Hard-liner Mojtaba Khamenei has close ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Mojtaba Khamenei has been named as Iran’s new supreme leader, succeeding his father just over a week after he was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes
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Hardliner Mojtaba Khamenei has close ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Mojtaba Khamenei has been named as Iran’s new supreme leader, succeeding his father just over a week after he was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes
Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei, slain ayatollah's son, as new supreme leader
Mojtaba Khamenei has been named as Iran’s new supreme leader just over a week after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes
Mojtaba Khamenei, son of late ayatollah, named Iran's new supreme leader
Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed last week as U.S.-Israeli strikes hammered Iran, has been named as his replacement.
Museums looted of priceless artifacts as Sudan counts the cost of a deadly conflict
A statue of the Nubian god Apademak stands alone in the courtyard of Sudan’s National Museum, one of the few survivors of systematic looting amid a conflict that has developed into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises
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Foreign minister rejects ceasefire calls, saying Iran is fighting for 'the sake of our people'
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East, telling NBC News’ "Meet the Press" that his country needs “to continue fighting for the sake of our people.”The U.S. and Israel “are killing our people, they are killing girl students, you know they are attacking hospitals,” he told moderator Kristen Welker
Iran's foreign minister rejects calls for a ceasefire, and says Russia is 'helping us in many different direction': 'We need to continue fighting for the sake of our people'
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East, telling NBC News’ "Meet the Press" that his country needs “to continue fighting for the sake of our people.”The U.S. and Israel “are killing our people, they are killing girl students, you know they are attacking hospitals,” he told moderator Kristen Welker
Iran's foreign minister rejects calls for a ceasefire: 'We need to continue fighting for the sake of our people'
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East, telling NBC News’ "Meet the Press" that his country needs “to continue fighting for the sake of our people.”The U.S. and Israel “are killing our people, they are killing girl students, you know they are attacking hospitals,” he told moderator Kristen Welker
Europe's mixed response to Iran war draws Trump's fury toward U.S. allies
After a year of tariff threats, insults and diplomatic clashes with European allies, President Donald Trump is left to wage a war in Iran with only Israel by his side.“This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with,” Trump said on Monday after U.K.
The U.S. and China running the world together? China says no thanks
For President Donald Trump, global power may boil down to the United States and China — what he calls the “G2,” or Group of Two.
Police search for perpetrators after explosion damages entrance of U.S. Embassy in Oslo
An explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, on Saturday caused minor damage but no injuries, police in the Scandinavian nation said.
Explosion at U.S. Embassy in Norway may be 'linked to current security situation,' police say
An explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, on Saturday caused minor damage but no injuries, police in the Scandinavian nation said.
Explosion at U.S. embassy in Norway may be 'linked to current security situation,' say police
An explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, on Saturday caused minor damage but no injuries, police in the Scandinavian nation said.
No injuries reported after explosion at U.S. Embassy in Oslo, police say
An explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, on Saturday caused minor damage but no injuries, police in the Scandinavian nation said.
A free Iran is their shared dream. But the diaspora remains torn over the best path forward.
The mix of joy and anxiety among the Iranian diaspora in recent days reflects the complicated emotions many feel as violence escalates in the Middle East.
A free Iran is their shared dream. But the diaspora remains torn on the best path forward.
The mix of joy and anxiety among the Iranian diaspora in recent days reflects the complicated emotions many feel as violence escalates in the Middle East.
Iran war threatens Trump's affordability push as rising energy prices complicate Fed rate cuts
The war with Iran is quickly becoming an economic problem for the United States — and a policy dilemma for the Federal Reserve
Kurdish fighters could become key players in Iran war
As tensions with Iran escalate, Kurdish groups could become involved in the conflict with the potential backing of U.S. and Israeli forces.
On the frontlines in Lebanon
Israel launched another round of strikes in Lebanon against Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed paramilitary group the U.S. classifies as a terror organization. NBC News’ Daniele Hamamdjian reports.
Sources: Deadly strike on Iranian school likely from U.S. munition
On the first day of the war with Iran, a missile strike on an elementary school killed more than 170 people according to Iranian officials. Now one U.S. official and one person familiar with the preliminary findings of the U.S. investigation into the attack say it looks increasingly likely that a U.S. munition was responsible for the strike. NBC News’ Molly Hunter reports.
Oil prices surge at record pace
U.S. crude oil prices are up 35% in one week, a record increase. Gas prices since the war with Iran began are up 34 cents a gallon. One veteran analyst tells NBC News’ Christine Romans gas prices could soon hit $4 a gallon.
The U.S. military was targeting an area near bombed Iranian school, sources say
TEHRAN — Nearly a week after airstrikes hit an elementary school in southern Iran, killing more than 170 people and leaving witnesses to find the severed limbs of children in the rubble, there have been increased international demands to know who was responsible and how the tragedy could happen
'Either freedom or death': Young Iranian man says he's willing to die for democracy
In an exclusive interview, a young man in Iran's war zone weighs what may come next for his country as the war escalates in the Middle East.
Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on the location of U.S. forces, sources say
Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on the location of U.S. forces in the Middle East, a boost for the Tehran regime as it launches missile and drone attacks on American bases and other targets in the region, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter.
U.S. crude oil sees largest weekly price jump on record
Oil prices soared again Friday, putting them on track to record their biggest jump since early 2020 as the escalating Iran war threatens global energy supplies.
Oil hits $90 per barrel after record weekly gain as Iran war shocks markets
Oil prices soared again Friday, putting them on track to record their biggest jump since early 2020 as the escalating Iran war threatens global energy supplies.
Oil hits $90 per barrel, stocks continue to drop as escalating Iran war shocks markets
Oil prices continued soaring Friday, putting them on track to record their biggest jump since early 2020 as the escalating Iran war threatens global energy supplies.U.S.
IDF releases video of strike on Khamenei’s underground bunker in Tehran
The Israeli Defense Forces released video purporting to show Israeli Air Force fighter jets guided by precise IDF intelligence striking Ali Khamenei’s underground bunker in Tehran.
Sri Lankan navy video shows Iranian sailors rescued after a U.S. torpedo strike
The Sri Lankan navy has released a video showing the rescue of Iranian sailors after the frigate IRIS Dena was torpedoed just 19 nautical miles off Sri Lanka’s southern coast, killing 87 sailors. The Sri Lankan navy rescued 32 people, who were treated at the Galle hospital. Dozens more remain missing.
Trump says he wants Iran's leadership structure gone and has preferences for a 'good leader'
In a phone call with NBC News, the president also downplayed the possibility of a ground invasion in Iran.