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Iranian security forces have arrested more than 260 people, including three European nationals, at a "Satanist" gathering west of the capital Tehran, the semi-official new agency Tasnim reported on Friday

The USS Carney has returned to Norfolk, VA after a seven-month deployment to the Middle East. The guided-missile destroyer conducted 51 engagements in 6 months, per CNO Adm. Lisa Franchetti, having destroyed Houthi land attack cruise missiles, anti-ship ballistic missiles and drones, as well as having launched two strikes against 20 Houthi targets inside Yemen and intercepting a mid-range ballistic missile launched by Iran during its Apr. 13 attack on Israel

Putin and Pashinyan agreed on the withdrawal of Russian military and border guards from a number of regions of Armenia, Peskov said. At the same time, at the request of the Armenian side, Russian border guards will remain on the border with Iran and Turkey.

Advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader says Tehran has the "capability to build a nuclear weapon", will change its nuclear doctrine if "existence threatened by Israel"

US Secretary of Defense: Iran still represents a threat to the entire Middle East region

Iran’s envoy to the UN (in a letter to the UNSC president and the UN Secretary General): None of the resistance groups were involved in Iran's legitimate action against the Israeli government, and we reject any claim in this regard

Iran and Oman FMs had a phone call over Gaza.

Iran’s nuclear chief and IAEA Director General are now meeting in Isfahan on the sidelines of the international nuclear conference in the city

Iran’s nuclear chief: We will open an international educational center for nuclear science and technology in Isfahan within two months

Iran’s nuclear chief: Iran aims to produce 20k megawatts through nuclear power plants by Iranian calendar year 1420 (i.e. 2041)

President of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechirvan Barzani met Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran. He had earlier met Iranian president

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency arrives in Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister: We must work to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and lift the siege on the Strip

The Saudi Foreign Minister discussed with his Iranian counterpart the situation in Gaza and developments in the region

An Iranian warship, IRGCmilitants' Shahid Mahdavi, equipped with drones and missiles has crossed the equator into the Southern Hemisphere for the first time, Iran's IRIB state radio reported on May 4

Multiple explosions in area of Damascus

Iranian Police: A soldier was killed and 3 injured after unknown assailants opened fire on a guard tower in the city of Baneh in the west

US Secretary of Defense before Congress: We notice aggressive actions from Russia and dangerous provocations from Iran

CENTCOM: Between 10:00 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. (Sanaa time) on April 29, Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists fired three anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) and three UAVs from Yemen into the Red Sea towards MV Cyclades, a Malta-flagged, Greece-owned vessel. Initial reports indicate there were no injuries and the vessel continued on its way. Earlier, at 7:49 a.m., U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully engaged and destroyed one Houthi launched airborne unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on a flight path towards USS Philippine Sea and USS Laboon in the Red Sea. There were no injuries or damages reported by U.S., coalition, or merchant vessels.

An IRGC militant kills a man and his daughter in the countryside of Deir_ez_Zor, eastern Syria

3 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard militia were killed and another injured as a result of a mine explosion while they were trying to plant it in the Al-Tabani desert, west of Deir ez-Zor

Iraqi militias aligned with Iran declared that they used a drone to strike a strategic sir in Haifa on Friday

Iran’s deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri met China president’s special envoy in Moscow

Iran and China defense ministers met in Kazakhstan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s meeting

The US Treasury announces new sanctions related to Iran

The European Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that once again called for the inclusion of Iran’s IRGC in the list of terrorist organizations and urged the EU to expand sanctions on Iran, including on the government's oil and banking

Iran's judiciary confirmed the death sentence of well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi but added that he is entitled to a sentence reduction, state media reported on Thursday

CENTCOM: At 11:51 a.m. (Sanaa time) on April 24, a coalition vessel successfully engaged one anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) launched from Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist-controlled areas in Yemen over the Gulf of Aden. The ASBM was likely targeting the MV Yorktown, a U.S.-flagged, owned, and operated vessel with 18 U.S. and four Greek crew members. There were no injuries or damage reported by U.S., coalition, or commercial ships. Separately, between 12:07 pm and 1:26 pm, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) successfully engaged and destroyed four airborne unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) over Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

Iran’s leader says some are persistently suggesting reconciliation with the US, adding that “the US' demands are boundless, seeking absolute submissiveness in matters of politics, economics, and beyond. Yielding to such bullying is impossible”.

Pentagon spox @PentagonPresSec says Iran militia groups conducted two unsuccessful attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria on April 22, the first such attacks since Feb 4