By Tuvan Gumrukcu DUBAI, Feb 4 - The U.S. and Iran are due to hold talks in Oman on Friday after Tehran requested a change of venue to limit negotiations to its nuclear programme, a regional official said,

Supreme Leader Khamenei approved the strategy giving IRGC full command authority during 'armed security situations' with internet shutdowns, leaked documents show.

Even in the scale of global attacks on civilians and crackdowns on dissent, the magnitude of Iran’s violence against protesters stands out.

When was the last time your mother, sister, wife, or daughter let you forget something that they didn’t like? We Persian women don’t forget. I should know, I am one and was raised by one: a refugee of the Iran-Iraq war.

If President Donald Trump does make the decision to strike Iran, these air defense deployments will give him more options and greater leeway than he had two weeks ago.

By Emily Rose JERUSALEM, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday amid efforts to revive diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme that Tehran was unlikely to honor any potential agreement.

Tuvan Gumrukcu DUBAI, Feb 3 - Regional power United Arab Emirates urged Iran and the United States on Tuesday to resolve a standoff that has led to mutual threats of air strikes

Even with US forces poised to strike Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told CNN that he was “confident that we can achieve a deal” on Tehran’s nuclear program.

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Iran is weighing the terms for resuming talks with the United States soon, a foreign ministry official said on Monday, after both sides signalled readiness to revive diplomacy over a long-running nuclear dispute and dispel fears of a new regional war.