Iran–Israel war

1 day ago - The war began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassinating prominent military leaders, nuclear scientists, and politicians, killing civilians, and damaging or destroying air defenses. Iran retaliated with over 550 ballistic missiles and over ...

The Iran-Israel war has brought the Middle East to the brink of a new regional order — one in which Israel seeks to assert itself as an unrestrained military power. Israel has framed its offensive as a preemptive strike against an imminent ...

November 11, 2025 - October 7, 2023, marked a turning point in the relationship. The Islamic Republic’s support for Hamas, Hezbollah, and proxies shifted the conflict from a shadow war to direct escalation.

2 weeks ago - Iran's president said it is in "full-scale" war with U.S., Israel and Europe.

4 days ago - Iran erected banners across Tehran on Thursday threatening further attacks against Israel and a US base in Qatar, with state media publishing images of the banners showing maps and locations of strikes carried out during a 12‑day war in June.

1 day ago - The 12-day exchange of Israeli, Iranian, and American strikes marked a dramatic widening and intensification of the conflicts that have roiled the Middle East for the last year and a half. This timeline tracks the events that led to this war, including attempts at U.S.-Iranian nuclear diplomacy, the ongoing Israeli campaign in Gaza, and the conflicts between Israel, Hezbollah, and other Iran-backed groups in the region, among other developments.

2 days ago - The Iranian Defence Council, which was established following the June 2015 war between Iran and Israel, said that Iran’s security, independence and territorial integrity constitute “a red line that cannot be crossed”.

2 days ago - Hatami spoke to military academy students. He took over as commander in chief of Iran’s army, known by the Farsi word “Artesh,” after Israel killed a number of the country’s top military commanders in June’s 12-day war.

1 day ago - The Iran–Israel war (13 June – 24 June 2025), also known as the Twelve-Day War, was an armed conflict in the Middle East. The war began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassinating prominent ...

December 2, 2025 - An Israeli security source told Israeli media on November 30 that Iran is attempting to rearm its regional partners, including the Houthis, Hezbollah, and unspecified groups in the West Bank and Syria, for potential action against Israel.[1] The source added that Iran is in “an arms race” because Iran understands that Israel will launch an operation in Lebanon if the Lebanese government fails to meet the United States’ December 31 deadline to disarm Hezbollah.[2] A political council member of Iranian-backed Iraqi militia Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba told Iranian media on December 1 that I

1 week ago - The Israeli army is preparing for a surprise conflict with Iran, in the wake of anti-government protests and political unrest in the country

2 weeks ago - Iran is at war with the United States, Israel and Europe, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday, months after President Donald Trump ordered strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities.

2 days ago - US Treasury in recent months has sanctioned multiple Iran‑linked networks accused of using front companies and alternative payment channels to facilitate weapons transfers to partners such as Russia and Venezuela, warning that digital currencies do not shield transactions from enforcement. ... Iran erected banners across Tehran on Thursday threatening further attacks against Israel and a US base in Qatar, with state media publishing images of the banners showing maps and locations of strikes carried out during a 12‑day war in June.

3 weeks ago - Ali Mohammad Naini, spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said Israel and its allies had pursued a dual strategy during the conflict: direct military confrontation alongside efforts to destabilize Iran from within. “The enemy’s defeat in the 12-day war was precisely here,” Naini said.

1 week ago - Iranian officials emphasized that Iran will not make any concessions regarding its ballistic missile program after US President Donald Trump suggested after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on December 29 that the United States could support an Israeli strike on Iran’s ballistic missile program.[18] Israeli officials have become increasingly concerned about recent Iranian efforts to rebuild its ballistic missile production facilities.[19] One of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representatives to the Defense Council, Ali Shamkhani, stated on December 29 that Iran’s

3 weeks ago - It is difficult to overstate the significance of the 12-day war between Iran and Israel. The war marked not only the most severe peak so far in the ongoing confrontation between the two states, but also the most traumatic event for Iran since ...

September 9, 2025 - As tensions flared between Israel and Iran, the longstanding rivalry between these two nations entered a critical juncture, marked by escalating military confrontations and shifting geopolitical dynamics. This Q&A features insights from Amichai Magen and Abbas Milani, scholars at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, who analyze the impact of the 12-day war on regional stability and the profound implications for neighboring countries and global powers.

2 weeks ago - Israel lacks the capacity to fight a prolonged war with Iran, an Iranian daily affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps wrote, saying that any renewed conflict would be far costlier and longer than a previous 12-day confrontation.