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A senior commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has warned Tehran could launch a pre-emptive strike on Israel if it was convinced it was about to be attacked. Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh says Iran will not start a war, but he reportedly told Iran's state-run Arabic language TV channel that it would launch a pre-emptive strike if it was convinced its enemies were putting the "final touches" on an attack. He said Israel would not do so without America's support and in that case Iran would end up at war with both. He said a conflict would have unpredictable consequences and could turn into World War III.

" Iran has detected a planned 'massive cyber attack' against its nuclear facilities, state television said on Thursday, after talks with major powers this week failed to resolve a row over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities."

Announcement in Iranian media marks 2nd wave of arrests of alleged assassins accused of killing nuclear scientists;

Now, according to the news agency Shana, Iran has announced that the Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC) plans to build a new oil export terminal on the Gulf of Oman as Bandar Jask, away from the Straits of Hormuz. Pirouz Mousavi, the managing director of IOTC said they also intend to build a pipeline to transport an extra one million barrels of oil per day to the Caspian Sea port of Neka; a move that will give them more exporting options and remove their own reliance on the Straits of Hormuz.

UN INSPECTORS and Iran have reached an agreement that will allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate alleged nuclear weapons work in the Islamic republic.

A senior Iranian official ordered Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah to refrain from striking Israel, several media outlets in Iran reported Wednesday.

Story & Video. The U.S. Air Force is quietly assembling the world’s most powerful air-to-air fighting team at bases near Iran. Stealthy F-22 Raptors on their first front-line deployment have joined a potent mix of active-duty and Air National Guard F-15 Eagles, including some fitted with the latest advanced radars. The Raptor-Eagle team has been honing special tactics for clearing the air of Iranian fighters in the event of war.

Private importers in Iran have bought about 50,000 tonnes of feed wheat this week despite payments problems caused by Western sanctions on the Islamic Republic, trade sources said on Friday. Food shipments are not targeted under Western sanctions aimed at Iran's disputed nuclear programme, but financial measures have frozen Iranian firms out of much of the global banking system, hindering grain buying.