Numbers of people crossing the border has surged since mid-June

After months of urging Israel not to strike Iran while he worked toward a nuclear deal, President Donald Trump told Reuters in a phone interview on Friday that he and his team had known the attacks were coming - and still saw room for an accord.

Air raid sirens heard in Jerusalem

For President Donald Trump, few goals on the world stage have been more explicit -- he will not drag the United States into another "forever war."

21 people were injured by the missiles, including two in serious condition

Iran's Supreme Leader accuses Israel of initiating war, vows painful revenge

Israel launched widescale strikes on Iran on Friday

But Trump also kept the door open for negotiations on Tehran's nuclear program, as the president who boasted he had "no wars" in his first term tries to avoid getting dragged into one in his second

Move likely to worry West

Iran plans to begin uranium enrichment using thousands of advanced centrifuges at its key nuclear facilities, Fordo and Natanz, the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported on Friday

Iran is willing to strengthen bilateral relations with Bangladesh in various areas including trade and commerce, culture, energy, education and health

Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulated Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on his victory in a presidential runoff, the Kremlin said on Saturday

Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, interior ministry said

Six candidates -- five conservatives and one reformist -- are competing in Iran's presidential election on Friday to succeed the late Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last month

Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash, will be buried Thursday in his hometown after two days of funeral processions attended by thousands of mourners

Tens of thousands of Iranians flocked to the streets of Tehran Wednesday to join the funeral processions of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday

Thousands of mourners holding portraits of Raisi gathered Monday at central Valiasr Square in the capital Tehran.

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The crash incident triggered a massive search operation that was hampered by adverse weather conditions

Hasina conveyed her condolence in a letter to interim president of Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Mokhber