Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later accused Iran of being behind the explosion. "All the signs lead to Iran," he said in a statement. "Israel will respond forcefully to Iranian terror." ...

Haji Zadeh said 35 U.S. bases were within reach of Iran's ballistic missiles, the most advanced of which commanders have said could hit targets 2,000 km (1,300 miles) away. ...

"Once a system is infected, Flame begins a complex set of operations, including sniffing the network traffic, taking screenshots, recording audio conversations, intercepting the keyboard, and so on," he said. ...

"This administration has a feckless foreign policy which abandoned American leadership," McCain said on Sunday. "It cries out for American leadership. American leadership is not there." He accused the administration of trying to "kick the can down the road" until after November. ...

Iran has halted oil sales to British and French companies, the nation's oil ministry has said. [caption id="attachment_5841" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Gas flares from an oil production platform at the Soroush oil fields"][/caption] A spokesman was reported as saying on the ministry's website that Iran would "sell our oil to new customers". European Union member states had earlier agreed to sto ...

Major powers signaled on Friday their willingness to reopen talks about curbing Iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons but said Tehran must show it is serious about any negotiations. The focus on diplomacy follows weeks of rising tensions between the West, which is seeking to cut Iran's oil sales, and Tehran, which has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz through which almost one-fifth of oil trade ...

The last time Iran tried to close the Strait of Hormuz, the trade artery linking the oil-rich Gulf states to the outside world, the Revolutionary Guards had only a few rubber dinghies and primitive mines to achieve their goals. Next time, they will be far better prepared. [caption id="attachment_4734" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Iranian military has spent much of the past two decades overhau ...

Iran says it has successfully test-fired three more missiles on the final day of naval exercises in the Gulf. [caption id="attachment_4643" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Iran fires test missile during Exercises"][/caption] State media reported Iran had fired a shore-to-sea Qader cruise missile, a shorter range Nasr and later, a surface-to surface Nour missile. A medium-range surface-to-air missile ...

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday that Iran has been successful in the face of western sanctions. [caption id="attachment_4613" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the man who wields ultimate power in Iran."][/caption] Khamenei said the Islamic republic has achieved "eye-catching success" in its confrontation with western powers and their economic and propa ...

Iran announced a nuclear fuel breakthrough and test-fired a new radar-evading medium-range missile in the Gulf on Sunday, moves that could further antagonize the West at a time when Tehran is trying to avert harsh new sanctions on its oil industry. [caption id="attachment_4609" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Missile firing test by Iran in Gulf"][/caption] U.S. President Barack Obama signed a law on ...