Iran's president vowed on Wednesday that the Islamic republic would not bow to outside aggression, as it marked the anniversary of the 1979 revolution with events overshadowed by the looming threat of US military action.

Protesters, meanwhile, renewed anti-government chants from the balconies of residential blocks, in defiance of an ongoing crackdown on opposition to the clerical system, which rights groups say has seen security forces shoot thousands dead.

ANKARA, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will host Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday for talks likely to focus on migration and longstanding maritime disputes, as the NATO allies and historic rivals try to build on warming ties.

Fifteen migrants died in a shipwreck off the Greek island of Chios last week after their boat collided with a Greek coastguard vessel and sank in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast.

Feb 11 (Reuters) - Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed in a phone call efforts for regional de-escalation and stability, the Emiri Diwan said on Wednesday.

The call comes ahead of a meeting between Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu where the Israeli prime minister is expected to press him to widen U.S. talks with Iran to include curbs on Tehran's missile arsenal and other security threats beyond its nuclear programme.

(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah and Jana Choukeir; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

Feb 11 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump on Wednesday to discuss renewed U.S. nuclear negotiations with Iran amid concern that failed talks could spark a wider conflict.

Here are the takeaways from the six previous meetings of the two leaders, mostly focused on Iran and Gaza, since Trump's White House return in January 2025.

* February 4, 2025: In a shock announcement, Trump says the U.S. wants to take over the Gaza Strip.

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, Feb 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will host Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday where the Israeli prime minister is expected to press him to widen U.S. talks with Iran to include curbs on Tehran’s missile arsenal and other security threats that go beyond its nuclear program.

ISTANBUL, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan replaced the country's justice and interior ministers in a mini reshuffle on Wednesday, with Istanbul chief prosecutor Akin Gurlek taking the role of justice minister, the Official Gazette said.

It said Gurlek replaced Yilmaz Tunc as justice minister, while Erdogan appointed Erzurum provincial governor Mustafa Ciftci as interior minister in place of Ali Yerlikaya.

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(Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun; Editing by Daren Butler)

US President Donald Trump told Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Wednesday that talks with Iran must continue, rebuffing the Israeli prime minister's push for a tougher stance against Tehran.

"There was nothing definitive reached other than I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated," Trump said on social media after their three-hour meeting.

Some residents of the Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday chanted slogans against the Islamic republic and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the eve of the most significant annual commemoration of the 1979 Islamic revolution, according to footage posted on social media.

Iran was rocked by protests last month opposing the Islamic republic, which were put down by what activists condemned as an unprecedented crackdown by the authorities, with thousands shot dead by security forces.

By Marine Delrue

Feb 10 (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Qatar's al-Udeid, the biggest U.S. base in the Middle East, put missiles into truck launchers as tensions with Iran ratcheted up since January, analysis of satellite images showed, meaning they could be moved more quickly.

The decision to keep the Patriot missiles in mobile trucks rather than semi-static launcher stations -- meaning they could rapidly deploy to strike or be moved defensively in case of an Iranian attack -- shows how risks heightened as frictions grew.

By Kevin Lamarque and Trevor Hunnicutt

YEREVAN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday deleted a post from Vice President JD Vance's account that commemorated massacres of Armenians as a "genocide," saying the message that was likely to irk U.S.-allied Turkeywas posted in error.

Vance, who was on a two-day trip to Armenia, visited the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan during the first-ever visit by a U.S. vice president to the South Caucasus republic.