When a 19-year-old wrestler and two other men were hanged in the holy city of Qom on Thursday, Iran’s theocratic regime was sending a message to both dissenters inside the country and opponents abroad,

Follow real-time developments as the US-Israel war with Iran enters a more dangerous phase, with missile attacks, drone interceptions, naval threats and widening regional spillover pushing the Middle East deeper into crisis.

On Friday, Israel hit the Iranian capital Tehran with airstrikes. President Donald Trump said he won't deploy U.S. troops to Iran. So far, more than 1,000 people have been killed in the Middle East conflict.

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - The Israeli military struck Iran and Beirut ⁠on ⁠Saturday as the U.S. was sending thousands more Marines to ⁠the Middle East and President Donald Trump accused NATO allies of cowardice over their reluctance to help open the Strait of Hormuz.

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Hoda was so furious over Iran’s violent crackdown on protesters in January that she wanted the country’s security forces to be attacked as payback.

Iran’s national football team returned to their war-torn nation after several of the players sought asylum in Australia.

Israel’s defense minister threatened a surge in attacks against Iran on Saturday and Britain condemned Iran for targeting a joint U.K.-U.S.