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02.04.2026 20:00 Tehran is showing resilience despite Trump's claims of regime change, writes BBC Persian editor Amir Azimi.

02.04.2026 20:00 The strikes, which Iran says were first launched by Israel in co-ordination with the US last week, could cause major damage to the Iranian economy.

02.04.2026 20:00 The comments were an apparent jab at the US leader's sometimes contradictory stance on the US-Israeli war against Iran.

02.04.2026 20:00 Yvette Cooper said coordinated diplomatic and economic measures are required to reopen the shipping lane.

02.04.2026 15:30 Narges Mohammadi's brother says he fears her life is in imminent danger and she needs to be transferred to a hospital.

02.04.2026 10:50 Trump's first televised address of the conflict with Iran did little to quell uneasy markets.

02.04.2026 10:50 There were some glaring omissions in the president's primetime address, writes the BBC's Gary O'Donoghue.

02.04.2026 10:50 The war with Iran has not yet resolved any of Israel's regional conflicts in the way its prime minister suggested it would.

02.04.2026 10:50 Attacks have continued as Israel has announced its intention to control swathes of south Lebanon.

02.04.2026 10:50 It's a turnaround for Beijing, whose official response has been muted so far. Why is China stepping in now?

02.04.2026 10:50 Pakistan's role as intermediary in this conflict took many by surprise. But perhaps it shouldn't have.

02.04.2026 10:50 US President Donald Trump says his core "objectives are nearing completion" in Iran, during a primetime televised speech from the White House.

01.04.2026 06:10 People in Iran describe angry scenes and tense relationships as rifts open up over the war.

01.04.2026 06:10 Seizing the stockpile would be one of the "most complicated special operations in history", a former defence official tells the BBC.

01.04.2026 01:30 The US state department says a suspect in her abduction has ties to an Iran-backed militia group, Kataib Hezbollah.