The US and Israeli naval forces on Sunday launched their annual joint wargames aimed at countering threats in the Middle East, the Israeli military said, two days after Iran’s naval forces held similar drills in the Persian Gulf.
The Israeli military said on Sunday it had uncovered what it called an Iran-directed secret money-exchange network run by Gaza-born operatives in Turkey, alleging it funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Hamas leadership.
Iran’s foreign ministry denounced the Middle East section of Washington’s newly released national security strategy on Sunday, with spokesman Esmail Baghaei calling it Israel’s national security document while saying Tehran would nonetheless study the text.
President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged on Sunday that his government has been unable to lift longstanding internet restrictions, saying he has ordered the deactivation of so-called “white SIM cards” that granted unfiltered access to a circle of state-linked users.
Iran’s parliament speaker on Saturday condemned a GCC statement rejecting Iranian sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands, warning that neighbors should not test the Iranian people's will to defend their territorial integrity.
Simultaneous visits by senior Turkish and Saudi officials to Tehran last weekend were widely seen as a move by the two US allies to explore new channels to manage rising regional tensions through dialogue with Iran.
FIFA has confirmed that Iran will play all three of its 2026 World Cup group-stage games in the United States, including two at Los Angeles, where the large Iranian-American community is expected to give Team Melli a rare home-style advantage.
Khosrow Alikordi, a 46-year-old prominent lawyer for jailed protesters and a former political prisoner, was found dead under unclear circumstances, prompting some attorneys and activists to suggest possible Islamic Republic involvement.
Interrogations of rebels detained in Chad uncovered an Iran-backed network recruiting and training Africans to target Western and Israeli interests, Argentina's Infobae online newspaper reported citing Chadian officials.
Two organizers of a marathon on Iran’s Kish Island have been detained following alleged legal and religious violations during the event, the island’s prosecutor said, after footage appeared to show women running without hijab.
Iran and Russia have signed a new cooperation agreement on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, Iranian state media reported, expanding their technology partnership as both countries deepen strategic ties under Western sanctions.
An Iranian lawmaker says a sharp fall in the country’s oil revenue has disrupted imports of essential goods and created new pressure on the economy.
Iran’s soil is nearing bankruptcy, a senior agriculture official warned on Saturday, saying the country’s food production outlook will sharply deteriorate without urgent intervention.
The number of women imprisoned for debt in Iran has risen sharply, Iran Human Rights Monitor reported on Friday, adding that many are held for extended periods over unpaid loans, rents or other financial obligations.
Former US diplomat John Limbert, a hostage during the 1979 Tehran embassy takeover, told Eye for Iran that Iran's society has radically developed in recent decades even as its ruling system has barely changed.
A UK parliamentary briefing published on Friday says Iranian operatives are increasingly seeking to carry out kidnappings, physical attacks and assassinations against dissidents and opponents in Britain.
An Iranian cleric's skeptical remarks on some cherished aspects of Shi'ite Muslim religious history in a debate show have been met with insults and threats, underscoring the dangers of religious dissent in the theocracy.
Googoosh, a towering figure in Iranian pop music history, told the Associated Press in an interview published on Friday she would not produce new work until after the fall of the Islamic Republic.
Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi said he will return to Iran after completing the Oscar campaign for his latest film, despite being sentenced in absentia this week to one year in prison on charges of propaganda against the state.
An Iranian singer who won a Grammy for a ballad which became the unofficial song for a scotched national uprising in 2022 has incurred fury for announcing the release of an album which received an official state license.
International Security and Law Analyst
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The Iran projected on social media these days—brunch parties, rooftop concerts, fashion shows—is real, but only as a tiny fragment of the country’s reality, where most ordinary people struggle to make ends meet.
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.
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