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Nuclear Program

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Iran asks Saudi Arabia to help revive nuclear talks with US - Reuters

Iran has asked Saudi Arabia to help persuade the United States to restart nuclear talks, Reuters reported citing two regional sources with knowledge of the matter.

IAEA board passes resolution pressing Iran for access and answers

Iran asks Saudi Arabia to help revive nuclear talks with US - Reuters

Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens

Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain.

Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens

Hamas and Hezbollah rebuild during truce, Israeli officials say - JPost

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.

Iran says UN Gaza resolution must not weaken Palestinian rights

Lebanon president confronted Iran envoy over Hezbollah, withdrawn report says

Hamas and Hezbollah rebuild during truce, Israeli officials say - JPost
INSIGHT

Haunted by 2019 protests, Tehran avoids fuel price hike

Tehran is once again tiptoeing around the issue of gasoline prices under the long shadow of November 2019 protests that became one of the bloodiest crackdowns in the Islamic Republic’s history.

Iran says price of imported gasoline far outstrips subsidized rate

Haunted by 2019 protests, Tehran avoids fuel price hike

Trump says US will 'probably' reach deal with Iran

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that its Mideast arch-foe Iran was seeking to reach a deal and that his administration would "probably" achieve one.

Tehran denies any talks with Washington despite Trump comment

Iran says only level of uranium enrichment open for talks with US

Trump says US will 'probably' reach deal with Iran
Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

Tehran media debate merits of new ‘armed negotiations’ doctrine
INSIGHT

Tehran media debate merits of new ‘armed negotiations’ doctrine

Policing Morality

  • 80,000 Hijab Enforcers Deployed
  • Hijab Rift Widens
Grammy-winning Iranian singer says he faces bans from public venues

Grammy-winning Iranian singer says he faces bans from public venues

Iranian singer and songwriter Shervin Hajipour said he is facing new restrictions, including being barred from entering a gym and attending concerts.

Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen
INSIGHT

Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

The sudden closure of the Tehran Design Week exhibition at Tehran University has ignited a storm of reactions—from hardline groups that pushed for its shutdown to students and sympathizers who lamented the decision.

Iran vows wider policing of cafes, fashion and online content in morality push

Iran vows wider policing of cafes, fashion and online content in morality push

INSIGHT

Disable the SIM, disable the citizen: Iran's new, silent crackdown

New eyewitness accounts detail chaos at Tehran girls' school

More eyewitness students have reached out to Iran International with testimonies detailing a series of aggressive acts at a Tehran school on Tuesday, leaving three girls hospitalized.

Three Iranian girls hospitalized after alleged beatings by school officials

New eyewitness accounts detail chaos at Tehran girls' school
INSIGHT

'We Defend Our Iran': new state curriculum inculcates martial pride

A new school curriculum mandated by Iran’s education ministry has cast a 12-day war with Israel in June as a national triumph, underscoring a bid by the country's clerical rulers to boost support following the punishing conflict.

Iran Guards say talk of new war is psychological warfare

'We Defend Our Iran': new state curriculum inculcates martial pride
Reformist ex-president says most Iranians focus on life, not politics

Reformist ex-president says most Iranians focus on life, not politics

Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami said most people in the country are more concerned with living their lives amid worsening economic conditions than with who governs them.

Jailed ex-official urges end to Iran clerical rule via constituent assembly

Jailed ex-official urges end to Iran clerical rule via constituent assembly

A freely elected constituent assembly to rewrite Iran’s constitution is the only peaceful path to democratic transition, imprisoned politician Mostafa Tajzadeh said in a letter from prison made public on Tuesday.

Exhausted Iran faces USSR-style reckoning, DC-based experts say

Exhausted Iran faces USSR-style reckoning, DC-based experts say

OPINION

Iran’s rulers don’t mind the ship sinking, their brood jumped long ago

Iran releases seized Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with crew safe

Iran has released the Marshall Islands-flagged product tanker Talara and all 21 crew are safe, the vessel’s operator Columbia Shipmanagement said on Wednesday, days after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed they had seized the ship off the country’s southern coast.

Oil tanker crew safe after Iran seizes ship, vessel manager says

Iran releases seized Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with crew safe

Iran-linked hackers hit Mideast defense, space firms with new malware

Google-owned security firm Mandiant reported on Tuesday that Iran-linked UNC1549 breached Middle East aerospace, aviation and defense organizations in a campaign from late 2023 to October 2025.

Iran-linked hackers hit Mideast defense, space firms with new malware
Iran’s top brass grappling with distrust after June war - Telegraph

Iran’s top brass grappling with distrust after June war - Telegraph

Iranian security institutions have come under growing internal pressure and suspicion since Israel’s June attacks, with accounts describing heightened oversight inside the Revolutionary Guard, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. 

Israel’s push for Tehran's downfall by 2029 is mere rhetoric, expert says
PODCAST

Israel’s push for Tehran's downfall by 2029 is mere rhetoric, expert says

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.

Tehran city official confirms traffic-camera images were used by Israel

Tehran city official confirms traffic-camera images were used by Israel

A member of Tehran’s city council has implicitly confirmed reports that images from the capital’s traffic-camera network were sent abroad and used by Israel, and called for tighter security controls on foreign-made surveillance equipment.

EXCLUSIVE

Australia registers Press TV as Iranian foreign agent

Iranian state broadcaster Press TV has been formally registered under Australia’s Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme (FITS) as an entity acting on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Attorney General’s Department told Iran International.

Australia registers Press TV as Iranian foreign agent

Spotlight

  • Maryam Sinaiee

    Haunted by 2019 protests, Tehran avoids fuel price hike

    Maryam Sinaiee

  • Niloufar Goudarzi

    'We Defend Our Iran': new state curriculum inculcates martial pride

    Niloufar Goudarzi

  • Behrouz Turani

    Vienna vote may test limits of Iran-IAEA relations

    Behrouz Turani

  • Maryam Moqaddam

    Disable the SIM, disable the citizen: Iran's new, silent crackdown

    Maryam Moqaddam

  • Clément Therme

    The end of mediation: snapback turned the page on Iran-Europe relations

    Clément Therme

  • Arash Sohrabi

    Iran says Caspian Sea a foreign policy priority on par with Persian Gulf

    Arash Sohrabi

Editors' Pick

  • Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

    Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

  • A grain too far: Iranian rice becomes too dear for many

    A grain too far: Iranian rice becomes too dear for many

  • Iran plans first launch from Chabahar space center as three satellites near liftoff

    Iran plans first launch from Chabahar space center as three satellites near liftoff

Most Viewed

Lebanon president confronted Iran envoy over Hezbollah, withdrawn report says

Lebanon president confronted Iran envoy over Hezbollah, withdrawn report says

Iranian nuclear scientists made covert visit to Russia for laser tech - FT

Iranian nuclear scientists made covert visit to Russia for laser tech - FT

Trump says US will 'probably' reach deal with Iran

Trump says US will 'probably' reach deal with Iran

Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

Iran releases seized Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with crew safe

Iran releases seized Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with crew safe

In Case You Missed It

Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians after abduction cases, India says

India’s embassy in Tehran on Monday said Iran will suspend its visa-waiver facility for ordinary Indian passport holders from November 22 after reports that Indians were being lured to the country on false job offers and kidnapped for ransom.

Negar Mojtahedi, Iran International awarded 2025 TLN media freedom award

OPINION

Anatomy of a massacre, and the mothers who refuse to let November end

Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians after abduction cases, India says
ANALYSIS

The islands fallout: is Iranian patriotism the West’s blind spot?

New Tehran Fashion Week set to test Iran's morality limits

VOICES FROM IRAN

Iran's water crisis continues as outages, low pressure linger

Eye for Iran Podcast

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PODCAST

Iran edges toward urban water collapse

Tehran and other major cities are edging toward water poverty, Dr. Kaveh Madani told Eye for Iran, with millions at risk of relying for their water on tankers trucks as taps begin to run dry.

PODCAST

From guns to votes: Iran-backed Iraqi militias may be about to transform

PODCAST

A free Palestine would undermine Tehran’s power, Gaza activists say

Iran edges toward urban water collapse
PODCAST

‘Nothing to lose': unbowed Iran may opt for war, ex-Israeli envoy says

PODCAST

Deadlier Israel-Iran war is inevitable, Israeli ex-intel official warns

PODCAST

Oil sanctions squeeze Iranians as buoyant flows to China enrich elite

Tehran Insider

Revolutionary road: a family row captures Iran's political gridlock
TEHRAN INSIDER

Revolutionary road: a family row captures Iran's political gridlock

This week marked the anniversary of a vast Berlin rally in October 2022 gathering tens of thousands filled in solidarity with Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom protest movement—a day that now feels almost impossibly distant.

'What foreign policy?': Iranians lament Tehran’s snub of Trump Gaza summit
TEHRAN INSIDER

'What foreign policy?': Iranians lament Tehran’s snub of Trump Gaza summit

Tehran’s decision to skip a Gaza peace summit in Egypt has left many Iranians feeling further cut off from the world—another sign, they say, of leaders who mistake isolation for strength or dignity.

Freedom's courtyard: how artists created a space safe from toxic politics
TEHRAN INSIDER

Freedom's courtyard: how artists created a space safe from toxic politics

TEHRAN INSIDER

'At least we have security': old mantra becomes bitter joke in postwar Iran

Environment

Cloud seeding starts in Iran as drought spurs public rain prayers

Iran has launched this year’s cloud-seeding operations over the Lake Urmia basin as the country faces one of its worst droughts in decades, with authorities simultaneously urging nationwide rain-seeking prayers as reservoirs run dry and water shortages deepen across major cities.

Rainfall triggers flooding in western Iran after months of severe drought

Iran minister sees Persian Gulf water as an option if the crisis deepens

Cloud seeding starts in Iran as drought spurs public rain prayers

Iran’s central plateau could be depopulated over water crisis, academic warns

Tehran faces nightly water cuts as rationing begins without notice

Only three to five years left to save Gorgan Gulf, watchdog warns

United States

  • Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

    Trump says Iran wants a deal 'very badly', US is talking to Iran

  • Negar Mojtahedi, Iran International awarded 2025 TLN media freedom award

  • Exhausted Iran faces USSR-style reckoning, DC-based experts say

  • Trump says Republicans drafting bill to broaden Russia sanctions to include Iran

Iran Nuclear

  • Iran asks Saudi Arabia to help revive nuclear talks with US - Reuters

    Iran asks Saudi Arabia to help revive nuclear talks with US - Reuters

  • IAEA board passes resolution pressing Iran for access and answers

  • Iran resumes building at alleged former nuclear weapons site – think tank

  • Vienna vote may test limits of Iran-IAEA relations

Military

  • Iran-linked hackers hit Mideast defense, space firms with new malware

    Iran-linked hackers hit Mideast defense, space firms with new malware

  • Iran plans first launch from Chabahar space center as three satellites near liftoff

  • US-Israeli strikes on Iran risk long-term blowback, ex-envoy Malley says

  • Iran turns to armed forces to help tackle economic woes

Society

  • Grammy-winning Iranian singer says he faces bans from public venues

    Grammy-winning Iranian singer says he faces bans from public venues

  • Iran vows wider policing of cafes, fashion and online content in morality push

  • Tehran design event closed after online video triggers hardline backlash

  • Iran's food costs mount as families blame government for bare tables

Human Rights

  • New eyewitness accounts detail chaos at Tehran girls' school

    New eyewitness accounts detail chaos at Tehran girls' school

  • Three Iranian girls hospitalized after alleged beatings by school officials

  • Disable the SIM, disable the citizen: Iran's new, silent crackdown

  • Australia registers Press TV as Iranian foreign agent

Iran Sanctions

  • US Representative says bipartisan bill will squeeze Iran oil trade

    US Representative says bipartisan bill will squeeze Iran oil trade

  • US lawmakers urge probe into China’s missile fuel precursor supplies to Iran

  • US expands sanctions to break Iran’s missile, drone supply chain

  • Iran oil sales hit seven-year high despite US sanctions, trackers say

Mideast Crisis

  • Hamas and Hezbollah rebuild during truce, Israeli officials say - JPost

    Hamas and Hezbollah rebuild during truce, Israeli officials say - JPost

  • Trump says US will 'probably' reach deal with Iran

  • Iran says UN Gaza resolution must not weaken Palestinian rights

  • Lebanon president confronted Iran envoy over Hezbollah, withdrawn report says

Economy & Environment

  • Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens

    Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens

  • A grain too far: Iranian rice becomes too dear for many

  • Iran says price of imported gasoline far outstrips subsidized rate

  • Wind and dry vegetation fuel forest fires in Iran’s Hyrcanian woodlands

Iran Protests

  • Anatomy of a massacre, and the mothers who refuse to let November end

    Anatomy of a massacre, and the mothers who refuse to let November end

  • Thousands of Iran energy workers protest low pay, poor conditions

  • British activist Tommy Robinson pledges to burn Khamenei's image

  • Small bomb explodes outside state building west of Tehran

Diplomacy

  • The end of mediation: snapback turned the page on Iran-Europe relations

    The end of mediation: snapback turned the page on Iran-Europe relations

  • Iran says Caspian Sea a foreign policy priority on par with Persian Gulf

  • Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians after abduction cases, India says

  • The islands fallout: is Iranian patriotism the West’s blind spot?

Domestic Politics

  • Reformist ex-president says most Iranians focus on life, not politics

    Reformist ex-president says most Iranians focus on life, not politics

  • Iran’s top brass grappling with distrust after June war - Telegraph

  • Jailed ex-official urges end to Iran clerical rule via constituent assembly

  • Tehran media debate merits of new ‘armed negotiations’ doctrine

Iran Insights

  • Haunted by 2019 protests, Tehran avoids fuel price hike

    Haunted by 2019 protests, Tehran avoids fuel price hike

  • Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

  • 'We Defend Our Iran': new state curriculum inculcates martial pride

  • Tehran metro arrests fuel debate over protests and change in Iran