Iran-US news highlights: Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran was ready to participate in "fair and equitable" negotiations, but added there were currently no meetings with US officials arranged.

Iran said that it will defend itself "against any foreign threat," the country's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday.

Iran vowed Thursday to conduct live-fire military drills in one of the world’s most vital sea passages — which sees 20% of the globe’s oil transports — next week, just two

Iran announces live-fire military drills in Strait of Hormuz as Trump sends USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group to region amid escalating tensions.

The Iranian military intends to conduct two days of live-fire naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz despite warnings from the U.S. military.

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Tensions have continued to rise between the two nations after the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on nationwide protests left thousands dead.

The scale of nationwide protests in Iran and the bloody crackdown that has followed is slowly coming into focus, even though authorities have cut off the country from the internet.

The European Union has officially designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a “terrorist organisation”. Along with this, the regional body is working to push more sanctions against Tehran