Iran has taken a bold step once again, drawing attention across the globe. Despite growing tension in the Middle East, threats from Israel, and warnings from the United States, Iran recently tested a satellite launch rocket named ‘Qased’.

Iranian and European diplomats met Friday in Istanbul in the latest drive to unpick the deadlock over Tehran’s nuclear program.

The meeting, in Turkiye’s Istanbul, will be the first since Israel attacked Iran in mid-June backed by US strikes.

The Patriot air defense system is capable of intercepting tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, aircraft and drones.

Analysts Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh claim that the new ruling elite in Iran has fundamental commitments to building a nuclear bomb and continuing the path of Qassem Soleimani

There are many paths to regime change in Iran. In 2020, two of us (Edelman and Takeyh) wrote an essay in Foreign Affairs in which we outlined a way to topple the Islamic Republic. At that time, we assumed that the use of force was off the table and that outside powers could only gradually erode the regime’s sources of strength.

Iranian diplomats met counterparts from Germany, Britain and France on Friday for renewed nuclear talks, amid warnings that the three European powers could trigger "snapback" sanctions outlined

The warning from Iran’s deputy foreign minister came days before he is set to travel to Istanbul for nuclear talks with European counterparts.

An Iranian navy helicopter confronted a US Navy destroyer in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday morning, in what Tehran described as a deliberate approach by American forces toward its territorial waters.