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Iran rejected a call Tuesday by three European countries urging it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions. Iran calls it an “excessive request.”

US moves guided missile submarine USS Georgia and aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln to Middle East

Allegation comes a day after Microsoft issued a report detailing foreign agents' attempts to interfere in the US campaign in 2024

Esmaeil Qa'ani congratulates Yahya Sinwar on his appointment as Hamas politburo chief and extending condolences for Haniyeh's death

Israel holds high-level meet of security officials, mulls preemptive strike on Iran if it gets a full-proof intelligence report on possibility of attack

Israeli Prime Minister says country ready for any scenario even as Jordan makes diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions

Tensions mount even as US rushes warships and fighter jets; Western governments urge their citizens to leave Lebanon

According to reports, the original plan was to kill Haniyeh during his visit for funeral of the then-Iranian President Ebrahim Rasi in May this year

Orders additional ballistic missile defence-capable cruisers, destroyers to European and Middle East regions amid escalating violence

Discusses efforts to support Israel's defence against threats, including against ballistic missiles and drones, to include new defensive US military deployments

Israel's primary goal is to ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to it, says Israeli government spokesman David Mencer

Khamenei gave the order at an emergency meeting of Iran's Supreme National Security Council shortly after Iran announced that the Hamas leader was killed

1,300-tonne vessel equipped with surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft batteries, sophisticated radar and radar-evading capabilities

Emphasises readiness to serve people of Iran, pledges to attentively listen to their concerns

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

The semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted a report by the General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces stating that a senior investigation committee, comprising experts and technicians, arrived at the crash site on Monday morning following the incident.

Though govt has increased export duties on onions and rice to check domestic supply, no such curbs have been placed on turmeric which has seen a surge in prices due to low yield

According to Article 131 of Iran's Constitution, the first Vice-President will take the helm of the executive branch if the President is unable to perform duties.

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

Raisi swiftly ascended the career ladder, becoming Iran's head of judiciary in 2019 and later assuming the presidency in June 2021, succeeding Hassan Rouhani.