
No easy way out: pessimism grows in Tehran as Europe hardens stance
Diplomatic prospects between Iran and the West appear increasingly bleak, with Tehran’s political class voicing growing skepticism that a negotiated breakthrough is still possible.
Diplomatic prospects between Iran and the West appear increasingly bleak, with Tehran’s political class voicing growing skepticism that a negotiated breakthrough is still possible.
The European Union has proposed to Iran an extension to a deadline for invoking renewed United Nations sanctions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, as nuclear diplomacy appears to gain pace following a 12-day Mideast war last month.
Tehran is embracing the very nationalism it suppressed for much of its existence in the wake of a punishing 12-day war with Israel and the United States, signaling authorities' keenness to drum up unity among a weary populace.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday doubled down on assertions by the Trump administration that US attacks on three Iranian nuclear sites had obliterated Tehran's nuclear capabilities, saying the results were ever clearer.
Iran has intelligence indicating that the United States is using diplomatic overtures as cover for military preparations, state TV reported citing an unnamed Iranian official who said Tehran should prepare for conflict instead of engaging in talks.
Thirty-one years after the bombing of AMIA, Argentina’s main Jewish community center, victims mourned the dead and officials pointed an accusing hand at Iran just as Tehran's policies are in focus after a war with Israel last month.
The FBI on Tuesday added three alleged Iranian intelligence officials including Tehran's current ambassador to Pakistan to its Most Wanted list over their alleged role in the disappearance of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who is believed to be dead.
Iran alongside Russia and China is behind a growing number of life-threatening operations on UK soil including assassination and kidnapping plots carried out by criminal proxies and even teenagers, senior British counter terrorism officers said on Tuesday.
A festival organized by Iran's US-sanctioned stated broadcaster has brought American, European and other international journalists and activists to Iran where they expressed solidarity with the Islamic Republic following a 12-day war with Israel.
Moderate voices in Tehran are warning that the public’s quiet endurance of Israeli strikes should not be mistaken for support for the Islamic Republic, and that reconciliation—if still possible—will require drastic change.
Guards at a military facility in central Iran shot four civilians dead on Thursday night, Iranian state media reported, in the second fatal shooting incident by security forces since a 12-day war with Israel.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was injured during an Israeli airstrike last month, two US intelligence sources told CBS News, confirming reports from Iranian state media.
Belgium’s parliament passed a resolution early Friday backing efforts to designate the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on the EU list, with lawmaker Darya Safai calling the move a strong political signal.
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is facing mounting criticism for removing a video showing the women's team from Iran dancing in celebration after Iranian authorities deemed it “un-Islamic” and formally demanded its removal.
Iran on Thursday denied sending weapons to Yemen’s Houthis a day after the US military said Yemeni forces made the largest-ever seizure of conventional Iranian arms bound for the Tehran-backed group.
A recent flurry of high-level meetings across Central Asia and the Middle East signals a quiet but marked shift: Iran and Russia are increasingly sidelined in the region’s political and economic realignments in favor of Arab states.
A Norwegian-operated oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan was hit by a drone strike on Thursday, in the second attack in as many days which local officials cited by Reuters blamed on Iran-backed groups.
The curious case of Catherine Perez-Shakdam, a French-born Jewish woman who years ago met senior Iranian officials posing a sympathizer, has been revived in Tehran following a punishing war with Israel.
Israel's police announced on Thursday it had arrested an Israeli soldier they say was in contact with Iranian operatives and took money in exchange for information.
Three of Iran’s most resource-rich provinces, Khuzestan, Kerman and Hormozgan, recorded the highest levels of economic hardship in spring 2025, the news site Rokna reported Thursday, citing official statistics from the Iranian Statistics Center.
Iran’s escalating mass deportations of Afghan refugees are putting thousands of women and girls at serious risk of Taliban persecution, Amnesty International said Thursday, calling on Tehran to halt what it called flagrant violations of international law.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was forced to complete part of a recent trip to Tabriz by taxi after the fuel in three official vehicles was found to be contaminated with water, leading to a mechanical failure, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
Iranian jamming of GPS devices aims to baffle Israeli drones and missiles after a punishing wave of assassinations in a war last month, but now mostly thwarts daily commutes and food deliveries for ordinary citizens.
Recent fires and explosions across Iran have captured widespread attention and many remain skeptical of official explanations attributing them to routine accidents, especially gas leaks.
Watching Iran burn from afar creates a unique kind of anguish—a sense of guilt that you’re free and safe while your homeland is in pain.
Iran’s escalating mass deportations of Afghan refugees are putting thousands of women and girls at serious risk of Taliban persecution, Amnesty International said Thursday, calling on Tehran to halt what it called flagrant violations of international law.
The Islamic Republic may have suffered a punishing blow in the recent 12-day war but has not backed down and may resort to assassinations, former White House official Michael Doran told Eye for Iran.