Iran

Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday warned that Lebanon’s Hezbollah- Tehran’s ally- could launch a more significant attack against Israel than Iran.

A video of two teenage girls being beaten by female members of Iran’s morality police on a Tehran street for allegedly not wearing hijabs has gone viral, in what activists say is the latest example of state-led violence against women.

Iran has executed Reza (Gholamreza) Rasayi who was sentenced to death in connection with mass protests against the clerical establishment, the judiciary says.

Iran is reportedly moving missile launchers and conducting military drills in possible preparation for retaliatory strikes on Israel following the killing of Hamas' political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, US officials have said.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington believes both Iran and Hezbollah will retaliate against Israel as early as Monday.

Airlines are avoiding Iranian and Lebanese airspace and cancelling flights to Israel and Lebanon, as concerns grow over a possible war in the region after the killing of senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah this week.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran's capital city, Tehran, where he attended the swearing-in of Iran's new president Tuesday.

Iran is hosting the leaders of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Iranian state media reported Tuesday.

Iranian Kurdish civil activist Pakhshan Azizi was sentenced to death, sparking widespread protests from social media users, female detainees in Evin Prison, and human rights organizations.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally endorsed Masoud Pezeshkian as the country's new president on Sunday, weeks after his victory in the presidential election.