The US considered targeting Iranian General Qassem Soleimani for the past 18 months. Trump chose to take out the general leading to his death by drone strike on January 3.

Australians will continue to fly through Iranian airspace despite the United states banning its flights because of pre-existing business deals with airlines in the area. 

President Donald Trump authorized taking out top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani seven months ago, but retained final authority to sign off on the move, according to a new report.

Nearly 200 Australian sailors have bid an emotional goodbye to their loved ones as they boarded the HMAS Toowoomba bound for the tense waters around Iran.

Boris Johnson today suggested the UK could pull out of the Iran nuclear deal if Donald Trump proposes a replacement for the crumbling accord.

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani (pictured) today called for a special court to be set up to probe the 'painful and unforgivable' mistake which killed 176 people including dozens of Iranians.

Rev Hossein Soodmand (pictured), who converted before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, was arrested and tortured before being hanged after a sharia court convicted him of apostasy.

A free-swinging Donald Trump delivered a greatest-hits rally, riffing on impeachment, Iran, his impending China trade deal and the shrinking ranks of Democrats who want to replace him. 

Shohreh Bayat, 32, referee for the 2020 World Chess Championships in Shanghai and Vladivostock, fears returning to Iran after she was caught without a headscarf on.

Hassan Rouhani (pictured) extended Iran's threats to Europe after the three nations triggered the pact's 'dispute resolution mechanism' over Iran's failure to comply with the deal.

The administration has canceled three classified briefings for lawmakers on the situation with Iran - a move that comes after officials faced criticism for their lack of candor in their last round of briefings.

David Youaneh Ghaterchi came to Australia in 2012 after fleeing Iran to escape religious persecution for his Christian beliefs.

Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck go head-to-head in the high-stakes, historical fiction drama The Last Thing He Wanted. Netflix released the trailer on Thursday morning.

Populist shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's calls for a 'million man march' in Baghdad on Friday fell well short and the crowds dissipated after a few hours.

The Pentagon raised the number of US service members injured to 50 after Iran retaliated on January 8 for the US drone strike month that killed General Qassem Soleimani.

A bipartisan group of senators ignored a plea from President Donald Trump and voted to advance a war powers resolution that would hamper his ability to take military action in Iran.

The disinformation campaign promotes unfounded conspiracy theories that the United States is behind the COVID-19 outbreak, in an apparent bid to damage the U.S. image.

As hot spots emerge, trouble finding each source - the first patient who sparks every new cluster - may signal the disease has spread too widely for public health steps to stamp it out.

Iraj Harirchi said Iran would be 'victorious in our combat against this virus' in a video message he recorded after he was taken into quarantine yesterday.

Delta Air Lines said that reservations through March 2 on flights to Bologna, Milan and Venice in northern Italy, where cases have climbed, are eligible for rescheduling.

JetBlue has announced it will suspend fees for change to all its flight bookings. It applies to flights booked to any destination from February 27 and March 11, for travel completed by June 1.

Hassan Norouzi, who is a spokesman for the Iranian parliament's judicial committee, said 'spreading lies' is punishable by one to three years in prison with flogging, in line with Shariah law.

The woman returned to the Gold Coast from Iran and is now being held in isolation at Gold Coast University Hospital, Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeanette Young said.

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Jon Snow has been keeping himself busy during his self-isolation as he begun tidying his tie collection away amid coronavirus fears.

The Federal Government has announced a travel ban on foreigners coming to Australia from Iran.

A woman, aged in her 60s, tested positive for coronavirus in NZ two days after arriving on Emirates flight EK450 from Iran, via Bali, last Wednesday.

A man who recently travelled to Iran has become the fifth person in NSW to be diagnosed with coronavirus.

The woman, who is in her 30s, travelled to Victoria from Tehran via Kuala Lumpur and Bali. She arrived about 6am on Friday morning.

NSW Health announced three new coronavirus cases on Monday afternoon and confirmed a 53-year-old doctor from Sydney contracted the deadly virus.

The woman, who arrived in Adelaide via Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, is currently at home but will be transferred to hospital soon.

A Macquarie University lecturer has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from Iran. The staff member became ill after returning from the western Asian country but had not been on campus.

Tehran announced total infections rose to 2,922 and there were reports the country's First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri (pictured) was the latest high-profile figure to contract the disease.

The unverified video, which has been viewed over 836,000 times online, shows lines of seemingly full body bags lining the floors of the hospital.

The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal from the WHO today for governments to pull out 'all the stops' to slow the epidemic.

On March 1, President Trump vowed that anyone returning from 'high risk countries' would be screened both before they boarded planes and once they had returned to the US.

The number of people testing positive increased by more than 1,000 over the past 24 hours, reaching 5,823 on Saturday. Pictured: A firefighter disinfects a shopping centre in Tehran.

Six of China's imported cases were in Beijing, which is enforcing a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from countries deemed to be high-risk, including Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan.

Footage shows the bearded man harassing the woman on a pavement in Iran before kicking her into the road - only for her to grapple with him and push him against a wall.

The wealthy are arranging to flee to overseas homes or hide in underground bunkers as they attempt to self-isolate in countries which have avoided significant outbreaks of the virus.

People who are believed to have contracted the disease are told to stay at home for 14 days, as well as those who have been in contact with anybody who had been in South Korea, China, Iran or Italy.

Australians returning from overseas who refuse to self-isolate for 14 days could be fined $50,000 or jailed for a year for breaching a public health order.

British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 42, was freed last week for a fortnight from Iranian jail. Her daughter Gabriella Ratcliffe, five, drew a red aeroplane on her card for Mother's Day.

Joe Biden downplayed Donald Trump's approval rating boost during the coronavirus outbreak, claiming all president's have seen a surge during times of crisis in the U.S.

Some 7,500 foreign troops are in Iraq as part of the US-led coalition helping local troops fight jihadist groups, but those numbers are being significantly drawn down this month.

Four boats carrying 72 migrants were intercepted by Border Force on the beaches of Kent and Sussex on Easter Sunday. The 12 women and 60 men said they were from Iraq, Iran and Syria.

A group of 11 ships with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps repeatedly crossed the bows and sterns of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet at close range and high speed on Wednesday.

Social media star Sahar Tabar, 22, whose real name is Fatemeh Khishvand, from Tehran, shot to prominence after posting images of her eerily gaunt face.

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Medics discovered the coronavirus in the lungs of a 30-year-old woman from Iran who did not display symptoms days after a relatives died with Covid-19 (pictured, CT scan showing lung markings).