Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been ‘victims of terrorism’ by the United States.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a defiant speech at the United Nations as Tehran downplayed talks with the United States about their 7-month-long war.

Middle Eastern leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly as conflicts in the region continue.

President Donald Trump says U.S. and Iranian officials met for about three hours Tuesday, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war.

A spokesperson for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard warned that Iran would change its weapons, military tactics and targets if the conflict with the United States escalates.

A senior Houthi official says the group has assured the Trump administration it won’t attack U.S. vessels in the Red Sea.

Saudi Arabia has confirmed that Yemen’s Houthi rebels tried to attack its capital with a ballistic missile.

The U.S. military’s price tag for the Iran war has grown to $43.6 billion as of Sept. 3.

Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have authorized U.N. experts to keep monitoring sanctions that were reimposed against Iran over its nuclear program.

The Trump administration has approved visas for top Iranian officials to attend next week’s U.N. General Assembly high-level session in New York despite the two countries being at war.

The Saudi civil defense says debris from an intercepted Houthi drone has killed one person and injured two others.

U.N.-commissioned human rights experts say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran.

Saudi Arabia is running low on missile interceptors and has turned to regional and Western allies for assistance as its standoff with Houthi rebels in Yemen drags on.

The U.S. military says it opened fire and destroyed two small Iranian boats this week that were trying to steal a drone ship in the waters off Iran.

A U.S. government watchdog has released its first report on the impact of the Iran war.

Yemen's Houthi rebels have seized the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea.

Oman said it had to postpone a meeting with Iran and other regional countries to discuss the Strait of Hormuz.

State-run media in Iran say an Iranian commercial vessel has been struck off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded.

Houthi rebels backed by Iran have made a swift advance along Yemen's Red Sea coast, causing thousands to flee.

A New York jeweler has been released from prison in Iran, but he is prohibited from leaving the country.

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Yemen's Houthi rebels have taken the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, bringing them closer to controlling key shipping routes.

President Donald Trump says oil prices that spiked because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after the U.S. midterm elections.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen say that Saudi-backed forces have launched dozens of airstrikes across four provinces.

The U.S. military says it has destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in response to the latest attacks on its warships.

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on additional elements of Iran’s aviation industry.

The U.S. has destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in response to attempted missile attacks on a Navy warship.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes on a southern Lebanese village have killed 12 people, including two children.

Two members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who claimed asylum in Australia have confirmed their pivotal refusal to sing the national anthem during the Women’s Asian Cup in March was a protest against Tehran.

The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, is now a memorial for children and others killed in the Feb. 28 attacks that sparked the war with the United States and Israel.

The U_S_ military has denied that Iran struck an uncrewed American military vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the claim a “total lie.”.

A senior Iranian official says Tehran plans to announce an “exclusion zone” outside the Strait of Hormuz, targeting vessels it believes are attempting to transit the waterway.

The U.S. military says it has struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with ballistic missiles.

The U.S. military has hit three Iranian oil tankers after accusing Iran of targeting its warships.

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on a Turkish financial institution as part of its latest effort to sever “critical financial lifelines” for the Iranian government.

Israel has released four more prisoners to Lebanese authorities who had been detained in southern Lebanon, a day after the first was freed.

Stocks rose on Wall Street as bond yields eased further and a rally in big technology companies helped the market recoup its losses from earlier in the week.

Iran has targeted U.S. Gulf allies, firing drones at Kuwait and Bahrain after U.S. airstrikes in Iran.

The United States military says it has struck new targets in Iran as hostilities flared after a month without military action.

Lockheed Martin has touted the pinpoint accuracy of its Precision Strike Missile.

The United Arab Emirates’ air force has intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to rally the world's largest economies this week at a summit in Asheville, North Carolina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions.

U.S. forces have struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz, marking their first military action in a month.

Iran’s supreme leader has called for Muslim countries to stand together against Israel and the United States.

The Trump administration is limiting an Egyptian bank's operations in the United Arab Emirates and accusing the financial institution of supporting Iran's leadership.

President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves.

Israeli airstrikes have killed five people in Gaza and three in the West Bank, despite a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States.

President Donald Trump marks an awkward moment in his second White House term as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran reaches the six-month mark.

President Donald Trump says he is renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America" in the U.S. This move comes as he intensifies a trade war with Canada.

Trump told Al Jazeera he’s got “no time schedule” to resolve the conflict reaching the six-month mark on Friday.

Qatar and other regional powers are seeking an off-ramp from the U.S. war.

Iran won't allow military vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz if an agreement it's negotiating with Oman is finalized.

The Trump administration's new “economic onslaught” on Iran's financial connections around the world faces a challenge when it comes to China.

Iran and Oman say their top diplomats have met to discuss a phased approach to managing ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move ahead with his executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much his administration can implement before the fast-approaching midterm elections.

Iran is again warning about consequences in response to new U.S. economic sanctions, including for its neighbors.

The head of Iran’s top security body says Tehran will see any country’s support for new U_S_ economic measures against the Islamic Republic as an “act of war."

The hard-line new leader of Iran’s top security body is threatening neighbors against joining new U.S. efforts to squeeze Tehran’s economy and saying the U.S. has increased global nuclear insecurity.

The Trump administration is touting a crushing financial campaign against Iran.

The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade with Iran after it said it had come under renewed fire from the country.

U.S. President Donald Trump is angry with Oman over its talks with Iran about managing the Strait of Hormuz that lies between the countries.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy the country is close to a deal with Iran to manage ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. has no planned talks with Iran but insists the Strait of Hormuz remains open.

Iran says it's working to finalize a joint statement with Oman on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

The 60-day deadline for an agreement to end the Iran war and resolve the dispute over its nuclear program is expiring.

The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East has visited the long-deployed USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea.

Iran says Qatar is holding three of its pilots who were reportedly captured when their jets were downed early in the war, but Qatar denies the allegations.

While talks to end the Iran war have stalled, the Trump administration appears to be reaching out to a broader swath of countries that might be able to help pressure Tehran or ease its hardline position where traditional mediators haven't succeeded so far.

President Donald Trump is downplaying concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment in the Middle East.

The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln.

Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight.

Authorities in Yemen say at least six people were killed when Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired missiles on a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that certain shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.

U.S. President Donald Trump is scoffing at Iran's demands that the U.S. pay for devastation caused by five months of war.

Israel’s prime minister is rejecting President Donald Trump’s announced deal for Gaza and says Israeli forces won’t withdraw from the Palestinian territory until Hamas disarms.

Iran has issued dramatic new demands around the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have signed a mutual defense agreement.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have signed a defense agreement treating an attack on one as an attack on all three.

To reach a deal with Iran that reopens the economically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump may need to do something out of character — compromise.

Iran and the Gulf Arab state of Oman have made progress toward a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a potential breakthrough that could help wind down the war in the Middle East.

Millions of Shiite Muslims have observed the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage in Karbala, Iraq, amid regional tensions and fears of escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict.

Iran and Oman are inching toward a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and potentially help bring an end to the war.

President Donald Trump says newly planned talks between the U.S. and Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of U.S. strikes.

After calling off a fresh round of strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump says the two sides are resuming talks to wind down the war.

President Donald Trump says new talks with Iran are the “last chance” for Tehran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of U.S. strikes on the country.

President Donald Trump says he has decided to hold off on ordering new strikes against Iran after discussions with Gulf allies.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he'll order American forces to hold off on strikes he had threatened against Iran, claiming Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the war.

President Donald Trump is claiming that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and says that he would hold off on ordering new strikes in the five-month old conflict for now.

A main development in the Middle East is that the White House is signaling that President Donald Trump is weighing carrying out new strikes on Iran.

Authorities say cyberattacks targeted over 30 water systems in Minnesota earlier this week.

Recent days have seen a series of attacks across the Middle East, from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia bombing militias in Iraq to drones setting ships ablaze in Egypt.

President Donald Trump says he may pull Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general until Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis leave office.

Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

The United States and Iran have each fired barrages of missiles as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes takes hold again and hope dims for a quick end to the five-month conflict.

The U.S. military says it has completed what it describes as “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran” conducted in response to an earlier Iranian missile attack on a U.S. base in Jordan.

The Pentagon says a new, separate category was created in its official casualty system to account for those killed and wounded in the renewed U.S.-Iran fighting because “Operation Epic Fury” has ended.

The U.S. military says it successfully intercepted an Iranian missile barrage and worked with Saudi Arabia’s forces to strike sites in Iraq that Tehran-backed militias have used to launch attacks in recent days.

Iran has publicly hanged two men convicted of killing four police officers during nationwide anti-government protests in January.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he had an “excellent” meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.