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Iran ex-president Rafsanjani assassinated for his criticism, daughter says

Former Iranian president and key figure in the founding of the Islamic Republic Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was assassinated for his criticism of Tehran's leadership, his daughter alleged in a bombshell interview.

Pezeshkian’s deputies urge restraint on criticism amid ‘wartime’ conditions

Iran ex-president Rafsanjani assassinated for his criticism, daughter says

Iran welcomes Saudi–Pakistan security pact, calls for Muslim unity

Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani on Tuesday endorsed a defense pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, calling for unity among Muslim countries in the face of what he described as common regional threats.

UK says it found no Iran link to Polisario despite Moroccan accusations

Iran’s regional strategy unshaken by Gaza ceasefire, Israeli think tank says

Iran welcomes Saudi–Pakistan security pact, calls for Muslim unity
Opaque Iraq deals give isolated Iran a key lifeline - The Atlantic

Opaque Iraq deals give isolated Iran a key lifeline - The Atlantic

State telecom contracts in Iraq are giving Iran-aligned companies a key role in one of Tehran's last allies in the Middle East, The Atlantic magazine reported, providing an important lifeline as sanctions and isolation deepen.

Iran issues indictment over seized Israeli-linked ship, judiciary says

Iran issues indictment over seized Israeli-linked ship, judiciary says

Iran has issued an indictment in the case of a container ship seized by its Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz last year, judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir said on Tuesday, according to state media.

Iran’s ‘shadow oil fleet’ traced to New Zealand insurer – Reuters

Iran’s ‘shadow oil fleet’ traced to New Zealand insurer – Reuters

A New Zealand insurer is under investigation for allegedly helping vessels transport sanctioned Iranian and Russian oil, a Reuters special report said on Tuesday, as Tehran’s crude exports continue to flow mainly to China despite US sanctions.

VOICES FROM IRAN

Retirees stage nationwide protests over unpaid pensions, rising prices

Retirees across Iran held protests over the past week, demanding overdue pension payments and relief from rising cost of living according to voice and video submissions sent to Iran International.

INSIGHT

A joke that hit a nerve: actress stirs fury over class fault lines in Iran

One in three deaths in Iran linked to poor nutrition, official warns

Retirees stage nationwide protests over unpaid pensions, rising prices

Nuclear Program

  • NPT Withdrawal
  • Calls for Building A-Bomb

Trump says US strikes stopped Iran from building nuclear weapon

US forces destroyed Iran’s nuclear capability and prevented it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday while addressing US troops aboard an aircraft carrier in Japan.

Satellite images reveal possible renewed nuclear activity in Iran - think tank

Trump says US strikes stopped Iran from building nuclear weapon

Iran vows crackdown on Halloween citing cultural taint

An Iranian state commercial body has ordered cafes, restaurants and other businesses to avoid holding Halloween-themed events or sales citing their danger to cultural values in the Islamic theocracy.

INSIGHT

Iran's defunct bans, from satellite dishes to the veil

Iran vows crackdown on Halloween citing cultural taint
Russia says no rift with Iran as row over Moscow role heats up in Tehran

Russia says no rift with Iran as row over Moscow role heats up in Tehran

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Monday dismissed suggestions of mistrust between Moscow and Tehran, as tensions rise among Iranian political factions over the Islamic Republic’s partnership with Russia.

Russian Roulette: Tehran’s elite turn on each other over Moscow's role
INSIGHT

Russian Roulette: Tehran’s elite turn on each other over Moscow's role

The clash over Russia’s role in Iran has reached unprecedented levels, with the parliament speaker publicly attacking a former president and his foreign minister for speaking out against Moscow.

Iran’s parliament speaker rebukes ex-president Rouhani over remarks on Russia

Iran’s parliament speaker rebukes ex-president Rouhani over remarks on Russia

IRGC general says Russia needs Iranian missiles and drones, not vice versa

Iran’s rape survivors face justice that feels like another assault - Shargh

In Iran, women seeking justice for rape face a system that reopens their wounds — forcing them to relive trauma in courts that offer punishment without protection, and laws with no room for mercy, a report by leading reformist newspaper Shargh said.

Young disabled girl sexually assaulted at Iran rehab center - daily

Iran’s rape survivors face justice that feels like another assault - Shargh
INSIGHT

‘A hungry nation can’t resist’: Tehran centrists call for Washington thaw

Prominent centrist figures in Tehran are calling for pragmatic measures including a rethink of relations with Washington to address Iran’s deepening economic problems and foreign policy challenges.

Trump warned Khamenei of war before June attacks, deputy FM says

‘A hungry nation can’t resist’: Tehran centrists call for Washington thaw
Nursing chief warns staff shortages delay hospital openings in Tehran

Nursing chief warns staff shortages delay hospital openings in Tehran

A shortage of qualified nurses has left some hospital units unopened, Iran’s nursing chief said on Monday, warning that high living costs in Tehran have discouraged recruits from taking vacant posts in the capital.

Iran faces looming medicine shortages as UN sanctions strain drug supply chains

Iran faces looming medicine shortages as UN sanctions strain drug supply chains

A leading pharmaceutical industry figure warned that Iran faces inevitable production disruptions and severe drug shortages by March, as renewed UN sanctions under the snapback mechanism tighten access to foreign currency and strain supply chains.

Iran’s foot-and-mouth outbreak cuts milk output as feed shortage deepens

Iran’s foot-and-mouth outbreak cuts milk output as feed shortage deepens

Iran’s raw milk production has fallen sharply as a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease spreads through livestock farms and feed shortages drive up costs, the head of the national dairy farmers’ association said on Sunday.

Iran's Energy Crisis

  • Exports Amid Blackouts
  • Energy Crunch

Energy reform key to Iran’s economic recovery, speaker says

Economic reform in the country is impossible without energy reform, Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Monday, adding that his remarks should not be interpreted as an immediate plan to raise energy prices.

Iran’s president says gasoline price hike inevitable, warns of social risks

Energy reform key to Iran’s economic recovery, speaker says

Society

  • 80,000 Hijab Enforcers Deployed
  • Businesses Targeted Over Hijab
  • Hijab Rift Widens
  • Hardliners Push Back on Hijab

Iran shuts Instagram pages of several female singers over ‘criminal content’

Iranian authorities have shut down the Instagram pages belonging to several female singers in Iran’s Mazandaran province over the past few days, according to local media.

Khamenei's daily faults officials over 'lax' hijab enforcement

Iran shuts Instagram pages of several female singers over ‘criminal content’
TEHRAN INSIDER

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

This week marked the anniversary of a vast Berlin rally in October 2022 gathering tens of thousands filled in solidarity with Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom protest movement—a day that now feels almost impossibly distant.

Iran theocracy 'dying in its sleep' with no successor plan, US analyst says

Revolutionary road: a family row captures Iran's political gridlock
Iran’s top court overturns death sentences for five Kurdish protesters

Iran’s top court overturns death sentences for five Kurdish protesters

Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned death sentences issued against five Kurdish men from Boukan who were arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom protests in 2022, ordering a retrial in a local revolutionary court, according to rights organizations.

Iran sentences 67-year-old female political prisoner to death

Iran sentences 67-year-old female political prisoner to death

Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old Iranian political prisoner, has been sentenced to death by a revolutionary court on charges of collaboration with groups fighting the Islamic Republic, a US-based human rights group said on Saturday.

Hundreds of Iranian activists denounce sharp rise in executions

Hundreds of Iranian activists denounce sharp rise in executions

Eight hundred Iranian activists including political prisoners on Friday condemned as a "tool of repression" a steep uptick in Tehran's use of the death penalty after rights groups reported 280 hangings in Iran in October alone.

Iran’s ancient sites face rising land subsidence risk, experts warn

Land subsidence driven by decades of groundwater over-extraction is emerging as a direct threat to some of Iran’s most treasured heritage sites, including Persepolis, Naqsh-e Jahan Square and the Tomb of Cyrus, Iranian scientists and officials say.

Iran’s dam reserves fall sharply as drought reshapes central villages

Iran’s ancient sites face rising land subsidence risk, experts warn

Spotlight

  • Maryam Sinaiee

    Russian Roulette: Tehran’s elite turn on each other over Moscow's role

    Maryam Sinaiee

  • Behrouz Turani

    ‘A hungry nation can’t resist’: Tehran centrists call for Washington thaw

    Behrouz Turani

  • Marzia Hussaini

    Gaza peace efforts succeeded because Iran wasn’t involved, US senator says

    Marzia Hussaini

  • Tehran Insider

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

    Tehran Insider

  • Kambiz Tavana

    Iran theocracy 'dying in its sleep' with no successor plan, US analyst says

    Kambiz Tavana

  • Negar Mojtahedi

    ‘Nothing to lose': unbowed Iran may opt for war, ex-Israeli envoy says

    Negar Mojtahedi

Editors' Pick

  • Iran’s rape survivors face justice that feels like another assault - Shargh

    Iran’s rape survivors face justice that feels like another assault - Shargh

  • Russia says no rift with Iran as row over Moscow role heats up in Tehran

    Russia says no rift with Iran as row over Moscow role heats up in Tehran

  • A joke that hit a nerve: actress stirs fury over class fault lines in Iran

    A joke that hit a nerve: actress stirs fury over class fault lines in Iran

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Russia says no rift with Iran as row over Moscow role heats up in Tehran

Russia says no rift with Iran as row over Moscow role heats up in Tehran

Trump warned Khamenei of war before June attacks, deputy FM says

Trump warned Khamenei of war before June attacks, deputy FM says

Russian Roulette: Tehran’s elite turn on each other over Moscow's role
INSIGHT

Russian Roulette: Tehran’s elite turn on each other over Moscow's role

‘A hungry nation can’t resist’: Tehran centrists call for Washington thaw
INSIGHT

‘A hungry nation can’t resist’: Tehran centrists call for Washington thaw

Iran ex-president Rafsanjani assassinated for his criticism, daughter says

Iran ex-president Rafsanjani assassinated for his criticism, daughter says

Eye for Iran Podcast

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PODCAST

‘Nothing to lose': unbowed Iran may opt for war, ex-Israeli envoy says

Iran is isolated and under pressure but its robust counterattacks in a 12-day war with Israel may embolden it to fight another more deadly conflict, author and former Israeli ambassador to Washington Michael Oren told Eye for Iran.

PODCAST

Deadlier Israel-Iran war is inevitable, Israeli ex-intel official warns

PODCAST

Oil sanctions squeeze Iranians as buoyant flows to China enrich elite

‘Nothing to lose': unbowed Iran may opt for war, ex-Israeli envoy says
PODCAST

Iran sanctions snapback heralds suffering, possible war

PODCAST

Women break taboos in Iran viral concerts: propaganda or progress?

PODCAST

Nuclear crisis looms as Iran faces sanctions snapback, expert warns

In Case You Missed It

Exiled prince calls for ‘Cyrus Accords’ in post-Islamic Republic Iran

Exiled Iranian prince Reza Pahlavi said on Friday that Iran’s resources should be directed toward peace rather than conflict once the Islamic Republic ends, calling for a new framework he described as the “Cyrus Accords” to follow the 2020 Abraham Accords.

OPINION

Loose lips sink ships, security supremo at center of wedding furor warns

Iranian filmmakers mount rare collective challenge to state control

Exiled prince calls for ‘Cyrus Accords’ in post-Islamic Republic Iran

China’s grip on Iran car market faces uncertain future after sanctions

Iran government says hijab cannot be restored by force

Iran loses 1,500 top university professors in five years

Tehran Insider

'What foreign policy?': Iranians lament Tehran’s snub of Trump Gaza summit
TEHRAN INSIDER

'What foreign policy?': Iranians lament Tehran’s snub of Trump Gaza summit

Tehran’s decision to skip a Gaza peace summit in Egypt has left many Iranians feeling further cut off from the world—another sign, they say, of leaders who mistake isolation for strength or dignity.

Freedom's courtyard: how artists created a space safe from toxic politics
TEHRAN INSIDER

Freedom's courtyard: how artists created a space safe from toxic politics

On the eve of a UN vote to restore sanctions on Iran, an independent art book fair in the courtyard of an old house in Tehran provided a rare haven from serial political horrors.

'At least we have security': old mantra becomes bitter joke in postwar Iran
TEHRAN INSIDER

'At least we have security': old mantra becomes bitter joke in postwar Iran

TEHRAN INSIDER

No room for nuance: how the loud few dominate Iran’s public sphere

United States

  • Gaza peace efforts succeeded because Iran wasn’t involved, US senator says

    Gaza peace efforts succeeded because Iran wasn’t involved, US senator says

  • Iran security chief likens Trump to Hitler as Tehran mood darkens

  • US court to sentence pair in Tehran-backed plot against Iran dissident

  • Vance says US set on diplomacy to deprive Iran of nuclear weapon

Iran Nuclear

  • Trump says US strikes stopped Iran from building nuclear weapon

    Trump says US strikes stopped Iran from building nuclear weapon

  • Satellite images reveal possible renewed nuclear activity in Iran - think tank

  • Iran lawmaker says nuclear work continues despite site damage

  • Iran, Russia, China question IAEA’s mandate after end of UN resolution

Military

  • Iran issues indictment over seized Israeli-linked ship, judiciary says

    Iran issues indictment over seized Israeli-linked ship, judiciary says

  • Iran’s regional strategy unshaken by Gaza ceasefire, Israeli think tank says

  • Trump warned Khamenei of war before June attacks, deputy FM says

  • Israel says 2024 attacks on Iran paved way for June conflict

Society

  • Iran vows crackdown on Halloween citing cultural taint

    Iran vows crackdown on Halloween citing cultural taint

  • Iran’s rape survivors face justice that feels like another assault - Shargh

  • Young disabled girl sexually assaulted at Iran rehab center - daily

  • Nursing chief warns staff shortages delay hospital openings in Tehran

Human Rights

  • Iran’s top court overturns death sentences for five Kurdish protesters

    Iran’s top court overturns death sentences for five Kurdish protesters

  • Iran sentences 67-year-old female political prisoner to death

  • Hundreds of Iranian activists denounce sharp rise in executions

  • Iranian laborer faces execution over firecracker outside local courthouse

Iran Sanctions

  • Opaque Iraq deals give isolated Iran a key lifeline - The Atlantic

    Opaque Iraq deals give isolated Iran a key lifeline - The Atlantic

  • Iran’s ‘shadow oil fleet’ traced to New Zealand insurer – Reuters

  • Iran faces looming medicine shortages as UN sanctions strain drug supply chains

  • US Treasury identifies $9 billion in Iranian shadow banking through US accounts

Mideast Crisis

  • Iran welcomes Saudi–Pakistan security pact, calls for Muslim unity

    Iran welcomes Saudi–Pakistan security pact, calls for Muslim unity

  • ‘Nothing to lose': unbowed Iran may opt for war, ex-Israeli envoy says

  • Give up on revolution and spare region destruction, US envoy tells Iran

  • Iran executes nuclear engineer accused of spying for Israel - rights group

Economy & Environment

  • Retirees stage nationwide protests over unpaid pensions, rising prices

    Retirees stage nationwide protests over unpaid pensions, rising prices

  • Iran’s ancient sites face rising land subsidence risk, experts warn

  • Iran’s foot-and-mouth outbreak cuts milk output as feed shortage deepens

  • Financial watchdog keeps Iran on blacklist citing insufficient cooperation

Iran Protests

  • Iran faces rising risk of unrest as UN sanctions deepen economic strain - Reuters

    Iran faces rising risk of unrest as UN sanctions deepen economic strain - Reuters

  • Tehran metro breakdown sparks anti-Khamenei chants

  • Oslo rights conference urges concrete dialogue for Iran’s democratic future

  • Iranian Nobel laureates hail Venezuelan 2025 winner as model for opposition

Diplomacy

  • UK says it found no Iran link to Polisario despite Moroccan accusations

    UK says it found no Iran link to Polisario despite Moroccan accusations

  • Russia says no rift with Iran as row over Moscow role heats up in Tehran

  • Iran theocracy 'dying in its sleep' with no successor plan, US analyst says

  • Trump's 'peace through strength' seeks Iran's surrender, spy chief says

Domestic Politics

  • Iran ex-president Rafsanjani assassinated for his criticism, daughter says

    Iran ex-president Rafsanjani assassinated for his criticism, daughter says

  • ‘A hungry nation can’t resist’: Tehran centrists call for Washington thaw

  • Energy reform key to Iran’s economic recovery, speaker says

  • Pezeshkian’s deputies urge restraint on criticism amid ‘wartime’ conditions

Iran Insights

  • Russian Roulette: Tehran’s elite turn on each other over Moscow's role

    Russian Roulette: Tehran’s elite turn on each other over Moscow's role

  • A joke that hit a nerve: actress stirs fury over class fault lines in Iran

  • Iran’s factions gear up for local elections despite public apathy

  • 'America Is Gone': Tehran hardliners rally behind Khamenei, reject US talks