Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, was the most senior leader among the dead, according to Iranian state media.

Israeli prime minister seized chance to strike but risks merely delaying rather than destroying weapons programme

Iran's foreign minister calls Israel's attacks on its nuclear programme a "declaration of war" as the IDF says it intercepted retaliatory drones launched by Tehran.

Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s vows of reprisals have brought the two Middle East adversaries closer to an all-out war, which also threatens to draw in the United States, at least to some degree.

Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports on the latest regarding the airstrikes that Israel launched on Iran on ‘Fox News @ Night.’

Stock futures in the U.S. dropped and global oil prices jumped following an Israeli strike targeting Iran's nuclear facilities.

However, diplomatic struggles between the US and Iran go back much further, inevitably shaping the backdrop to the latest flare up. For much of the 20th century, the US and Iran maintained friendly relations.

For quite some time now, Iran has pledged to destroy Israel while it supported regional groups that have declared Israel their enemy. Israel, on its part, views Iran as an existential threat and has vowed to prevent it from building a nuclear bomb.