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Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out air strikes for two consecutive days against Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip.

Slogans like "death to Khamenei" and "death to dictator" were heard at rallies as the demonstrations entered the third day.

The demonstrations commemorate a mass 2009 pro-government rally challenging those who rejected the re-election of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Police in the Iranian capital of Tehran have said that women will no longer be arrested if they are in breach of the country's conservative dress code regulations.

Iran's supreme leader says Donald Trump's government is one of the "most cruel and corrupt" in the world.

Around 230 partygoers were rounded up for drinking and dancing by police in Iran, according to the official Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA).

British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who has been held in Iran for more than 18 months is eligible for early release.

A top Israeli minister also warned that his country would not hesitate to take military action against Iranian facilities in Lebanon.

If Saudi Arabia stops the bombing of Yemen and stops bowing to Israel and stands straight, then we will have no problems with them, Rouhani said.

The UK's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had a two-hour meeting with Mohammed Javad Zarif in which he appleaded for Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe to be released on humanitarian grounds.

Iran's supreme leader has criticised Donald Trump for his decision to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

The US Supreme Court ruled that the ban on seven countries can come into effect even as legal challenges continue through lower courts

Top Iranian military general insists Iran's decision not to increase strike range beyond 2,000km is due to "strategic doctrine" and not inability.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri tweeted that his stay in Saudi Arabia was to consult security situation in Lebanon.

IDF chief says Israel would be willing to share intelligence with Riyadh in order to rein in Iran, the arch-rival of both Saudi Arabia and Israel.

The fortress, which once belonged to the Iron Age Urartian civilisation, was built at a time when water levels were much lower than they are today.

Britain is planning to transfer £400m to Iran in a goodwill payment to release jailed mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Previously, it was thought that the first wine production began around 5,400-5,000 BCE in an area of the Zagros Mountains in Iran.

Boris Johnson is under fire over comments made about British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe held in Iran.

Tehran has declared three days of mourning as rescue and relief operations continue amid fears of a further rise in the casualty figures.

At least 61 people have died in Iran after a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Halabja, Iraq, close to the border of Iran.

Life of UK mother in Iran, Nazanin Zaghrai-Ratcliffe, endangered after comments by Foreign Secretary, her MP has said.

Jeremy Corbyn has called on Theresa May to sack foreign secretary Boris Johnson following his 'deeply regrettable error' regarding a Briton's detention in Iran.

"It is clear that Saudi Arabia and Saudi officials have declared war on Lebanon and on Hezbollah in Lebanon," Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said.

Nafas shows "the obscene face of war that we should avoid, this is what politicians won't tell you," says director Narges Abyar.

Women's rights campaigners in Iran have released eye-opening footage showing the abuse they receive when refusing to wear a hijab in public as part of the #WhiteWednesday movement.

Iranian leader defends the ballistic missile launch against Saudi Arabia, which was intercepted near Riyadh airport without casualties.

"We have built, are building and will continue to build missiles," he told the Iranian parliament.

Ramli Abdul Majid's body was brought down from a height of 4,300 metres.

The BBC has complained to the United Nations after Iran opened a criminal investigation into more than 150 of the corporation's Persian staff.