Middle East

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says a memorandum of understanding with the US has ‘never been closer’ but warns against speculation over its contents.

For days, Iranians have gone to bed hearing the sounds of explosions or reports that their country and the United States were trading fire. And then they have awakened to news.

Plans for fresh US strikes on Iran have been shelved after Donald Trump claimed a peace agreement had been approved by senior Iranian leaders.

While it’s unknown if US forces deliberately targeted a drinking water facility, doing so could constitute a war crime.

United Nations Secretary General says the ceasefire is ‘more like a lesser fire’ as the US and Iran continue to exchange strikes.

US President Donald Trump has shocked with fresh comments about abandoning a peace deal with Iran, as war between the two nations intensifies.

Australia has joined more than 20 nations condemning Iran, with Penny Wong vowing to ‘stand up’ to the regime’s interference.

US President Donald Trump says Iran has taken too long to negotiate a deal as a nuclear watchdog urged it to declare its uranium and allow in inspectors.

Iranian authorities have been accused of being behind ‘lethal plotting’ around the world, 22 countries say in a joint statement.

The exchange of fire between the US and Tehran presented a new test for the increasingly tenuous ceasefire in the volatile region.

Australia is unlikely to extend the temporary halving of the fuel excise, as conflict in the Middle East breaks out ending the fragile ceasefire.

Donald Trump has vowed the US will respond after claiming Iran shot down an American Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz.