Iran’s government is encouraging the latest escalation in attacks by the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels and doesn’t seem ready to make the needed concessions in the wider war with the United States, one of Saudi Arabia’s top diplomats said Thursday.

As President Trump mulls joining Saudi Arabia in attacking the Houthis, the Iran-backed group threatened a "painful" response.

Iranian authorities are investigating a reported assassination attempt on Abbas Akhoundi, who served as roads and urban development minister under former President Hassan Rouhani, IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency reported Thursday, citing an informed security source.

• Fifth straight day of US attacks: The US military said it completed a second wave of strikes on Iran on Wednesday that were aimed at degrading its ability to target vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump is also weighing options to ...

Six months ago, the United States and Israel struck targets across Tehran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other Iranian leaders. It fulfilled a long-held ambition of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a joint attack with the ...

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The US military carried out additional strikes Tuesday on Iran, prompting Tehran to attack Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait in defiance of a warning from President Donald Trump that Iran would be “hit much harder” if it retaliated. The latest round of tit ...

Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei has laid out Tehran’s latest set of conditions to end its war with the United States. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Saturday, Rezaei said that Tehran has conveyed its conditions to the US via Qatari ...