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Oil loadings have been suspended at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia’s main Red Sea oil export port, following an earlier attack on the kingdom’s east-west pipeline, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing shipping sources.
Summary
Oil loadings have been suspended at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia’s main Red Sea oil export port, following an earlier attack on the kingdom’s east-west pipeline, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing shipping sources.
Hormuz traffic plunges as Iran prepares China talks
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz fell sharply as Iran prepared diplomatic talks in China, while attacks on Saudi Arabia and damage to Persian Gulf cloud infrastructure underscored the widening consequences of the war on Tuesday.
US, Iran hint at talks even as sanctions tighten and Hormuz tensions stay high
The United States and Iran both signaled openness to renewed negotiations Monday, even as Washington intensified its financial pressure campaign and conflicting accounts of incidents around the Strait of Hormuz underscored the mistrust surrounding any diplomatic opening.
IAEA raises alarm over Iran access as Hormuz tensions mount
Concern over Iran’s nuclear program intensified on Monday as the UN nuclear watchdog said it had conducted almost no inspections in the country for more than six months, while tensions surrounding Hormuz deepened and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis claimed another attack on Saudi.
Operation Economic Outcast
US seeks $61 million in cryptocurrency tied to Iran oil sales
US prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of about $61 million in cryptocurrency that came from black-market sales of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and petroleum products and was intended to finance Iran's government and military, including the Revolutionary Guards.
After Muscat collapse, Tehran argues over what comes next
Iranian newspapers that agree on almost nothing agreed on Monday that the Muscat talks had collapsed. Kayhan, Shargh and Donya-ye Eghtesad all reported it, and the argument has already moved to what Tehran does next.
Xi’s BRICS peace call sparks debate in Iran over China’s role in war
China’s call for a collective BRICS role in restoring peace in the Persian Gulf and Middle East has triggered debate in Iran over whether Beijing is preparing to mediate between Tehran and Washington.
Fall of Hezbollah heights ignites blame game in Tehran
The fall of the Ali al-Taher heights to Israel has turned Iran's hardliners on the negotiators of the June deal with Washington, whose clause on Lebanon was sold at home as a victory and whose defenders now say it has been dead for two months.
Women face forced undressing, breast touching at Iran's Evin Prison
Female political prisoners at Iran's Evin Prison face increasingly invasive body searches involving forced undressing and breast touching, leading some to forgo medical treatment and visits, sources told Iran International.
Islamic Republic asks public to identify opponents abroad
The Islamic Republic has launched a platform asking citizens to identify and report opponents living abroad. Iranians met it with ridicule, pointing to how deeply the state's own security apparatus has been infiltrated.
Iran blocks restaurant page over ‘Bibi cutlet’ post
Iranian authorities blocked the Instagram account of a Tehran restaurant after it posted an apparent play on two terms that have become politically charged for the Islamic Republic: “Bibi” and “cutlet.”
US pilot rescue inside Iran draws mockery of Guards
A newly disclosed US operation that sent more than 90 American troops into Iran to rescue an airman shot down during the war drew ridicule from Iranians online over the Revolutionary Guards’ failure to find him before his extraction in April.
Resistance born from Mahsa Amini’s death endures, UN rapporteur says
UN Special Rapporteur on Iran Mai Sato said the movement born from Mahsa “Jina” Amini’s death in Iran’s morality police custody remains alive four years on, despite another deadly crackdown and continued enforcement of mandatory hijab rules.
ANALYSIS
Iran's Saudi leverage could become its liability
Iran has gained leverage over Saudi Arabia as Houthi advances and attacks put pressure on the kingdom’s territory and oil routes. But Riyadh is responding more forcefully, raising the risk that Tehran’s advantage could provoke a military backlash that ultimately weakens it.
Iranians say basic food slipping beyond reach as bread prices soar
Iranians are struggling to afford basic food as bread prices rise sharply and citizens describe soaring costs for vegetables, snacks and other everyday purchases, according to an local media report and messages sent to Iran International on Monday.
Iranians buy bread on credit, queue for chicken scraps
Iranians are increasingly buying basic food on credit and lining up for chicken scraps, with shopkeepers and residents describing shrinking purchasing power under rapidly rising prices in a report published Sunday.
Iran students go without as elite schools charge billions
Some Iranian schools are charging billions of rials for pools, therapy and small classes as students elsewhere reuse old bags and go without uniforms, shoes and stationery because their families cannot afford them ahead of the new school year.
Second Sunni cleric killed in Iran in less than a week
Sunni Baluch cleric Molavi Yousef Gorgij was killed by unknown assailants outside his home in Zahedan, Iranian state media reported on Monday, the second killing of a Sunni cleric in Iran in less than a week.
Crackdown on Dissent
Eight women face execution in Iran, rights group warns
At least eight women are facing death sentences in prisons across Iran, including four in cases linked to the nationwide January protests, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) rights group reported on Sunday.
Iran court sentences January protest detainee to death, rights group says
An Iranian court has handed down a death sentence to a man detained in connection with the January 2026 protests in the northeastern city of Shandiz, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported on Sunday.
Iran regime used Claude to expand surveillance of dissidents, Anthropic says
Anthropic said Iranian paramilitary and security units used Claude to surveil thousands of Iranians and identify opposition and diaspora accounts, while a separate MEK-linked operation used the AI to impersonate an activist and profile people inside Iran.
Iranian actress dedicates Venice award to ‘brave women of Iran’
Iranian actress Laleh Marzban dedicated her best actress award at the Venice Film Festival to the “brave women of Iran,” saying they were enduring immense pressure and paying a heavy price for basic freedoms.
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