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The Iran-backed “axis of resistance” - a name Tehran and its proxies use for their concerted action against their enemies - all say their actions since Oct. 7 are in response to Israel’s ...
Its foreign ministry said on Saturday that Tehran's nuclear programme is under continuous supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Iran's nuclear leap ...
U.S. President Joe Biden called for a halt to escalation that has raised fears of a wider Middle East war arising from the year-old Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza and Israel's thrust into south ...
Iran began to gain power and influence with other Islamist countries and groups in the Middle East, [40] [41] collectively named the "Axis of Resistance". [42] The conflict evolved with Israeli attempts to stop the Iranian nuclear program and confrontations during the Syrian civil war. [43] [44]
Iran has built up a network of allies and proxy forces in the Middle East that it says form part of an "axis of resistance" challenging US and Israeli interests in the region. It supports them to ...
Iranians have traditionally been highly sensitive to foreign interference in their country, pointing to such events as the Russian conquest of northern parts of the country in the course of the 19th century, the tobacco concession, the British and Russian occupations of the First and Second World Wars, and the CIA plot to overthrow Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq.
United Nations: Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement condemning the "broadening of the Middle East conflict", though he did not specifically mention Iran. [94] In response, Israel's Foreign Minister, Israel Katz , announced that Guterres would be barred from entering the country due to his failure to condemn the Iranian ...
Tensions between Iran and Israel have grown rapidly since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Iran-backed Hamas, raising fears of a wider regional conflict that could drag in global powers and ...