Iran has long maintained amid international skepticism that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only. It says that could shift if Israel attacks its atomic facilities.
The U.S. and Israel are holding another tense meeting on a future Rafah operation Thursday, a sign that Iran’s attack isn’t halting negotiations over Israel’s conduct in the war against Hamas. Both sides are attending a virtual session,
Yellen said the administration’s actions would “degrade and disrupt” the Iranian drone program that targeted civilian populations in Israel. The sanctions also target Iranian steel production, a measure not taken by U.
Biden said the sanctions, carried out in coordination with the U.K., were a response to “one of the largest missile and drone attacks the world has ever seen against Israel.”
Tensions in the region are high following Iran’s unprecedented assault on Israel — itself in retaliation for a deadly Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria.
The strike in the central city of Isfahan appears to have caused no significant damage and the muted way the story was told in both nations pointed to a determination, at least for now, not to further escalate their conflict.
Iran’s first direct attack on Israel demonstrated the advances of its domestic weapons program, analysts said, while also exposing the limits of its arsenal.
Israel reportedly launched a limited airstrike early Friday against Iran in response to the Iranian attack on Israel April 13, but details of the strike – including the type of weapon or weapons used – remain unclear.
Israel carried out an attack on Iranian soil on Friday, sources said, days after Iran launched an unprecedented strike on Israel with a barrage of drones and missiles. Here is some reaction to the Israeli military response,
Washington plans to impose new sanctions to “degrade Iran’s military capacity” after it fired drones and missiles at Israel, the top U.S. security adviser said.
Airlines quickly changed flight paths over Iran, diverted to alternate airports or returned planes to their departure points on Friday in response to airspace and airport closures after an Israeli attack on Iran,
The narrative on Friday was in sharp contrast to the fiery warnings Iran made earlier this month after an Israeli strike on an Iranian consular building in Damascus killed senior
By Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources said was an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.
Israel is asking the US for more tank ammunition and tactical vehicles, three people familiar with the matter said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government looks to replenish its stockpiles amid the war in Gaza and increasing tensions with Iran.
By Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.
By the time the closing bell rang Friday afternoon, the tech-heavy Nasdaq had racked up a 5.5% weekly decline, its worst such performance since 2022. The S&P 500 dropped 3.1% for
The retaliation strike that had analysts and world leaders wringing their hands in worry that World War III would fire up in the Middle East happened this week.
Iran told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that Israel "must be compelled to stop any further military adventurism against our interests" as the U.N. secretary-general warned that the Middle East was in a "moment of maximum peril.
Israeli warplanes fired missiles on Iran during a retaliatory strike early Friday morning, one Western official and two Iranian officials said, suggesting that the attack included more advanced firepower than initial reports indicated.
President Biden got what he wanted from Israel on Friday—a tempered military response against Iran that did little damage and may not lead to a larger escalation. The mistake would be thinking this is somehow the end of Iran’s long war against Israel and the U.
The U.S. is further restricting Iran's access to "low-level technology," in response to Iran's April 13 attack on Israel and its military support for Russia, according to a posting Thursday by the U.S.
By Samia Nakhoul, Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's apparent strike on Iran after days of vacillation was small and appeared calibrated to dial back risks of a major war,
A day after Israeli fighter aircraft boldly struck an air defense radar site inside Iran, top US and Israeli officials declined to publicly acknowledge the incident.
President Joe Biden has urged Israel not to conduct a large-scale offensive in Rafah to avoid more Palestinian civilian casualties in Gaza, where Palestinian health authorities sa
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi ignored the Israeli missile strikes that hit his country during a speech on Friday, apparently walking back his previous threats of total war.
Oil steadied on Friday following an earlier price spike of more than $3 a barrel after Iran played down a reported Israeli attacks on its soil, in a sign that an escalation of hostilities in the Middle East might be avoided.
Israel's military displays what they say is an Iranian ballistic missile which they retrieved from the Dead Sea after Iran launched drones and missiles toward
By Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.
The U.S. and U.K. have imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East
Israel has been under pressure from the U.S. and Europe to moderate its response and faced the challenge of delivering a blow that would punish Iran for the attack without provoki
Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran could review its "nuclear doctrine" amid Israeli threats, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday,
The scope of Israel’s military response to Iran’s first-ever direct attack on the country remains murky. Israeli officials have yet to publicly acknowledge responsibility for reported overnight explosions in parts of Iran on Friday.
Israeli carried out a "limited" strike against Iran on Friday, targeting the country's Isfahan province, which is where Natanz, one of Iran's nuclear facilities, is located.
Iran's first direct attack on Israel on April 13 has brought renewed focus on their air-defence capabilities as Israeli leaders decide how best to respond. Below is a look at both countries' air forces and aerial defence systems: IRAN The Iranian air force has 37,
Kamleh Al-Yaseeni was supposed to accompany a friend to a hospice for the elderly in Damascus where they both volunteered, but she changed her mind to stay home with her disabled son, friends and neighbors said.