A U.S. special operations team boarded a ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized military-related articles headed to Iran from China, U.S. officials said, an operation at sea aimed at blocking Tehran from rebuilding its military arsenal.

Trump said that Iran could have avoided the devastation if it had accepted a deal before the strikes. “Forget about the nuclear. The nuclear is gone. But look at the damage they've suffered, the death that they've suffered. They could have had a deal where nobody would have died.”

Gunmen have killed three members of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan

The drought gripping Iran has seen its president warn the country it may need to move its government out of Tehran by the end of December if there's not significant rainfall to recharge dams around the capital.

Local organizers had planned to include the June 26 game with Seattle's Pride celebrations. Then, FIFA announced the match would include Egypt and Iran, two countries where gay rights are nil.

The activist was detained in the city of Mashhad during a memorial ceremony for another activist, raising concern from the Norwegian Nobel Committee and human rights groups about her safety and health.

The U.S. ‌government ​carried out its seizure ‌of the M/T Skipper off the coast of Venezuela ​on Wednesday just as a judge-signed warrant was set to expire, according to ‍the document which was ​unsealed on Friday.