Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz fell sharply as Iran prepared diplomatic talks in China, while attacks on Saudi Arabia and damage to Persian Gulf cloud infrastructure underscored the widening consequences of the war on Tuesday.
The European Parliament on Tuesday named Iran among countries it said were involved in hybrid attacks targeting Europe, including cyberattacks, sabotage, espionage and signal jamming.
Female political prisoners at Iran's Evin Prison face increasingly invasive body searches involving forced undressing and breast touching, leading some to forgo medical treatment and visits, sources told Iran International.
The Islamic Republic has launched a platform asking citizens to identify and report opponents living abroad. Iranians met it with ridicule, pointing to how deeply the state's own security apparatus has been infiltrated.
Iranian security forces arrested three Baha’i citizens during raids on their homes in Shiraz, southwestern Iran, on Monday and transferred them to an undisclosed location, Iran International has learned.
US prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of about $61 million in cryptocurrency that came from black-market sales of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and petroleum products and was intended to finance Iran's government and military, including the Revolutionary Guards.
China’s call for a collective BRICS role in restoring peace in the Persian Gulf and Middle East has triggered debate in Iran over whether Beijing is preparing to mediate between Tehran and Washington.
Iran has gained leverage over Saudi Arabia as Houthi advances and attacks put pressure on the kingdom’s territory and oil routes. But Riyadh is responding more forcefully, raising the risk that Tehran’s advantage could provoke a military backlash that ultimately weakens it.
The United States and Iran both signaled openness to renewed negotiations Monday, even as Washington intensified its financial pressure campaign and conflicting accounts of incidents around the Strait of Hormuz underscored the mistrust surrounding any diplomatic opening.
The United States on Monday imposed new Iran-related sanctions on Russia’s VTB Bank on Monday, accusing the already heavily sanctioned lender of helping Tehran evade restrictions through banking relationships and payment arrangements.
UN Special Rapporteur on Iran Mai Sato said the movement born from Mahsa “Jina” Amini’s death in Iran’s morality police custody remains alive four years on, despite another deadly crackdown and continued enforcement of mandatory hijab rules.
Sunni Baluch cleric Molavi Yousef Gorgij was killed by unknown assailants outside his home in Zahedan, Iranian state media reported on Monday, the second killing of a Sunni cleric in Iran in less than a week.
Iranian authorities blocked the Instagram account of a Tehran restaurant after it posted an apparent play on two terms that have become politically charged for the Islamic Republic: “Bibi” and “cutlet.”
Concern over Iran’s nuclear program intensified on Monday as the UN nuclear watchdog said it had conducted almost no inspections in the country for more than six months, while tensions surrounding Hormuz deepened and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis claimed another attack on Saudi.
A newly disclosed US operation that sent more than 90 American troops into Iran to rescue an airman shot down during the war drew ridicule from Iranians online over the Revolutionary Guards’ failure to find him before his extraction in April.
Iranians are struggling to afford basic food as bread prices rise sharply and citizens describe soaring costs for vegetables, snacks and other everyday purchases, according to an local media report and messages sent to Iran International on Monday.
Hormuz diplomacy hit a fresh setback Sunday as Oman postponed talks between Iran and Persian Gulf states, while attacks on shipping and Saudi energy infrastructure raised pressure on key regional oil routes.
Foreign investment in Iran has effectively come to a halt following the war with Israel and the United States, with no new foreign investment recorded so far this Iranian year, a senior industry ministry figure said.
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.
An Iranian court has handed down a death sentence to a man detained in connection with the January 2026 protests in the northeastern city of Shandiz, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported on Sunday.
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.