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New Iranian leadership council installed as 40 days of mourning begins

Iran has entered a 40-day mourning period following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in strikes carried out by...

Trump issues warning to Iran over retaliatory strikes

President Donald Trump issued a warning to Iran early Sunday (US time), threatening unprecedented military retaliation if Tehran follows through on its promises of...

Iran confirms Supreme Leader Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strike

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been “martyred,” state news agencies have announced. Iranian state media have confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

NZ government statement on Iran

Joint statement of PM Christopher Luxon and Hon. Winston Peters. New Zealand has consistently condemned Iran’s nuclear programme, its destabilising activities in the region and...

Trump declares Khamenei is dead

Confusion and escalating tensions have followed a major US-Israeli strike on Iranian targets, with US President Donald Trump declaring on Truth Social that Iran’s...

Reports say Khamenei killed in airstrikes

Reports circulating in Israel and the United States suggest Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, may have been killed following recent US and Israeli...

NZ monitoring Middle East situation – Peters

The New Zealand Government says it is closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East following ongoing military strikes across the region, with officials...

Iran accuses Israel of bombing girls’ primary school

Dozens of civilians have reportedly been killed after an Israeli airstrike struck a girls’ primary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab as...

Has WWIII just started?

The US-Israel strikes against Iran could provoke a global economic crisis as well as a war in the Middle East. The US and Israel have...

Iran launches retaliatory strike on Israel

The Jewish State and the US earlier started a “pre-emptive” attack on the Islamic Republic after nuclear talks failed to deliver a breakthrough. The Iranian...

US ‘defending American people’ by striking Iran – Trump

Tehran maintains it is not developing nuclear weapons, insisting its research program is for peaceful purposes only. US President Donald Trump has confirmed that Washington...

Israel declares nationwide emergency after strikes on Tehran

The announcement comes as West Jerusalem carried out what it described as a preemptive attack on the Iranian capital. Israel has declared a nationwide state...

Israel launches ‘pre-emptive’ strike on Iran

Air raid sirens rang out across Israel early this morning as the government confirmed it had launched what Defence Minister Israel Katz described as...

U.S. warns Americans to leave Iran ‘immediately’

Washington has designated the Islamic Republic a state sponsor of “wrongful detention”. The United States has urged all Americans to leave Iran “immediately,” escalating rhetoric...

US and Iran wrap up ‘most serious’ nuclear talks in Geneva

Both sides report progress but key differences remain, with technical negotiations set to resume in Vienna next week. The US and Iran have concluded their...

U.S. and Iran make ‘significant progress’ in talks – mediator

Further “technical” discussions are expected to resume next week in Vienna. The latest round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and the possible easing of...

Iran dismisses Trump’s nuclear claims as ‘big lies’

The U.S. president has accused Tehran of seeking atomic weapons during his State of the Union address. Iran has rejected accusations that it is seeking...

Trump issues 10-Day ultimatum to Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump has given Iran a ten-day deadline to reach a nuclear agreement with Washington, warning that failure to do so could...

Lindsey Graham meets MBZ as US ‘armada’ builds in Middle East

The US senator has met with the Emirati president as the largest US military presence in the region in decades continues to grow. Emirati President...

No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council

Distinguished Members of the Security Council, The President of the United States is issuing grave threats of force against the Islamic Republic of Iran if it...

Iran and U.S. resume high-stakes nuclear talks in Geneva

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Geneva for a second round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States, aimed at...

Global demonstrations protest Iranian government

Demonstrations were held in multiple cities worldwide attracting hundreds of thousands following calls from exiled figure Reza Pahlavi for coordinated international protests against Iran’s...

US preparing to send second aircraft carrier toward Iran – WSJ

President Donald Trump has yet to give an official deployment order. The US Department of War has reportedly instructed a second aircraft carrier strike group...

Trump could send another armada toward Iran

The US president has promised “something very tough” unless Tehran accepts his deal. US President Donald Trump has said he is weighing the deployment of...

Iran rejects U.S. ‘zero enrichment’ demand

Iran has reaffirmed it will not abandon uranium enrichment, despite pressure from US President Donald Trump for Tehran to adopt a “zero enrichment” policy. Iranian...

U.S. imposes fresh Iran sanctions hours after nuclear talks resume

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that progress on Tehran’s nuclear programme will only be possible through “calm” negotiations without threats, following US-Iran...

U.S. – Iran dialogue to continue after Oman talks

Senior officials from the United States and Iran are expected to pursue further diplomatic engagement after initial talks in Oman, with Iran’s foreign minister...

US and Iran set for high-stakes talks in Oman

Senior American and Iranian officials are due to hold direct talks in Oman as diplomatic efforts intensify to reduce the risk of military conflict...

Iran opens door to talks with U.S.

Diplomacy is possible if talks are “free of threats and unreasonable expectations,” President Masoud Pezeshkian has said, Iran has signaled a willingness to pursue diplomacy...

Top Israeli general visits Pentagon

Israel is reportedly concerned that President Donald Trump could reach a deal with Tehran without ordering military strikes. A senior Israeli military delegation led by...

Putin holds surprise talks with Iran’s top security official

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Iran’s senior security official Ali Larijani in an unannounced meeting at the Kremlin on Friday, as tensions between Tehran...

U.S. military says it is ready to act as naval force moves toward Iran

The US military is prepared to carry out any orders President Donald Trump gives in relation to Iran, according to US Secretary of War...

Gulf allies shut their skies to U.S. strikes on Iran

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have publicly ruled out allowing the United States to use their territory or airspace for any potential...

US launches military ‘readiness’ drills in Middle East

President Donald Trump has warned that “there is another beautiful armada floating beautifully towards Iran right now”. The US has initiated large-scale, multi-day military exercises...

Trump threatens Iran with ‘armada’ bigger than around Venezuela

Tehran warned it stands ready with its “finger on the trigger” to fend off any US or Israeli aggression. The US Department of War has...

Trump warns of ‘massive’ U.S. naval build-up near Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump has again raised the prospect of military pressure on Iran, saying Washington is closely monitoring unrest in the country and...

Iran reveals death toll from anti-govt riots

More than 3,000 people, including nearly 700 “terrorists,” have been killed amid violent protests, according to the Foreign Ministry. More than 3,000 people have been...

Khamenei accuses U.S. of orchestrating Iran unrest

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused the United States of directly orchestrating recent unrest in Iran, claiming Washington sought to reassert military,...

‘I convinced myself’ not to bomb Iran – Trump

Israel and the Arab states helped dissuade the US president from launching airstrikes, according to media reports. US President Donald Trump has insisted that the...

U.S. moves aircraft carrier toward Middle East

The United States has sent at least one aircraft carrier toward the Middle East, according to Fox News, following days of unrest and riots...

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