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Summary
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a "big beautiful armada" was heading toward Iran and warned of an attack more harsh than US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites if Tehran did not negotiate a deal on its nuclear program.
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LIVE

Iran announces naval drill, Pentagon says ready to execute Trump order

US declares national emergency over Cuba over ties to Iran and militant groups

US envoy says privileges for Iranian elite families in US will end

UK moves to outlaw Iran’s IRGC after EU terror designation – The Times

WHO chief raises alarm over attacks on health workers and facilities in Iran

Washington acts on Iranian officials and families in US - State Department

Iran announces naval drill, Pentagon says ready to execute Trump order
Summary
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a "big beautiful armada" was heading toward Iran and warned of an attack more harsh than US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites if Tehran did not negotiate a deal on its nuclear program.
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Summary
The EU’s foreign policy chief says EU foreign ministers have taken a decisive step toward designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization.
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LIVE

Tehran calls IRGC a ‘counterterror’ force as EU agrees on designation

Iran foreign ministry denounces EU move to designate IRGC

EU Parliament chief welcomes designation of IRGC as terrorist group

Dissident Esmaeilion welcomes EU designation of 'cruel' IRGC

Ghalibaf says IRGC is among 'world’s strongest counterterror forces'

Germany vows 'rapid' implementation of IRGC terror designation

Tehran calls IRGC a ‘counterterror’ force as EU agrees on designation
Summary
The EU’s foreign policy chief says EU foreign ministers have taken a decisive step toward designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization.
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No clicks, no revenue: Iran's blackout wipes out online businesses
INSIGHT

No clicks, no revenue: Iran's blackout wipes out online businesses

A sweeping government-imposed internet blackout has slashed sales, frozen online trade and pushed thousands of small businesses to the brink, according to business owners and industry groups, exposing deep vulnerabilities in Iran’s digital economy.

Iran bank branches face cash shortages as demand spikes

Iran bank branches face cash shortages as demand spikes

Iranian bank branches are facing growing shortages of cash as demand for banknotes rises sharply, prompting informal daily withdrawal caps of 30 million to 50 million rials per customer (about $18 to $30), Iranian media reported.

Gold, hoarding, fear: War fever deepens Iran’s economic anxiety

Gold, hoarding, fear: War fever deepens Iran’s economic anxiety

The possibility of US military action against Iran is eroding Iranians’ purchasing power and deepening their sense of insecurity, according to Iranian economic news outlets which provide a rare window into economic behavior amid an internet blackout.

ANALYSIS

Gunboat diplomacy: US seeks coercion without war on Iran

President Donald Trump’s response to Iran’s recent unrest appears to reflect a strategy of gunboat diplomacy: the use of military pressure, rhetorical escalation, and economic coercion to extract concessions without committing to war or formal regime change.

How a month of protests and threats brought Trump to Iran strike decision point

Trump warns of ‘far worse’ strike as US armada heads toward Iran

Gunboat diplomacy: US seeks coercion without war on Iran

Khamenei's son built secret overseas property empire - Bloomberg

Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, directs a significant overseas real estate network through intermediaries, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday citing a year-long investigation.

Khamenei's son built secret overseas property empire - Bloomberg

After 20-day outage, Iran internet flickers back but restrictions persist

Iran’s internet, throttled for 20 days amid the mass killing of protesters, began to partially resume on Wednesday, according to monitoring groups and users inside the country, who said access remains heavily restricted and unstable.

Volunteers abroad deploy tech to pierce Iran's internet iron curtain

After 20-day outage, Iran internet flickers back but restrictions persist

Iran re-arrests digital security expert once accused of spying for US

Amirhossein (Iman) Seyrafi, a former political prisoner and digital security expert previously accused of spying for the United States, has been arrested amid Iran’s sweeping crackdown on dissent, sources familiar with the matter told Iran International.

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

Iran re-arrests digital security expert once accused of spying for US

Iran Protests

  • 12,000 Killed in Crackdown
  • Pay for Bullets
  • Behind the Crackdown
  • Khamenei Green-Lights Crackdown
  • Bazaar Breaks

'Rat-Ali': Iran’s protest nickname targets Ali Khamenei’s time underground

Many Iranians on social media have been referring to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as ‘Moush-Ali’ (Rat-Ali), a nickname rooted in reports that he has repeatedly gone into underground seclusion and now echoed at rallies inside Iran and in diaspora protests.

Wealthy Iranian brothers chose protest and were killed

A protester’s final wish: 'Bury me wrapped in the lion and sun flag'

'Rat-Ali': Iran’s protest nickname targets Ali Khamenei’s time underground
Iranians burying slain protest youths mourn with dancing and defiance
INSIGHT

Iranians burying slain protest youths mourn with dancing and defiance

'Where are you, son?' Iranian father's morgue odyssey breaks hearts
INSIGHT

'Where are you, son?' Iranian father's morgue odyssey breaks hearts

ANALYSIS

Why Turkey fears Iran’s unrest more than its repression

Iranians’ chants against the Islamic Republic—muted for now by brute force—are viewed in Turkey not as a struggle for freedom but as a geopolitical risk from migration and militancy.

Turkey arrests six over Iran-linked spying, drone plans

Why Turkey fears Iran’s unrest more than its repression

Spotlight

  • Hooman Abedi

    No clicks, no revenue: Iran's blackout wipes out online businesses

    Hooman Abedi

  • Umud Shokri

    Gunboat diplomacy: US seeks coercion without war on Iran

    Umud Shokri

  • Maryam Sinaiee

    After 20-day outage, Iran internet flickers back but restrictions persist

    Maryam Sinaiee

  • Behrouz Turani

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

    Behrouz Turani

  • Ata Mohamed Tabriz

    Why Turkey fears Iran’s unrest more than its repression

    Ata Mohamed Tabriz

  • Arash Sohrabi

    'Rat-Ali': Iran’s protest nickname targets Ali Khamenei’s time underground

    Arash Sohrabi

Editors' Pick

  • Iranians burying slain protest youths mourn with dancing and defiance

    Iranians burying slain protest youths mourn with dancing and defiance

  • A protester’s final wish: 'Bury me wrapped in the lion and sun flag'

    A protester’s final wish: 'Bury me wrapped in the lion and sun flag'

  • 'Where are you, son?' Iranian father's morgue odyssey breaks hearts

    'Where are you, son?' Iranian father's morgue odyssey breaks hearts

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

In Case You Missed It

US deports three former IRGC members, ICE says

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

EXCLUSIVE

Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal

Iran International's Editorial Board
US deports three former IRGC members, ICE says
ANALYSIS

From control to collapse: why Iran’s state broadcaster no longer persuades

Hooman Abedi
Hooman Abedi

Iran International

OPINION

Iran’s post-massacre moment is the quiet defiance of being alive

Kambiz Hosseini
Kambiz Hosseini

Host of nightly show The Program

INSIGHT

Iran seizes assets to punish dissent

Hooman Abedi
Hooman Abedi

Iran International

Eye for Iran Podcast

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PODCAST

Corpse of slain Iranian mother of two found in grim 'warehouse of bodies'

Negar Mojtahedi
Negar Mojtahedi

Iran International

PODCAST

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

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Negar Mojtahedi

Iran International

PODCAST

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

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Negar Mojtahedi

Iran International

Corpse of slain Iranian mother of two found in grim 'warehouse of bodies'
PODCAST

Trump expands travel ban: What you need to know if you were born in Iran

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Negar Mojtahedi

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PODCAST

After the drought came the floods: why rain is no panacea in Iran

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Negar Mojtahedi

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PODCAST

UK rights advocate calls for independent probe into Iranian lawyer's death

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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
TEHRAN INSIDER

The Iran that never trends

TEHRAN INSIDER

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

United States

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

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

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

  • Why 'locked and loaded’ US is still holding back on Iran

  • Emory University sacks daughter of Iran’s top security official Larijani

Iran Nuclear

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

    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

  • IAEA chief warns Iran nuclear standoff ‘cannot go on forever’

  • Araghchi urges Trump to reopen talks, says Iran cannot be defeated

Domestic Politics

  • Tehran ignored warnings of unrest, chose force over reform

    Tehran ignored warnings of unrest, chose force over reform

  • Iran parliament halts impeachment moves against ministers amid unrest

  • Iranian lawmakers call Trump ‘Pharaoh,’ cast Khamenei as 'Moses'

  • Ex-IRGC commander says Iran needs paradigm shift, sees no sign of change

Military

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

    Argentina designates Iran's IRGC Quds Force as terrorist group

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

  • Senators say US will hit Iran if it rebuilds nuclear, missile programs

  • Iran arms export agency offers missiles for crypto – FT

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

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

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

  • Pro-government editors wiped Iran rights abuses from Wikipedia - watchdog

  • What Tehran means when it says protesters won’t be executed

  • 'People die in the dark': experts decry Iran's 'worst internet shutdown'

Iran Sanctions

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

    Khamenei's son built secret overseas property empire - Bloomberg

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

  • US levies new sanctions on Iran oil trade after protest crackdown

  • Iran's energy trade defies year of US maximum pressure sanctions

Mideast Crisis

  • Gunboat diplomacy: US seeks coercion without war on Iran

    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

  • Crisis at home shrinks Tehran’s margin for error abroad

Economy & Environment

  • Iran bank branches face cash shortages as demand spikes

    Iran bank branches face cash shortages as demand spikes

  • Gold, hoarding, fear: War fever deepens Iran’s economic anxiety

  • Iran’s two crypto economies: state guile and household survival

  • If Iran changes, the region's economy would change with it

Iran Protests

  • No clicks, no revenue: Iran's blackout wipes out online businesses

    No clicks, no revenue: Iran's blackout wipes out online businesses

  • How a month of protests and threats brought Trump to Iran strike decision point

  • Iran re-arrests digital security expert once accused of spying for US

  • 'Rat-Ali': Iran’s protest nickname targets Ali Khamenei’s time underground

Diplomacy

  • Why Turkey fears Iran’s unrest more than its repression

    Why Turkey fears Iran’s unrest more than its repression

  • Come what may in Iran, Russia will adapt to preserve influence

  • Iran envoy warns escalation could engulf region as Arab states step up contacts

  • Turkey treads carefully as Iran faces unrest

Iran Insights

  • After 20-day outage, Iran internet flickers back but restrictions persist

    After 20-day outage, Iran internet flickers back but restrictions persist

  • Volunteers abroad deploy tech to pierce Iran's internet iron curtain

  • Tehran quelled street protests but economic troubles persist

  • How '800 executions canceled' fits Tehran’s playbook