The decision comes as Israel appears to be preparing to launch a military attack on Iran, American and European officials believe. Tehran condemned the vote.

Tensions between Iran and Israel are nearing boiling point, with reports that an Israeli “operation” in Iran is imminent.The US has partially evacuated its staff from neighbouring Iraq amid concerns that Iran could retaliate on American sites there due to its close relationship with Israel.

A senior Iranian security official warned that any aggression by the United States or Israel will trigger a swift and unexpected reaction.

A Houthi source told Newsweek that any attack on Iran "will drag the entire region into the abyss of war" amid escalation tension.

Concern about a strike and the prospect of retaliation led the United States to withdraw diplomats from Iraq and authorize the voluntary departure of U.S. military family members from the Middle East.

TENSIONS in the Middle East are spiralling after Iran was found to be breaching nuclear rules for the first time in two decades. The UN’s atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency,

Diplomacy has failed to stop Iran’s nuclear program. Instead, Tehran has used negotiations as cover and as a way to gain time to advance its capabilities, as many feared would happen. What now? Opinion.

Israel launches unprecedented naval strike against Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen as US general warns the group would fail without Iranian support.

US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza and stop talk of an attack on Iran, according to a source familiar with the conversation.