Iranian officials are sending conflicting messages about the Islamic Republic's plans to respond to Israel's October 26 airstrikes on Iran, suggesting both a potential for restraint and an intention to escalate.
The head of CENTCOM visited Israel as the US bolsters defenses for the Jewish state in preparation for the expected retaliation for last week’s Israeli air attacks across Iran.
The United States has directly warned Tehran against launching another attack against Israel, saying it will not be able to restrain its ally this time, Axios reported citing an American official, amid reports of Iran's preparations for another strike on Israel.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is committed to preparing for confrontation with the United States and Israel through military and political measures.
Iran is capable of producing nuclear weapons and an existential threat could cause a rethink of the Supreme Leader's injunction against them, one of his top foreign policy advisors told Lebanese news outlet Al Mayadeen.
Iran’s top military commanders on Thursday spoke of a forceful response to an Israeli air strikes over the weekend as rhetoric around retaliation appears to have stiffened in recent days.
A hardline Iranian newspaper affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards has called for building nuclear weapons as a form of deterrence following Israeli air strikes on October 26.
Canada has identified Iran as one of its top strategic cyber threats in its 2025 National Cyber Threat Assessment, citing Tehran's expanding cyber activities and surveillance of global opponents as a growing security risk.
Iran’s Defense Minister has denied reports of Israeli fighter jets entering Iranian airspace during last weekend’s raids as it plays down the damage inflicted after the four-hour assault.
Israel’s air strikes revived the specter of war long gone - a ghastly déjà vu for Iranians who weathered the nigh decade-old struggle with Iraq and a grim induction into its sights and sounds for those too young to remember.
Distance posed no challenge for the Israeli military, which demonstrated its ability to enter Iran and act at will, all while showing restraint, a leading urban warfare expert told Iran International.
Israel's top military officer on Tuesday threatened a stronger retaliation should Iran launch further missile strikes, shortly after Iran's foreign minister hinted at a studied response to Israel's Saturday airstrikes.
Iran plans a 200 percent increase in military spending in an upcoming budget, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, and will aim to boost revenue through higher taxes despite a big deficit and a moribund currency besetting the economy.