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The US military used a B-1 long-range bomber to strike the Revolutionary Guards targets in Iran on Tuesday, the first use of the aircraft since fighting resumed 12 days earlier, Axios reported on Thursday, citing US officials.
Summary
The US military used a B-1 long-range bomber to strike the Revolutionary Guards targets in Iran on Tuesday, the first use of the aircraft since fighting resumed 12 days earlier, Axios reported on Thursday, citing US officials.
ANALYSIS
Pakistan races to preserve Iran-US MoU amid widening war
Pakistan and Qatar are pressing ahead with efforts to revive Iran-US diplomacy, but Tehran has yet to publicly endorse the initiative as fighting continues over the Strait of Hormuz and resistance to renewed negotiations grows within sections of the Iranian establishment.
Raid on Tehran's cafés was a show of contempt
The latest round of café closures in Tehran is a reminder to ordinary Iranians that wartime or otherwise, those in power still decide how much space they are allowed to occupy.
Hardliner accuses Ghalibaf of paving way for coup through US deal
A hardline Iranian lawmaker accused parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf of backing a US deal that blocks revenge for Ali Khamenei’s killing and could paralyze the state, paving the way for a bloodless coup.
Bombing Iran's coast misses the target in Tehran, analysts warn
The US may be peeling away layers of Iran's leadership, but without a plan for what comes next, bombing the coast and seizing islands cannot reach the problem in Tehran, and risk delivering an IRGC takeover rather than real change, experts said at an Iran International town hall.
ANALYSIS
Why Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain has become Trump’s next target
President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, but experts say the deeply buried nuclear facility, potentially central to Tehran’s efforts to restore enrichment, may be far harder to disable than his warning suggests.
After Hormuz, are Iran-backed Houthis closing another vital strait?
Several tankers carrying Saudi crude oil reversed course on Tuesday after Tehran-backed Houthis declared a blockade on shipping through Bab el-Mandeb, raising fears that the US-Iran war could disrupt a second major energy chokepoint.
Economy
INSIGHT
Iran economists say war is turning malaise into crisis
Iran's leading economists warned Monday that renewed conflict with the United States risks pushing the country's long-festering economic problems into a more dangerous phase, arguing that inflation is becoming increasingly difficult to contain.
EXCLUSIVE
Paris weighs reducing embassy staff in Tehran, source says
France is reviewing whether to reduce staffing at its embassy after two French diplomats were detained, interrogated and allegedly abused by Iranian security forces in Tehran, according to information obtained by Iran International on Tuesday.
Iran Protests
Iran secretly buried first of 12 sentenced to death in protest case
Iranian authorities secretly buried teenage protester Erfan Esfandiyari without his family present and have reinstated the death sentence of another young defendant in the same Isfahan case, sources told Iran International.
Two men sentenced to death for helping wounded protesters in Shiraz
A Revolutionary Court in Shiraz has sentenced political prisoners Mojtaba Dehbandi and Kianoush Hamzehei Kazerooni to death for helping protesters wounded during the January uprising, Iran Human Rights reported.
Family of executed protester says he was tortured into false confession
The family of 37-year-old executed protester Mohammad Amini Dehaghani has told Iran International that he was tortured into making a false confession, denied effective legal representation and deprived of the chance to appeal his death sentence.
Iranian women being shut out of engineering fields, official warns
Women dominate Iran’s universities but remain sharply underrepresented in engineering and other technical fields, Iran’s vice president for women’s affairs said on Monday, calling for a review of admissions and the social barriers shaping their choices.
New US troop deaths, Iran’s MoU suspension push war into darker phase
The deaths of two US service members in Iranian attacks on Jordan, Tehran’s suspension of its commitments under the memorandum with Washington and a new threat from Iran’s Supreme Leader have raised fears that the war is entering a darker and more dangerous phase.
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