All news on the topic: Iran

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Rishi Sunak condemns Iran’s ’reckless attack’ on Israel and says regime is ’sowing chaos in backyard’
The Prime Minister said the UK will "continue to stand up for Israel’s security and that of all our regional partners" as reports suggested RAF Typhoons would be involved in protecting the country on Saturday
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Iran launched drone attack on Israel
Iran launched attack drones against Israel on Saturday night local time.
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Missiles strike Israel in an attempt to overwhelm the Iron Dome defense system ahead of an anticipated Iranian attack, reportedly coming soon
A barrage of missiles hit Israel on Friday evening as one commentator chillingly warned that the attack may be an attempt to deplete the country’s ’Iron Dome’ defense system as Iran prepares for a retaliatory attack
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Israeli airstrike on Iran consulate in Syria kills six reportedly including IRGC commander
Mohammad Reza Zahedi of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps reportedly among dead in Damascus attack
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Tehran denies involvement in London attack on TV presenter
Met police say investigation into stabbing of Iranian journalist near home in Wimbledon is being led by counter-terrorism officers
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Iran International journalist stabbed outside London home
Counter-terror police lead investigation after presenter was reportedly attacked by group of men
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Moment Israel kills Iran-backed Hezbollah commander in pinpoint drone blitz on car after ‘he plotted civilian attacks’
Spine-chilling footage shows the terror boss’s final moments alive before his car is engulfed in a monstrous fireball
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Russia, Iran, and China begin joint naval exercises amid rising tension
The Russian Ministry of Defence said Russia, Iran and China have begun joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman to 'improve the safety of maritime economic activity'
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Assassin targets Donald Trump allies in revenge plot over slain Iranian officer
The Miami FBI uncovered a sick plot targetting Donald Trump's allies by an Iranian military assassin, in revenge for the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani, another influential Iranian officer
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World's oldest lipstick is discovered - dating back over 3,700 years
The bright red lip paint was discovered in a small ornate vial in Iran and could be the oldest known example in the world, dating back over 3,700 years
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Iran tells Hezbollah to escalate attacks on Israel amid fears of Lebanon hit
Under the leadership of Ali Khamenei the Iranian regime fears Lebanon will be next in Israel's firing line and has decided to act first by reportedly ordering Hezbollah to attack
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Former Iranian-owned Boeing plane linked to terrorist group returned to the US
The US government seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane in Florida, alleging violations of export control laws involving a sanctioned Iranian airline and a state-owned Venezuelan firm
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Senior Iranian militant killed by US drone strike as tensions reach fever pitch
Kataib Hezbollah commander Abu Baqir Al-Saadi was blown up in his vehicle on Wednesday, prompting militia calls for an attack on the American embassy in the Iraqi capital
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Lloyds and Santander deny breaching US sanctions over links to Iranian firms
Petrochemical Commercial Company, which is linked to the Iranian state, used a web of front companies in the UK to discreetly move money around the world, it is claimed
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Moment ships launch missiles to destroy Houthi targets as all-out war fears grow
The USS Gravely, USS Carney and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower were among the warships to have launched strikes at Houthi forces - dramatic video shows the moment they
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Threat of Russia, Iran and China using Ireland as 'back-door' to UK, report says
Researchers warn an expansion of Russian, Chinese and Iranian presences in the Republic of Ireland 'signals the intent to infiltrate, and interfere in, the transatlantic community'
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Iranian officials linked to 'malicious' cyberattacks targeting US infrastructure
The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on six officials who were linked to cyber attacks against US infrastructure at home and abroad
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David Cameron issues warning to Iran as Houthi Red Sea crisis deepens
The UK and the US struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen overnight in the third wave of airstrikes this month as David Cameron issued a warning to Iran
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Donald Trump claims Iran called him before launching strikes in Iraq
Former US President Donald Trump told Fox News that Iran officials personally called him before launching their strikes in Iraq and said that it was out of 'respect'
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Top Biden official won't rule out whether US will do drone strikes inside Iran
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan hinted that there will be more steps in the American response to the Jordan drone attack which killed three soldiers last week
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Iran's chilling warning about two suspected spy ships after US strikes on Yemen
In a video statement by Iran’s regular army, a narrator describes the vessels as 'floating armories,' adding Iran aims to 'counteract piracy in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden'
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Man calls police after finding powerful rusty Iran nuclear missile in garage
Shocked police in Washington state say an old rusted rocket found in a man's garage is an inert nuclear missile - one of the most powerful interceptors ever deployed by the US Air Force
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'Iran or US don't want war - America has enough on plate, Iran knows it'll lose'
So, what happens next? Is this another sign the conflict in Gaza and Houthi strikes on shipping in the Red Sea are expanding into a wider, possibly global, conflict?
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Iranian-backed official on deescalation after US drone strikes in Syria and Iraq
The US hit more than 85 targets using more than 125 guided missiles at sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
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US vows 'this is the start of our response' after Iraq and Syria revenge strikes
President Joe Biden issued his first statement since launching an operation to strike Iranian targets within Syria and Iraq, warning other enemies that America 'will respond'