian intelligence, accusing him of transmitting sensitive military information and exploiting his girlfriend’s access to an Air Force base, the Shin Bet and Israel Police said on Sunday.
Israel’s destruction remains a core aim for the Islamic Republic, Iran’s top armed forces spokesman said on Thursday at a memorial ceremony in Tehran, as senior officials sharpened their rhetoric amid growing talk of another clash with Israel.