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Trump says US will 'probably' reach deal with Iran

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that its Mideast arch-foe Iran was seeking to reach a deal and that his administration would "probably" achieve one.

Tehran denies any talks with Washington despite Trump comment

Iran says only level of uranium enrichment open for talks with US

Trump says US will 'probably' reach deal with Iran
Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

Tehran media debate merits of new ‘armed negotiations’ doctrine
INSIGHT

Tehran media debate merits of new ‘armed negotiations’ doctrine

Policing Morality

  • 80,000 Hijab Enforcers Deployed
  • Hijab Rift Widens
Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen
INSIGHT

Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

The sudden closure of the Tehran Design Week exhibition at Tehran University has ignited a storm of reactions—from hardline groups that pushed for its shutdown to students and sympathizers who lamented the decision.

Iran vows wider policing of cafes, fashion and online content in morality push

Iran vows wider policing of cafes, fashion and online content in morality push

Tehran’s prosecutor said on Wednesday authorities will intensify coordinated action against alleged social violations, targeting networks accused of promoting Western-style clothing, improper hijab and other behavior deemed unlawful by the Islamic Republic.

Disable the SIM, disable the citizen: Iran's new, silent crackdown
INSIGHT

Disable the SIM, disable the citizen: Iran's new, silent crackdown

Tehran is turning to quieter, more insidious forms of repression: cutting citizens off from their mobile phone numbers without notice or pressuring them to shut down their often popular social-media accounts.

INSIGHT

'We Defend Our Iran': new state curriculum inculcates martial pride

A new school curriculum mandated by Iran’s education ministry has cast a 12-day war with Israel in June as a national triumph, underscoring a bid by the country's clerical rulers to boost support following the punishing conflict.

Iran Guards say talk of new war is psychological warfare

'We Defend Our Iran': new state curriculum inculcates martial pride

Three Iranian girls hospitalized after alleged beatings by school officials

Three students were taken to a hospital after officials at a girls’ technical school in Shahr-e Rey south of Tehran allegedly assaulted pupils during searches for mobile phones, according to videos and eyewitness accounts sent to Iran International.

Three Iranian girls hospitalized after alleged beatings by school officials

Nuclear Program

  • NPT Withdrawal
  • Calls for Building A-Bomb
IAEA urges Iran to restore full access to nuclear sites hit in June strikes

IAEA urges Iran to restore full access to nuclear sites hit in June strikes

The UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it needs more Iranian cooperation to restore full inspections at sites hit in June’s strikes, warning that verification of enriched uranium stocks is “long overdue.”

Iranian nuclear scientists made covert visit to Russia for laser tech - FT

Iranian nuclear scientists made covert visit to Russia for laser tech - FT

Iranian scientists linked to its defense establishment made a second covert trip to Russia last year as part of what the United States says is an effort to obtain dual-use technologies with potential nuclear weapons applications, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Vienna vote may test limits of Iran-IAEA relations
INSIGHT

Vienna vote may test limits of Iran-IAEA relations

ANALYSIS

The end of mediation: snapback turned the page on Iran-Europe relations

Iran releases seized Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with crew safe

Iran has released the Marshall Islands-flagged product tanker Talara and all 21 crew are safe, the vessel’s operator Columbia Shipmanagement said on Wednesday, days after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed they had seized the ship off the country’s southern coast.

Oil tanker crew safe after Iran seizes ship, vessel manager says

Iran releases seized Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with crew safe
Reformist ex-president says most Iranians focus on life, not politics

Reformist ex-president says most Iranians focus on life, not politics

Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami said most people in the country are more concerned with living their lives amid worsening economic conditions than with who governs them.

Jailed ex-official urges end to Iran clerical rule via constituent assembly

Jailed ex-official urges end to Iran clerical rule via constituent assembly

A freely elected constituent assembly to rewrite Iran’s constitution is the only peaceful path to democratic transition, imprisoned politician Mostafa Tajzadeh said in a letter from prison made public on Tuesday.

Exhausted Iran faces USSR-style reckoning, DC-based experts say

Exhausted Iran faces USSR-style reckoning, DC-based experts say

OPINION

Iran’s rulers don’t mind the ship sinking, their brood jumped long ago

Iran-linked hackers hit Mideast defense, space firms with new malware

Google-owned security firm Mandiant reported on Tuesday that Iran-linked UNC1549 breached Middle East aerospace, aviation and defense organizations in a campaign from late 2023 to October 2025.

Iran-linked hackers hit Mideast defense, space firms with new malware
Iran’s top brass grappling with distrust after June war - Telegraph

Iran’s top brass grappling with distrust after June war - Telegraph

Iranian security institutions have come under growing internal pressure and suspicion since Israel’s June attacks, with accounts describing heightened oversight inside the Revolutionary Guard, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. 

Israel’s push for Tehran's downfall by 2029 is mere rhetoric, expert says
PODCAST

Israel’s push for Tehran's downfall by 2029 is mere rhetoric, expert says

A reported push by senior Israeli officials for the United States and Israel to force regime change in Iran by the end of US President Donald Trump's term is more rhetoric than reality, Professor Aram Hessami told Eye for Iran.

Tehran city official confirms traffic-camera images were used by Israel

Tehran city official confirms traffic-camera images were used by Israel

A member of Tehran’s city council has implicitly confirmed reports that images from the capital’s traffic-camera network were sent abroad and used by Israel, and called for tighter security controls on foreign-made surveillance equipment.

EXCLUSIVE

Australia registers Press TV as Iranian foreign agent

Iranian state broadcaster Press TV has been formally registered under Australia’s Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme (FITS) as an entity acting on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Attorney General’s Department told Iran International.

Australia registers Press TV as Iranian foreign agent

Iran says UN Gaza resolution must not weaken Palestinian rights

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Tuesday that a new US-backed Security Council resolution on Gaza must not be applied in any way that harms Palestinian rights.

Lebanon president confronted Iran envoy over Hezbollah, withdrawn report says

Iran says UN Gaza resolution must not weaken Palestinian rights
A grain too far: Iranian rice becomes too dear for many
VOICES FROM IRAN

A grain too far: Iranian rice becomes too dear for many

Chelo with kebab, polo with herbs or saffron – the scent of steaming rice used to fill every Iranian home. But now, for many of the country's poorest, rising prices of Persian rice mean this beloved staple is slipping beyond their reach.

Iran says price of imported gasoline far outstrips subsidized rate

Iran says price of imported gasoline far outstrips subsidized rate

Iran’s government said on Tuesday that the real cost of importing gasoline has climbed to 700,000 rials per liter (about $0.62), far above the heavily subsidized pump prices that remain unchanged.

Iran dairy sector hit as raw milk surge in 5 months equals 50 years of increases

Iran dairy sector hit as raw milk surge in 5 months equals 50 years of increases

Iran’s dairy industry is facing sharp cost pressures after the price of raw milk jumped roughly 60% in five months, a surge that industry officials say matches half a century of previous increases and is driving daily price changes across supermarket shelves.

Iran says Caspian Sea a foreign policy priority on par with Persian Gulf

Iran said on Tuesday that enhancing strategic cooperation with the five Caspian Sea littoral states has become a top foreign-policy priority, citing the basin’s growing significance in trade, transit, tourism and energy.

Iran says Caspian Sea a foreign policy priority on par with Persian Gulf

Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians after abduction cases, India says

India’s embassy in Tehran on Monday said Iran will suspend its visa-waiver facility for ordinary Indian passport holders from November 22 after reports that Indians were being lured to the country on false job offers and kidnapped for ransom.

Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians after abduction cases, India says

Wind and dry vegetation fuel forest fires in Iran’s Hyrcanian woodlands

Wildfires that have been burning for over two weeks in northern Iran’s steep, densely wooded Hyrcanian forests flared again on Monday, prompting the deployment of helicopters and fresh ground crews, as officials warned that heat, wind and dry vegetation were fuelling the blaze.

Rainfall triggers flooding in western Iran after months of severe drought

Wind and dry vegetation fuel forest fires in Iran’s Hyrcanian woodlands

Spotlight

  • Maryam Sinaiee

    Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

    Maryam Sinaiee

  • Niloufar Goudarzi

    'We Defend Our Iran': new state curriculum inculcates martial pride

    Niloufar Goudarzi

  • Behrouz Turani

    Vienna vote may test limits of Iran-IAEA relations

    Behrouz Turani

  • Maryam Moqaddam

    Disable the SIM, disable the citizen: Iran's new, silent crackdown

    Maryam Moqaddam

  • Clément Therme

    The end of mediation: snapback turned the page on Iran-Europe relations

    Clément Therme

  • Arash Sohrabi

    Iran says Caspian Sea a foreign policy priority on par with Persian Gulf

    Arash Sohrabi

Editors' Pick

  • Iran-linked hackers hit Mideast defense, space firms with new malware

    Iran-linked hackers hit Mideast defense, space firms with new malware

  • A grain too far: Iranian rice becomes too dear for many

    A grain too far: Iranian rice becomes too dear for many

  • Iran plans first launch from Chabahar space center as three satellites near liftoff

    Iran plans first launch from Chabahar space center as three satellites near liftoff

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Exhausted Iran faces USSR-style reckoning, DC-based experts say

Exhausted Iran faces USSR-style reckoning, DC-based experts say

700 Russians working on Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility, Rosatom says

700 Russians working on Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility, Rosatom says

Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians after abduction cases, India says

Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians after abduction cases, India says

Lebanon president confronted Iran envoy over Hezbollah, withdrawn report says

Lebanon president confronted Iran envoy over Hezbollah, withdrawn report says

Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

In Case You Missed It

Negar Mojtahedi, Iran International awarded 2025 TLN media freedom award

The Transatlantic Leadership Network (TLN) awarded journalist Negar Mojtahedi and Iran International TV the Freedom of the Media Award for Excellence in International Reporting at its 5th Annual Conference in Washington DC on Monday.

OPINION

Anatomy of a massacre, and the mothers who refuse to let November end

ANALYSIS

The islands fallout: is Iranian patriotism the West’s blind spot?

Negar Mojtahedi, Iran International awarded 2025 TLN media freedom award

New Tehran Fashion Week set to test Iran's morality limits

VOICES FROM IRAN

Iran's water crisis continues as outages, low pressure linger

Kite Runner star Homayoun Ershadi dies at 78

Eye for Iran Podcast

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PODCAST

Iran edges toward urban water collapse

Tehran and other major cities are edging toward water poverty, Dr. Kaveh Madani told Eye for Iran, with millions at risk of relying for their water on tankers trucks as taps begin to run dry.

PODCAST

From guns to votes: Iran-backed Iraqi militias may be about to transform

PODCAST

A free Palestine would undermine Tehran’s power, Gaza activists say

Iran edges toward urban water collapse
PODCAST

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

PODCAST

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

PODCAST

Oil sanctions squeeze Iranians as buoyant flows to China enrich elite

Tehran Insider

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

'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

TEHRAN INSIDER

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

Environment

Cloud seeding starts in Iran as drought spurs public rain prayers

Iran has launched this year’s cloud-seeding operations over the Lake Urmia basin as the country faces one of its worst droughts in decades, with authorities simultaneously urging nationwide rain-seeking prayers as reservoirs run dry and water shortages deepen across major cities.

Rainfall triggers flooding in western Iran after months of severe drought

Iran minister sees Persian Gulf water as an option if the crisis deepens

Cloud seeding starts in Iran as drought spurs public rain prayers

Iran’s central plateau could be depopulated over water crisis, academic warns

Tehran faces nightly water cuts as rationing begins without notice

Only three to five years left to save Gorgan Gulf, watchdog warns

United States

  • Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

    Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

  • Negar Mojtahedi, Iran International awarded 2025 TLN media freedom award

  • Exhausted Iran faces USSR-style reckoning, DC-based experts say

  • Trump says Republicans drafting bill to broaden Russia sanctions to include Iran

Iran Nuclear

  • Vienna vote may test limits of Iran-IAEA relations

    Vienna vote may test limits of Iran-IAEA relations

  • IAEA urges Iran to restore full access to nuclear sites hit in June strikes

  • Tehran denies any talks with Washington despite Trump comment

  • Iran says only level of uranium enrichment open for talks with US

Military

  • Iran-linked hackers hit Mideast defense, space firms with new malware

    Iran-linked hackers hit Mideast defense, space firms with new malware

  • Iran plans first launch from Chabahar space center as three satellites near liftoff

  • US-Israeli strikes on Iran risk long-term blowback, ex-envoy Malley says

  • Iran turns to armed forces to help tackle economic woes

Society

  • Iran vows wider policing of cafes, fashion and online content in morality push

    Iran vows wider policing of cafes, fashion and online content in morality push

  • Tehran design event closed after online video triggers hardline backlash

  • Iran's food costs mount as families blame government for bare tables

  • In a first since 1979 Revolution, a woman conducts the Tehran Symphony

Human Rights

  • Three Iranian girls hospitalized after alleged beatings by school officials

    Three Iranian girls hospitalized after alleged beatings by school officials

  • Disable the SIM, disable the citizen: Iran's new, silent crackdown

  • Australia registers Press TV as Iranian foreign agent

  • Iran clinics bar nurses from marriage, childbirth to avoid staff gaps

Iran Sanctions

  • US Representative says bipartisan bill will squeeze Iran oil trade

    US Representative says bipartisan bill will squeeze Iran oil trade

  • US lawmakers urge probe into China’s missile fuel precursor supplies to Iran

  • US expands sanctions to break Iran’s missile, drone supply chain

  • Iran oil sales hit seven-year high despite US sanctions, trackers say

Mideast Crisis

  • Trump says US will 'probably' reach deal with Iran

    Trump says US will 'probably' reach deal with Iran

  • Iran says UN Gaza resolution must not weaken Palestinian rights

  • Lebanon president confronted Iran envoy over Hezbollah, withdrawn report says

  • Oil tanker crew safe after Iran seizes ship, vessel manager says

Economy & Environment

  • A grain too far: Iranian rice becomes too dear for many

    A grain too far: Iranian rice becomes too dear for many

  • Iran says price of imported gasoline far outstrips subsidized rate

  • Wind and dry vegetation fuel forest fires in Iran’s Hyrcanian woodlands

  • Iran dairy sector hit as raw milk surge in 5 months equals 50 years of increases

Iran Protests

  • Anatomy of a massacre, and the mothers who refuse to let November end

    Anatomy of a massacre, and the mothers who refuse to let November end

  • Thousands of Iran energy workers protest low pay, poor conditions

  • British activist Tommy Robinson pledges to burn Khamenei's image

  • Small bomb explodes outside state building west of Tehran

Diplomacy

  • The end of mediation: snapback turned the page on Iran-Europe relations

    The end of mediation: snapback turned the page on Iran-Europe relations

  • Iran says Caspian Sea a foreign policy priority on par with Persian Gulf

  • Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians after abduction cases, India says

  • The islands fallout: is Iranian patriotism the West’s blind spot?

Domestic Politics

  • Reformist ex-president says most Iranians focus on life, not politics

    Reformist ex-president says most Iranians focus on life, not politics

  • Iran’s top brass grappling with distrust after June war - Telegraph

  • Jailed ex-official urges end to Iran clerical rule via constituent assembly

  • Tehran media debate merits of new ‘armed negotiations’ doctrine

Iran Insights

  • Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

    Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

  • 'We Defend Our Iran': new state curriculum inculcates martial pride

  • Tehran metro arrests fuel debate over protests and change in Iran

  • Tehran hardliners pose as president's protector against moderate allies