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Iran's air defences shot at incoming targets and explosions were reported near the cities of Isfahan, in central Iran, and Tabriz in the north-west, local ...

Iranian news has not reported any such strike and concluded the sounds reported were the interception of one or more drones. Israel's military has not ...

If this is the extent of Israel's attack as we know it, then it appears to be a well calculated message. The symbolism of hitting Isfahan will not be lost ...

Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no ...

Escalation more than six months into Israel's war on Gaza has raised fears of spiralling violence across region.

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After decades of rivalry, the rival Middle East powers have both miscalculated, writes Jeremy Bowen.

The attack comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East with fears the region could be dragged into a deeper conflict. Iran has downplayed the Israeli ...

Iran has no plan for immediate retaliation against Israel, a senior Iranian official said Friday, as officials in Jerusalem indicated that an alleged drone ...

Reported Israeli drone strike on Isfahan may signal that this widening conflict has become more dynamic.

Iranian media on Friday reported explosions in Isfahan city, amid steadily increasing tensions with Israel.

An unclaimed aerial attack in central Iran on Friday comes fresh on the heels of tit-for-tat Iranian and Israeli strikes earlier this month, ...

Oil and gold prices have jumped after US officials said an Israeli missile had struck Iran. Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose to over $90 a ...

Oil steadied today after prices spiked earlier on reports that Israel had attacked Iran, as market fears of a major escalation to hostilities in the Mideast ...

Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was down 0.4% at $86.8 per barrel, having earlier spiked more than 3%. US crude futures slipped 0.3% to trade at $82.50, ...

Iran deployed air defence batteries to intercept three drones, but downplayed the incident.

Some in Israel had been calling for a stronger move than this apparently limited strike, writes James Landale.

The scope of Israel's military response to Iran's first-ever direct attack on the country remains murky. Israeli officials have yet to publicly acknowledge ...

Both seem keen to limit hostilities, and key Arab states are ready to resist Tehran. But real change will require new Israeli leadership, says Guardian ...

No damage was reported to Isfahan province's nuclear sites. The strike was intended to signal that Israel has the ability to strike inside Iran, an official ...

A senior U.S. military official confirmed to NPR that the Israeli military had conducted missile strikes against Iran. But little else is known about the extent ...

Tit-for-tat attacks have breached taboo of direct strikes on each other's territory but Tehran has no 'immediate' plans to retaliate.

Iranian news has not reported any such strike. Israel's military has not responded to NPR's requests for comment.

Response raises hopes that Tehran may have shelved reprisal threats and that escalation can be avoided.

Since Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel last week, Benjamin Netanyahu has faced the highest-stakes decision of his career: how to ...

Tensions have risen since Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Iranian-backed Palestinian groups, attacked Israel on October 7.

The city and its region are home to drone and ballistic missile factories. Relatively nearby is the Natanz nuclear facility, the most important centre for ...

Israel struck the Iranian Embassy in Syria, killing several top Iranian military officials. Then last weekend Iran sent hundreds of drones and missiles toward ...

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 ...

American officials speak of a missile strike, but Iranian officials say the attacks, in the central province of Isfahan and in northwest Tabriz, were caused by ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war Cabinet had initially approved plans for a strike on Monday night, but held back at the last-minute.

Just before dawn on Friday the explosions of air defence systems woke Iranians across the historic city of Isfahan. The breaking news alerts that followed ...

Experts say Israel's modest attack appears designed to avoid any more escalation, and for now it appears to have dampened fears of direct war.