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Iran may now decide to develop nuclear weapons following the US attacks on its main nuclear sites last month, former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview.

Iran alongside Russia and China is behind a growing number of life-threatening operations on UK soil including assassination and kidnapping plots carried out by criminal proxies and even teenagers, senior British counter terrorism officers said on Tuesday.

Defection from within Iran’s armed forces could become a serious threat to the Islamic Republic—but only if defectors are given protection, a clear pathway to safety, and a structure they can trust, experts told Iran International.

Recent fires and explosions across Iran have captured widespread attention and many remain skeptical of official explanations attributing them to routine accidents, especially gas leaks.

The prehistoric sites of the Khorramabad Valley in Iran, including five caves and one rock shelter, have been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List.

Tehran has renamed a street honoring the assassin of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat after slain Hezbollah leader, a move that both commemorates Hassan Nasrallah and eliminates a long-standing obstacle to improved ties with Egypt.

As forced deportations of Afghan migrants from Iran escalate, Afghans are pushing a nationwide boycott of Iranian goods in protest.

Iran’s political fault lines are widening in the aftermath of the 12-day war with Israel, with President Masoud Pezeshkian facing accusations of attempting a coup against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Disgraced former Iranian UN envoy Mohammad Jafar Mahallati has resurfaced in Iran, presenting himself as an Oberlin College professor, despite allegations that saw him removed from his position in the US for covering up mass executions and committing sexual misconduct.

The European Union on Tuesday sanctioned eight individuals and one entity tied to Iran for what it described as serious human rights violations and acts of transnational repression including assassinations and enforced disappearances of dissidents abroad.

Iran could boost its uranium enrichment to 90%, weapons-grade level, and consider exiting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European powers move to trigger the UN snapback sanctions mechanism, Tasnim News reported on Tuesday.

Watching Iran burn from afar creates a unique kind of anguish—a sense of guilt that you’re free and safe while your homeland is in pain.

France, Britain, and Germany will activate the United Nations snapback mechanism against Iran by the end of August if no tangible progress is made on a nuclear deal by then, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday.

An Iranian doctoral student arrested in Louisiana following US airstrikes on Iran must be released and protected from deportation, a federal magistrate judge ruled on Monday, the New York Times reported.

Iran's defense minister on Monday said the Islamic Republic does not trust the current ceasefire with Israel and has prepared multiple military scenarios in anticipation of renewed hostilities.

Ali Khamenei’s office has responded to an open letter sent by former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant to Iran's Supreme Leader, calling it propaganda and a “full-scale psychological operation.”

Iran’s nuclear program was a threat to the United States, US Senator Cynthia Lummis told Iran International, adding that last month's US attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities were further justified by Tehran's avowed hostility.

The appearance of Iranian football referee Alireza Faghani beside US President Donald Trump during the Club World Cup medal ceremony over the weekend in which they both gave a thumbs up has sparked anger among the Islamic Republic's supporters.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Iranians abroad in an open letter on Monday that Tehran was determined to mend fences abroad through diplomacy and fix its economy, weeks after a punishing conflict with Israel and the United States.

A senior Iranian lawmaker on Monday suggested Iran might use its military to seal the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway as tensions continue over stalled nuclear talks following a 12-day conflict with Israel and the United States.

A joint American-Israeli plan to collapse Iran’s leadership within days of a surprise Israeli attack last month failed and only alienated the public, Iranian presidential aide Ali Rabiei said.