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Summary
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that imposes secondary sanctions against Iran through tariffs on countries importing Iranian goods and services, citing ongoing threats to US national security, foreign policy, and economic interests.
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Trump slaps new Iran sanctions as Oman talks end with no shift in positions

Iran believes US showed flexibility in Muscat talks - Reuters

Trump announces new US measures against Iran citing ongoing threat

Germany urges nationals to leave Iran

Video: Iran's foreign minister arrives in Doha

Iranian soccer player makes protest gesture after scoring

Trump slaps new Iran sanctions as Oman talks end with no shift in positions
Summary
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that imposes secondary sanctions against Iran through tariffs on countries importing Iranian goods and services, citing ongoing threats to US national security, foreign policy, and economic interests.
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PODCAST

'Hospitals are no longer safe': doctors warn of medical repression in Iran

Physicians working with Iranian protesters are warning that hospitals and medical care in Iran may be increasingly used as tools of repression, as doctors are arrested or threatened for treating the wounded and injured demonstrators are denied care.

'Hospitals are no longer safe': doctors warn of medical repression in Iran
Iran power centers signal doubt just as talks with the US begin
INSIGHT

Iran power centers signal doubt just as talks with the US begin

As Iranian and US negotiators met in Oman on Friday to discuss the framework for renewed talks, Friday prayer leaders across Iran used their sermons to dismiss the process, expressing near-uniform pessimism about the prospects for diplomacy.

Why Tehran sees war as a survival strategy
ANALYSIS

Why Tehran sees war as a survival strategy

Iran’s leadership is edging toward a war scenario not because diplomacy is necessarily collapsing, but because confrontation is increasingly seen as the least damaging option for a ruling system under intense internal and external pressure.

Talks on the brink: why Iran-US negotiations inspire little confidence
INSIGHT

Talks on the brink: why Iran-US negotiations inspire little confidence

As Iran and the United States reshuffle the format and venue of their talks amid military threats, deep mistrust, and hardline red lines, skepticism over a breakthrough appears widespread.

ANALYSIS

Why Iran may not afford to close the Strait of Hormuz

Tehran’s frequently invoked threat of closing the Strait of Hormuz may be far easier to signal than to carry out, not least because it would harm allied China more than the hostile West.

Why Iran may not afford to close the Strait of Hormuz

Iran studies scholars voice support for protesters

A group of scholars in Iranian studies issued a public statement expressing solidarity with people in Iran, describing the protests as a defining historical moment and warning that silence or misplaced neutrality carries consequences.

Rights groups call for probe into alleged chemical use in Iran protests

Grassroots ‘Red Lion and Sun' network emerges in Iran after crackdown

Iran studies scholars voice support for protesters

‘Australia stands with the people of Iran,’ senator says after Senate motion

Australian Senator Raff Ciccone, Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security and a co-sponsor of a bipartisan Senate motion condemning Iran’s crackdown on protests, said Australia was standing firmly with the people of Iran.

Canada condemns Iran after video shows armored car running over protesters

‘Australia stands with the people of Iran,’ senator says after Senate motion

State-organized Shiite celebrations ignite anger amid mass mourning in Iran

State-backed celebrations of Shiite Imam Mahdi’s birthday this week have angered many Iranians mourning tens of thousands killed in recent protests, highlighting a widening divide over grief, faith and public displays of joy.

INSIGHT

For Iranians abroad, Iran's blackout turned fear into trauma

State-organized Shiite celebrations ignite anger amid mass mourning in Iran

The Epstein files: what we know about his links to Iran

Newly released documents from the Jeffrey Epstein case include multiple references to Iran, ranging from claims of a meeting with a former Iranian president to allegations of arms trading, financial networks, and property links connected to Tehran.

The Epstein files: what we know about his links to Iran
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OPINION

'Help is on the way': to whom?

The Islamic Republic was bad news in 1979 and it is bad news in 2026, sending security forces to beat and murder peaceful protesters. Deporting Iranians to a country gripped by violent repression is hardly the ‘help’ the United States promised.

'Help is on the way': to whom?

Spotlight

  • Negar Mojtahedi

    'Hospitals are no longer safe': doctors warn of medical repression in Iran

    Negar Mojtahedi

  • Behrouz Turani

    Iran power centers signal doubt just as talks with the US begin

    Behrouz Turani

  • Dalga Khatinoglu

    Why Iran may not afford to close the Strait of Hormuz

    Dalga Khatinoglu

  • Hooman Abedi

    Why Tehran sees war as a survival strategy

    Hooman Abedi

  • Maryam Sinaiee

    State-organized Shiite celebrations ignite anger amid mass mourning in Iran

    Maryam Sinaiee

  • Barry Rosen

    'Help is on the way': to whom?

    Barry Rosen

Editors' Pick

  • Talks on the brink: why Iran-US negotiations inspire little confidence

    Talks on the brink: why Iran-US negotiations inspire little confidence

  • The Epstein files: what we know about his links to Iran

    The Epstein files: what we know about his links to Iran

  • For Iranians abroad, Iran's blackout turned fear into trauma

    For Iranians abroad, Iran's blackout turned fear into trauma

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Why Tehran sees war as a survival strategy

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Muslim-majority states push wider framework for Iran-US talks - reports

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INSIGHT

How Tehran recasts protest killings as ‘holy duty’

Arash Sohrabi
Arash Sohrabi

Iran International

VOICES FROM IRAN

Iranian protester found dead with bullet wounds after days missing

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Azadeh Akbari

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Tehran and Washington test the limits of talks without trust

Disconnected and afraid: Iran’s internet blackouts leave lasting scars

Maryam Sinaiee
Maryam Sinaiee

Iran International

Huda Beauty faces boycott campaign over founder’s Iran protest video

ANALYSIS

Why Turkey fears Iran’s unrest more than its repression

Ata Mohamed Tabriz
Ata Mohamed Tabriz

Iran analyst

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US strikes on Iran a matter of 'when not if,' former IDF spokesman says

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Negar Mojtahedi

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'A moment like no other': US-based think tank urges Trump to sap Iran

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Negar Mojtahedi

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'This is the endgame,' former UK Security Minister says of Iran

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Negar Mojtahedi

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Justice beyond borders: Lawsuit in Argentina tests accountability for Iran officials

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Negar Mojtahedi

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Tehran Insider

A letter from Iran: I don’t trust those who say they have the answers
TEHRAN INSIDER

A letter from Iran: I don’t trust those who say they have the answers

I am writing this from Tehran after three days of trying to find a way to send it: things may get a lot worse before they get any better.

Against Iran’s politics of exclusion, pluralism is the point
TEHRAN INSIDER

Against Iran’s politics of exclusion, pluralism is the point

There is a cruel ritual in Iranian opposition politics: some voices abroad constantly interrogate the “purity” of activists inside—why they did not speak more sharply or endorse maximalist slogans, why survival itself looks insufficiently heroic.

The Iran that never trends
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The Iran that never trends

TEHRAN INSIDER

Revolutionary road: a family row captures Iran's political gridlock

United States

  • The Epstein files: what we know about his links to Iran

    The Epstein files: what we know about his links to Iran

  • Military strike on Iran now ‘virtually certain,’ Western source says

  • Trump in Tehran? Former Iranian envoy floats Hail Mary talks to avoid war

  • Iranian, Venezuelan dissidents call for US action to reclaim lost homelands

Iran Nuclear

  • Trump pairs deal talk with war threats ahead of Iran negotiations

    Trump pairs deal talk with war threats ahead of Iran negotiations

  • Iran shows no shift on US talks as Turkey engages Washington

  • Iran’s nuclear chief to IAEA: If sites have been destroyed, what are you looking for?

  • US renews nuclear and missile demands on Iran as ‘armada’ arrives

Domestic Politics

  • How Iran’s infighting consistently derails diplomacy

    How Iran’s infighting consistently derails diplomacy

  • Strategy or paralysis? Tehran sends mixed signals on war and diplomacy

  • Tehran ignored warnings of unrest, chose force over reform

  • Iran parliament halts impeachment moves against ministers amid unrest

Iran Sanctions

  • Australian Senate passes motion condemning Iran protest crackdown

    Australian Senate passes motion condemning Iran protest crackdown

  • Britain sanctions Iran’s security apparatus over deadly crackdowns

  • Khamenei's son built secret overseas property empire - Bloomberg

  • US warned Iraq of oil sanctions, freezing ties over Iran ties - Reuters

Mideast Crisis

  • US strikes on Iran a matter of 'when not if,' former IDF spokesman says

    US strikes on Iran a matter of 'when not if,' former IDF spokesman says

  • Gunboat diplomacy: US seeks coercion without war on Iran

  • Iranian official rhetoric girds for war as US fleet nears

  • Restraint as strategy: Israel watches Iran’s unrest from afar

Economy & Environment

  • Why Iran may not afford to close the Strait of Hormuz

    Why Iran may not afford to close the Strait of Hormuz

  • Iran crypto volumes draw US probes into sanctions evasion - Reuters

  • Iran rolls out 5 million-rial banknote, about $3.10 at market rate

  • Why Iran cannot stop its currency collapse

Iran Protests

  • 'Hospitals are no longer safe': doctors warn of medical repression in Iran

    'Hospitals are no longer safe': doctors warn of medical repression in Iran

  • Iran studies scholars voice support for protesters

  • Canada condemns Iran after video shows armored car running over protesters

  • For Iranians abroad, Iran's blackout turned fear into trauma

Diplomacy

  • Muslim-majority states push wider framework for Iran-US talks - reports

    Muslim-majority states push wider framework for Iran-US talks - reports

  • US–Iran talks stagger back on after a day of threats and denials

  • Rubio presses for broader Iran talks, voices doubt over deal

  • Hope for US–Iran talks shaken by drones, gunboats and new demands

Iran Insights

  • Iran power centers signal doubt just as talks with the US begin

    Iran power centers signal doubt just as talks with the US begin

  • State-organized Shiite celebrations ignite anger amid mass mourning in Iran

  • Talks on the brink: why Iran-US negotiations inspire little confidence

  • Alarm grows over detention of doctors who treated Iran protesters

Military

  • Why Tehran sees war as a survival strategy

    Why Tehran sees war as a survival strategy

  • Suspicious blasts kill several in southern Iran; officials blame gas leak

  • Argentina designates Iran's IRGC Quds Force as terrorist group

  • Missiles, not diplomacy: how Iran signals resolve under pressure

Society

  • Iranians burying slain protest youths mourn with dancing and defiance

    Iranians burying slain protest youths mourn with dancing and defiance

  • Made without permission: how Iran’s underground cinema owned 2025

  • Legendary Iranian playwright and filmmaker Bahram Beyzaie dies at 87

  • Iran psychiatrists warn of surge in drug-induced psychosis among teens

Human Rights

  • ‘Australia stands with the people of Iran,’ senator says after Senate motion

    ‘Australia stands with the people of Iran,’ senator says after Senate motion

  • Rights groups call for probe into alleged chemical use in Iran protests

  • Canadian activists urge probe into Iranian expats linked to repression

  • Iran judiciary says man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad was executed