Babak Dehghanpisheh

A U.S. official told NBC News the U.S. hadn’t carried out any further strikes Thursday, contradicting Iranian officials, though the military has been shooting down incoming Iranian projectiles.

U.S. and Iranian officials have been negotiating about maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil passed before the war.

Massive crowds showed up for the official start of the funeral of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran’s capital, on Saturday, the beginning of a multi-day ceremony that is meant to project the strength and resilience of the Islamic Republic after a bruising war with the United States and Israel.

Mojtaba Khamenei was severely injured in the strike that killed his father at the start of the war, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

Iran says millions are expected to turn out for the funeral, which will serve as a grand religious and political spectacle months after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed.

While a fragile ceasefire with the U.S. and Israel continues to hold, ordinary people in Iran are struggling to afford food and other basic goods.

Two powerful earthquake shook Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas.

A pair of powerful earthquakes slammed Venezuela less than a minute apart Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, and leaving at least 164 people dead

The vice president, in an interview with NBC News, also said text of the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran won’t be released until Friday.

While the Iranian regime has been battling its external enemies, Israel and the U.S., it has also been ramping up a deadly crackdown on those seen as the enemy within.

As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke at a Pentagon prayer service last week, a pro-Iran propaganda team was at the ready