Biden said the sanctions, carried out in coordination with the U.K., were a response to “one of the largest missile and drone attacks the world has ever seen against Israel.”
Commercial flights have begun diverting their routes over western Iran without explanation as one semiofficial news agency in the Islamic Republic claimed there had been “explosions” heard over the ci
Iran’s first direct attack on Israel demonstrated the advances of its domestic weapons program, analysts said, while also exposing the limits of its arsenal.
Much remained unclear about the circumstances in Iran the early hours of Friday morning. Iranian media and social media reported explosions near Isfahan, where Iran has nuclear facilities and a drone factory.
Iran told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that Israel "must be compelled to stop any further military adventurism against our interests" as the U.N. secretary-general warned that the Middle East was in a "moment of maximum peril.
Washington plans to impose new sanctions to “degrade Iran’s military capacity” after it fired drones and missiles at Israel, the top U.S. security adviser said.
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The U.S. is further restricting Iran's access to "low-level technology," in response to Iran's April 13 attack on Israel and its military support for Russia, according to a posting Thursday by the U.S.
CIA Director William Burns says Iran’s attack on Israel “turned out to be a spectacular failure” and that the U.S. hopes tensions in the region will ease.
President Joe Biden has urged Israel not to conduct a large-scale offensive in Rafah to avoid more Palestinian civilian casualties in Gaza, where Palestinian health authorities sa
Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning after reports of explosions near the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. It remained unclear if the country was under attack.
Israel's military displays what they say is an Iranian ballistic missile which they retrieved from the Dead Sea after Iran launched drones and missiles toward
The U.S. has hit Iran with a new wave of sanctions and export controls in response to the country’s recent air attack on Israel, a move aimed at grounding Iran’s drone program and pinching its national revenue.
Senior U.S. officials raised concerns with their Israeli counterparts on Thursday about Israel's plans for military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and the two sides also discussed Iran's drone-and-missile strike on Israel in a virtual meeting.
The U.S. and U.K. have imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East
A senior commander for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps warned that Tehran may review its "nuclear doctrine" if Israel targets its atomic facilities.
A top Iranian general said his country may reconsider its nuclear policies if Israel threatens to attack its atomic sites, an implicit warning that Tehran might race toward a nuclear weapon as rhetoric continued to escalate in the wake of its April 13 drone and missile attack.
A senior Iranian official warned Thursday that Iran could work on building nuclear weapons if Israel attacks its nuclear facilities, the latest escalation in threats issued by the two sides amid heightened tensions in the Middle East.
The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its missile and drone program after its direct military attack on Israel last weekend.
Some EU states have also proposed sanctions against Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, but Borrell reiterated the EU's position that the corps could be designated as a terrorist or
The United States on Thursday imposed new sanctions against Iran in response to its drone and missile attack against Israel on Saturday. The Treasury Department said Thursday it was targeting 16 individuals and two entities it said works on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week
The United States on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its unarmed aerial vehicle production after its missile and drone strike on Israel last weekend. The U.S. Treasury Department statement said the measures targeted 16 individuals and two entities enabling Iran’s UAV production,
Israel is divided over what to do next, and whether the Middle East plunges into a wider war might come down to the prime minister’s survival instincts.
Iran’s president has warned that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran’s attack over the weeken
The EU has agreed to expand sanctions on Iranian producers of drones and missiles following Tehran's unprecedented attack on Israel. "It's very important to do everything to isolate Iran," European Council President Charles Michel said.
European Union leaders decided on Wednesday to step up sanctions against Iran after Tehran's missile and drone attack on Israel left world powers scrambling to prevent a wider conflict in the Middle East.
The U.S. and its allies planned fresh sanctions against Iran over its unprecedented attack on Israel, seeking to dissuade Israel from a major escalation as its war cabinet was set to meet for a third time on Wednesday to decide a response.
The U.S. and European nations are pressing Israel to moderate its response after Iran’s weekend assault, hoping to cool tensions as Tehran readies its forces.
Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, as Western countries pleaded for restraint in responding to a volley of attacks from Iran.
Officials from the United Kingdom, Germany and elsewhere have pressured the Israeli government to exercise restraint in its response to an Iranian missile attack launched last week.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday Israel will make its own decision about a response to the Iranian missile and drone attack. Israel's allies have urged restraint.
The U.S. has urged Israel not to retaliate to avoid escalating the situation into a broader regional war. “Slow things down and think through [how to res
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that the EU needs to turbo-charge defence-industrial capacity in the next five years amid rising global threats. Speaking at a defence and security conference in Brussels,
Israel’s government has accelerated the construction of settlements across East Jerusalem, with more than 20 projects totalling thousands of housing units having been approved or advanced since the start of the war in Gaza six months ago,
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned that the U.S. intends to hit Iran with new sanctions in coming days over its unprecedented attack on Israel, and these actions could seek to reduce Iran's capacity to export oil.