Conflict - Military

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi says Tehran is ready to engage in negotiations with Europe regarding Ukraine. However, he emphasized that dialogue must be reciprocal.

Israel launched air strikes on Yemen’s Houthis and Lebanon’s Hezbollah over the weekend in a bid to further degrade the Iran-backed groups as tensions with Tehran continue to flare.

A thousand new drones were delivered to Iran's army on Monday as the country is holding two-month-long military air defense drills around its strategic sites throughout Iran.

Sweden's prime minister on Sunday accused the Islamic Republic of using organized criminal groups to orchestrate crimes in the Scandinavian country.

The Iranian military kicked off a large-scale air defense exercise on Sunday, codenamed "Eqtedar" (Might), spanning the country's western and northern air defense zones.

Iran has announced plans to launch a satellite constellation in the coming months amid growing concerns over its ballistic missile program.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Ankara seeks to strengthen ties with its eastern neighbor and expects Tehran to support its fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

A member of the US House of Representatives has called for enhancement of Washington's defense capabilities in response to Tehran's unveiling of a new loitering munition drone.

An IRGC General has acknowledged that a highly publicized large-scale drill conducted by the paramilitary Basij forces on Friday in Tehran failed to attract significant participation, despite the provision of free food and gifts.

CIA Director William Burns suggested on Friday that Iran’s weakened strategic position marked by regional setbacks could open the door to renewed nuclear negotiations.

The Aerospace Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday unveiled what state TV called an underground missile city.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Yemen's armed Houthi movement is advancing Iran's regional agenda and will face continued military action for their attacks on Israel.

Iran has more missiles than it can store, the Revolutionary Guards commander said, dismissing what he called enemy propaganda about the weakening of Iran's armed forces following consecutive attacks by Israel on Iran and its allies.

A day after Iran’s Supreme Leader urged officials to dismiss US demands, a conservative newspaper in Tehran advocated for negotiations, describing them as the only viable path to addressing the country’s economic crisis.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has unveiled its latest loitering munition drone, the Rezvan, during the ongoing military drills codenamed Great Prophet 19.

Gunmen killed a border guard on Thursday in Mirjaveh County, located in Iran's restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, state-run media reported.

Two senior IRGC commanders said this week that the Islamic Republic is currently unable to retaliate against Israel's October air strikes due to financial constraints and the loss of key regional ally Syria.

Iran is pivoting toward arming Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank following the downfall of Tehran’s ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Israel’s Defense Minister said on Tuesday.

Iran says it has postponed its plan to send human to space because of technical and financial challenges.

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations says the Jewish state will keep supporting the Iranian nation's fight against the Islamic Republic.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Iran remains the Jewish state’s greatest threat as the country evaluates its latest defense budget.

US President Donald Trump left Israeli Minister Ron Dermer with the impression that he was likely to support an Israeli military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities—or even order a US strike—after a November meeting, Axios reported citing two sources.

Iraq’s prime minister is set to visit Tehran on Wednesday to discuss regional issues following the tumultuous events of 2024, including the overthrow of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and the decline of Iran’s regional influence.

Iran's foreign minister has warned Israel against the consequences of launching further airstrikes on the Islamic Republic, amid reports that the Israeli military is on high alert following a directive from the IDF chief.

Commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is visiting Baghdad to meet the leaders of Tehran-backed Shia groups as well as the Iraqi prime minister, Arab media reported Sunday.

Hezbollah will bury its late leader Hassan Nasrallah after the 60-day ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed group, senior Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa said Sunday during a tour of the site where Nasrallah was killed.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Morgan Ortagus, a former State Department spokesperson and prominent critic of Iran, as Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace.

At the start of 2024, Iran appeared to be riding high: ever closer to the threshold of nuclear weapons, its regional allies harassed Israel on multiple fronts and its Yemeni acolytes the Houthis choked commercial traffic from the Red Sea.

The US-led coalition against ISIS has begun constructing a military base in Kobani, northern Syria, as clashes continue between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkey-aligned rebel groups.

The number of people arrested in Israel over Iranian spy plots have shot up by 400% in 2024 in the wake of the Gaza war, according to Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency.

For the first time since its independence, Armenia has assumed full control over the Agarak border checkpoint along its border with Iran.

Prominent Iranian hardline cleric Ahmad Alamolhoda, the Supreme Leader's representative in Khorasan Razavi province, has warned that foreign powers are actively recruiting members of Iran's parliament as spies.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei defended Iran's involvement in Syria's civil war and his policy of power projection in the region, dismissing criticism of the country’s diminishing influence in the Middle East.

Five years ago, Qassem Soleimani was killed under the direct orders of then-US President Donald Trump, in a watershed moment in the Middle East, triggering a series of setbacks for the Islamic Republic.

The last United Nations (UN) Security Council for 2024 warned Iran about any further escalation by Tehran's allied armed group in Yemen, the Houthis.

An Iranian website aligned with the Supreme National Security Council has published a report depicting Syria's new rulers as grappling with dissent and internal conflicts, after what amounted to a historic regional setback for Tehran.