Country in Middle East 32.43, 53.69

Iran

Iran is an Islamic Republic in Western Asia. Known for its anti-Western ideology, nuclear ambitions, support for regional proxy forces, and the IRGC's dominant role in foreign policy. Recently, Iran has engaged in direct military confrontation with the U.S. and Israel while pursuing ceasefire and nuclear negotiations through regional mediators. Last updated 2 days ago

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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Paramilitary / Militia Tehran City Ali Khamenei Religious Leader Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs Government Body Bandar Abbas City Mojtaba Khamenei Religious Leader FARS News Agency Media Outlet Isfahan City Tasnim News Agency Media Outlet Masoud Pezeshkian Head of State Qeshm Island Strategic Site Shiraz City Kharg Island Strategic Site Bushehr City Islamic Consultative Assembly Government Body Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Media Outlet Mehr News Agency Media Outlet Hormozgan Province State / Province Ahvaz City Karaj City Chabahar City IRNA Media Outlet Tabriz City Supreme National Security Council Government Body Islamic Republic of Iran Army Military Khuzestan Province State / Province Yazd City Mehrabad International Airport Strategic Site Bushehr Province State / Province Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Military Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Military Islamic Republic of Iran Government Body Mashhad City Majles National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Government Body Asaluyeh Strategic Site South Pars Gas Field Strategic Site Bandar-e Mahshahr City ISNA Media Outlet Qom City Kermanshah City Natanz Strategic Site Larak Island Strategic Site Press TV Media Outlet Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Strategic Site Zanjan State / Province Fars Province State / Province Khomein City Bandar Anzali City Iran Defense Ministry Government Body Isfahan Province State / Province Lavan Island Strategic Site Parchin Strategic Site Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei Head of State Hamadan City Kish Island Strategic Site Mahan Air Energy / Industry Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Head of State Tehran Province State / Province Abadan City Alborz Province State / Province Arak Strategic Site Central Bank of Iran Government Body Chabahar Port Strategic Site Hormuz Island Strategic Site Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Military Kashan City Kerman City Lorestan Province State / Province Markazi Province State / Province Minab City Mohammad Mokhber Head of State Nour News Media Outlet Vahid Online Media Outlet Bandar-e Lengeh City Chitgar District Dezful City Fordow Strategic Site Imam Khomeini International Airport Strategic Site Iran Ministry of Intelligence Intelligence Agency Khorramabad City Najafabad City Ruhollah Khomeini Religious Leader Tehran Times Media Outlet Tehransar District Urmia City West Azerbaijan Province State / Province Alborz State / Province Ali Nikzad Politician Bandar Imam Khomeini Strategic Site East Azerbaijan Province State / Province Gilan Province State / Province Hashtgerd City IranWire Media Outlet Jam City Karun Petrochemical Company Energy / Industry Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad State / Province Lar City Mobarakeh Steel Company Energy / Industry Neyshabur City Resistance Front Paramilitary / Militia Shahin Shahr City Tehranpars District Abyek City Andimeshk City Andisheh City Assembly of Experts Government Body Baharestan City Banhai Sports Complex Strategic Site Bigdaneh City Borujerd City Enghelab Square Strategic Site Foreign Ministry Government Body Gonbad-e Kavus City Greater Tunb Strategic Site Hassan Khomeini Religious Leader Heravi Square District Hussain Hoz Shafiei Other Imam Ali missile city Strategic Site Imam Hossein University Strategic Site Iran Aluminium Company Energy / Industry Iran Energy Ministry Government Body Iran Health Ministry Government Body Iran Joint Military Command Military Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization Government Body Ismail Ahmadi Other Kayhan Media Outlet Kerman Province State / Province Khondab Strategic Site Khondab Heavy Water Nuclear Complex Strategic Site Khuzestan Steel Energy / Industry Kolahdouz District Komala Paramilitary / Militia Koohestan City Mizan News Agency Media Outlet Mohammad-Mehdi Hosseini Hamedani Religious Leader Mojtaba Religious Leader Mostafa Khamenei Religious Leader Palestine Square District Parand City Qazvin City Rafsanjan City Saadat Abad District Sanandaj City Seyyed Majid Ibn Reza Religious Leader Shaft City Shahmirzad City Sirik Island Strategic Site Strategic Council for Foreign Relations NGO / Watchdog Velenjak District Vilashahr City 15 Khordad Barracks Strategic Site Abadan Refinery Strategic Site Abbas Abad District Abbas Kordi Other Abdollah Sohrabi Politician Absard City Ahmad Khatami Religious Leader Ahmad Naderi Other Ahvaz Steel Energy / Industry Ali Reza Bi-Azar Religious Leader Alireza Bayat Other Alireza Elhami Other Amin Abad City Amir Abad City Amir AmirMuhammadi Other Amir Elhami Other Amol City Anbar Rostami Other Ardabil State / Province Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Government Body Azad University Government Body Azadi City Baba Koohi Strategic Site Bandar Abbas International Airport Strategic Site Bandar Abbas Port Strategic Site Bandar Deylam City Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex Strategic Site Bandar Kargan City Bani Hayyan City Bank Sepah Government Body Bardesir City Bazarkan City Beheshti University Government Body Bijan Nobaveh Other Borazjan City Braman City Chahr al-Bidar City Chitgar Lake Strategic Site Communications Regulatory Authority of Iran Government Body Damavand Strategic Site Damavand Street District Dehdasht City District 22 District Dorud City Ebrahim Raisi Head of State Ekbatan District Evin Prison Strategic Site Expediency Discernment Council Government Body Fadahossein Maleki Politician Fajr 1 Strategic Site Fajr 2 Strategic Site Fardis City Fars Media Outlet Fatehin Paramilitary / Militia Fatemi Square District Garmdarreh City Gorgan City Hakimieh Industrial Zone Strategic Site Hamed Askari Other Hasan Khan Castle Strategic Site Hassan Rouhani Head of State IIR Intelligence Agency Ilia Hashemi Other Imam Khomeini Street District Iran Chamber of Commerce Government Body Iran Electronics Industries Government Body Iran Human Rights Society NGO / Watchdog Iran's Travel Agencies Association NGO / Watchdog Iranian Embassy Government Body Iranian Judiciary Government Body Iranian Police Force Government Body Iranian Red Crescent Society NGO / Watchdog Issa Seyed Hashemi Other Jal Alam City Jalaluddin Toslvand Other Jam County District Jam missile site Strategic Site Jamshid Ghomi Religious Leader Janat Abad City Jeytgar City Kala Media Outlet Kala Factory Strategic Site Kangan Port Strategic Site Karoun Human Rights Organization NGO / Watchdog Kazeroun City Kermanshah Province State / Province Khomeini Religious Leader Khomeini Shahr City Khorzuq City Khosrowshah City Khuzestan Steel Plant Strategic Site Kian Shahr City Kikavos Strategic Site Kohustan Park Strategic Site Kuh-E Barjamali Strategic Site Kuh-E Barjamali Ballistic Missile Assembly Facility Strategic Site Kuhak City Kurdistan Freedom Party Political Party / Movement Lar County State / Province Lavan Oil Refinery Strategic Site Lavasan City Likak Strategic Site Louizan City Mahdishahr City Majid Ebn Reza Other Majid Khademi Other Malek-Ashtar University Government Body Marand City Marvdasht City Marvdasht Petrochemical Complex Strategic Site Maryam Tahmasbi Other Mashhad Airport Strategic Site Massoumeh Ebtekar Politician Mazandaran State / Province Mehdi Fazaeli Other Mehdi Rasooli Other Mehdi Tabatabai Politician Meshginshahr City Meysam Khamenei Religious Leader Mirbaghri Other Mobarakeh Steel Plant Strategic Site Mohammad Akbarzadeh Other Mohammad Ali Khodabakhsh Other Mohammad Hossein Sufi Other Mohammad Taqi Jannati Religious Leader Mohr City Mohsen Soltani Tehrani Other Morteza Mahmoudi Other Narmak District NITC Energy / Industry Nouraldin Gholipour Other Nur City Optics Sairan Energy / Industry OVIC Government Body Pasargad Bank Energy / Industry Powder Metallurgy Company Energy / Industry Qaem City Qaemiyeh City Qasr-e Shirin City Qeshm Fars Air Energy / Industry Rabe Rashidi Complex Strategic Site Rafi Niya Synagogue Strategic Site Rajai Power Station Strategic Site Rajanews Media Outlet Ramsar City Rasht City Reger City Revolutionary Courts Government Body Reza Dindar Other Robat Karim City Rudan County State / Province Ruhollah Minakhani Other Sa-Iran Government Body Saeed Shamghadri Other Saghar Gholami Other Sanandaj Airport Strategic Site Sardar Group Energy / Industry Sattarkhan City Sayyad Shirazi Highway Strategic Site Semnan Province State / Province Shahid Bahonar Port Strategic Site Shahid Dastvareh Strategic Site Shahid Kharazi Garrison Strategic Site Shahid Mahallati Naval Boatyard Strategic Site Shahr Bank Energy / Industry Shahr-e Ziba District Shahrak-e Esteghlal City Shahrak-e Gharb District Shahriar County State / Province Shamsabad City Shariati City Sharif University Strategic Site Sharif University of Technology Government Body Shiraz Sadr Chemical Industries Energy / Industry Shushtar City Sirjan City Sirri Island Strategic Site Sorkhe Hesar District South Fars State / Province Space Research Institute Government Body SPND Government Body Sultaniyeh City Supreme Court of Iran Government Body Tabriz Petrochemical Energy / Industry Tabriz Shahid Madani International Airport Strategic Site Tayabad City Tehran City Council Government Body Tehran–Karaj Highway Strategic Site Telesun Media Outlet Tochal Strategic Site University of Tehran Government Body Vafa-Manesh Street District Vahdati Airbase Strategic Site Vanak Square District Varamin City Vela Cultural Center Strategic Site Yahyabad City Yamchi City Yazd Airport Strategic Site Yazd Maham Martyrs Industries Military Zafar City Zamanabadi Other Zarandieh City Zarifeh City Zarrinshahr City Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Government Body Iranian Ministry of Education Government Body Iranian Ministry of Interior Government Body Office of the President of Iran Government Body Office of the Supreme Leader Government Body

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CENTCOM says search teams recovered unidentified remains in Jordan following the July 17 Iranian attack that left 2 U.S. service members dead and 1 missing. The remains are undergoing identification.

Separately, a U.S. service member was k...

CENTCOM says search teams recovered unidentified remains in Jordan following the July 17 Iranian attack that left 2 U.S. service members dead and 1 missing. The remains are undergoing identification.

Separately, a U.S. service member was killed in northern Iraq on July 18 during the controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one way attack drone. A second service member suffered minor injuries.

CENTCOM is withholding identities pending family notification.

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Kuwait's Defense Ministry: Enemy ballistic missiles and drones were intercepted in Kuwaiti airspace since dawn.

Iranian strikes hit facilities of the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy, sparking fires and heavy damage to vital installations.

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said negotiations with the U.S. should continue even if the chance of success is only 10%, in remarks that point to internal disagreements over Tehran's approach.

"I am the Foreign Minister for the interests of the Islamic Republic, not for my own reputation," Araghchi said, adding, "If people in this country are shedding their blood, I must instead shed my reputation."

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The Al Subiya Power Plant in northern Kuwait, that was hit by Iran, is the country’s largest power station and a major desalination facility.

The impact appears limited so far. Kuwait urged power conservation, took units offline as a precaution, and said the grid remains stable as repairs continue.

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Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi on elimination of Ali Khamenei:

The enemy were aware these meetings were taking place, and that points to the existence of a security breach -- a breach that has probably still not been completely eliminated and ne...

Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi on elimination of Ali Khamenei:

The enemy were aware these meetings were taking place, and that points to the existence of a security breach -- a breach that has probably still not been completely eliminated and needs to be addressed.

The security services are investigating the matter.

In my opinion, they knew very well that the Supreme Leader is in his office every morning, making that a readily identifiable target.

But they had also realized that a meeting of military commanders was taking place in the adjacent building --or perhaps one or two buildings away--and that is why they chose that particular time to attack.