Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy launched the Sayyad 3-G naval air defense missile during exercises in the Strait of Hormuz as U.S. naval forces build up in the Gulf.

While Zamir, who became chief of Israel’s military in March 2025, has not spoken publicly on the implications of a war with Iran on national security in Israel, behind closed doors he has warned of the grave dangers that would result in such an outcome, Ynet reported on Thursday.

Iran and the United States are holding indirect negotiations in Geneva as talks over Tehran’s nuclear program hang in the balance.

Amid the largest US deployment in the Middle East in decades, analysts say that Iran is better prepared militarily than during the 12-day war last year

President Donald Trump is not asking Iran to give up anything it currently has, and in return he is willing to give Iran almost everything it doesn’t have.

Despite Ankara’s official denial, Turkey may well move to establish a buffer zone in western Iran if any of these potential outcomes result from a war in Iran soon.

Iranian Army training helicopter crashed in Dorcheh, Khomeini Shahr, inside Isfahan Province, killing two pilots during a routine morning flight. Iranian state media, including Mehr News Agency, confirmed the deaths and said no additional ground casualties were reported after the aircraft went down inside a wholesale market compound.