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US president reaffirms ‘ironclad’ backing for ally in call with Benjamin Netanyahu
Tehran has vowed to respond to a suspected Israeli air strike on its consular building in Damascus
Tehran indicates response will be designed to avoid escalating conflict amid flurry of diplomatic calls
Diplomatic push comes as Washington says Tehran is readying military response to strike on consulate
Militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah says air strike they blame on Israel will prove ‘turning point’
Tehran considers how to retaliate after suspected Israeli attack without igniting wider conflagration
Israel believes the Islamic republic must pay for actions of militias it backs. But Tehran will now feel obliged to hit back
President Ebrahim Raisi says strike in Syrian capital will ‘not go unpunished’
Three senior members of Revolutionary Guards dead in significant escalation of regional tensions
Hizbollah says its fighters among those killed in Aleppo attacks as fears grow of broader Middle East conflict
Israel’s second raid on al-Shifa hospital has put its military strategy under the spotlight
Radical-right newcomers accuse older generation of corruption and nepotism
The relationship has helped head off wider conflagration in the region
Mahsa Jina Amini’s death at the hands of the morality police unleashed an uprising — but will it unseat the regime?
The festivities have brought people out on to the streets in a defiant show of freedom
Warnings come amid fears Tehran is stepping up support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine
Indirect negotiations in Oman aimed to end strikes against shipping by Tehran-backed Houthis
Participation fell after purge of leading pro-reform and moderate candidates
Conservatives wield tight control over vote for parliament and for body that may choose new head of state
Angry customers picket Tehran police station over multi-million-dollar fraud endorsed by high-profile figures
Senior doctors fear the impact on identity as well as health as an increasing number go under the knife
Revolutionary Guard officers withdrawn to avoid further casualties and avert direct conflict with Washington
Rising tensions over US action against Iran-linked militants in Iraq highlights Washington’s waning influence
Tehran-backed Petrochemical Commercial Company operated from office near Buckingham Palace
Umbrella group blamed for deaths of US troops claims responsibility for drone assault
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