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The United Kingdom and Switzerland say they have resumed their embassy operations in Tehran following temporary closures during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told US right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson that Israel was seeking to embroil the United States in a Mideast 'forever war', in his first international interview since US and Israeli attacks on Iran.

Iran has accused detained political activist Hossein Ronaghi of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic in favor of Israel” over an Instagram story he posted after the start of Israel’s strikes during the recent 12-day war, Iran International has learned.

Five Kurdish men detained during the 2022 protests in Iran have been sentenced to death by a revolutionary court in the city of Urmia, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) said on Monday.

Israeli security services have arrested a Tel Aviv resident accused of being involved in an Iran-backed plot targeting the country’s politicians and military bases, as the number of cases continues to rise.

The Israeli military said on Monday it had detained members of an Iranian Quds Force cell — the foreign operations arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards — in Syria during an overnight raid, the second such operation in a week.

As air quality in Tehran and much of neighboring Alborz province reaches hazardous levels, medical experts are advising the vulnerable to stay indoors, with preparations underway for an emergency response.

A parliamentary report in the UK is set to warn that Iran remains one of the gravest state-based threats to British security, according to The Telegraph, while a separate investigation in Italy has uncovered a vast influence network supporting the Islamic Republic.

Persian Gulf states are quietly relieved that the 12-day war with Israel has weakened the Islamic Republic, security experts told Iran International, though Tehran's Arab rivals prefer a declawed Iran to a regime change that would lead to instability.

An Afghan-Danish national arrested in Denmark for spying on behalf of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards had traveled covertly to Iran after gathering intelligence on Jewish sites in Berlin, German newspaper Bild reported Sunday.

A French man has gone missing in Iran since mid-June, France’s minister for citizens abroad said on Monday, raising concerns over Tehran’s history of detaining Western nationals.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s first public appearance in over three weeks has drawn mixed reactions, with state officials and media hailing his return as a sign of strength while some online reactions from Iranians were dismissive or critical.

Iranian nationals and individuals linked to Hezbollah are suspected of playing a role in a €157 million cocaine trafficking operation intercepted off Ireland’s southern coast in 2023, the Irish Times reported.

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem on Sunday rejected international pressure on the Iran-backed group to surrender its weapons, saying Israeli threats would not force disarmament.

A widespread internet blackout hit Iran on Saturday night, disrupting global access for millions once more, the first such shutdown since mass outages across the country during the conflict with Israel.

Iran has stepped up deportations of undocumented Afghans in the wake of the recent conflict with Israel, using unproven spying allegations to accelerate a longstanding deportation drive.

A shadow war of mutual cyber-attacks between Iran and Israel has replaced missile fire and air strikes as a fragile truce holds, security experts told Iran International.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei took part in a Muharram mourning ceremony at his compound in Tehran on Saturday, appearing before a select audience for the first time since Israeli attacks began on June 13, photos and videos released by his office show.

A new video showing two massive blasts near Tehran's Tajrish square has delivered a vivid illustration of the civilian toll a 12-day Israeli war wrought on Iran.

Iran is losing over $1.5 million every hour to internet restrictions, the Internet Business Association said in an open letter, as media linked to the Revolutionary Guards said the disruptions may signal an intensifying cyber war.

Iranian missiles struck five Israeli military facilities during last month’s 12-day war, according to satellite radar data reviewed by US researchers and published by The Telegraph on Saturday.