The US and Israeli naval forces on Sunday launched their annual joint wargames aimed at countering threats in the Middle East, the Israeli military said, two days after Iran’s naval forces held similar drills in the Persian Gulf.
The Israeli military said on Sunday it had uncovered what it called an Iran-directed secret money-exchange network run by Gaza-born operatives in Turkey, alleging it funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Hamas leadership.
Israel may strike Iran within the next year if it concludes Tehran is moving to restore high-level uranium enrichment, European diplomats told Al-Monitor on Saturday.
Iran’s foreign ministry denounced the Middle East section of Washington’s newly released national security strategy on Sunday, with spokesman Esmail Baghaei calling it Israel’s national security document while saying Tehran would nonetheless study the text.
Iran’s parliament speaker on Saturday condemned a GCC statement rejecting Iranian sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands, warning that neighbors should not test the Iranian people's will to defend their territorial integrity.
Interrogations of rebels detained in Chad uncovered an Iran-backed network recruiting and training Africans to target Western and Israeli interests, Argentina's Infobae online newspaper reported citing Chadian officials.
The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Navy said a new missile tested during this week’s naval exercises has a range exceeding the length of the Persian Gulf, without specifying the exact distance.
A senior foreign policy adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Friday questioned whether a military offensive by Yemeni allies of the United Arab Emirates served the United States and accused Abu Dhabi of imperialist aggression.
US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said that Washington did not seek to overthrow Iran's ruling system in a wide-ranging interview published on Friday in which he called on Tehran to restart talks over its nuclear program.
A UK parliamentary briefing published on Friday says Iranian operatives are increasingly seeking to carry out kidnappings, physical attacks and assassinations against dissidents and opponents in Britain.
Washington remains committed to keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and preventing “outright enemies” from dominating the Persian Gulf and its energy supplies, US President Trump said in his 2025 National Security Strategy.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards began the second phase of a naval drill with volleys of ballistic and cruise missiles aimed at targets in the Oman Sea, state media reported on Friday.
Israel's quarrel with Iran will end either with a full scale war including a ground invasion or through talks, ex-air force chief Major General Eitan Ben Eliyahu said in an interview with the 103fm radio station on Thursday.
Drone attacks on US-run oilfields in Iraqi Kurdistan – blamed by local authorities on Iran-aligned militia – prompted a US pressure campaign that helped restart the Kirkuk–Ceyhan export pipeline, a move Washington views as curbing funding for Iran-backed groups, Reuters reported.
Iraq will remove Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis from an asset-freeze list after the Iran-aligned groups were included in an official publication, officials said on Thursday.
Israeli police and the Shin Bet said they arrested an Ashkelon resident, 37-year-old Amir Malka, on suspicion of spying for Iran over several months, allegedly earning several thousand dollars.
A lopsided war with Israel and the United States in June rattled Iran’s political order, but it survives through smarter coercion and the disarray of forces that might otherwise bring it down.
The US military has created a task force to field its first squadron of new kamikaze attack drones in the Middle East, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Wednesday.
An Iranian taekwondo athlete withdrew from the world under 21 championships in Kenya after the competition draw placed her against an Israeli opponent in the first round.
Cybersecurity firm ESET said it found new activity by the Iran aligned MuddyWater group that targeted critical infrastructure in Israel and one organization in Egypt.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in June curbed Tehran's regional dominance and rendered Iraq more friendly to the United States.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a 12-day war with Israel in June allowed Tehran to close many security gaps, calling it a miscalculation by the Jewish state that would end with the same result if repeated.