Iran news headlines

The top US general fears a wider regional conflict if Israel launches a full-scale attack on Lebanon.

Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the latest in Tehran's attempts to steadily exert pressure on the international community.

Iran's supreme leader prayed over the coffins of Ebrahim Raisi and other officials killed in a helicopter crash.

It issued a detailed legal report on Monday, which said the panel found "reasonable grounds to believe" that the individuals named in the arrest warrants have committed war crimes or crimes against humanity.

The death of Iran's president is unlikely to lead to any immediate changes in Iran's ruling system or to its overarching policies, which are decided by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash.

The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's president and foreign minister has sent sent shock waves around the region, but details are scant.

A 40-something woman was buried in a cave 75,000 years ago, laid to rest in a gully hollowed out to accommodate her body.

Two weeks after the Middle East came to the brink of an all-out war, with Iran firing hundreds of projectiles toward Israel in retaliation for a suspected Israeli airstrike on an Iranian embassy compound in Damascus, Tehran is keen to show the world that it is capable of fighting a wider conflict should it be faced with one.

Iran's air defence systems were activated in several locations after three explosions were heard close to the airport and an army base.

Meant to hold Iran accountable, some have questioned what practical impact they are likely to have.

US President Joe Biden said he would convene a meeting of the Group of Seven advanced democracies "to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack."

Australians who want to leave the region should do so immediately as the situation is feared to deteriorate quickly.

Israel's military says the "vast majority" of missiles launched from Iran were intercepted outside of Israel's borders.

The Foreign Minister urged restraint as Tehran pledged it would respond to an attack on its consulate.

Tehran has pledged retaliation after the attack killed several people, including a senior military commander.

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel have both denied responsibility for the attack as the United Nations investigates.

US officials believe Tehran is close to finalising a deal that could see it replenish Russia's dwindling missile stocks.

It's the start of historic hearings into the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.

The latest move is part of a renewed campaign to push back on Houthi targets in Yemen.

An Iraqi militia official hinted at a desire to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East following retaliatory strikes launched by the United States against dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria.

US officials believe a group backed by Iran was responsible.

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday vowed to "punish" Israel for the Damascus missile strike.

South Africa has accused Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians and pleaded with the court to urgently order a halt to the country's military operation.

The move further escalates tensions in the Middle East waterways.

How many casualties would warrant a full-blown offensive? Each strike and counterstrike increases the risk of the already catastrophic war in Gaza spilling across the region.

The strike was one of the most serious attacks from Hezbollah in the months of fighting that accompanied Israel's war in Gaza.

An expert said the group was "kind of like the Joker" and likely wanted to see Iran strike out at Israel in retaliation.

A senior Iranian official called the blasts a "terroristic" attack, without elaborating on who could be behind them.

Two teenage children take the stage to accept an award but it's what isn't there that draws the eye.

US warships are coming under intensifying fire, as they try to clamp down on conflict spreading throughout the middle east.

The Israel Defence Forces said that it had used its Arrow aerial defence system for the first time to successfully intercept a surface-to-surface missile.

Armita Geravanad died after being injured in a mysterious incident on Tehran's Metro.

Oil prices rose above $91 a barrel Monday as diplomatic efforts to address the crisis in the Middle East intensified.

The Darwin resident watched in frustration as more and more airlines cancelled flights to Israel and multiple countries organised special repatriation flights for their citizens.

The war has already claimed at least 1800 lives on both sides — and perhaps many hundreds more.

Some Israeli parents are being told to remove social media from their children's phones before the expected broadcast of hostage videos.

Gaza militants who attacked an all-night music festival in southern Israel shot and killed revellers at point-blank range, then looted their belongings, new car dash cam video verified by CNN reveals.

When the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on Israel over the weekend, Palestinians living in the besieged Gaza strip had mixed feelings.

Israel's defence minister has ordered a "complete siege" of Gaza, saying authorities would cut electricity and block the entry of food and fuel.

The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Narges Mohammadi for "her fight against the oppression of women in Iran".

The US government has designated all five as being wrongfully detained.

The bold jail break has prompted a nationwide search involving dozens of police and amped up security at ports.

An Iranian airport has hit a sweltering "feels like" temperature of 66 degrees as heat and high humidity combined.

Iran is providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow as the Kremlin looks to lock in a steady supply of weaponry for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine

Attorneys for Donald Trump turned over material in mid-March in response to a federal subpoena related to a classified US military document described by the former president on tape in 2021 but were unable to find the document itself.

Rushdie delivered a video message to the British Book Awards, where he was awarded the Freedom to Publish award on Monday evening.

Iran has hanged two men convicted of blasphemy, authorities said, carrying out rare death sentences for the crime as executions surge across the Islamic Republic following months of unrest.

Iran executed an Iranian-Swedish dual national Saturday accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed at least 25 people.

Iranian authorities are to use cameras in public places to identify women who violate the country's hijab law, state media reported.