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Iran-backed Houthis claim new attacks on Saudi Arabia, Yemen's Aden airport

Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on Wednesday claimed attacks on military facilities and airports in neighbouring Saudi Arabia as the escalation deepened the latest front in the Iran war and threatened a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz. The Houthis' military spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, said on social media that the rebels launched ballistic missiles and drones in the attacks targeting King Khalid International Airport in the capital, Riyadh, but didn't provide evidence. Flights to and from the airport were briefly disrupted, according to Flightradar24, a tracking platform. Saree said Abha airport, a frequent target of Houthi drones and missiles, was targeted. The rebels also claimed to have hit an air base in the city of Khamis Mushait and two military bases in Najran and Asir. All are in southwestern Saudi Arabia and near the border with Yemen. The spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, said they ..

Iran oil minister resigns as exports dry up amid mounting US pressure

Mohsen Paknejad's exit comes as a US naval blockade brings Iran's oil exports to a halt, forcing production cuts and worsening domestic energy shortages

Iran's top security official warns of dire economic crisis as war drags on

The rare admission from Mohsen Rezaei, the security chief, came weeks after the US tightened sanctions and its naval blockade

Iran will be hit 'very hard' if behind Israel flight crash attempt: Trump

President Donald Trump said Iran may be linked to the FlyDubai copilot who tried to crash an Israel-bound plane. The president was asked Thursday by reporters at the White House whether he had been briefed about any links between the pilot behind the attack and Tehran. He said, "We're working on it right now." "I would say the answer, based on what I'm hearing, is yes, but we're working on it right now," Trump said. He did not offer details. Asked if the US would retaliate against Tehran if it was behind the attack, Trump said, "Oh they'll be hit, very hard, don't worry." "You just ask them," he added. "They know what happened. They'll be hit very hard.

Iran receives official US response to latest proposal to end 7-month war

Iranian officials indicated Wednesday they have received an official US response to Tehran's latest proposal to end the seven-month war, which US President Donald Trump had publicly rejected just days earlier. The officials did not say what the response contained and whether it was a rejection. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented the US response to President Masoud Pezeshkian at a Cabinet meeting, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani told the state-run IRNA news agency. "We will make every effort to bring the agreement to fruition and will firmly stand up for the rights of the Iranian people," Pezeshkian said. "The agreement must now be based on a win-win strategy." The Cabinet meeting followed Araghchi's return to Iran after travelling to New York for last week's UN General Assembly, where officials held indirect talks with US officials and also met with Qatari and Pakistani mediators on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders. Araghchi briefed

Iran played part in suspected terror incident at air force base, says UK PM

Iran has previously strongly denied any involvement, with its embassy in London labelling it "Iranophobia".

Iran's foreign minister receives US feedback on 7-day trust-building plan

Araqchi is expected to ​discuss the US response in Tehran on Wednesday

Iran urges US voters to oust Trump's allies as American troops leave Iraq

The 26-page letter by the Guards, urges Americans to use their political power to remove current leaders from office and reject US support for Israel and military intervention abroad

Iranians face soaring medicine prices as US blockade, sanctions hit hard

Medication prices are soaring in Iran and some treatments have become hard to find, leaving patients and their families scrambling as a US blockade and stepped-up sanctions squeeze the country's pharmaceuticals industry. Some medicines have more than tripled in price, further squeezing Iranians' finances seven months into the country's war with the United States and Israel. Prices for food and other goods have skyrocketed even as unemployment has risen and the currency, which hit a record low this week, has lost half its value. The war has become an economic endurance test. Iran has tried to push world energy prices higher with attacks on the region's oil shipping routes; the United States, in turn, has aimed to wreck Iran's economy by blockading its ports since June and slapping it with increasingly tough sanctions. Iran's pharmaceutical industry is vulnerable because of its reliance on imports. So far there has been little sign of major shortages of medicines at Iran's hospitals,

The spy who came in from the Cold War

Ben Macintyre's Redwood explores a Cold War spy defection that had deadly consequences for Iran

Bus overturns in Iran killing 11, injuring 24 in central Markazi province

A passenger bus overturned in Iran, killing 11 people and injuring 24 others, state television reported Saturday. The crash occurred on the Saveh-Hamedan freeway in central Markazi province. Provincial traffic police said driver fatigue and drowsiness caused the crash. Authorities did not immediately say where the bus was headed. Iran has one of the world's worst traffic safety records. Crashes kill more than 17,000 people a year. Experts blame the high toll on unsafe vehicles, widespread disregard for traffic regulations and inadequate emergency services. Earlier this month, a fuel tanker crashed into other vehicles and exploded near the western city of Sanandaj, killing 11 people and injuring seven others.

Hormuz reopening to start after US accepts 7-day plan: Iran's Araghchi

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Washington would need to complete required steps within four to five days, with the strait reopening on the sixth day

US, Iran explore phased deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz, lift blockade

The two countries, which have both refused to make similar agreements in recent months, were making a push for a breakthrough Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly

Iran Prez Pezeshkian defends country's right to civil nuclear enrichment

"We say clearly: No to nuclear weapons, and no to deprivation of nuclear knowledge," Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said.

US, Iran officials held 'very good' meeting on sidelines of UNGA: Trump

President Donald Trump said US and Iranian officials met Tuesday, an unexpected engagement that came even as he threatened in his address to the UN General Assembly that he may "annihilate" the Islamic Republic if a deal isn't reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war. Trump told reporters that his chief envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, met with the Iranian officials on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders but he offered few details about how the discussions transpired or the substance of the exchange. "It was a very good meeting," Trump said. The president later added that the Iranian officials were "not the highest level, but it's something." The engagement comes after months of US-Iran communications languishing following the collapse of a short-lived ceasefire that was brokered in June. US and Iranian negotiators met separately with Qatari and Pakistani mediators in Doha in early July for indirect talks. Earlier Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco

Iran war pushes diesel to record high prices, with no relief on the horizon

The inflation-adjusted price of diesel in late August was about as high as it was in 2022 and has likely risen further

Iran rules out reopening Strait of Hormuz until US meets its demands

Ghalibaf said Iran had conveyed its demands to the United States through intermediaries and would not reconsider its position until Tehran's conditions were fulfilled

Pak min Naqvi to visit Tehran; Iran says talks to focus on bilateral ties

Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi will visit Tehran on Sunday for talks with Iranian leaders and officials amid escalated tension in West Asia, which involve the US-Iran conflict and fighting between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthis, according to media reports. Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Naqvi's visit would focus on bilateral relations and follow-up to previous understandings between the two countries, with no specific mediation message planned, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported on Saturday. "The visit of Pakistan's interior minister is entirely within the framework of bilateral discussions," Baghaei was quoted as saying by IRIB, adding that one of Pakistan's economic ministers might also accompany the interior minister. The visit, however, comes at a crucial time. Fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-aligned Houthis have intensified, with the former carrying out airstrikes against Houthi positions and the group launching drone and .

Iran says US preparing to resume attacks, warns of a sustained response

Tehran's central military command says any US attack would trigger sustained strikes on American bases and interests, and warns countries against supporting Washington

Russia, China veto US proposal to extend UN monitoring of Iran sanctions

Russia and China vetoed a United Nations resolution Thursday that would have authorized UN experts to keep monitoring sanctions that were reimposed against Iran last year over its nuclear program. The UN Security Council sanctions are still in effect, which freeze Iran's assets abroad, halt arms deals with Tehran and penalize any development of Iran's ballistic missile program, among other measures. Using a provision in the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers France, Germany and the United Kingdom triggered the "snapback" mechanism, which reimposed the sanctions on September 27, 2025. It restored the Security Council sanctions committee and authorized a panel of UN experts to monitor implementation. The United States drafted a resolution to extend the UN expert panel's mandate for a year, coming as America also pursues a wider campaign to isolate Tehran from its remaining economic partners as the more than six-month-old war in Iran has hit a stalemate. The proposal was .