“Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran,” he says.

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed the right to join Iran in deciding its next leader on Thursday as the war escalated further, with U.S. and Israeli jets hitting areas across the country and Gulf cities coming under renewed bombardment. In an interview with ‌Reuters, Trump said Mojtaba Khamenei, the son…

Iran launched new retaliatory attacks in the Middle East at the end of a full week of strikes.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) orders some 250,000 residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of major action against Hezbollah.

Israel hit targets in Iran and southern Lebanon on the sixth day of the joint US-Israeli campaign. Reporting from Tel Aviv, RFE/RL correspondent Ray Furlong spoke to an opposition politician who said Israel's goal for a "final result" of the war is to bring down the regime in Tehran.

Second soldier also wounded after troops ordered to push deeper into country; Lebanon says death toll in fighting up to 123 as thousands flee capital ahead of strikes on Dahiyeh suburb

Intense Israeli airstrikes target Iran and Lebanon as U.S. warns of escalating conflict and heightened military involvement.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he should be involved in choosing Iran's next supreme leader as the U.S. and Israel hammered the country for a sixth day. Iran kept up its retaliatory at

Israel Iran War Updates live: The Israel-Iran conflict escalated sharply with strikes in Tehran and Beirut, including the killing of a Hezbollah commander.

Lebanon was pulled deeper into the war in the Middle East earlier this week. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Israel Iran War Updates live: The Israel-Iran conflict escalated sharply with strikes in Tehran and Beirut, including the killing of a Hezbollah commander.

As the conflict in the Middle East enters its sixth day, hostilities are intensifying across multiple fronts. A US submarine has sunk an Iranian warship near Sri Lanka, NATO forces intercepted an Iranian missile bound for Turkey, and the US-Israeli air campaign continues deep within Iran.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Intense Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon early Friday as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships. Iran launched new retaliatory attacks in the Middle East at the end of a full week […]

BEIRUT, March 5 - Hezbollah has deployed elite fighters to confront Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, sending them back into the border region from which they withdrew after a war in 2024, three Lebanese sources familiar with the deployments said, as the Iran-backed group wades deeper into the conflict in the Middle East. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister ridiculed Donald Trump’s claim of involvement in Iran’s leadership selection. He condemned US military actions and called the ongoing conflict an existential war driven by the Greater Israel delusion.

Israel’s military said it began targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah in Beirut’s southern suburbs.