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  Trump discreetly approved plans to attack Iran, but a final strike order is yet to come: Report

  World | June 19, 2025 8:31 IST

  US President Trump has approved plans for a strike on Iran but has postponed the final order, choosing to wait for Iran’s next steps regarding its nuclear programme. As tensions escalate, the US is increasing its military presence in the region.

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  Israel claims it killed Iran's top military commander Ali Shadmani: Who was he?

  World | June 17, 2025 13:01 IST

  Ali Shadmani was a close associate of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and head of the Khatam-al-Anbiya Central Headquarters of the IRGC.

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  Israel-Iran war HIGHLIGHTS: Israel's president calls Beer-Sheva Hospital attack a 'war crime'

  World | June 19, 2025 22:21 IST

  Israel-Iran War: Israel and Iran continue to exchange strikes, with the Israeli military reporting attacks on military targets in Tehran, while Iran claims to have launched ballistic missiles at Israel.

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  Move to 'safe location': Embassy urges Indians in Tehran to evacuate amid Iran-Israel conflict

  World | June 17, 2025 10:12 IST

  US President Donald Trump posted an ominous message on his social media site later Monday, calling for the immediate evacuation of Tehran.

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  Israel-Iran conflict: Tehran reaches out to Gulf nations seeking truce, but on one condition

  World | June 17, 2025 12:05 IST

  Iran has reportedly signaled a readiness to end hostilities with Israel and resume nuclear negotiations, sending messages through Arab intermediaries, according to a new report.

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  Iran-Israel conflict: India sets up control room, Indian embassy in Tehran issues helpline numbers

  World | June 17, 2025 8:22 IST

  India has begun evacuating its citizens, especially students, from Iran via Armenia as the Israel-Iran conflict escalates.

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  Tensions escalate between Israel and Iran, Indian Embassy in Tehran issues advisory for citizens

  World | June 15, 2025 17:38 IST

  The Indian Embassy in Tehran has issued a safety advisory for Indian nationals amid escalating Israel-Iran tensions, urging caution and sharing emergency contact numbers.

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  From Hossein Salami to Esmail Qaani: A look at Iran's most powerful leaders killed by Israel

  World | June 14, 2025 8:47 IST

  The coordinated strike by Israel represents one of the most significant blows to Iran's military hierarchy in recent history, escalating tensions further and raising the risk of broader regional conflict.

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  Iran Revolutionary Guards Chief Hossein Salami killed in Israeli strikes as tensions soar

  World | June 13, 2025 9:14 IST

  Israel attacks Iran: Iranian state media carried reports that Salami was assassinated in Israeli strikes on Tehran.

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  Indian embassy in Iran urges authorities to 'urgently trace, ensure safety' of 3 missing Indians

  World | May 28, 2025 17:20 IST

  The Embassy said it has strongly taken up this matter with the Iranian authorities, and requested that the missing Indians should be “urgently traced and their safety should be ensured.”

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  Iran: Over 500 injured as massive explosion, fire strikes at Shahid Rajaei port

  World | April 26, 2025 18:20 IST

  Social media videos showed black billowing smoke after the blast. Others showed glass blown out of buildings kilometers away from the epicentre of the explosion.

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  Explosion at Tehran military site kills 1, injures 10 firefighters

  World | March 06, 2025 23:32 IST

  An explosion at a military site east of Tehran killed one military personnel and injured 10 firefighters as they battled a fire. Authorities are investigating the cause of the blast.

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  Iran's Khamenei calls on Muslims to confront Israel after Nasrallah's death, moves to secure place

  India | September 28, 2024 18:53 IST

  Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike in South Lebanon on Friday. Hezbollah, which has been fighting Israel since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, has suffered a significant blow with its top leader's death.

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  Delhi Police tightens security near Israel Embassy after intelligence alert

  Delhi | August 03, 2024 16:12 IST

  Senior officers reviewed security measures, implementing a multi-layered system with increased CCTV surveillance and potential for additional personnel. The move follows two low-intensity blasts near the embassy in the past three years and a recent hoax about explosions.

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  'Israel will exact heavy price for revenge attacks': Netanyahu after Hamas leader killing | VIDEO

  World | July 31, 2024 23:46 IST

  Netanyahu did not mention the killing. Both Hamas and Iran quickly blamed Israel for the shock assassination that risked escalating into an all-out regional war. The strike that killed Haniyeh came hours after Israel targeted a top commander in Iran's ally Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

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  Who was Ismail Haniyeh, the long-time Hamas leader and ex-PM assassinated in Tehran? 5 FACTS

  World | July 31, 2024 9:54 IST

  Haniyeh, 62, left the Gaza Strip in 2019 and had lived in exile in Qatar, leading the Hamas delegation in ceasefire negotiations as the war with Israel in Gaza continued. He was "specially designated" as a global terrorist by the United States and was once briefly imprisoned in Israel.

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  Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in attack on his residence in Iran

  World | July 31, 2024 10:32 IST

  Haniyeh, 62, was the chief of Hamas' political bureau and was designated as a "specially designated" global terrorist by the United States. He was residing in Qatar and was the face of Hamas' diplomatic efforts as he participated in peace talks to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

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  Vice President Dhankhar to visit Tehran for Iranian President Raisi's funeral

  India | May 21, 2024 21:05 IST

  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, along with his foreign minister and other high-ranking officials, died in a helicopter crash on May 19 while he was returning from Azerbaijan.

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  VIDEO: Footage shows crash site of helicopter that carried Iran President Ebrahim Raisi

  World | May 20, 2024 16:49 IST

  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state media reported.

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  Israel-Iran tensions HIGHLIGHTS: EAM Jaishankar speaks to Iranian counterpart

  World | April 14, 2024 23:33 IST

  President Joe Biden convened the Group of Seven advanced democracies on Sunday to coordinate a rebuke to Iran for its unprecedented and largely unsuccessful aerial attack on Israel and to prevent a wider regional escalation.