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Israeli drones entered Iran from Azerbaijan during 12-day war, lawmaker alleges

Israeli drones entered Iran from Azerbaijan during 12-day war, lawmaker alleges

A senior Iranian lawmaker said on Monday that Israeli drones entered Iran’s airspace from neighboring Azerbaijan during the recent 12-day conflict with Israel, reviving tensions between Tehran and Baku over alleged cooperation with Israel.

Israel must kill Khamenei in next round of Iran war, ex-defense chief says

Israel must kill Khamenei in next round of Iran war, ex-defense chief says

Israel must prepare for another round of confrontation with Iran and ensure that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will be killed in the next campaign, former defense minister Yoav Gallant said on Saturday, over two months after the archenemies' 12-day war.

Israel tracked top Iranian officials by hacking bodyguards’ phones - NYT

Israel tracked top Iranian officials by hacking bodyguards’ phones - NYT

Israel managed to pinpoint the location of Iran’s top authorities during June’s 12-day war by hacking the mobile phones carried by their bodyguards, The New York Times reported Saturday, citing Iranian and Israeli officials.

Iran's Pezeshkian urges Shanghai Cooperation Organization to cut dollar reliance

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tianjin that members must expand trade in national currencies and strengthen financial mechanisms to withstand sanctions.

Iran says 25-year China pact advancing, touts SCO as platform for Global South

Iran's Pezeshkian urges Shanghai Cooperation Organization to cut dollar reliance

Nuclear Program

  • Snapback Mechanism
  • Iran's Missing Uranium Stocks
  • Suspending Cooperation with IAEA
Tehran preparing for new round of talks with IAEA, Iran’s nuclear chief says

Tehran preparing for new round of talks with IAEA, Iran’s nuclear chief says

Inspectors have completed a brief visit to Bushehr, as Tehran readies for another round of negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran’s atomic energy chief said on Sunday.

INSIGHT

‘People will suffer anyway’: snapback sharpens fault lines in Iran

ANALYSIS

Months in the making, sanctions snapback still stuns Iran's elite

OPINION

Snapback and survival: sanctions gauntlet further imperils Tehran

Iran moves to curb media reports that could fuel panic over UN sanctions

Sanctions stir hardliners to call out enemies foreign and domestic

Sanctions snapback augurs deeper pain for Iran's ailing economy

Iran-backed Houthis renew attacks on shipping after Israeli assassinations

Iran-backed Houthis renew attacks on shipping after Israeli assassinations

The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen claimed responsibility for a missile attack on an Israeli-owned oil tanker in the Red Sea on Sunday after the killing of its prime minister and other cabinet members.

Israel says it killed longtime Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaida

Israel says it killed longtime Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaida

Hamas armed wing spokesperson Abu Ubaida was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday.

Iran says killing of Houthi leaders will trigger wider response

Iran says killing of Houthi leaders will trigger wider response

Iran said the Israeli airstrike that killed Houthi Prime Minister Ahmad Ghaleb al-Rahwi and several cabinet members in Sanaa would draw a response from its regional allies, calling the attack a war crime aimed at silencing Yemen’s support for Gaza.

Iran charges comedian over Ferdowsi satire amid patriotic campaign

Iran has charged comedian Zeinab Mousavi over her satire of Ferdowsi, the 10th-century Persian poet behind the epic Shahnameh, using the controversy to stir patriotism after the war with Israel.

Iran charges comedian over Ferdowsi satire amid patriotic campaign

Malley’s Yale class features ex-Islamic Republic officials

Yale University will offer a new seminar on US-Iran relations this fall taught by former US Iran envoy Robert Malley, with required readings that include works by former Islamic Republic officials, according to a course syllabus seen by Iran International.

Malley-led Yale course on Iran lists speakers tied to Islamic Republic – JNS

Malley’s Yale class features ex-Islamic Republic officials
US says visas for Iran’s UNGA delegation subject to security review

US says visas for Iran’s UNGA delegation subject to security review

The United States will ensure that foreign visitors pose no threat to its national security, the State Department told Iran International when asked whether the Iranian delegation would be issued visas to attend this year's UN General Assembly in New York.

US ignoring Tehran’s messages to restart talks, Iranian officials say
EXCLUSIVE

US ignoring Tehran’s messages to restart talks, Iranian officials say

Senior Iranian officials have admitted in private meetings that Washington ignored at least 15 messages from Iran seeking renewed negotiations, Iran International has learned, as Tehran scrambles to head off the reimposition of UN sanctions.

Trump kept diplomats in dark on Iran strikes - WSJ

Trump kept diplomats in dark on Iran strikes - WSJ

President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites in June without alerting US diplomats, leaving them unable to answer questions from foreign governments, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Human Rights

Iran to execute over 100 Evin prisoners after Israeli strike – Sunday Times

More than 100 prisoners accused of spying for Israel are facing imminent execution in Iran after the bombing of Tehran’s Evin prison in June, lawyers and survivors told The Sunday Times.

Iran executed at least 160 people in past month, rights group says

Rights group says Iran ‘concealing evidence’ by turning cemetery into parking lot

Iran to execute over 100 Evin prisoners after Israeli strike – Sunday Times

Afghanistan

  • Populist Push to Expel Afghans
  • Post-Ceasefire Crackdown
  • Tehran–Taliban Alliance
  • Taliban vs. Women

Iran expels 1.8 million Afghans, eyes 800,000 more

Iran expelled more than 1.8 million undocumented migrants who are mainly Afghans over the past year, an interior ministry official said on Sunday, adding that at least 800,000 more must leave under the government’s removal plan.

INSIGHT

'Economic suicide': Afghan expulsions spark labor crisis in Iran

Iran expels 1.8 million Afghans, eyes 800,000 more
PODCAST

Unite to overthrow Iran 'demon of tyranny', Nobel laureate Ebadi urges

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi told Eye for Iran that the Islamic Republic was not long for this world and that the Iranian people must rally together to uproot what she called a corrupt and violent system to win a brighter future.

In her own words: Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi calls for Iranian uprising

Unite to overthrow Iran 'demon of tyranny', Nobel laureate Ebadi urges

Spotlight

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    Iran charges comedian over Ferdowsi satire amid patriotic campaign

    Maryam Sinaiee

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    Months in the making, sanctions snapback still stuns Iran's elite

    Behrouz Turani

  • Shahram Kholdi

    Snapback and survival: sanctions gauntlet further imperils Tehran

    Shahram Kholdi

  • Negar Mojtahedi

    Unite to overthrow Iran 'demon of tyranny', Nobel laureate Ebadi urges

    Negar Mojtahedi

  • Amirhadi Anvari

    Fifty blasts, fires tracked across Iran since ceasefire with Israel

    Amirhadi Anvari

Editors' Pick

  • US ignoring Tehran’s messages to restart talks, Iranian officials say

    US ignoring Tehran’s messages to restart talks, Iranian officials say

  • Hackers targeted officials active on Iranian crypto exchange, source says

    Hackers targeted officials active on Iranian crypto exchange, source says

  • Sanctions snapback augurs deeper pain for Iran's ailing economy

    Sanctions snapback augurs deeper pain for Iran's ailing economy

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Israel must kill Khamenei in next round of Iran war, ex-defense chief says

Israel must kill Khamenei in next round of Iran war, ex-defense chief says

US ignoring Tehran’s messages to restart talks, Iranian officials say
EXCLUSIVE

US ignoring Tehran’s messages to restart talks, Iranian officials say

Iran says killing of Houthi leaders will trigger wider response

Iran says killing of Houthi leaders will trigger wider response

Israel tracked top Iranian officials by hacking bodyguards’ phones - NYT

Israel tracked top Iranian officials by hacking bodyguards’ phones - NYT

Iran-backed Houthis confirm death of PM, ministers in Israeli strike

Iran-backed Houthis confirm death of PM, ministers in Israeli strike

In Case You Missed It

Viral Tehran photos belie women's repression, critics say

A viral series of photos showing women without headscarves on the streets of Tehran has ignited heated debate on social media over claims that the Islamic Republic has loosened its enforcement of compulsory hijab.

INSIGHT

'If not treason, then what?' Iran hardliners torch reformists’ manifesto

Taliban weaponizing water as Iran officials keep mum, Tehran daily warns

Viral Tehran photos belie women's repression, critics say
ANALYSIS

Isolated allies: Iran turns to Belarus as sanctions leave few partners

Majority of Iranians reject Islamic Republic, survey finds

US Air Force seeks to replicate Iran’s Shahed suicide drone – Pentagon daily

Eye for Iran Podcast

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PODCAST

Israel now calls the shots on Iran as US steps back, ex-negotiator says

Washington has outsourced its Iran policy to Israel following the 12-day war, former Obama-era negotiator Alan Eyre told Iran International, warning that the Trump administration now sees Iran's nuclear issue as resolved despite the remaining risks.

PODCAST

Islamic Republic 'flailing' as challenges mount, ex-US official says

PODCAST

Iran’s water crisis is real but man-made, climatologist argues

Israel now calls the shots on Iran as US steps back, ex-negotiator says
PODCAST

Israeli attacks on Syria risk allowing Iran a comeback, expert warns

PODCAST

Dented by war, Islamic Republic reaches for nationalism to shore up support

PODCAST

Sapped Tehran could resort to assassinations, ex-White House official says

Tehran Insider

No room for nuance: how the loud few dominate Iran’s public sphere
TEHRAN INSIDER

No room for nuance: how the loud few dominate Iran’s public sphere

Iran is awash in voices claiming to speak for its people: state loyalists, opposition figures and self-styled experts of every stripe drowning out the non-extreme yet critical voices with their din.

Forbidden but flowing: alcohol slips quietly into public life in Iran
TEHRAN INSIDER

Forbidden but flowing: alcohol slips quietly into public life in Iran

Buying, selling, and drinking alcohol in Iran is illegal and still risky. But over the years, something has shifted. Whispers spread: some restaurants let customers bring their own drinks. Then, a few began serving alcohol under code names.

Enrichment: the only right we have but never asked for
TEHRAN INSIDER

Enrichment: the only right we have but never asked for

TEHRAN INSIDER

No light, no water, no plan: you cry if you don't laugh in Iran's summer

United States

  • State Dept. fires Iranian-American press officer after disputes over Israel – WP

    State Dept. fires Iranian-American press officer after disputes over Israel – WP

  • Israel now calls the shots on Iran as US steps back, ex-negotiator says

  • US strikes on Iran meant to ‘escalate to de-escalate,’ Rubio says

  • US raps Larijani pick for Iran security chief as same bad policy

Iran Nuclear

  • Tehran preparing for new round of talks with IAEA, Iran’s nuclear chief says

    Tehran preparing for new round of talks with IAEA, Iran’s nuclear chief says

  • Iran moves to curb media reports that could fuel panic over UN sanctions

  • Iran clean-up at nuclear site may remove key evidence, research group says

  • Europe tells US it will trigger UN snapback on Iran - Axios

Military

  • Trump kept diplomats in dark on Iran strikes - WSJ

    Trump kept diplomats in dark on Iran strikes - WSJ

  • Israel tracked top Iranian officials by hacking bodyguards’ phones - NYT

  • Missile direct damage in Israel tops $1.1 billion after Iranian strikes - Ynet

  • Iran to attend China parade as Putin and Kim join Xi in show of defiance to West

Society

  • Iranian camel riders set for debut at overseas competition

    Iranian camel riders set for debut at overseas competition

  • State TV jeremiad against moderates earns even hardliners' scorn

  • Paper reports child hunger crisis in Iran as students faint from lack of breakfast

  • Minister says Iran’s GPS disruptions stem from drone threats

Human Rights

  • Iran to execute over 100 Evin prisoners after Israeli strike – Sunday Times

    Iran to execute over 100 Evin prisoners after Israeli strike – Sunday Times

  • In her own words: Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi calls for Iranian uprising

  • British couple detained in Iran taken to court without notice, family says

  • Iran sacks several teachers on 'security-related' charges, state media says

Iran Sanctions

  • Hackers targeted officials active on Iranian crypto exchange, source says

    Hackers targeted officials active on Iranian crypto exchange, source says

  • Months in the making, sanctions snapback still stuns Iran's elite

  • Snapback and survival: sanctions gauntlet further imperils Tehran

  • Russia drafts UN resolution to delay snapback of Iran sanctions

Mideast Crisis

  • Israeli drones entered Iran from Azerbaijan during 12-day war, lawmaker alleges

    Israeli drones entered Iran from Azerbaijan during 12-day war, lawmaker alleges

  • Iran-backed Houthis renew attacks on shipping after Israeli assassinations

  • Israel says it killed longtime Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaida

  • Iran says killing of Houthi leaders will trigger wider response

Economy & Environment

  • Iran’s rial falls further as threat of UN sanctions returns

    Iran’s rial falls further as threat of UN sanctions returns

  • Iran gearing up for gasoline price hike despite risk of domestic backlash

  • Iran recruits convicted sanctions evasion tycoon back into oil business

  • Hackers disrupt communications of dozens of Iranian oil and cargo ships

Iran Protests

  • Majority of Iranians reject Islamic Republic, survey finds

    Majority of Iranians reject Islamic Republic, survey finds

  • Exiled prince urges unity for Iran regime change at opposition gathering

  • Tehran installs loudspeakers in city squares for when internet access is cut

  • Tear gas fired as protests over power and water shortages continue in Iran

Diplomacy

  • US says visas for Iran’s UNGA delegation subject to security review

    US says visas for Iran’s UNGA delegation subject to security review

  • US ignoring Tehran’s messages to restart talks, Iranian officials say

  • Unite to overthrow Iran 'demon of tyranny', Nobel laureate Ebadi urges

  • Criminals botched attacks directed by Iran – Australian daily

Domestic Politics

  • Iran expels 1.8 million Afghans, eyes 800,000 more

    Iran expels 1.8 million Afghans, eyes 800,000 more

  • Iran denies report of attack on Qur'an reciter accused of child abuse

  • Government cannot sustain health care costs, Iranian MP warns

  • Iranian hardliner says Israel plotting to install ex-president Rouhani as leader

Iran Insights

  • ‘People will suffer anyway’: snapback sharpens fault lines in Iran

    ‘People will suffer anyway’: snapback sharpens fault lines in Iran

  • Sanctions snapback augurs deeper pain for Iran's ailing economy

  • Iran charges comedian over Ferdowsi satire amid patriotic campaign

  • Iran-Russia alliance rattled as official accuses Moscow of aiding Israel