After US officials say Tehran fired Shahab-3 ballistic missile, sources in the Islamic Republic say weapons are meant 'only to respond to aggression'

Israel TV says more details about secret trip by Ron Dermer barred from publication by military censor

Tehran said to fire Shahab-3 ballistic missile, believed to be capable of carrying nuclear warhead, violating Security Council resolution

Comments by Iranian president appear to rule out renewed nuclear talks with US unless sanctions on Tehran are lifted

Paris urges Tehran to 'make the needed gestures' to save pact amid soaring tensions, and with remaining signatories set to meet Sunday

Government-linked Tasnim claims Yukiya Amano was killed for refusing to bow to pressure from Jerusalem and Washington

FM Zarif congratulates former counterpart Boris Johnson, says Islamic Republic not backing down from standoff in oil-rich Gulf

Japanese diplomat succumbs to cancer after heading IAEA for a decade, sources say, plunging agency into uncertainty at highly sensitive time

Britain says priority is to deescalate, but that it is unacceptable for Tehran to threaten shipping in international corridors

Move could include calling on EU and UN to snap back penalties lifted under nuclear deal as Europe urges Tehran to release ship