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SPECIAL REPORT

'Charming Kitten' exposed: spy unit led Iran’s surveillance for deadly plots

A covert unit of cyber agents is at the forefront of Iranian efforts to surveil perceived enemies and was behind failed bids to kill Israelis in Turkey, leaked documents obtained by Iran International and an informed source revealed.

'Charming Kitten' exposed: spy unit led Iran’s surveillance for deadly plots
PODCAST

Israel’s attacks on Iran changed everything — or did they?

Iran’s nuclear strategy has entered an ambiguous new phase, said veteran non-proliferation expert Mark Fitzpatrick, and Israel’s attacks in June could have left intact Tehran's ability to pivot toward a bomb if it so chose.

INSIGHT

'We Defend Our Iran': new state curriculum inculcates martial pride

Israel’s attacks on Iran changed everything — or did they?

Turkey sends aircraft to help battle Iran wildfires

Two Turkish firefighting planes, one helicopter and eight personnel will arrive in Iran on Saturday to help quell fires in the Hyrcanian forest in the country's north, Iranian environment chief Shina Ansari said on Friday.

Land subsidence accelerating across major Iranian provinces, official warns

Air quality in Tehran plunges as forecasters warn of dangerous levels

Turkey sends aircraft to help battle Iran wildfires
TEHRAN INSIDER

The Iran that never trends

The Iran projected on social media these days—brunch parties, rooftop concerts, fashion shows—is real, but only as a tiny fragment of the country’s reality, where most ordinary people struggle to make ends meet.

The Iran that never trends
Iran parliament speaker says Vance sought talks amid June war

Iran parliament speaker says Vance sought talks amid June war

Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Friday that by the sixth day of a 12-day conflict with Israel, US vice president JD Vance was seeking talks to end the war.

Trump says beating Iran paved way for new Middle East

Trump says beating Iran paved way for new Middle East

US President Donald Trump on Friday said that the United States deprived Iran of its nuclear capabilities with airstrikes in June, setting the stage for a transformed region.

'We will see' : Trump’s tentative nod meets Tehran’s hardened terms
INSIGHT

'We will see' : Trump’s tentative nod meets Tehran’s hardened terms

Iran asks Saudi Arabia to help revive nuclear talks with US - Reuters

Prominent academic body urges Iran to halt crackdown on scholars

Prominent academic body urges Iran to halt crackdown on scholars

The Association of Iranian Studies Committee on Academic Freedom on Friday urged top Tehran’s officials to drop charges against five independent scholars, calling it a politically motivated move.

Iranian–American detained upon arrival in Tehran, rights group says

Iranian–American detained upon arrival in Tehran, rights group says

An Iranian–American woman is being held in incommunicado detention in Tehran after her arrest upon arrival at Imam Khomeini Airport in September, according to Norway-based rights group Hengaw.

UN committee adopts resolution criticizing Iran rights record

UN committee adopts resolution criticizing Iran rights record

The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee adopted a resolution on Wednesday condemning Iran’s human rights record, in a move praised by the UN rapporteur on rights on the country.

Nuclear Program

  • NPT Withdrawal
  • Calls for Building A-Bomb

West ‘killed’ Cairo nuclear accord, Iran foreign minister says

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that the United States and three European powers have “killed” the Cairo nuclear agreement through what he called a sequence of hostile actions.

Iran says it will answer what it calls political IAEA move

West ‘killed’ Cairo nuclear accord, Iran foreign minister says

Cleric’s bid for beachside office on southern island draws criticism

A state-appointed cleric's request to set aside a beachside plot on the southern holiday island of Kish for his office stoked criticism this week after the proposal appeared online.

Cleric’s bid for beachside office on southern island draws criticism

US Treasury hits Iran's shadow oil trade with sweeping sanctions

The US Department of the Treasury on Thursday imposed broad new sanctions on what it described as a network helping Iran evade restrictions on its petroleum exports and fund illicit activities.

US Treasury hits Iran's shadow oil trade with sweeping sanctions

Hamas and Hezbollah rebuild during truce, Israeli officials say - JPost

Hamas and Hezbollah are quietly rebuilding their military capabilities amid a tense ceasefire with Israel, the Jerusalem Post cited Israeli defense officials as saying on Thursday.

Hamas and Hezbollah rebuild during truce, Israeli officials say - JPost
INSIGHT

Haunted by 2019 protests, Tehran avoids fuel price hike

Tehran is once again tiptoeing around the issue of gasoline prices under the long shadow of November 2019 protests that became one of the bloodiest crackdowns in the Islamic Republic’s history.

Iran says price of imported gasoline far outstrips subsidized rate

Haunted by 2019 protests, Tehran avoids fuel price hike

Policing Morality

  • 80,000 Hijab Enforcers Deployed
  • Hijab Rift Widens
Grammy-winning Iranian singer says he faces bans from public venues

Grammy-winning Iranian singer says he faces bans from public venues

Iranian singer and songwriter Shervin Hajipour said he is facing new restrictions, including being barred from entering a gym and attending concerts.

Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen
INSIGHT

Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

The sudden closure of the Tehran Design Week exhibition at Tehran University has ignited a storm of reactions—from hardline groups that pushed for its shutdown to students and sympathizers who lamented the decision.

Iran vows wider policing of cafes, fashion and online content in morality push

Iran vows wider policing of cafes, fashion and online content in morality push

INSIGHT

Disable the SIM, disable the citizen: Iran's new, silent crackdown

Reformist ex-president says most Iranians focus on life, not politics

Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami said most people in the country are more concerned with living their lives amid worsening economic conditions than with who governs them.

Jailed ex-official urges end to Iran clerical rule via constituent assembly

Reformist ex-president says most Iranians focus on life, not politics

Spotlight

  • Negar Mojtahedi

    Israel’s attacks on Iran changed everything — or did they?

    Negar Mojtahedi

  • Tehran Insider

    The Iran that never trends

    Tehran Insider

  • Amirhadi Anvari

    'Charming Kitten' exposed: spy unit led Iran’s surveillance for deadly plots

    Amirhadi Anvari

  • Behrouz Turani

    'We will see' : Trump’s tentative nod meets Tehran’s hardened terms

    Behrouz Turani

  • Maryam Sinaiee

    Haunted by 2019 protests, Tehran avoids fuel price hike

    Maryam Sinaiee

  • Niloufar Goudarzi

    'We Defend Our Iran': new state curriculum inculcates martial pride

    Niloufar Goudarzi

Editors' Pick

  • UN committee adopts resolution criticizing Iran rights record

    UN committee adopts resolution criticizing Iran rights record

  • Grammy-winning Iranian singer says he faces bans from public venues

    Grammy-winning Iranian singer says he faces bans from public venues

  • Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

    Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

Most Viewed

Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens

Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens

Iranian–American detained upon arrival in Tehran, rights group says

Iranian–American detained upon arrival in Tehran, rights group says

Iran asks Saudi Arabia to help revive nuclear talks with US - Reuters

Iran asks Saudi Arabia to help revive nuclear talks with US - Reuters

'We will see' : Trump’s tentative nod meets Tehran’s hardened terms
INSIGHT

'We will see' : Trump’s tentative nod meets Tehran’s hardened terms

Hamas and Hezbollah rebuild during truce, Israeli officials say - JPost

Hamas and Hezbollah rebuild during truce, Israeli officials say - JPost

In Case You Missed It

New eyewitness accounts detail chaos at Tehran girls' school

More eyewitness students have reached out to Iran International with testimonies detailing a series of aggressive acts at a Tehran school on Tuesday, leaving three girls hospitalized.

Exhausted Iran faces USSR-style reckoning, DC-based experts say

Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians after abduction cases, India says

New eyewitness accounts detail chaos at Tehran girls' school

Negar Mojtahedi, Iran International awarded 2025 TLN media freedom award

OPINION

Anatomy of a massacre, and the mothers who refuse to let November end

ANALYSIS

The islands fallout: is Iranian patriotism the West’s blind spot?

Eye for Iran Podcast

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PODCAST

Israel’s push for Tehran's downfall by 2029 is mere rhetoric, expert says

A reported push by senior Israeli officials for the United States and Israel to force regime change in Iran by the end of US President Donald Trump's term is more rhetoric than reality, Professor Aram Hessami told Eye for Iran.

PODCAST

Iran edges toward urban water collapse

PODCAST

From guns to votes: Iran-backed Iraqi militias may be about to transform

Israel’s push for Tehran's downfall by 2029 is mere rhetoric, expert says
PODCAST

A free Palestine would undermine Tehran’s power, Gaza activists say

PODCAST

‘Nothing to lose': unbowed Iran may opt for war, ex-Israeli envoy says

PODCAST

Deadlier Israel-Iran war is inevitable, Israeli ex-intel official warns

Tehran Insider

Revolutionary road: a family row captures Iran's political gridlock
TEHRAN INSIDER

Revolutionary road: a family row captures Iran's political gridlock

This week marked the anniversary of a vast Berlin rally in October 2022 gathering tens of thousands filled in solidarity with Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom protest movement—a day that now feels almost impossibly distant.

'What foreign policy?': Iranians lament Tehran’s snub of Trump Gaza summit
TEHRAN INSIDER

'What foreign policy?': Iranians lament Tehran’s snub of Trump Gaza summit

Tehran’s decision to skip a Gaza peace summit in Egypt has left many Iranians feeling further cut off from the world—another sign, they say, of leaders who mistake isolation for strength or dignity.

Freedom's courtyard: how artists created a space safe from toxic politics
TEHRAN INSIDER

Freedom's courtyard: how artists created a space safe from toxic politics

TEHRAN INSIDER

'At least we have security': old mantra becomes bitter joke in postwar Iran

Environment

Cloud seeding starts in Iran as drought spurs public rain prayers

Iran has launched this year’s cloud-seeding operations over the Lake Urmia basin as the country faces one of its worst droughts in decades, with authorities simultaneously urging nationwide rain-seeking prayers as reservoirs run dry and water shortages deepen across major cities.

Rainfall triggers flooding in western Iran after months of severe drought

Iran minister sees Persian Gulf water as an option if the crisis deepens

Cloud seeding starts in Iran as drought spurs public rain prayers

Iran’s central plateau could be depopulated over water crisis, academic warns

Tehran faces nightly water cuts as rationing begins without notice

Only three to five years left to save Gorgan Gulf, watchdog warns

United States

  • Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

    Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

  • Negar Mojtahedi, Iran International awarded 2025 TLN media freedom award

  • Exhausted Iran faces USSR-style reckoning, DC-based experts say

  • Trump says Republicans drafting bill to broaden Russia sanctions to include Iran

Iran Nuclear

  • Israel’s attacks on Iran changed everything — or did they?

    Israel’s attacks on Iran changed everything — or did they?

  • West ‘killed’ Cairo nuclear accord, Iran foreign minister says

  • Iran says it will answer what it calls political IAEA move

  • America seeks dictation not real talks, Iran’s Foreign Minister says

Military

  • Iran parliament speaker says Vance sought talks amid June war

    Iran parliament speaker says Vance sought talks amid June war

  • Iran boosts ballistic rebuild as risk of new clash grows, Israeli media says

  • Iran-linked hackers hit Mideast defense, space firms with new malware

  • Iran plans first launch from Chabahar space center as three satellites near liftoff

Society

  • Grammy-winning Iranian singer says he faces bans from public venues

    Grammy-winning Iranian singer says he faces bans from public venues

  • Iran vows wider policing of cafes, fashion and online content in morality push

  • Tehran design event closed after online video triggers hardline backlash

  • Iran's food costs mount as families blame government for bare tables

Human Rights

  • Prominent academic body urges Iran to halt crackdown on scholars

    Prominent academic body urges Iran to halt crackdown on scholars

  • Iranian–American detained upon arrival in Tehran, rights group says

  • UN committee adopts resolution criticizing Iran rights record

  • New eyewitness accounts detail chaos at Tehran girls' school

Iran Sanctions

  • US Treasury hits Iran's shadow oil trade with sweeping sanctions

    US Treasury hits Iran's shadow oil trade with sweeping sanctions

  • US Representative says bipartisan bill will squeeze Iran oil trade

  • US lawmakers urge probe into China’s missile fuel precursor supplies to Iran

  • US expands sanctions to break Iran’s missile, drone supply chain

Mideast Crisis

  • Trump says beating Iran paved way for new Middle East

    Trump says beating Iran paved way for new Middle East

  • Hamas and Hezbollah rebuild during truce, Israeli officials say - JPost

  • Trump says US will 'probably' reach deal with Iran

  • Iran says UN Gaza resolution must not weaken Palestinian rights

Economy & Environment

  • Turkey sends aircraft to help battle Iran wildfires

    Turkey sends aircraft to help battle Iran wildfires

  • Land subsidence accelerating across major Iranian provinces, official warns

  • Air quality in Tehran plunges as forecasters warn of dangerous levels

  • Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens

Iran Protests

  • Anatomy of a massacre, and the mothers who refuse to let November end

    Anatomy of a massacre, and the mothers who refuse to let November end

  • Thousands of Iran energy workers protest low pay, poor conditions

  • British activist Tommy Robinson pledges to burn Khamenei's image

  • Small bomb explodes outside state building west of Tehran

Diplomacy

  • The end of mediation: snapback turned the page on Iran-Europe relations

    The end of mediation: snapback turned the page on Iran-Europe relations

  • Iran says Caspian Sea a foreign policy priority on par with Persian Gulf

  • Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians after abduction cases, India says

  • The islands fallout: is Iranian patriotism the West’s blind spot?

Domestic Politics

  • Cleric’s bid for beachside office on southern island draws criticism

    Cleric’s bid for beachside office on southern island draws criticism

  • Reformist ex-president says most Iranians focus on life, not politics

  • Iran’s top brass grappling with distrust after June war - Telegraph

  • Jailed ex-official urges end to Iran clerical rule via constituent assembly

Iran Insights

  • 'We will see' : Trump’s tentative nod meets Tehran’s hardened terms

    'We will see' : Trump’s tentative nod meets Tehran’s hardened terms

  • Haunted by 2019 protests, Tehran avoids fuel price hike

  • Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

  • 'We Defend Our Iran': new state curriculum inculcates martial pride