Iran air defense

Greek-operated Patriot air defense battery engages drone swarm near Saudi Arabian oil facilities

Greece has deployed a US-made Patriot air defense battery, operated by Greek personnel, in Saudi Arabia since 2021 under an agreement to help protect the kingdom's energy facilities.

Patriot battery in Greece
US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO leaders summit at the Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026.

Trump says he doesn't want to 'waste his time' negotiating with Iran after overnight strikes

Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

The most dangerous component of Iran’s arsenal - opinion

People walk past a mural depicting the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, May 25, 2026.

Israel, Iran trade blows before ceasefire, but Hezbollah conflict could destabilize


Fragile economy forces Iran's top leaders to form alliance

After having achieved a nuclear deal with the West, both Rouhani and Khamenei have a vested interest in setting aside their differences to secure their political futures and turn the economy round.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani

Analysis: What Iran's missile launches mean

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday announced that it had launched two additional missiles – which it claims are “capable of reaching Israel.”

Iran launches missile from undisclosed location

Revolutionary Guards: 'Iran has 10 times more missiles than Hezbollah’s 100,000'

IRGC aerospace commander: Missiles belong to Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian and Iraqi nations, as well as all the oppressed people of the world.

A MILITARY truck carrying a missile and a picture of Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei drives in a parade marking the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war in Tehran

Iranians go to polls in national election

Friday's election for selecting members of the influential Assembly of Experts, the 88-seat body mandated to pick the Supreme Leader of Iran, shows reformist leading the way.

Iranian worshipers in Tehran chant slogans during a protest against Saudi Arabia after Thursday's crush that killed 131 Iranians at the haj pilgrimage

Amidror: If Iranian jets arrive in Syria, Israel would ‘only act if they threaten us’

Ex-national security advisor Amidror tells Post Iranian jets cannot challenge IAF air superiority; Defense establishment remains silent over possibility of Iranian jets in Syria.

Iranian air force fighter planes drop bombs on targets during manoeuvres in southern Iran June 24, 2009.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards target popular messaging app in widening crackdown

In recent weeks, Iran's powerful hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has rounded up a number of artists, journalists and US citizens, citing fears of Western "infiltration."

Apple's iPhone 6 (R) and iPhone 6 Plus.

Analysis: Russia-Iran alliance tactical, not strategic

Russia seeks to solidify Assad’s regime in an Alawite mini-state in the face of a Sunni onslaught funded by Gulf states.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani during their meeting in Ufa, Russia, July 9, 2015.

As I See It: Game-changer: Iran’s involvement with 9/11

The most remarkable aspect of this US surrender to Iran is that the Iranian regime is not some hypothetical threat.

Activists gather at a Capitol Hill rally against the Iran nuclear deal in Washington September 9, 2015

Fundamentally Freund: A reckoning for Congress over the Iran deal

As an Israeli, I fear that we will soon be left with no choice but to tackle the Iranian threat alone.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Austrian president engulfed in criticism over visit with Iran’s Khamenei

Stop the Bomb, an organization that was founded in Austria in 2007 and that opposes the Iranian government, sharply criticized Fischer.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer