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The Iranian police's plan to gain unrestricted access to business CCTV footage has raised serious concerns about potential further restrictions on individual and social freedoms.

Israel's retaliation options after Iran's largest missile barrage may include "regime symbols" like Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's residence and targeting officials, which, while risky, are not off the table, according to a former IDF spokesperson.

Tehran enlisted criminals to carry out armed attacks on Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen coinciding roughly with its vast missile barrage against Israel this week, a Swedish police source and another informed source told Iran International.

US President Joe Biden on Friday said Israel ought not to strike Iran's oil infrastructure in response to an Iranian ballistic missile attack, a day after his suggestion that it was a potential target sent crude prices surging.

It was Khamenei's first major public appearance in nearly five years at Friday Prayers. His presence was announced days in advance and reiterated after Israel's threat to retaliate for Iran's October 1 missile attack.

President Joe Biden was wrong to say the United States would not back an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear program, his predecessor and potential successor Donald Trump told Fox News on Thursday.

The head of Iran-Qatar Joint Chamber of Commerce has proposed the establishment of a financial institution aimed at facilitating transfer of funds to and from Qatar.

A former top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s body was not injured by large bunker-buster bombs that Israel dropped on an underground hideout.

Iran backs a ceasefire in Lebanon, but only if it has Hezbollah's support and occurs simultaneously with a ceasefire in Gaza, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday during a press conference in ‌Beirut.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei led Tehran’s Friday prayers for the first time in five years, delivering a sermon in Persian and Arabic where he reiterated his support for Arab groups fighting Israel.

High-ranking IRGC officers and hardliner loyalists have been suggesting that the Islamic Republic should deploy volunteers and military forces to Lebanon to assist Hezbollah in the wake of devastating Israeli strikes.

After two months of warnings, Iran’s Islamist government attacked Israel on October 1, 2024, with 200 ballistic missiles. Iranians and Israelis watched as missiles flew over cities, debris falling from the sky after being intercepted.

The United States is advising Israel on its promised response to an Iranian missile attack, US President Joe Biden told reporters on Thursday, underscoring Washington's central role in an escalating crisis which threatens all-out war.

April to October 2024 may well be recorded by historians as the critical months when the simmering shadow war between Iran and Israel erupted into open conflict, reshaping the Middle East irreversibly.

As anxious Iranians followed the news of the October 1 ballistic missile attack on Israel and awaited Israel's response, others speculated about a possible shift in the Islamic Republic's nuclear doctrine.

Satellite images released Thursday have revealed the extent of the damage caused by Iran's ballistic missile attack on Israel’s Nevatim air base, located near Be'er Sheva.

President Masoud Pezeshkian’s order to the Supreme Council of Cyberspace to crack down on the sale of anti-filtering software has left his supporters confused, as he had previously promised to lift internet filtering.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that Tehran would deliver a strong response to any further Israeli actions, however he mentioned that Tehran is not seeking war with Israel.

Following the recent escalation between Iran and Israel, a hardline Tehran newspaper is calling for a significant shift in the Islamic Republic’s nuclear doctrine, advocating for a major “transformation.”

Before Iran launched a massive missile attack against Israel, the Quds Force—the arm of the Iranian military responsible for conducting proxy warfare—reasserted its primary mission: the elimination of Israel.

In the wake of Iran's massive but largely ineffectual missile barrage, Israel has arrived at a critical crossroads that will test its ambition in dealing with its mortal enemy.