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US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran “wants to make a deal so badly,” adding that the war could end before or shortly after the midterm elections.
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US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran “wants to make a deal so badly,” adding that the war could end before or shortly after the midterm elections.
Eight women face execution in Iran, rights group warns
At least eight women are facing death sentences in prisons across Iran, including four in cases linked to the nationwide January protests, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) rights group reported on Sunday.
Deadly ship strike deepens crisis over Strait of Hormuz
An Iranian container ship was struck by an unidentified projectile, killing one crew member and injuring four, with Iran ruling out reopening the Strait of Hormuz despite plans for a new maritime corridor on Sunday.
Iranians buy bread on credit, queue for chicken scraps
Iranians are increasingly buying basic food on credit and lining up for chicken scraps, with shopkeepers and residents describing shrinking purchasing power under rapidly rising prices in a report published Sunday.
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Iran students go without as elite schools charge billions
Some Iranian schools are charging billions of rials for pools, therapy and small classes as students elsewhere reuse old bags and go without uniforms, shoes and stationery because their families cannot afford them ahead of the new school year.
Iran regime used Claude to expand surveillance of dissidents, Anthropic says
Anthropic said Iranian paramilitary and security units used Claude to surveil thousands of Iranians and identify opposition and diaspora accounts, while a separate MEK-linked operation used the AI to impersonate an activist and profile people inside Iran.
Mideast oil flows recover while Iran exports vanish, tracker says
Middle Eastern oil exporters are finding ways around months of war and shipping disruption, with UAE crude exports back at pre-war levels, according to TankerTrackers.com, which says Iranian exports have effectively vanished.
Iranian actress dedicates Venice award to ‘brave women of Iran’
Iranian actress Laleh Marzban dedicated her best actress award at the Venice Film Festival to the “brave women of Iran,” saying they were enduring immense pressure and paying a heavy price for basic freedoms.
Crackdown on Dissent
Rushed trials, public hangings: Iran courts race to crush dissent
Iran has executed at least 29 people arrested in connection with the widespread protests in January, more than half of whom were not accused of killing anyone, with some put to death in public in what rights groups describe as a campaign to deter further dissent.
Blogger sentenced to death in Iran on security-related charges
Marziyeh “Sevda” Ebrahimi Shamsabadi, a 33-year-old blogger from Bandar Abbas who has been detained since March, has been sentenced to death, according to information obtained by Iran International.
18 Iranian prisoners face possible death sentences over prison unrest
Eighteen prisoners held at Dastgerd prison in the central Iranian city of Isfahan could face death sentences over unrest and a fire at the facility, according to a judicial document obtained by Iran International.
Iraqi groups deny Saudi pipeline strike, say ‘would be proud if we did it’
Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups denied responsibility on Saturday for the drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline, rejecting an accusation that has already prompted Baghdad to dismiss a military commander and close border crossings with Iran.
Trump again tells Iranians to take their government. This time nobody blinked
US President Donald Trump this week repeated the boldest promise of the Iran war, that when Washington is "finished," Iranians should take over their government. In February the sentence stunned. On Wednesday it barely registered, and the silence is the story.
Heavy fighting spreads in southeastern Iran, with security force casualties reported
Heavy fighting between Iranian security forces and unidentified gunmen spread across parts of Saravan in southeastern Iran on Saturday, with reports of attacks on military vehicles and dozens of security personnel killed or wounded, the rights group Haalvsh reported.
Israeli envoy says no victory until Islamic Republic falls
Israel will settle for nothing short of the collapse of the Islamic Republic, its ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter told Iran International.
Fall of Hezbollah heights ignites blame game in Tehran
The fall of the Ali al-Taher heights to Israel has turned Iran's hardliners on the negotiators of the June deal with Washington, whose clause on Lebanon was sold at home as a victory and whose defenders now say it has been dead for two months.
Saudi Arabia squeezed from Iraq and Yemen ahead of GCC talks with Iran
Saudi Arabia faced growing pressure on two fronts Friday as drones launched from Iraq struck its East-West oil pipeline, prompting fresh Iraqi security measures, while Iran-aligned Houthis tightened their grip on Yemen’s Red Sea coast ahead of regional talks in Oman.
Russia may fill Iran gap if support for Yemen Houthis falters
Russia could help sustain Yemen’s Houthis if Iran’s ability to support the group is weakened, providing a lifeline as the group expands its reach around a second crucial Middle Eastern shipping route, according to Anna Borshchevskaya, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute.
Iran-backed Houthis advance near key Red Sea shipping route as Yemeni forces retreat
Iran-backed Houthi forces advanced toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, reaching Dhubab as Yemeni government forces withdrew from nearby Perim Island, raising concerns over another major shipping route amid disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.
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