As Iran's aging autocrat Ali Khamenei doubles down on confrontation with Israel and the United States, the nation stands at a historic crossroads.

Britain on Tuesday said it will place Iran on the highest tier of the foreign influence register. This would require the Iranian state to register everything it does to exert political influence in the UK, subjecting Tehran to an elevated tier of scrutiny in light of what it said was increasingly aggressive activity.

President Donald Trump's administration is considering a plan to stop and inspect Iranian oil tankers at sea under an international accord aimed at countering the spread of weapons of mass destruction,

Several senior Russian missile specialists have visited Iran over the past year as the Islamic Republic has deepened its defense cooperation with Moscow, reports indicate.

Russian military specialists visited Iran in 2024 as the two countries strengthen their cooperation in the fields of missile technology according to recent reports.

Senior Russian officers have visited Iranian missile sites throughout the past year as military ties developed; unclear if they have specific expertise in nuclear weapons

With Iran already wounded economically and diplomatically, hard-liners forced out two top officials and blocked talks with the United States, freezing President Masoud Pezeshkian’s agenda.

Flight data indicates that a U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton reconnaissance drone spent 12 hours operating near Iran's southern border.

Iran has unveiled a new miniature jet-powered stealth fighter drone that it says can carry out bombing and reconnaissance missions.

Elbridge Colby, Trump's nominee for the Pentagon's undersecretary of policy, said that military action may be necessary against Iran.

Israelis are hoping that Iran hawks in the Trump administration might moderate any tendency to go easy on Tehran.