Military

Tehran has condemned the US and UK military strikes against the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen, rejecting US President Donald Trump's warning against its support for the militant group which it continues to say acts independently of Iran.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered large-scale military strikes against dozens of targets in Yemen controlled by Tehran-backed Houthi militants, warning Iran about the consequences of its continued support for the rebels.

The Islamic Republic will give the most severe response should the US president carries out his threat to use the military option against Tehran, the chief-commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned on Saturday.

A military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities would likely not be a singular event but mark the start of a protracted campaign involving military strikes, covert operations and economic pressure according to the Washington Institute think tank.

Iran's army plans to train 3,000 snipers annually in its shooting schools and training facilities, the army's ground forces commander announced on Monday.

Warships from Russia and China entered Iran's territorial waters ahead of joint naval exercises set to begin Tuesday, a move dismissed by US President Donald Trump as inconsequential.

Qatar's prime minister has warned that an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would contaminate the waters of the Persian Gulf, threatening life in Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait.

Iran's foreign minister says the country’s nuclear program cannot be destroyed by military means, citing the program's widespread dispersion and robust protection.

An Iranian army commander has said the country’s military remains fully prepared for any scenario as diplomatic uncertainty deepens between Iran and the US.

Leaders of Iraq’s Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) fear the US may designate their group as a terrorist organization, following Washington’s reclassification of Yemen’s Houthi militia, a Kuwaiti daily reported Wednesday.

A group of 77 retired US generals and admirals have called on President Donald Trump to support possible Israeli military action against Iran, warning that Tehran is nearing nuclear weapons capability.

Several senior Russian missile specialists traveled to Iran over the past year as Tehran and Moscow expanded their defense cooperation, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing a review of travel records and employment data.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says a new bomber drone has been configured for runway takeoffs and is undergoing flight tests from the IRGC’s drone carrier platform, expected to be fully operational soon.

Two members of the IRGC's Basij paramilitary forces were assassinated on Saturday in Iran's restive Sistan-Baluchestan province, the Quds Base of the IRGC Ground Forces announced.

Two US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill urging the European Union to list Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization to present a united Western front against Tehran's military operations in the Middle East.

More than 75% of registered voters in a Harvard-Harris poll said Iran’s “nuclear weapons facilities” should be destroyed, while over half support Israeli strikes to achieve that goal.

The US Treasury on Wednesday levied sanctions on six entities in Hong Kong and mainland China it said facilitate the acquisition of parts for armed drones produced by Iran, as part of Washington's "maximum pressure" campaign on Tehran.

A five-year-old was killed and his mother lost her unborn child when Iran's security forces opened fire on the family's vehicle in the country's turbulent province of Sistan and Baluchestan.