Iran

A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing 14 people and injuring around 750 others.

Iran and the United States will hold talks Saturday in Rome, their second round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Since returning to the White House, President Trump has been pushing for talks while increasing sanctions and suggesting a military strike by the U.S.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen say a series of airstrikes have hit the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday evening.

Iran “never” plotted to assassinate Donald Trump during last year’s U.S. election campaign, President Masoud Pezeshkian told NBC News’ Lester Holt in an exclusive interview in Tehran. 

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns targeting this year’s election.

Federal authorities have arrested two Iranian men in connection with a fatal drone strike in Jordan that killed three U.S. service members and injured dozens more.

She was arrested amid the passage of a new, stricter hijab law, which Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian criticized this month.

Iran is poised to “quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium.

Iran sent a written message via Swiss diplomats in mid-October saying that it would not seek to kill Donald Trump, a U.S. official told NBC News.

Iran’s government directed three people to “target our citizens, including President-elect Trump, on U.S. soil and abroad,” the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York alleged.

Iran’s supreme leader has threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies.

Iran has the capacity to produce nuclear weapons and is prepared to change its policies on using them if faced with an existential threat, an adviser to its supreme leader said Friday in the latest bellicose statement from the country amid its high-stakes tit-for-tat with Israel. 

The Israel Defense Forces said Friday it is conducting “precise strikes on military targets in Iran.”

The strikes were in response to months of attacks from Iran, according to Israeli officials. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.

After Iran’s most intense strike ever against Israel, a senior Israeli official tells NBC News that the response will come swiftly. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Oct. 2, 2024.

“Obviously, Iran has gone way out of — I mean, is way off court,” President Joe Biden said Wednesday. “And there’s going to be some sanctions imposed on Iran.”

India’s Mohun Bagan Super Giants has refused to travel to Iran to play Tractor SC in an Asian Champions League Two match scheduled for Wednesday because of the escalating security problems in the country and region.

While the latest missile attack does not come as a surprise to the diaspora communities, there are heightened concerns about escalation. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. 

Iran’s missile strike against Israel are sparking concerns for many Israeli and Iranian Americans living in Southern California.