The untold story of the last US mission to Iran under the Shah
Nearly fifty years later, Iran International can reveal the untold story of a critical US mission to Tehran ordered by President Jimmy Carter to determine whether Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah could fend off a revolution.
Iran and the United States
Republican senators advocate Tehran 'regime change', economic pain
Two Republican senators told Iran International on Thursday that Washington must deploy economic pressure to cripple it Mideast adversary the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mideast Crisis

Netanyahu accuses Iran of launching ‘assault on civilization’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of leading what he called an “assault on civilization” during joint remarks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Thursday.

US targets Houthi missile expert in strikes as Trump vows continued attacks
The White House said on Monday that a top Houthi missile expert was killed in US strikes, as President Donald Trump warned that that military action against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen would continue until the group no longer threatens maritime security.

Israel says Revolutionary Guard operative killed in Lebanon
The Israeli military said on Tuesday it has assassinated a Revolutionary Guards member coordinating Hamas and Hezbollah operations in Lebanon.
Domestic Politics
Khamenei, IRGC boost share of Iran’s oil revenues and state assets
Iran's newly published budget law reveals the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) major share of oil revenues and public funds—and opens the door for the IRGC and Supreme Leader–linked institutions to take control of state assets.
Human Rights

Senior Iranian ‘death committee’ judge dies
A high-ranking Iranian judge and member of the so-called Death Committee which oversaw the execution of thousands of dissidents in the late 1980s, has died.

Imprisonment of Christians jumps sixfold as state cracks down on converts
Persecution of Christian converts in Iran has surged sixfold in the past year, with the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) reporting violent arrests, interrogations, lengthy prison terms, and mistreatment.

Iran executed 58 people in March, rights group says
Iran executed at least 58 prisoners in March, a significant rise from the previous year’s tally for the same month, according to the Norway-based rights group Hengaw.
Iran Sanctions
China's teapots pause Iran oil orders after US sanctions refinery
Small Chinese non-state refineries—known as “teapots”—appear to be holding off on new orders of Iranian crude following Washington’s recent sanctions on Shouguang Luqing Petrochemicals, a refinery based in Shandong.
Iran's Nuclear Program
Israeli FM says diplomacy still an option to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons
Israel's foreign minister said the country is not ruling out a diplomatic path to prevent Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon, adding that there were signs that there could be indirect talks between Tehran and the United States.
Conscripted, condemned: how a Canadian ban punishes Iran's forced recruits
Soroush Salehi campaigned to have Canada label Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group but now the law for which he strived may eject him and others forced into the group as conscripts.
Iran developing Chabahar space center for heavier liquid-fuel rockets
Iran has started the second phase of construction at its Chabahar space launch facility, which will be dedicated to launching heavier semi-heavy liquid-fueled rockets, the Iranian Space Agency announced on Tuesday.
Iran's Water Crisis
Tehran to cut water for 12 hours to high users ignoring warnings
Tehran will implement 12-hour water supply cuts for people with excessively high consumption who disregard government warnings and text message alerts to reduce water use amid a national crisis.
In Case You Missed It
'Made in America': US classic cars evoke prestige and nostalgia in Iran
More than 40 years after the 1979 revolution and despite persistent tensions between Tehran and Washington, American cars remain a prized symbol of prestige and nostalgia in Iran.
Eye for Iran Podcast
As war looms, Iran ensures military gets paid but people struggle
Ordinary Iranians are bearing unprecedented economic pain as their Islamic government's row with its hated enemies Israel and the United States ramps up and Tehran prioritizes military spending to shore up defense and its regional clout.
Tehran Insider

Inside Tehran’s nightlife: a hidden world of dance, drinks and defiance
It starts with a text message on social media by an established cafe. A few million rials deposit, and a promise of a night unlike any other in Tehran.

Whether it's talks or war, we'll suffer all the same
US president Donald Trump has sent Iran’s leader a letter, we’re told, and that it’s significant. It probably is, but nobody I know seems to think so.