Pressure was building on Iran on Friday as President Donald Trump weighed a military strike on the Islamic Republic while U.S. allies in the region, including Israel and several Arab nations, urged re...

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Jan 29) he hoped to avoid military action against Iran, which has threatened to strike American bases and aircraft carriers in response to any attack.

But Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said “conducting diplomacy through military threat cannot be effective or useful”.

Iran hit out at growing Western pressure over its nuclear program and a crackdown on protests. The threat by the country’s foreign minister that Tehran’s forces had their “fingers on the trigger” came amid growing signs that the Washington was readying fresh strikes on Iran: US President Donald Trump warned of a “massive Armada” heading to Iran,

U.S.-Iran tensions spike with urgent diplomatic efforts underway to avert war

To illustrate American military capability, the defense chief pointed to the recent capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, describing the operation as unparalleled in scal...

Iran is prepared for the resumption of talks with the United States, but they should be fair and not include Iran's defence capabilities, Iran's chief diplomat said on Friday, as regional powers work ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Thursday that the U.S. military “will be prepared to deliver whatever the president expects” if Iran continues to try to develop nuclear weapons.

Opting for a conventional choice to lead the Federal Reserve, President Trump on Friday nominated former Fed governor Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the central bank.

Iran ​plans ‌to designate ​the armed ‍forces of ​European ​Union countries ⁠that have blacklisted the Islamic ‌Revolutionary Guard Corps ​as "terrorists", according ‌to ‍a post by ⁠top Iranian security official Ali ​Larijani on X.

The European Union agreed Thursday to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard a "terrorist organisation" over a deadly crackdown on mass protests, sending a powerful message of condemnation to Tehran.