By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 19 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, is taking a more central role as Israeli and U.S. strikes pick off the Islamic Republic's political leadership,

Israel kills Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib in Tehran airstrike, third top Iranian official targeted in two days.

Fierce U.S.-Israeli bombardment of Iran’s capital, Tehran, now at the end of its second week, has left residents in a state of shock. From central historic quarters to upscale northern areas, bombs are shaking the city day and night,

Israel has claimed to have killed Iran’s security chief responsible for suppressing protests in its latest airstrikes, as the regime launched a fresh crackdown on dissent in the Islamic Republic. Israel’s military announced on Tuesday it had killed Gholamreza Soleimani,

A woman sifts through the rubble of a house damaged by missile attacks in Tehran on March 15. (Majid Saeedi/) Now in its third week, the Iran war has engulfed the Middle East, killed more than 2,000 people and sent oil prices skyrocketing worldwide.

Residents say a heavy, lifeless atmosphere hangs over the streets of Iran’s capital, which has endured relentless attacks throughout the war.

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - Terrified residents of Iran's capital described it as a ghost town on Tuesday, its streets largely emptied by a U.S.-Israeli missile barrage apart from security checkpoints and Revolutionary Guards patrols that rove the city.

Hoda was so furious over Iran’s violent crackdown on protesters in January that she wanted the country’s security forces to be attacked as payback.

Israel hit more than 10 posts belonging to Iran’s Basij militia over the past day, the Israeli military said Tuesday. The announcement came hours after Israel said it had killed [the group’s commander