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.
Berlin shut down the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) due to its ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah and its promotion of radical Islamism, the German Interior Ministry said on July 24.
The US Secret Service has obtained increasing amounts of evidence suggesting that Iran is actively planning to assassinate former US President Donald Trump before the November election.
The Council of the European Union extended until 27 July 2025 the restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support for Russia’s war against Ukraine and for armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region.
