Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected calls for a ceasefire, saying the country must continue fighting to protect its people as tensions rise between Iran, the United States, and Israel.
Iranian state media report that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late ayatollah killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes, has been selected as the country’s new supreme leader amid rising external pressure and internal uncertainty.
The conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States is expanding beyond the battlefield, with missile interceptions, sabotage plots, and new strikes reported across the Middle East and the Caucasus.
U.S. officials say Russia has been sharing targeting intelligence with Iran to help identify American military assets in the Middle East, raising concerns about Moscow’s indirect role in the expanding regional conflict
As tensions rise between Iran, Israel and the United States, experts debate who would prevail in a prolonged conflict. Economic capacity, logistics, and the cost of modern weapons especially drones and missile defenses could play a decisive role.
A young Russian recruit who believed he had signed up for a civilian position in Russia’s Africa Corps fled the country after discovering he would instead be deployed to fight in Ukraine.
President Donald Trump says there will be no deal with Iran unless it agrees to “unconditional surrender,” as Israeli strikes intensify in Tehran and Beirut and tensions threaten global energy supplies.
Ukraine may supply interceptor drones to the United States and Gulf countries to counter Iranian Shahed drones, offering a cheaper alternative to expensive missile defense systems.
U.S. Forces Korea may relocate Patriot missile defense batteries to the Middle East as regional tensions escalate following U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, though officials have neither confirmed nor denied the move.
U.S. President Donald Trump declared that Iran must accept “unconditional surrender” to end the ongoing conflict, promising economic rebuilding if new leadership emerges in Tehran.