The president had also gloated to reporters on Tuesday that it was a "win" when he "terminated" Obama's Iran nuclear deal.

Iranian state media showed wedding ceremonies in Tehran for dozens of couples said to have volunteered for "self-sacrifice" in the war with the U.S.

Since the opening US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader, the war in Iran has reshaped the Middle East in real time, with brinkmanship over the Strait of Hormuz and a haphazard final push toward ceasefire.

U.S. allies in the Middle East continue to intercept hostile drone attacks from Iran, turning the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia more critical toward Tehran's regime.

President says he has instructed US military to be ready for ‘a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice’ – key US politics stories from Monday 18 May

An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.

Explosions ⁠were heard ⁠in Iran's Qeshm island on ​Tuesday due to the neutralization ‌of unexploded enemy ‌ammunition, the semi-official ⁠Iranian ⁠Tasnim news agency said, citing a local ​official. The country's Mehr news agency had earlier reported the ​sound of explosions,

A panel analyzes President Donald Trump's strategy with Iran and the role of public opinion and rising gas prices in the U.S.-Iran relations on ‘Special Report.’