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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.

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  India and Iran sign agreement on further development of crucial Chabahar Port

  World | January 15, 2024 18:52 IST

  EAM Jaishankar, who is currently on a visit to Iran, held a detailed and "productive discussion" with the Iranian Transport Minister, where the duo agreed on establishing a long-term cooperation framework with respect to Chabahar port.

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  Iran claims to create hypersonic missile capable of traveling 15 times faster than sound

  World | June 07, 2023 0:01 IST

  The tightly choreographed segment on Iranian state television apparently sought to show that Tehran’s hard-line government can still deploy arms against its enemies across much of the Middle East.

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  Iran hangs ex-top defence ministry official Ali Akbari over spy claim; ignores international warning

  World | January 14, 2023 20:12 IST

  Akbari, who ran a private think tank, is believed to have been arrested in 2019, but details of his case only emerged in recent weeks.

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  Iranian Police targeting women protests especially on their faces, breasts and genitals

  World | December 12, 2022 18:38 IST

  A shocking media report claimed that Iranian security forces are now targeting the private parts, faces and other vital organs of female protestors to spread fear among the women demonstrators.