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A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Monday’s Oman meeting on Hormuz was unlikely to produce a signed deal, while Bahrain said it would not attend any group meeting with Iran until diplomatic ties are restored.
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A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Monday’s Oman meeting on Hormuz was unlikely to produce a signed deal, while Bahrain said it would not attend any group meeting with Iran until diplomatic ties are restored.
Iraqi groups deny Saudi pipeline strike, say ‘would be proud if we did it’
Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups denied responsibility on Saturday for the drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline, rejecting an accusation that has already prompted Baghdad to dismiss a military commander and close border crossings with Iran.
Blogger sentenced to death in Iran on security-related charges
Soda Ebrahimi Shamsabadi, a 33-year-old blogger from Bandar Abbas who has been detained since March, has been sentenced to death, according to information obtained by Iran International.
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.
Israeli attacks on Hezbollah fuel hardline calls for Iran to escalate
Iranian hardliners are demanding that Tehran abandon restraint and restore deterrence through military confrontation following the latest Israeli attack on Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon.
Bid to oust Pezeshkian exposes rift among Iran conservatives
A reported attempt by a hardline lawmaker to raise President Masoud Pezeshkian’s removal from office has triggered a fierce confrontation not between Iran’s hardliners and moderates but within the conservative camp, exposing divisions that have deepened during the war.
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Trump again tells Iranians to take their government. This time nobody blinked
US President Donald Trump this week repeated the boldest promise of the Iran war, that when Washington is "finished," Iranians should take over their government. In February the sentence stunned. On Wednesday it barely registered, and the silence is the story.
Heavy fighting spreads in southeastern Iran, with security force casualties reported
Heavy fighting between Iranian security forces and unidentified gunmen spread across parts of Saravan in southeastern Iran on Saturday, with reports of attacks on military vehicles and dozens of security personnel killed or wounded, the rights group Haalvsh reported.
Saudi Arabia squeezed from Iraq and Yemen ahead of GCC talks with Iran
Saudi Arabia faced growing pressure on two fronts Friday as drones launched from Iraq struck its East-West oil pipeline, prompting fresh Iraqi security measures, while Iran-aligned Houthis tightened their grip on Yemen’s Red Sea coast ahead of regional talks in Oman.
Russia may fill Iran gap if support for Yemen Houthis falters
Russia could help sustain Yemen’s Houthis if Iran’s ability to support the group is weakened, providing a lifeline as the group expands its reach around a second crucial Middle Eastern shipping route, according to Anna Borshchevskaya, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute.
Iran-backed Houthis advance near key Red Sea shipping route as Yemeni forces retreat
Iran-backed Houthi forces advanced toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, reaching Dhubab as Yemeni government forces withdrew from nearby Perim Island, raising concerns over another major shipping route amid disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.
Israeli envoy says no victory until Islamic Republic falls
Israel will settle for nothing short of the collapse of the Islamic Republic, its ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter told Iran International.
Anthropic says Iran-linked accounts used Claude for propaganda, US naval targeting
Anthropic said Thursday that Iranian state-aligned and Iran-linked accounts used Claude in separate operations involving propaganda, targeting US naval forces, domestic surveillance and profiling people in Israel and the Jewish diaspora.
US targets Iran-linked networks as sanctions campaign expands
The United States on Thursday sanctioned networks it said were helping Iran finance and support allied armed groups across Iraq, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.
As costs soar, healthcare is becoming a luxury for Iranian women
Routine screenings and consultations for Iranian women can now cost more than two months of average pay, as healthcare prices rise much faster than wages and force some women to postpone preventive care.
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