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The US military is “knocking the crap” out of Iran but the “big wave” is yet to come, President Trump told CNN, urging Iranians to stay inside as it is not safe out in the streets.
Summary
The US military is “knocking the crap” out of Iran but the “big wave” is yet to come, President Trump told CNN, urging Iranians to stay inside as it is not safe out in the streets.
Inside Iran's succession: who could replace Ali Khamenei?
With Iran at war and its supreme leader dead, Tehran faces a delicate question: whether to appoint a successor quickly to project continuity, or delay the decision to avoid presenting a new leadership target to its enemies.
Who is the cleric suddenly at the center of Iran’s power struggle?
The death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has thrust a rather obscure figure into the center of the country’s uncertain political future.
Iran's Guards push to name next leader outside legal procedures
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is insisting on the swift appointment of the next leader of the Islamic Republic after Ali Khamenei's death, sources with knowledge of the matter told Iran International.
Trump says US prepared for prolonged Iran campaign
President Donald Trump strongly dismissed criticism that he might “get bored” with the ongoing military campaign against Iran, asserting that the United States has both the capability and resolve to continue operations far longer than initially projected.
Nuclear Program
IAEA says no damage at Iran nuclear sites, envoy says Natanz was hit
The UN atomic watchdog said on Monday it has no indication that Iran’s nuclear facilities were damaged in recent military attacks, even as Tehran’s ambassador to the agency said the Natanz enrichment site was targeted a day earlier.
Iran sleeper cell fears rise after Austin shooting, Canada gym attack
Concerns over the activation of Iran’s sleeper cells in America have increased after a deadly shooting in Austin involving a suspect with alleged ties to Iran and a separate gun attack on an Iranian dissident’s gym in Canada.
INSIGHT
Iranians face war with fear, joy and hope
Videos emerging from Iran despite a near-total internet shutdown reflect a rare mix of jubilation, fear and expectation as US and Israeli strikes leave the country’s future suddenly bound to the outcome of the war.
Iran Protests
Family receives body of protester missing 50 days with signs of violence
The body of a protester who disappeared during the demonstrations in Tehran last month has been returned to his family nearly fifty days later, according to information collected by Iran International from relatives and witnesses.
Final posts before gunfire: accounts that turned into digital memorials
A series of Iranian social media accounts fell silent after their owners were shot during January protests, leaving behind final posts that now read like unfinished testimonies and have turned into digital memorials where protesters mourn, vent anger and hail the fallen.
Iran Sanctions
Fake CEO and cat photos help uncover billion-dollar IRGC crypto network
Two UK-registered cryptocurrency exchanges allegedly processed billions of dollars for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards using a fabricated chief executive built from stock footage, according to an investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).
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Mexico cartel violence revives scrutiny of Iran-linked networks
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INSIGHT
Khamenei ‘rat’ taunt spills from social media onto Iran’s campuses
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Eye for Iran Podcast
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'Your time is up': EU lawmaker says negotiations with Tehran must end
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'They finished him off': father recounts hospital killing of teen protester
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‘Good cop, bad cop’: Is Trump-Netanyahu Iran policy a ruse?
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'Hospitals are no longer safe': doctors warn of medical repression in Iran
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Iran International
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US strikes on Iran a matter of 'when not if,' former IDF spokesman says
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'A moment like no other': US-based think tank urges Trump to sap Iran
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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
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.
