Iran

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has acknowledged that Israel held a missile advantage during the June conflict between the two foes, while reaffirming Tehran’s commitment to maintaining and expanding its missile program.

Iran is seeking to deepen ties with Tunisia as it looks to rebuild regional influence after recent setbacks, according to an Atlantic Council analysis published on Wednesday.

Iran has built a covert network to keep its aviation sector operating despite sweeping international sanctions, using front companies, smuggling routes and deceptive flight practices, according to a joint report by the Institute for National Security Studies and ColEven.

Iranians across generations increasingly see migration not as a dream but as an escape from a future that feels out of reach, a survival strategy driven by economic collapse, shrinking opportunities, and a sense of confinement they say follows them both at home and abroad.

The US Senate on Wednesday passed the Fiscal Year 2026 Intelligence Authorization Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, sending it to President Trump for signature.

The France-based lawyer for jailed Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi said on Wednesday she will ask the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged crimes by Iran including the sudden death of a rights lawyer this month.

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett confirmed that his Telegram account was hacked but insisted his phone was not accessed, the Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday.

A seriously ill Iranian Christian convert who broke her spine in Evin Prison is among five Christians handed combined prison terms totaling more than 50 years, a rights group said.

Free speech. Open dialogue. People having access to one another, the ordinary ability to speak freely and exchange ideas. These might be the downfall of the system patiently built up by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, not foreign weapons.

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday rejected a claim by an Iran-linked hacking group that it had infiltrated his mobile phone.

Israel is reassessing the impact of its June military campaign on Iran’s ballistic missile program as analysts say Tehran is keen to rebuild its core deterrent in a move that could set the stage for renewed war.

Iran and Russia signed a cooperation document between their foreign ministries on Wednesday after talks in Moscow, setting out a consultations program for the years 2026 to 2028.

A film by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has advanced to the shortlist for the international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards, organizers said on Tuesday.

Sweden confirmed on Wednesday that one of its citizens was detained in Iran, in a response to questions from Iran International, after Iran’s judiciary disclosed details of a case involving an Iranian-Swedish dual national accused of spying for Israel.

Member of the Canadian Parliament Garnett Genuis told Iran International the government failed to protect people forced into conscription by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) when it listed the group a terrorist organization last year.

New Google algorithms for YouTube are more accurately detecting virtual private networks which mask user locations and are reclassifying most traffic as originating from Iran where ad rates are minimal.

A lawsuit filed in a Texas state court accuses top American chip-making companies of failing to stop their technology from being diverted into Iranian and Russian weapons used in attacks on Ukrainian civilians.

Iran’s central bank said on Tuesday it had blocked bank the accounts of over 250 people suspected of money laundering a sum amounting to $1.6 billion, as the country attempts to consolidate its financial system amid harsh sanctions.