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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.

Iran theocracy 'dying in its sleep' with no successor plan, US analyst says

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

Gaza peace efforts succeeded because Iran wasn’t involved, US senator says

Gaza ceasefire talks advanced largely because Tehran was excluded, Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville told Iran International, urging the Trump administration to focus on reviving Israel normalization deals instead of engaging in negotiations with Iran.

Trump says Iran no longer respected after US attacks

INSIGHT

'America Is Gone': Tehran hardliners rally behind Khamenei, reject US talks

Gaza peace efforts succeeded because Iran wasn’t involved, US senator says

Mossad names IRGC commander behind plots in Australia, Greece and Germany

Israel’s Mossad identified a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander it says directed a series of thwarted attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets across multiple countries, exposing what it called a years-long Iranian campaign of global terrorism.

Three Turkish men charged in Israel over plot to smuggle guns from Iran

Mossad names IRGC commander behind plots in Australia, Greece and Germany

Iran faces looming medicine shortages as UN sanctions strain drug supply chains

A leading pharmaceutical industry figure warned that Iran faces inevitable production disruptions and severe drug shortages by March, as renewed UN sanctions under the snapback mechanism tighten access to foreign currency and strain supply chains.

Bootleg alcohol identified as top cause of deaths from poisoning in Iran

Iran faces looming medicine shortages as UN sanctions strain drug supply chains

IRGC general says Russia needs Iranian missiles and drones, not vice versa

Tehran has never relied on Russia for its military power, a former chief-commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said, adding that Moscow now depends on Iranian missiles and drones, not the other way around.

Iran says it seeks to build military ties with Belarus

IRGC general says Russia needs Iranian missiles and drones, not vice versa
Iran’s top court overturns death sentences for five Kurdish protesters

Iran’s top court overturns death sentences for five Kurdish protesters

Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned death sentences issued against five Kurdish men from Boukan who were arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom protests in 2022, ordering a retrial in a local revolutionary court, according to rights organizations.

Iran sentences 67-year-old female political prisoner to death

Iran sentences 67-year-old female political prisoner to death

Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old Iranian political prisoner, has been sentenced to death by a revolutionary court on charges of collaboration with groups fighting the Islamic Republic, a US-based human rights group said on Saturday.

Hundreds of Iranian activists denounce sharp rise in executions

Hundreds of Iranian activists denounce sharp rise in executions

Iranian laborer faces execution over firecracker outside local courthouse

Iran’s parliament speaker rebukes ex-president Rouhani over remarks on Russia

Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday sharply criticized former president Hassan Rouhani and ex-foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, saying their recent remarks had undermined Tehran’s growing strategic cooperation with Russia.

INSIGHT

Iran’s factions gear up for local elections despite public apathy

Iran’s parliament speaker rebukes ex-president Rouhani over remarks on Russia

Iran’s foot-and-mouth outbreak cuts milk output as feed shortage deepens

Iran’s raw milk production has fallen sharply as a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease spreads through livestock farms and feed shortages drive up costs, the head of the national dairy farmers’ association said on Sunday.

Iran’s dairy intake less than half recommended level as prices soar

Iran’s foot-and-mouth outbreak cuts milk output as feed shortage deepens

Iran’s ancient sites face rising land subsidence risk, experts warn

Land subsidence driven by decades of groundwater over-extraction is emerging as a direct threat to some of Iran’s most treasured heritage sites, including Persepolis, Naqsh-e Jahan Square and the Tomb of Cyrus, Iranian scientists and officials say.

Iran’s dam reserves fall sharply as drought reshapes central villages

Isfahan official warns of drinking water crisis within 45 days

Iran’s ancient sites face rising land subsidence risk, experts warn

Iran more prepared for new conflict than before June's war, Araghchi says

Iran’s military and society are now more prepared than ever to deter a potential new conflict, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, four months after a US-brokered ceasefire ended a twelve-day war between Iran and its archfoe Israel.

PODCAST

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

Iran more prepared for new conflict than before June's war, Araghchi says

Society

  • 80,000 Hijab Enforcers Deployed
  • Businesses Targeted Over Hijab
  • Hijab Rift Widens
  • Hardliners Push Back on Hijab
Iran shuts Instagram pages of several female singers over ‘criminal content’

Iran shuts Instagram pages of several female singers over ‘criminal content’

Iranian authorities have shut down the Instagram pages belonging to several female singers in Iran’s Mazandaran province over the past few days, according to local media.

Khamenei's daily faults officials over 'lax' hijab enforcement

Khamenei's daily faults officials over 'lax' hijab enforcement

Iran’s hardline daily Kayhan, run by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative, blamed government bodies for lax enforcement of hijab rules and called for stronger promotion of compulsory veiling in a commentary published on Saturday.

Iranian court sentences man to write out religious book for wearing shorts

Iranian court sentences man to write out religious book for wearing shorts

OPINION

The hidden return of Iran’s morality police

Nuclear Program

  • NPT Withdrawal
  • Calls for Building A-Bomb

Iran lawmaker says nuclear work continues despite site damage

Iran continues to advance its nuclear program despite damage to several atomic facilities, Fadahossein Maleki, a member of parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, said on Saturday.

Iran, Russia, China question IAEA’s mandate after end of UN resolution

Iran lawmaker says nuclear work continues despite site damage

Exiled prince calls for ‘Cyrus Accords’ in post-Islamic Republic Iran

Exiled Iranian prince Reza Pahlavi said on Friday that Iran’s resources should be directed toward peace rather than conflict once the Islamic Republic ends, calling for a new framework he described as the “Cyrus Accords” to follow the 2020 Abraham Accords.

Exiled prince calls for ‘Cyrus Accords’ in post-Islamic Republic Iran

Iran on FATF Blacklist

  • All You Need to Know About Iran's FATF Problem

Financial watchdog keeps Iran on blacklist citing insufficient cooperation

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said on Friday Iran will remain on its list of high-risk countries for failing to fully accept the body's rules days after Iran's conditional accession to a UN convention against terror financing.

US Treasury identifies $9 billion in Iranian shadow banking through US accounts

Iran’s president signs law joining UN anti-terror finance convention with conditions

Financial watchdog keeps Iran on blacklist citing insufficient cooperation
Iran takes over failing bank as sector struggles with economic headwinds

Iran takes over failing bank as sector struggles with economic headwinds

Iran’s Central Bank revoked Ayandeh Bank’s operating license on Thursday, dissolving one of the country’s largest lenders due to massive losses and chronic inefficiency in another sign of gathering economic storm clouds as sanctions bite.

Iran’s president says gasoline price hike inevitable, warns of social risks

Iran’s president says gasoline price hike inevitable, warns of social risks

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday there is no doubt that gasoline prices must rise, signaling that long-anticipated fuel reforms are moving closer despite fears of renewed public unrest.

China’s grip on Iran car market faces uncertain future after sanctions

China’s grip on Iran car market faces uncertain future after sanctions

As Iranian consumers grapple with inflation and shortages, the country’s mid-tier car market which is dominated by Chinese automakers faces growing uncertainty following the renewal of UN sanctions in September.

OPINION

Loose lips sink ships, security supremo at center of wedding furor warns

Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s former national security chief, responded to the viral outrage over his daughter’s extravagant wedding with a cryptic but telling line.

After wedding scandal, Iranian academic accuses Shamkhani of killing father

Shamkhani urges unity after leaked wedding video draws backlash

Loose lips sink ships, security supremo at center of wedding furor warns

Spotlight

  • Marzia Hussaini

    Gaza peace efforts succeeded because Iran wasn’t involved, US senator says

    Marzia Hussaini

  • Tehran Insider

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

    Tehran Insider

  • Kambiz Tavana

    Iran theocracy 'dying in its sleep' with no successor plan, US analyst says

    Kambiz Tavana

  • Negar Mojtahedi

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

    Negar Mojtahedi

  • Behrouz Turani

    Iran’s factions gear up for local elections despite public apathy

    Behrouz Turani

Editors' Pick

  • Iran's defunct bans, from satellite dishes to the veil

    Iran's defunct bans, from satellite dishes to the veil

  • 'America Is Gone': Tehran hardliners rally behind Khamenei, reject US talks

    'America Is Gone': Tehran hardliners rally behind Khamenei, reject US talks

  • The hidden return of Iran’s morality police

    The hidden return of Iran’s morality police

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

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

Exiled prince calls for ‘Cyrus Accords’ in post-Islamic Republic Iran

Exiled prince calls for ‘Cyrus Accords’ in post-Islamic Republic Iran

IRGC general says Russia needs Iranian missiles and drones, not vice versa

IRGC general says Russia needs Iranian missiles and drones, not vice versa

Iran theocracy 'dying in its sleep' with no successor plan, US analyst says

Iran theocracy 'dying in its sleep' with no successor plan, US analyst says

Iranian court sentences man to write out religious book for wearing shorts

Iranian court sentences man to write out religious book for wearing shorts

In Case You Missed It

Iranian filmmakers mount rare collective challenge to state control

Calls are growing across Iran’s film industry to end state censorship, with thirteen trade unions joining directors and screenwriters in demanding the abolition of film production permits and pre-production controls imposed by government bodies.

China’s grip on Iran car market faces uncertain future after sanctions

Iran government says hijab cannot be restored by force

Iranian filmmakers mount rare collective challenge to state control

Iran loses 1,500 top university professors in five years

OPINION

In Iran, Western journalists prioritize access over truth

The politics of prayer: who controls Iran’s mosques and Friday sermons

Eye for Iran Podcast

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PODCAST

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

A new and far deadlier conflict between Israel and Iran looms, former Israeli intelligence official Danny Citrinowicz told Eye for Iran, warning that Tehran has learned from past clashes and is rapidly improving its missile capabilities.

PODCAST

Oil sanctions squeeze Iranians as buoyant flows to China enrich elite

PODCAST

Iran sanctions snapback heralds suffering, possible war

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

Women break taboos in Iran viral concerts: propaganda or progress?

PODCAST

Nuclear crisis looms as Iran faces sanctions snapback, expert warns

PODCAST

Unite to overthrow Iran 'demon of tyranny', Nobel laureate Ebadi urges

Tehran Insider

'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

On the eve of a UN vote to restore sanctions on Iran, an independent art book fair in the courtyard of an old house in Tehran provided a rare haven from serial political horrors.

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

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

TEHRAN INSIDER

No room for nuance: how the loud few dominate Iran’s public sphere

United States

  • Gaza peace efforts succeeded because Iran wasn’t involved, US senator says

    Gaza peace efforts succeeded because Iran wasn’t involved, US senator says

  • Iran security chief likens Trump to Hitler as Tehran mood darkens

  • US court to sentence pair in Tehran-backed plot against Iran dissident

  • Vance says US set on diplomacy to deprive Iran of nuclear weapon

Iran Nuclear

  • Iran lawmaker says nuclear work continues despite site damage

    Iran lawmaker says nuclear work continues despite site damage

  • Iran, Russia, China question IAEA’s mandate after end of UN resolution

  • Trump says Iran no longer respected after US attacks

  • IAEA chief says Iran uranium enough for ten bombs, no proof it seeks one

Military

  • IRGC general says Russia needs Iranian missiles and drones, not vice versa

    IRGC general says Russia needs Iranian missiles and drones, not vice versa

  • Iran more prepared for new conflict than before June's war, Araghchi says

  • Iran says it seeks to build military ties with Belarus

  • Iran will turn region into 'hell' if attacked, Guards commander warns

Society

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

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

  • Nine-year-old girl dies at school in western Iran

  • Iran shuts Instagram pages of several female singers over ‘criminal content’

  • Bootleg alcohol identified as top cause of deaths from poisoning in Iran

Human Rights

  • Iran’s top court overturns death sentences for five Kurdish protesters

    Iran’s top court overturns death sentences for five Kurdish protesters

  • Iran sentences 67-year-old female political prisoner to death

  • Hundreds of Iranian activists denounce sharp rise in executions

  • Iranian laborer faces execution over firecracker outside local courthouse

Iran Sanctions

  • Iran faces looming medicine shortages as UN sanctions strain drug supply chains

    Iran faces looming medicine shortages as UN sanctions strain drug supply chains

  • US Treasury identifies $9 billion in Iranian shadow banking through US accounts

  • Iran's foreign ministry will combat sanctions, top envoy says

  • Iran says UN Resolution 2231 has formally ended

Mideast Crisis

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

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

  • Give up on revolution and spare region destruction, US envoy tells Iran

  • Iran executes nuclear engineer accused of spying for Israel - rights group

  • Rubio says Iran-backed militias pilfer Iraqi resources for Tehran

Economy & Environment

  • Iran’s ancient sites face rising land subsidence risk, experts warn

    Iran’s ancient sites face rising land subsidence risk, experts warn

  • Iran’s foot-and-mouth outbreak cuts milk output as feed shortage deepens

  • Financial watchdog keeps Iran on blacklist citing insufficient cooperation

  • Iran’s dam reserves fall sharply as drought reshapes central villages

Iran Protests

  • Iran faces rising risk of unrest as UN sanctions deepen economic strain - Reuters

    Iran faces rising risk of unrest as UN sanctions deepen economic strain - Reuters

  • Tehran metro breakdown sparks anti-Khamenei chants

  • Oslo rights conference urges concrete dialogue for Iran’s democratic future

  • Iranian Nobel laureates hail Venezuelan 2025 winner as model for opposition

Diplomacy

  • Iran theocracy 'dying in its sleep' with no successor plan, US analyst says

    Iran theocracy 'dying in its sleep' with no successor plan, US analyst says

  • Trump's 'peace through strength' seeks Iran's surrender, spy chief says

  • 'Resistance diplomacy': Iran says both arms and dialogue guide policy

  • China walks tightrope as UN sanctions drive Iran deeper into its orbit

Domestic Politics

  • Iran’s parliament speaker rebukes ex-president Rouhani over remarks on Russia

    Iran’s parliament speaker rebukes ex-president Rouhani over remarks on Russia

  • Loose lips sink ships, security supremo at center of wedding furor warns

  • Shamkhani urges unity after leaked wedding video draws backlash

  • Fractured republic: Iran’s elites fight it out in Khamenei’s twilight

Iran Insights

  • Iran’s factions gear up for local elections despite public apathy

    Iran’s factions gear up for local elections despite public apathy

  • 'America Is Gone': Tehran hardliners rally behind Khamenei, reject US talks

  • Iran's defunct bans, from satellite dishes to the veil

  • Israel, inside job? Tehran blame game flares over Shamkhani wedding leak