US forces have fully withdrawn from an air base in western Iraq in implementation of an agreement with the Iraqi government.
Iraq's government on Sunday said US forces completed a "full withdrawal" from military facilities within the country's (...)
Iran's supreme leader has for the first time publicly acknowledged that thousands of people were killed during recent protests, blaming the United States for the violence.
In a speech on Saturday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said thousands had been (...)
Israel is grappling with a dramatic increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide among its troops as fighting persists in Gaza and Lebanon and as tensions flare with Iran, Reuters reported citing recent reports by the country's Defense (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a series of phone calls on Thursday with regional and international counterparts to discuss developments in the region.
Prince Faisal spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, (...)
US President Donald Trump has said he has been told "the killing in Iran has stopped", but the US president has not ruled out military action against the country over its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters.
The United States has (...)
Iran's military is at its "peak of defensive readiness" and will "confront any aggression", the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said, as the United States ramped up its rhetoric in support of the protesters in the country.
Missile (...)
President Donald Trump has been briefed on strong options as he weighs whether to order a US military response against the Iranian government over a violent crackdown on protests that have left more than 600 people dead, but is holding off for now (...)
The European Parliament has barred Iranian diplomats from entering its premises amid the ongoing crackdown on protesters by Tehran, President Roberta Metsola said on Monday.
The ban is in place in Brussels, Strasbourg, Luxembourg and all of (...)
Iran on Monday summoned the ambassadors of Britain, Germany, Italy and France over what it described as their countries' support for recent protests inside the country, according to official media.
The Foreign Ministry invited the diplomats to (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has canceled talks with Iranian officials amid an intensifying crackdown on anti-government protests, pledging support for demonstrators after human rights monitors said the death toll has surged (...)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that the situation in Iran is "under control" with "many terrorist operatives" arrested.
He told foreign diplomats in a televised meeting that "confessions will be released soon" and said there (...)
Nationwide protests challenging Iran's ruling system entered their third week on Sunday, as demonstrators again took to the streets in Tehran and the second-largest city of Mashhad, with activists reporting at least 116 deaths linked to the (...)
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday signaled a tougher crackdown on anti-government protests, accusing demonstrators of acting to please foreign powers, particularly the United States, as unrest continued across several cities (...)
Iran's army chief Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami threatened pre-emptive military action on Wednesday over "rhetoric" targeting the Islamic Republic. He was likely referring to threats made by US President Donald Trump's warning that if Tehran "violently (...)
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that the concerns of merchants protesting across the country are legitimate but warned that a "hand of the enemy" is behind recent currency fluctuations that have fueled unrest.
In his first (...)
Growing unrest in Iran is reported to have claimed more lives on a fifth day of protests over the soaring cost of living.
At least six people have been killed as demonstrations spread to more parts of the country.
Three people were killed and 17 (...)
US President Donald Trump has warned Iran's authorities against killing peaceful protesters, saying Washington "will come to their rescue".
In a brief post on social media, he wrote: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go." He gave no further (...)
The UN atomic watchdog demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency on Thursday and provide "precise information" about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, as well as grant its inspectors access to the country's nuclear sites.
The (...)
Iran's foreign minister said Sunday that the country is no longer enriching uranium at any of its nuclear sites after Israeli and U.S. strikes on its facilities in June.
Responding to a question from an Associated Press journalist visiting Tehran, (...)
France, Germany and the United Kingdom have begun the process to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
The triggering of the so-called snapback sanctions, a move that the United States welcomed on Thursday, comes as diplomatic (...)
Representatives of three European countries threatening to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed to agree with their Iranian counterpart on Tuesday on how to avoid the measures days ahead of a deadline, a diplomat said.
The (...)
Australia says it will expel Iran's ambassador after alleging the country's government directed antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the attacks were "extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression (...)
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem threatened open confrontation on Friday if Lebanon's government proceeds with plans to disarm the militant group, calling the cabinet decision an implementation of "US-Israeli orders."
The Lebanese Council of Ministers (...)
Israel had been planning a full-scale invasion of Iran for many years, but the re-election of Donald Trump coincided with a series of critical events paving the way to the direct attack in June this year, four current and former Israeli intelligence (...)
The deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Tehran on Monday for talks on a potential cooperation framework, Iran's foreign minister said Sunday.
"A deputy director general of [Rafael] Grossi will come to (...)
