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The United States and Israel are preparing possible strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure this weekend, although Trump has not yet given final approval, CBS News reported,citing multiple sources.
Summary
The United States and Israel are preparing possible strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure this weekend, although Trump has not yet given final approval, CBS News reported,citing multiple sources.
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Iran's hangings are 'murders,' says former UN prosecutor
Iran's latest wave of public hangings of protesters amounts to "killings" and "murders" that form part of a continuing crime against humanity, former United Nations prosecutor Professor Payam Akhavan told Iran International's Eye for Iran.
US tightens military and financial pressure as Iran talks falter
The Trump administration on Friday outlined military and financial measures against Tehran alongside negotiations that President Donald Trump said were being undermined by Iran’s conduct.
January Massacre Files
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Security forces seized Iran hospital, sent wounded protesters to morgue
Iranian security forces took control of a hospital in the western city of Khorramabad during January's nationwide crackdown, according to medical staff, transferring dozens of critically wounded protesters to the morgue instead of receiving further treatment.
Why Iran's leaders failed to see this generation coming
A gathering of thousands of teenagers at a Tehran mall to meet a popular YouTuber exposed a widening blind spot in Iran, some sociologists suggested: a generation whose values, social lives and sources of authority increasingly lie beyond the state's understanding.
Where steak is a dream
A social media exchange about steak struck a chord among Iranian users this week, turning one young user's dream into a broader conversation about economic hardship and political frustration.
From cafes to buskers, Tehran tightens its grip on the fabric of everyday life
In the quiet hours of Wednesday morning, municipal crews swept through Sanaei Street in central Tehran with sledgehammers, reducing sidewalk planters, benches, and concrete borders outside local cafes to rubble.
Iran Sanctions
Iran gambling network helped channel $4 billion through crypto exchange - Reuters
An illicit Iranian gambling network helped move at least $4 billion through an unlicensed Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange that also handled funds for sanctioned Iranian institutions, a Reuters investigation found.
Iran Protests
Tehran prosecutor takes legal action against opponents of executions
Tehran's prosecutor has launched legal action against an unspecified number of people for opposing the execution of detainees arrested during the January protests and defendants convicted in cases linked to the recent war, Iran's judiciary news outlet Mizan reported on Thursday.
TEHRAN INSIDER
I stayed awake for them
UK charges man accused of spying on RAF base for Iran's IRGC
A dual British and Azerbaijani national has been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of carrying out hostile surveillance for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the first overseas investigation under Britain's National Security Act.
'Western trap': calls for restraint grow in Tehran after Ukraine attack
Signs of reluctance to widen the conflict are emerging in Tehran, with conservative politicians and media urging restraint even as they accuse the United States and Israel of orchestrating Ukraine's attack on an Iranian vessel.
State TV dispute exposes limits of oversight in Iran
Iran's state broadcaster has ignored a formal order from its own watchdog to stop censoring senior officials, highlighting the gap between the country's formal institutions and where authority is exercised in practice.
Iran government pushes talks line, but power lies elsewhere
Amid threats of war and mounting fears of economic collapse, Iran's government is seeking to reinforce its case for moderation in a fractured and deeply polarized political landscape.
INSIGHT
Did China quietly defuse Iran's oil weapon? Pro-Ghalibaf paper asks out loud
A newspaper close to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's chief negotiator with Washington, is asking whether China quietly neutralized Tehran's most feared economic weapon: the oil shock through the Strait of Hormuz that never came.
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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.
