Social media users in Iran say their phone lines have been cut off after posting political content or liking posts on Instagram, extending a practice previously reported among political activists and journalists.

President Masoud Pezeshkian’s UN speech won unusual praise across Iran’s political establishment Thursday, but emerging details of negotiations with the United States could soon test the president’s careful balancing act.

The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday it had suspended all flights operated by Iranian airlines to and from the country from Thursday until further notice, citing US sanctions targeting Iran’s aviation sector.

Chinese suppliers sent around 1,300 shipments of dual-use components to Iran’s defense ministry in the first half of 2026, helping sustain its weapons programs, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Iran’s economy contracted sharply in the spring as war hit its oil and gas sectors, with new data pointing to an energy crunch that could force Tehran to balance gas exports against rising domestic demand as winter approaches.

Iran warned Wednesday that any renewed US attack would draw a stronger military response, even as officials from the two countries pursued a new diplomatic opening in New York that has triggered a backlash among hardliners in Tehran.

Iran's judiciary said six officers had been indicted over the abuse of a teenager in Tabriz, but did not include sexual assault among the charges despite video that showed the boy being sexually humiliated by police.

Iranian children returned to classrooms Wednesday for an unusually somber start to the school year, the first since young people were killed in a government crackdown on January protests and in the war with the United States.

One morning your phone simply stops working. There is no warning, no explanation and often no piece of paper telling you what you have done. Welcome to the Islamic Republic of Iran v.3.1.

A hacked freeway sign in the heart of Los Angeles’ Iranian community directed drivers to a website threatening opponents of the Islamic Republic, in what cyber and security experts describe as a psychological operation designed to spread fear.

Iranian authorities executed IT expert Hossein Pedaran after what sources familiar with his case described as months of solitary confinement, severe physical and psychological pressure and a forced confession.

Oil pollution has spread along parts of Iran’s Hormozgan coast and reached the entrances of shrimp farming channels in Sirik, with environmental officials warning that some of the contamination could remain in the marine environment for years.