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Iran’s IRGC Ground Forces are “100% ready” to confront any enemy “miscalculation” and will respond with force, the force’s commander said Thursday.
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Iran’s IRGC Ground Forces are “100% ready” to confront any enemy “miscalculation” and will respond with force, the force’s commander said Thursday.
Democrats seize on Iran war costs to hit Trump ahead of midterms
Democrats are intensifying attacks on President Donald Trump over the Iran war as the midterm elections approach, seeking to tie the six-month conflict to an issue closer to American voters’ wallets: the rising cost of gasoline and everyday goods.
Tehran ‘ashamed’ as Iranians struggle to make ends meet
Iran’s economic hardship has grown so acute that senior government officials are increasingly acknowledging in public the scale of the pressure on ordinary households.
Unveiled runners draw attention at Tehran 10k race
Videos showing women running without headscarves at a road race in Tehran went viral on Friday, months after a similar event on Kish Island prompted action against its organizers.
Iran’s nightly pro-state rallies become factional battleground
Iran’s nightly pro-government rallies have become an increasingly visible show of political force, occupying streets and squares for 200 consecutive nights and, more recently, turning their fire on rivals within the Islamic Republic itself.
Why Iran’s hardliners keep talking of ousting Pezeshkian
Renewed talk among Iranian hardliners of removing President Masoud Pezeshkian has revived comparisons with Iran’s only presidential impeachment, but there is little evidence so far of a coordinated effort capable of unseating him.
Calls to quit NPT grow in Iran as critics warn of strategic trap
Calls for Iran to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are gaining ground among hardliners after the IAEA referred the country to the UN Security Council and its nuclear chief was barred from attending the agency’s annual conference in Vienna.
January Massacre
Iranian protester, 21, dies after about 30 operations for gunshot wounds
A 21-year-old taekwondo athlete shot by Iranian security forces during January protests has died after undergoing about 30 operations, according to information received by Iran International.
Iran's Guards stage show of force two days after protest anniversary
Iran's Revolutionary Guards paraded uniformed volunteers, Basij paramilitaries and children through Tehran on Friday in a state-organized show of force, two days after the anniversary of the 2022 protests.
Operation Economic Outcast
US offers substantial whistleblower rewards for tips on Iran sanction evasion
The US Treasury is offering whistleblowers up to 30% of collected penalties for information leading to enforcement actions over Iran-related sanctions evasion or money laundering, as Washington seeks intelligence on Tehran’s financial networks abroad.
US sanctions crypto exchange linked to Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani
The United States sanctioned an Iranian cryptocurrency exchange controlled by sanctioned financier Babak Zanjani on Thursday, accusing it of processing payments for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
From Halkbank to Golden Global: Turkey’s Iran banking ties under US scrutiny
Turkey has stepped in to take control of shareholder rights at a bank accused by Washington of helping Tehran turn oil revenues into cash and gold: the latest chapter in a decades-long story linking Turkish banking, US sanctions and Iranian money.
Nuclear Program
Iran rapidly rebuilding site tied to past nuclear weapons research - report
Iran is rapidly reconstructing a heavily fortified facility at the Parchin military complex that was previously linked to nuclear weapons research and has been struck twice since 2024, new satellite imagery analyzed by a Washington-based nuclear watchdog shows.
Woman, Life, Freedom
OPINION
Woman, Life, Freedom and the Iran that cannot go back
Four years after Mahsa Amini’s death, the deepest legacy of Woman, Life, Freedom may be that Iran cannot simply be returned to the society it was before September 2022.
VOICES FROM IRAN
Iranian women recall the first time they went out uncovered
Video of Iran's police sexually abusing teenager draws fury
A video showing Iranian police beating and sexually humiliating a teenager while officers laugh, insult him and film the abuse has unleashed fury across Iranian social media, with users asking what may happen beyond public view.
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