Jan 30 (Reuters) - The United States is considering new military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran over its deadly suppression of protests this month. The complexities of Iran's ruling system,

Perspective: Tehran is pursuing talks, not because it trusts the president, but because it fears what comes next if it does not.

Recent reports suggest Iran is rapidly rebuilding its missile arsenal following the June 2025 conflict with Israel, known as the 12-Day War or Operation Rising Lion. On January 26, 2026, Iranian officials claimed missile stockpiles have tripled,

US-Iran tensions rise as military power is compared across air, naval, missile and manpower strength in a potential full-scale war scenario.

Iran’s Islamic Republic, weakened by airstrikes in June and huge popular unrest, warns that it will strike back hard if attacked by the United States. This time, Iran may mean it.

The president advised Iran make a deal or "the next attack will be far worse."

WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a blunt warning to Iran and highlighted President Trump’s aggressive military posture during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday — as the US surges warships and air assets across the Middle East in a growing military presence.

President Donald Trump is weighing potential strikes against Iran that, if conducted, experts say could expose weaknesses of Russia and China as global military powers unable to protect their allies.

India, Jan. 27 -- The Arabian Sea tensions are no longer hypothetical. The standoff between Washington and Tehran has entered a clearly muscular phase as the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group approaches Iran's strategic orbit.

A “multi-day readiness exercise” will take place after Donald Trump deployed an “armada” to the Middle East.

Iran has tentatively agreed to resume nuclear talks with the US as it tries to avert the threat of strikes, in what would be the first such negotiations since the Trump administration bombed three of Iran’s nuclear sites last summer.