Several Middle Eastern allies of the United States have urged the Trump administration to hold off on strikes against Iran for the government’s deadly crackdown on protesters.

The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Iranian officials accused of repressing protests against Iran’s theocratic government.

U.S. and Iranian officials faced each other at the U.N. Security Council, where America’s envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to lower the temperature between the two adversaries.

Some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar have been advised to evacuate.

Iranian officials signaled that fast trials and executions lay ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests, while the Islamic Republic promised retaliation if the U.S. or Israel intervened in the domestic unrest.

Activists say the death toll from the protests in Iran has surpassed 2,500 people.

President Donald Trump has arrived at a delicate moment as he weighs whether to order a U.S. military response against the Iranian government over its crackdown on protests.

The difficulty of tracking the death toll from Iran's nationwide protests has been compounded by the government's decision to cut off the internet to the country.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran wants to negotiate with the U.S. after his threat to strike the country over its crackdown on protesters.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has proposed negotiations following his threat to strike the country amid a crackdown on demonstrators.

Israel is closely monitoring the fallout from widespread Iranian protests.

President Donald Trump says Iran reached out to the U.S. and proposed negotiations after he threatened action in response to a crackdown on protesters in the Middle Eastern country.

Activists say the death toll in nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy has reached at least 116 people killed.

Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships have launched a week of naval drills with host South African off the coast of Cape Town as geopolitical tensions run high over the United States’ intervention in Venezuela.

Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic’s faltering economy and the collapse of its currency.

Iran’s government has cut off the country from the internet and international telephone calls.

Iran’s army chief has threatened preemptive military action over the “rhetoric” targeting the Islamic Republic.

U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials have exchanged dueling threats as widening economic protests sweep across parts of the Islamic Republic.

Demonstrations sparked by Iran's struggling economy have spread into rural provinces, with at least seven people killed.

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on 10 individuals and firms from Iran and Venezuela.

Iran and the United States have reaffirmed their commitments to diplomacy at a contentious meeting of the U.N. Security Council.

The family of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says she was taken to a hospital emergency room twice after her arrest last week by Iranian security forces.

Rain has finally fallen in Iran's capital after months of drought.

Iran will play at least one World Cup match in the United States, though a group-stage clash with the U.S. was avoided in Friday's draw.

The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board of governors is demanding Iran fully cooperate and provide the agency's inspectors with “precise information” about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, and also grant them access to the country’s nuclear sites.

Iran has released a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker and its 21 crew members, days after seizing the ship without explanation.

Iran's foreign minister says the country is no longer enriching uranium at any site.

Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Friday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has been unable to verify Iran's near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel struck its nuclear sites in June.

Israeli and U.S. officials say Mexican authorities with assistance from the United States and Israeli intelligence agencies thwarted what they say was a plot by Iran to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Mexico.

French President Emmanuel Macron says two French nationals have been released from an Iranian prison.

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran doesn’t appear to be actively enriching uranium but that the agency has recently detected renewed movement at the country’s nuclear sites.

Two Russian mobsters have each been sentenced to 25 years in prison for agreeing to try to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad for $500,000.

Two French nationals detained in Iran for more than three years have reached the limit of what they can endure, according to relatives.

Iran has executed a man accused of spying for Israel, the latest a major wave of executions.

Iran faces renewed UN sanctions over its nuclear program, escalating tensions with the West.

The United Nations has reimposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.

The U.N. Security Council on has rejected a last-ditch effort to delay reimposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels say that Israeli strikes on Yemen’s capital the previous afternoon killed at least nine people and injured scores in Sanaa.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took the stage at the U_N_ to blast Israeli and U_S_ attacks in June as inflicting “a grievous blow upon international trust and the very prospect of peace in the region.”.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected direct negotiations with the United States over his country’s nuclear program.

The Trump administration has formally barred Iranian diplomats based in or visiting New York from shopping at wholesale club stores like Costco and purchasing luxury goods in the United States without specific permission from the State Department.

United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program have been reimposed.

The outgoing head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency has given a wide-ranging speech on the threats facing the West as he prepares to leave office later this month.

European officials have warned Iran that it needs to take specific actions to avoid the return of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program.

The U.S. has sanctioned two Iranian financiers and several firms in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates for allegedly coordinating $100 million in cryptocurrency transfers from Iranian oil sales.

An agreement between Tehran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog provides for U.N. inspectors to access all of Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Israel has killed multiple senior officials with Hamas and its regional allies since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas-led militants in southern Israel that triggered the war in Gaza.

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement in Cairo to open the way for resuming cooperation, including on ways of resuming inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities.

A confidential United Nations report seen by The Associated Press says Iran further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels before Israel launched its military attack on June 13.

A diplomat says that representatives of three European countries threatening to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed to agree with their Iranian counterpart on how to avoid the move, just days ahead of a deadline.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is accusing Iran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia and says the country is cutting off diplomatic relations in response.

Iran has held its first military exercise since its 12-day war with Israel.

The top diplomats of Britain, France, and Germany are threatening to reimpose sanctions on Iran.

Iranian police say 21,000 people were detained during the 12-day war with Israel in June.

The deputy head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog plans to visit Iran to mend strained relations.

The United States and many of its NATO allies are accusing Iran of a growing number of threats and demanding that it end its attempts to harm dissidents and others.

France has announced it will recognize the state of Palestine, a move that could shift discussions about the Middle East's future.

A Russian rocket has sent an Iranian communications satellite into orbit, highlighting strong ties between the two countries.

Iran says it is ready to engage in talks with the United States, but only if Washington takes meaningful steps to rebuild trust.

Iran's state television says an Iranian navy helicopter confronted a U.S. warship attempting to approach Iranian territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman.

The United Kingdom, France and Germany have agreed to restore tough U.N. sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there has been no concrete progress on a nuclear deal.

Iran’s foreign minister says the country is open to resuming nuclear talks with the U.S. if guaranteed no further attacks.

The Pentagon has acknowledged that an Iranian ballistic missile hit Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in June during an Iranian attack after President Donald Trump downplayed the assault.

Iran’s government has issued a new death toll for its war with Israel, saying at least 1,060 people were killed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is telling President Donald Trump that he is nominating the U.S. leader for a Nobel Peace Prize.

A Liberian-flagged cargo ship has come under fire from Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, with two on board reported to be hurt and two others missing in an assault a day after the Yemen-based rebels sunk another vessel.

The BRICS bloc has criticized rising tariffs and attacks on Iran in its latest summit declaration.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran began, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashoura.

Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran.

Iran’s president has ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities.

Iran is assessing the damage and lashing out over the American and Israeli airstrikes that damaged its nuclear sites.

The FBI and federal cybersecurity officials are warning that the threat of cyberattacks linked to pro-Iranian groups continues despite a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.

Iran has raised the official death toll for its war with Israel, with official media reporting 935 people were killed in the country during the 12-day conflict.

It’s been a week since the U.S. pressed Israel and Iran into a truce, ending a bloody 12-day conflict that had set the Middle East and the world on edge.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe has told skeptical U.S. lawmakers that American military strikes destroyed Iran’s lone metal conversion facility and delivered a monumental setback to Tehran’s nuclear program that will take years to overcome.

President Donald Trump says he's not planning to extend a 90-day pause on tariffs on most nations beyond July 9.

Some Iranians are getting arrested by immigration authorities after living decades in the United States.

Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran for the funeral of top Iranian commanders and scientists killed in a 12-day war with Israel.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he expects Iran to open itself to international inspection to verify it doesn’t restart its nuclear program.

The big question following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear program is: What remains of it.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says his country has delivered a "slap to America’s face” with its strike on an American base in Qatar and warned against any further U.S. attacks on Iran.

The families of hostages held in Gaza have faced a 20-month-long nightmare.

A leaked intelligence memo contradicting President Donald Trump's assessment of U.S. strikes on Iran is the latest conflict with a part of the federal government he views with deep suspicion.

President Donald Trump is insisting that U.S. strikes delivered a crushing blow to Iran’s nuclear program.

The fast-changing war between Israel and Iran, which the U.S. recently inserted itself in by targeting Iran’s nuclear sites, has caused a mix of emotions among many in the Iranian diaspora in America.

The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Wednesday while U.S. President Donald Trump said that U.S. and Iranian officials will talk next week.

Israel and Iran seemed to honor the fragile ceasefire between them for a second day, and U.S. President Donald Trump asserted that American and Iranian officials will talk next week, giving rise to cautious hope for longer-term peace.

Last week, Ukrainian drone hunters searching through the debris of Russia's nightly assault on their cities found a drone that was different to the rest.

Hackers backing Iran have targeted U.S. banks, defense contractors and oil industry companies following American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

A longtime friend of Tehran, Beijing jumped into verbal action when Israel attacked Iran nearly two weeks ago.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likes to remind people that in the disorienting first days after Hamas’ Oct_ 7, 2023, attack, he predicted Israel would “change the Middle East.”.

President Donald Trump wants a tidy end to the war between Israel and Iran.

Israel’s tally of war damage it has wrought on Iran includes the targeted killings of at least 14 nuclear scientists and experts.

President Donald Trump says Israel is going to “turn around” its jets and stop attacking Iran and their ceasefire “is in effect" after briefly faltering.

President Donald Trump’s administration has postponed classified briefings for Senate and House members on Tuesday as lawmakers are looking for more answers about Trump’s directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend and his announcement on Monday that the two countries had reached a ceasefire agreement.

The United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier has left its base in Virginia for a regularly scheduled deployment that could put it near Israel.

Iran has retaliated for the U.S. attacks on its nuclear sites by targeting Al Udeid Air Base, a sprawling desert facility in Qatar that serves as a major regional military hub for American forces.

European nations worked Monday to keep alive diplomatic efforts to curb the Israel-Iran war as the two countries traded strikes following the United States’ weekend attack on Iran’s nuclear program.

The war between Israel and Iran has raised concerns that Iran could try to close the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil chokepoint.