Iran’s foreign minister has reiterated that his country does not seek an escalation in the Middle East but reserves the right to defend itself against Israel’s attack with a “measured and calculative” response.

While initially designed to simulate ground-launched ballistic missiles while in flight, such ALBMs have some notable advantages over their ground-based counterparts.

Reza Valizadeh, an Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster, is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now, authorities said Sunday, further raising the stakes as Tehran threatens to retaliate over an Israeli attack on the country.

A female student stripped to her underwear outside her university in Iran in what some student and rights groups say was a protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code.

Iranian authorities have detained a young woman who was seen walking around the Islamic Azad University in Tehran in her underwear, in what activists say was a protest against enforcement of the country’s strict dress code.