Iran will respond directly to any threat originating from the Zionist regime, Army Ground Forces Commander Brigadier General Kiumars Heydari says, in the Islamic Republic's latest warning to Israel.

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Iran’s retaliatory operation against Israel exhibited “a small part” of the country’s capabilities to confront the occupying regime.

Iran has called on the BRICS group of emerging economies to play a role in putting an immediate stop to Israeli crimes against the Palestinians.

Iran marks the 44th anniversary of a failed US military operation in the central Tabas desert launched under the direct order of then US President Jimmy Carter.

French President is urging Israel to avoid an escalation in the Middle East.