Khamenei mourning site shut as shroud-wearing hardliners expose loyalist rift
A mourning site set up near the place where Ali Khamenei was killed has been shut down after shroud-wearing ultra-hardliners turned it into a three-day sit-in, exposing a widening rift inside Iran’s loyalist camp over how to use the slain leader’s memory.
Iraq arrests officials tied to Iran-aligned parties in Baghdad raids, sources say
Iraqi security forces arrested dozens of officials in Baghdad on Sunday, including figures linked to Shia parties close to Iran, sources told Iran International, in a sweeping operation tied to a corruption case involving alleged smuggling of Iranian oil.
Direct-to-cell offers Iranians future hope, not a fix today
Direct-to-cell satellite technology could one day help Iranians bypass part of the Islamic Republic’s digital blockade, but it is not yet a practical solution to the country’s internet shutdown despite widespread hopes.
How a US-Iran deal can reshape the Middle East
The preliminary memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington to end the 70-day conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz has reshaped the regional balance, with consequences extending far beyond the battlefield.
Economy
Iran’s banks keep failing, but no one explains why – Iranian daily
Iranian daily Shargh says Iran’s banking system is trapped in a familiar cycle: cyberattack, service collapse, public confusion, brief official statements and a gradual return to normal without any clear report on what failed or who was responsible.
Iran's Reach in Sweden
Swedish court upholds dismissal of migration official over Iran security concerns
A Swedish court upheld the dismissal of a Migration Agency case officer after finding the agency had lawful grounds to fire him based on security concerns linked to contacts with Iranian intelligence operatives and people connected to organized crime.
Khamenei posters expose struggle over who owns Lebanon’s ceasefire
Lebanon has ordered the removal of billboards showing Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and his late father from the road to Beirut’s airport, turning a dispute over public posters into a test of who gets to define the country’s fragile post-ceasefire moment.
January Massacre Files
Investigation traces January protest deaths to Gharazi Hospital in Isfahan
Iran International has launched a new phase of its campaign documenting the January massacre, focusing on Gharazi Hospital in Isfahan, where documents and witness accounts show the facility became a destination for many of those killed or wounded during the January 8-10 protests.
Iran Protests
Iranians recast Ashura mourning to remember January protest victims
Many Iranians are using the Shiite mourning period of Muharram to commemorate those killed in January's nationwide protests rather than take part in state-backed religious ceremonies, according to messages sent to Iran International and videos from across the country.
Iranian wanted in US over IRGC-linked hacking case arrested in Montenegro
Montenegrin police and the FBI have arrested an Iranian national wanted by the United States over a major hacking campaign that allegedly targeted US universities and benefited Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Reuters reported.
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Abroad they talk, at home they hang
One thing never stops here: executions. War or no war, talks or no talks, crisis or calm, the machinery moves at its own pace: steady and unbroken, as if insulated from everything else.








































