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President Donald Trump said the United States would hit Iran “hard” again on Wednesday while still seeking a deal, accusing Tehran of dragging out talks and “playing” Washington “for suckers.”
Summary
President Donald Trump said the United States would hit Iran “hard” again on Wednesday while still seeking a deal, accusing Tehran of dragging out talks and “playing” Washington “for suckers.”
Military escalation overshadows US-Iran peace efforts
US strikes on targets in southern Iran and Tehran's retaliatory attacks on American bases in the region have raised tensions between the two countries, even as negotiators continue indirect talks aimed at reaching a temporary agreement.
Iran Sanctions
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Tehran pushes back on reported US plan for frozen assets
Reports that Washington is considering using frozen Iranian assets to compensate Persian Gulf allies for damage allegedly caused by Iran have triggered a backlash in Tehran, where access to the funds remains a central demand in negotiations with the United States.
War-Torn Economy
As prices soar, Iranian diets shrink to survival level
Citizens across Iran say soaring food prices have reduced household diets to the bare minimum needed to stave off hunger, with nutrition and variety increasingly out of reach.
Iran eco-tourism operators warn of closures as travel dries up
Tourism businesses report empty rooms, mounting losses and growing pressure to cut jobs as rising living costs push travel out of reach for many households.
Iranian teens say rising costs turn simple wishes into distant dreams
Simple pleasures, personal goals and everyday purchases have become out of reach for many Iranian teenagers, who told Iran International that economic hardship is reshaping their lives and dimming their hopes for the future.
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Iran defrocks cleric after challenge to state-backed Shiite narratives
Iran’s Special Clerical Court has sentenced dissident cleric Abdolrahim Soleimani Ardestani to six years in prison, a fine and removal from the clergy, months after his public challenge to state-backed Shiite narratives drew threats and political pressure.
Iran Protests
Iran judge says asset seizures will weaken diaspora’s anti-regime protests
Confiscations of assets belonging to exiled Iranians will weaken their protests in front of the Islamic Republic’s embassies overseas, a judge said on Tuesday.
Faith in diplomacy further dented by Iran-Israel exchange
The brief exchange of strikes between Iran and Israel revealed a reality that weeks of ceasefire and diplomacy between Tehran and Washington had obscured: neither side appears willing to absorb a blow without responding, even if doing so risks a return to wider war.
Tehran seeks to draw a line around Lebanon
Iranian officials and media outlets say Tehran's missile strike on Israel in response to attacks on Beirut has established a new red line: future attacks on Hezbollah and Lebanon could trigger direct Iranian retaliation.
'Nothing is over': Iran-Israel conflict enters a new phase
Iran and Israel have paused direct attacks, but Tehran's latest warning suggests the conflict may be evolving rather than ending.
Iran's Arab neighbors turn to 'dark' transfers to keep oil moving
Iran's Arab neighbors are increasingly using shipping methods long associated with Tehran's sanctions-evasion network to keep crude exports flowing amid disruption in the Persian Gulf, according to maritime intelligence firm TankerTrackers.
Inside the Iranian missile base hit by Israel near Najafabad
Videos showing explosions, smoke and possible missile impacts in areas near Najafabad in central Iran appear to point to Israeli attacks on the Ahmad Kazemi complex, one of the Revolutionary Guard's most important missile bases.
Student protests over university entrance exam rules continue across Iran
Student protests over Iran’s university entrance exam system continued on Sunday, spreading across at least 20 provinces as pupils demanded changes to rules that give school grades a decisive role in university admissions.
Delayed burial, absent successor: Questions over post-Khamenei Iran
One hundred days after former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an attack on his office in Tehran, the Islamic Republic has yet to bury the man who led the country for more than three decades.
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On Sanaei Street in central Tehran, young people spill onto pavements and crowd around tiny tables late into the evening, smoking and laughing as if the war never happened.
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.
