The Latest Breaking News from Tehran

Cecilia Sala, 29, was detained in Tehran three days after US warrant used to hold Swiss-Iranian businessman in Milan

Italy's foreign ministry says an Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian police

Il Foglio war correspondent Cecilia Sala taken in by police while reporting in Tehran, says Italy’s foreign ministry

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala detained in Tehran while reporting for Il Foglio. Italian authorities working to secure her release from Evin prison.

Cecilia Sala, 29, who works for Il Foglio and Chora Media, was arrested in Tehran on December 19, authorities said.

Defence Minister Israel Katz warns Houthi rebels that Israel will ‘behead’ its leaders as it did to Hamas.

After Syria, Israel and the US fear Tehran will build an atomic bomb. Their threats may produce that very outcome

Iran’s leader has emphasised that resistance cannot be broken through military strikes and political plots.

Top US diplomat says Iran should ‘focus on itself’ and stop getting involved in ‘misadventures throughout the region’.

Iranians reel from worsening power cuts, fuel shortages, partial shutdowns and a falling purchasing power.

Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the fall of Bashar al-Assad this month, and claimed that his decision to fight to the end against Hamas and Hezbollah had contributed to “changing the face of the Middle East”. Since then, Israel has launched its largest bombing campaign on Syrian soil since the 1973 Yom…