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The statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry also strongly condemned what it described as the “offensive and inappropriate remarks” and “conduct of the President of the United States” regarding the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the people of Iran.

Those who choose to relocate do so without help from the government. The state has said it is opening mosques, schools and metro stations for use as shelters. Some are closed, others overcrowded.

Israel asserts it had to launch its airstrike campaign to stop Iran from getting closer to being able to build a nuclear weapon. It came as Iran and the United States had been negotiating over the possibility of a new diplomatic deal over Tehran's programme

As the conflict between Iran and Israel entered its fifth day and continues to escalate, Trump also called for Iran's "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER".

Iran quickly retaliated by sending a swarm of drones at Israel, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned of “severe punishment.”

Though Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said he's not interested in talks with a "bullying government,” its struggles with economic woes coupled with internal turmoil, and recent direct attacks by Israel, has put Tehran in a precarious position

Israeli military issues evacuation notice for the site, saying there were Hezbollah facilities there, without giving more details

Gaza government media office condemns the strikes, describing them as the "deliberate targeting of civilians, including children and women

Claims Jaafar Khader Faour was responsible for initiating Hezbollah's first firing order on October 8 last year

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran fully prepared with military, political, and logistical measures to counter "global arrogance"

85-year-old Khamenei, a former President of the country who took over the role as country's 'Supreme Leader' in 1989, has fully backed terror organisations Hezbollah and Hamas over the last many decades

Iran’s Supreme Leader has demonstrated a shocking naivety and a delusional mindset

Promises to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country's mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions

The potential power struggle within Iran will be keenly watched by the rest of the world, including India

Expected to serve as caretaker President for some 50 days before mandatory presidential elections

The progressive image of his predecessor Rouhani will be replaced by a rather more retroactive language of defiance