Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed his country would respond after Iran fired drones and missiles at Israel on April 13. Tehran's action, its first-ever strike on Israel, had been in retaliation for a suspected Israeli air strike on Tehran's embassy compound in Damascus on April 1. 1979 - Iran's pro-Western leader Mohammed Reza Shah, who regarded Israel as an ally, is swept from power in an Islamic Revolution that installs a new theocratic regime with opposition to Israel an...
The war of words between Israel and Iran is heating up as Israel's response to Iran's missile and drone attack last week draws near. The tit-for-tat attacks and retaliation cycle are escalating as a war neither side wants becomes more likely with each statement emanating from the two nation's capitals. “The nuclear facilities of the Zionist enemy have been identified and all the necessary information from all targets is at our disposal,” the
By Alex Marquardt and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Hours before Israel launched a drone strike against Iran on Thursday night, Israeli officials gave a heads up to their US counterparts in Washington: an attack was in the works, they said, and without sharing specifics, indicated it would be carried out in the next
In his first interview since Israel's attack, Iran's foreign minister downplayed the missile strike. Through an Iranian government interpreter, he told NBC News' Tom Llamas that Iran will not strike Israel again unless provoked.
Iran said it could review its “nuclear doctrine” in an apparent threat to build an atomic bomb if attacked by Israel.]]>
After decades of rivalry, the rival Middle East powers have both
There are competing claims about the scale of Friday's attack on the Isfahan region.
Israel launched an attack on Iran in retaliation for Iranian attacks on its territory late last week, ABC News said Thursday night, citing a senior US official, AFP reported Friday. It comes as Israel announced its intention to respond to Iranian raids on its territory overnight from Saturday to Sunday. However, later on, Iran denied […]
Israel allegedly confirmed that its military attacked Iran on Friday, The New York Times reported, citing two Israeli defense officials. Furthermore, three Iranian officials told the news agency that
For true believers in Iran, antagonism to Israel represents a fundamental pillar of the Islamic Republic
The United States on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its unarmed aerial vehicle production after its attack on Israel, and President Joe Biden said G7 leaders were committed to acting together to increase economic pressure on Tehran.