Worsted in war and sapped by sanctions, the Islamic Republic remains determined to quash with deadly force any domestic move to topple it, former CIA case officer Reuel Marc Gerecht told Iran International.
The first Iranian Film Festival in Israel opened on Sunday in Sderot, a southern Israeli city attacked by Iran-backed Hamas militants on Oct. 7 2023, which organizers say will promote cultural dialogue between the peoples of the two nominal enemies.
Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, called for direct confrontation with Israel on Sunday after Hezbollah said a senior commander and four other members were killed in an Israeli strike near Beirut.
Tehran is considering suspending or withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) following a Western-backed resolution passed by the UN atomic watchdog this week, a member of Iran’s parliament said on Saturday.
Iran’s nuclear strategy has entered an ambiguous new phase, said veteran non-proliferation expert Mark Fitzpatrick, and Israel’s attacks in June could have left intact Tehran's ability to pivot toward a bomb if it so chose.
Hamas and Hezbollah are quietly rebuilding their military capabilities amid a tense ceasefire with Israel, the Jerusalem Post cited Israeli defense officials as saying on Thursday.
An Iranian lawmaker said on Tuesday that Israeli intelligence operations during the June war were likely aided by a Mossad network operating inside Iran that leaked information on the movements of senior officials.
A reported push by senior Israeli officials for the United States and Israel to force regime change in Iran by the end of US President Donald Trump's term is more rhetoric than reality, Professor Aram Hessami told Eye for Iran.
Israel has indicted a 27-year-old resident of Kiryat Yam on charges of spying for Iranian intelligence, accusing him of transmitting sensitive military information and exploiting his girlfriend’s access to an Air Force base, the Shin Bet and Israel Police said on Sunday.
Iran will run a drill to test its mobile phone warning system on Friday, Iranian media said, sending test alerts to selected users between 10 and 12 local time as officials speak more often of renewed conflict with Israel.
Syria will help the US take on Iran’s Guards and Hezbollah as part of a sharp turn in its ties with Washington, US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said on Thursday in a post on his X.
A Guards-linked outlet has criticized an Iranian standards official for sitting at the same roundtable as an Israeli representative at last month’s ISO meeting in Rwanda, warning that such contact could carry legal penalties.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told the Washington Post his government has expelled Iranian and Hezbollah forces from Syria and is ready for a new phase of ties with the United States.
Iran’s nuclear negotiations have long served to buy time for building atomic weapons, prominent Tehran-based political commentator Sadegh Zibakalam said in a debate published on Tuesday.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement said they would pause their attacks against Israel and maritime shipping in the Red Sea but warned they will resume combat if the fragile Gaza ceasefire collapses.
The US is trying to set up military bases near Iran’s southern port on the Gulf of Oman to tighten control over regional energy and trade routes, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday.
An Iranian lawmaker on Wednesday hailed the victory of Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim Democratic candidate in a US mayoral election, as proof of the strength of the slogan “Death to Israel,” the state broadcaster reported.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has approved a wide-ranging set of national policies aimed at strengthening society including a new Hebrew language TV channel to counter so-called Zionist propaganda.
Iran is supplying Shi’ite militias in Iraq with more advanced weapons in preparation for a possible new round of fighting with Israel, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
Iran’s backing of Hamas has not only deepened Palestinian suffering but also strengthened hardliners in Israel, two Gaza-born activists told Eye for Iran, warning that Tehran’s influence is faltering as its regional sway ebbs.
Three Turkish nationals have been charged in Israel with attempting to smuggle firearms into the country from Iran through Jordan, in what prosecutors describe as part of a wider Iranian effort to arm militants inside Israel.
Iran is isolated and under pressure but its robust counterattacks in a 12-day war with Israel may embolden it to fight another more deadly conflict, author and former Israeli ambassador to Washington Michael Oren told Eye for Iran.