Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that Israel is setting "traps" to drag Iran into war, comments that came amid a dramatic escalation of Israel's bombing campaign in Lebanon. Pezeshkian, who is in New York for the UN General Assembly, told reporters that...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that direct talks with the US would be possible if Washington showed that it was not hostile toward Tehran. "We are not hostile towards the US. They should end their hostility towards us by showing their goodwill in...
The US on Tuesday formally accused Iran of providing Russia with ballistic missiles and imposed new sanctions on Russian-flagged ships allegedly involved in the weapons transfers. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the new sanctions at a press conference in...
Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, the head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), is visiting Israel as the US and Israeli militaries are still coordinating on the potential for an Iranian reprisal attack in response to the Israeli killing of Hamas's political chief, Ismail...
On Tuesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opened the door to talks with the US, telling the new Iranian government there was "no harm" in engaging with the "enemy." Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, pledged during his campaign that he would work...
A US official told Al Arabiya that the US helped Israel track Hezbollah rockets and drones that were fired into Israel Sunday morning. The official insisted the US assistance didn't go beyond intelligence, saying that the US was not involved in the strikes on Lebanon...
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday that it could be a "long" time before Iran launches its reprisal attack against Israel for the killing of Hamas's political chief in Tehran. "Time is on our side, and the waiting period may be long," said...
A US official threatened Iran on Friday that it would face "cataclysmic" consequences if it attacked Israel in response to the Israeli killing of Hamas's political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran. A senior US official told AFP that the US "would encourage the...
President Biden said Tuesday that he thinks Iran might not launch a retaliatory attack on Israel if a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal is reached. When asked if Iran might scrap its plans to retaliate for the Israeli killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran if Israel and...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has told Secretary of Defense Lloyd Autin that Iranian military preparations show Iran is preparing for a large-scale reprisal attack against Israel, Axios reported on Sunday. The report said that a new Israeli intelligence...
