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Teenager killed by gunshot to eye after arrest in Iran, source says

An 18-year-old mechanic was killed by a gunshot to his right eye after being wounded and detained on January 9, according to information obtained by Iran International from a source close to his...

Oct 19, 2026, 12:18 GMT+1

Iranians report mass security warnings over social media activity

Iran's police intelligence agency has sent threatening text messages warning citizens of possible prosecution over online activity, including people who do not use social media, according to accounts...

Oct 19, 2026, 11:38 GMT+1

Iranians report soaring medical costs, staff shortages at hospitals

People in Iran have described deteriorating hospital services, rising treatment costs, shortages of medical staff and equipment, and long waits for care, as healthcare workers struggle with low wages...

Oct 19, 2026, 11:12 GMT+1

US and Israel threaten renewed Iran strikes, Tehran warns of response

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu escalated threats against Iran on Sunday, and Tehran warned of retaliation even as diplomatic efforts continued over the Strait...

Oct 19, 2026, 02:31 GMT+1

Retirees protest across Iran over economic hardship, repression

Retirees staged protests in several Iranian cities on Sunday over soaring living costs, inadequate pensions and healthcare problems, with some demonstrators also chanting against government...

Oct 18, 2026, 20:36 GMT+1

Iran speaker urges Persian Gulf states to stop backing military-linked AI firms

Iran's parliament speaker said a "Persian Gulf Data Authority" was coming and urged regional governments and investors to withhold resources from AI companies involved in military operations, amid...

Oct 18, 2026, 19:31 GMT+1

Trump says US may ‘soon finish the job’ on Iran, Netanyahu vows to topple regime

US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Washington could “soon finish the job” against Iran unless Tehran changed course, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was prepared to...

Oct 18, 2026, 18:12 GMT+1

Iran signals possible nuclear policy shift, threatens US retaliation

Iranian officials raised the possibility of a shift in nuclear policy and threatened retaliation against further US-Israeli attacks, while Tehran outlined its conditions for reopening the Strait of...

Oct 18, 2026, 14:21 GMT+1

Architect of Guards' missiles becomes Iran's defense minister

Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi, a sanctioned veteran of Iran's missile industry with ties to the Revolutionary Guards, became defense minister on Sunday, following his predecessor's killing in the war...

Oct 18, 2026, 10:54 GMT+1

Who are the Baluch militants taking on Iran rulers, and how far can they go?

A wave of deadly attacks on Iranian security forces in the country’s restive southeast has brought renewed attention to a coalition of Baluch militants seeking to broaden their fight against the...

Oct 18, 2026, 01:00 GMT+1

Iran risks losing ground as East-West trade routes expand

Investment in trade routes linking Asia and Europe through Central Asia and the Caucasus is putting pressure on Iran’s ambitions to become a major transit hub, with neighboring countries developing...

Oct 17, 2026, 22:00 GMT+1

Tehran’s diplomatic paralysis leaves Iran caught between deal and escalation

A growing number of former Iranian officials and political figures are calling for an agreement with the United States, while hardliners and military commanders continue to push for confrontation,...

Oct 17, 2026, 18:44 GMT+1

Iran's January crackdown: Snipers at Friday prayer leader's office, dorm

Iran's security forces deployed snipers on the rooftops of the provincial Friday prayer leader's office and a women's student dormitory to fire on protesters during January's deadly crackdown in...

Oct 17, 2026, 13:27 GMT+1

Iran giving Houthis targeting intelligence for Saudi attacks - WSJ

Iranian support has helped Yemen’s Houthis carry out their most potent and sophisticated attacks yet on Saudi Arabia and its Yemeni allies, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people briefed on...

Oct 17, 2026, 09:52 GMT+1

Iran cultivated Houthis for years before opening new war front, insider says

Iran spent years building influence in Yemen through Hezbollah recruiters and Revolutionary Guards officers, a former Yemeni pro-democracy activist told Iran International, and is now using the...

Oct 16, 2026, 21:43 GMT+1

After the killings, Iran turned on the families of the dead

A bullet is fired once. For the families of those killed in Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, the punishment that followed lasted for years: bodies held hostage, false confessions forced on...

Oct 16, 2026, 20:57 GMT+1

Iran raided, summoned and jailed Baha’is in Yazd 34 times in seven months

Iranian security and judicial authorities have taken action against Baha’is in the central city of Yazd at least 34 times in less than seven months, raiding homes, summoning dozens for interrogation...

Oct 16, 2026, 18:23 GMT+1

Iran hangs Iraqi man on Saudi spying charge he denied

Iran has executed a 28-year-old Iraqi man convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia, a charge he denied, according to the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights.

Oct 16, 2026, 17:37 GMT+1

Iran’s rulers face a reckoning with their own people, former US envoy says

Decades of American sanctions strengthened Iran’s Revolutionary Guards by hollowing out the middle class, former US diplomat Joey Hood told Iran International, and once the fighting ends, Tehran will...

Oct 16, 2026, 16:46 GMT+1

Iran shipped jet fuel to Myanmar despite US blockade - Reuters

Iran managed to export jet fuel to Myanmar and send several shipments of liquefied petroleum gas out of the region despite a US naval blockade that has largely halted its crude exports, Reuters...

Oct 16, 2026, 11:51 GMT+1

Iran speaker says government overstepped on anti-terror finance rules

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says part of the government’s anti-terror financing regulations violates Iranian law, adding that decisions on who is designated as terrorist must...

Oct 16, 2026, 11:43 GMT+1