Beyond Israel's stated goal of destroying what it calls an existential threat from Iran's nuclear capabilities with its attacks on Friday, Benjamin Netanyahu has a wider aim - regime change in Tehran.

Iran claims it has shot down two Israeli jets and that its response to Friday night's attacks on nuclear and military infrastructure has begun.

Warning sirens sounded across Israel on Friday as Iran fired dozens of ballistic missiles in a retaliatory attack after Israel launched overnight airstrikes.

Washington was aware of West Jerusalem’s “preemptive” strike on Iran beforehand, but was not involved militarily, the president has said

Jordan and Iraq on Friday announced the closure of their airspace and grounded all flights after Israel's attack on Iran, with Amman vowing it would not allow any violations of its airspace.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday a US proposal for a nuclear agreement was against the national interest, amid sharp differences over whether Tehran can continue to enrich uranium.

Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, the judiciary said on Wednesday.

The chance of an Israeli military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities “has gone up significantly” in recent months, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing multiple US officials familiar with new intelligence assessments.

Iran defended on Saturday its "right" to enrich uranium despite growing Western concern that Tehran may be seeking nuclear weapons and as talks with the United States were delayed.

Tehran knows “very well what the US military is capable of,” Pete Hegseth has said

Iran accused Israel on Monday of seeking to "undermine" ongoing talks with the United States on its nuclear programme, a key point of tension with the West.

Tehran is reportedly willing to provide guarantees that its atomic program is non-military in exchange for sanctions relief