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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.

France, Britain, and Germany will activate the United Nations snapback mechanism against Iran by the end of August if no tangible progress is made on a nuclear deal by then, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday.

An Iranian doctoral student arrested in Louisiana following US airstrikes on Iran must be released and protected from deportation, a federal magistrate judge ruled on Monday, the New York Times reported.

Iran's defense minister on Monday said the Islamic Republic does not trust the current ceasefire with Israel and has prepared multiple military scenarios in anticipation of renewed hostilities.

Ali Khamenei’s office has responded to an open letter sent by former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant to Iran's Supreme Leader, calling it propaganda and a “full-scale psychological operation.”

Iran’s nuclear program was a threat to the United States, US Senator Cynthia Lummis told Iran International, adding that last month's US attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities were further justified by Tehran's avowed hostility.

The appearance of Iranian football referee Alireza Faghani beside US President Donald Trump during the Club World Cup medal ceremony over the weekend in which they both gave a thumbs up has sparked anger among the Islamic Republic's supporters.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Iranians abroad in an open letter on Monday that Tehran was determined to mend fences abroad through diplomacy and fix its economy, weeks after a punishing conflict with Israel and the United States.

A senior Iranian lawmaker on Monday suggested Iran might use its military to seal the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway as tensions continue over stalled nuclear talks following a 12-day conflict with Israel and the United States.

A joint American-Israeli plan to collapse Iran’s leadership within days of a surprise Israeli attack last month failed and only alienated the public, Iranian presidential aide Ali Rabiei said.

The fallout from Israeli strikes on Iran is still fueling political infighting in Tehran—this time over allegations Azerbaijan allowed Israel to use its territory for attacks, with President Masoud Pezeshkian caught in the crossfire.

Iran’s communications ministry confirmed deliberate GPS jamming affecting millions of people in the wake of a war with Israel and said it is considering adopting China’s BeiDou in order to thwart drone and missile attacks.

China's imports of Iranian crude oil surged in June to their highest level since March, reaching over 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd), as sellers accelerated shipments to avoid potential disruptions linked to Iran’s conflict with Israel, Bloomberg reported.

Iran’s international air traffic has plunged to a fifth of pre-war levels, ten days after authorities reopened the country’s main airports following a ceasefire with Israel.

Iran will deliver a "proportionate and appropriate response" if European parties move to re-activate the UN snapback mechanism to reinstate international sanctions removed under the 2015 nuclear deal, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday.

Iranian state media have detailed an alleged Israeli strike on a Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) meeting in Tehran on June 16—but Iran International’s investigation reveals contradictions that cast doubt on the official narrative.

More than 400 senior clerics in Iran’s holy city of Qom have backed a religious decree labeling threats against Supreme Leader as “moharebeh” or “waging war against God,” a crime in Islamic law that can carry the death penalty.

Israel sought to bring about regime change in its 12-day war with Iran, but its failure to achieve that goal proves Tehran won the conflict, a senior Iranian official said on Sunday.

The Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy committee has approved the general provisions of a draft bill aimed at boosting the country’s armed forces against the Israeli threat, a senior Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday.

The US has warned Iraq it could face sanctions over what it called Iranian oil smuggling and ties to armed groups, threatening to freeze millions in revenue and target state oil firm SOMO, Iraqi media reported.

Iran has launched a wide-ranging investigation into Israel’s attempted assassination of President Masoud Pezeshkian, with suspicions of an inside agent, Al Jazeera reported, citing an unnamed senior Iranian official.