Iran claimed to have fired a new advanced missile today with a range of about 1,200 miles, enough to strike Israel and Europe.

At least 18 people were killed and 24 others injured in a road accident when a truck slammed into a bus full of passengers in northern Iran, state television reported.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today said his country would continue to acquire nuclear technology and challenge what he called “Western fabrications”.