Iran’s foreign minister appealed directly to Donald Trump in a Guardian op-ed on Tuesday, urging him to reopen negotiations with Tehran, reconsider Washington’s alignment with Israel and acknowledge what he described as Iran’s invincibility.
Three days after merchants ignited strikes across Iran, the country’s bazaar is now openly defying the Islamic Republic, marking a historic break between conservative traders and a state accused of sacrificing livelihoods to missiles and security spending.
An Iranian vice president on Tuesday defended Tehran’s ballistic missile capabilities as essential for deterrence, after the US president warned of further attacks if Iran moves to develop its missile program which was severely damaged in a June war.
Iran’s foreign ministry said Tehran has designated Canada’s navy a “terrorist organization,” in retaliation for Ottawa’s decision to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity.
The Kremlin said on Tuesday it sees dialogue with Iran as necessary and urged restraint after President Donald Trump warned Tehran against rebuilding its missile and nuclear programs and said he would back possible Israeli strikes.
Iran’s president has offered to rewrite his proposed 1405 budget after parliament rejected the draft, opening talks with lawmakers on pay rises, taxes and subsidies, the parliament speaker said.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday issued his first official response to the latest protests over worsening economic conditions, saying he has instructed his interior minister to hold talks with demonstrators.
US President Donald Trump on Monday criticized the Islamic Republic’s violent crackdown on protests but stopped short of calling for regime change, hours after demonstrators demanded a new ruling system in nationwide protests.
A senior aide to Iran’s supreme leader warned on Monday that any new aggression would draw a harsher response, following comments by US President Donald Trump about possible further attacks on Iran.
Strikes and protests in Iran spread nationwide on Monday, turning violent in several cities as nighttime crowds chanted against the ruling state and bazaar merchants vowed to continue their shutdowns and demonstrations into Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would support possible Israeli strikes on Iran if the Islamic Republic develops its ballistic missile or nuclear programs, warning Tehran against rebuilding military capabilities destroyed in a brief June war.
Iran’s parliamentary budget committee has rejected the overall framework of the government’s 1405 (2026–27) budget bill, dealing an early setback to President Masoud Pezeshkian’s economic agenda amid soaring inflation and currency turmoil.
Iran’s president has appointed former economy minister Abdolnaser Hemmati as the new head of the central bank, state-linked media reported on Monday, confirming a leadership change amid turmoil in currency markets.
Iran’s judiciary warned on Monday that it would pursue and punish individuals accused of disrupting the country’s economic system, as authorities face mounting pressure from a collapsing currency, high inflation and widening public unrest.
Iran’s judiciary on Monday denied reports that the country’s top political leaders had approved the retention of the central bank governor, pushing back against swirling speculation over his fate as the rial slides to record lows and economic pressure mounts.
Shopkeepers in Tehran extended strikes into a second day on Monday, with closures reported across several key markets amid mounting economic pressure and a sharp fall in the national currency, according to information received by Iran International.
Iran’s audit watchdog pushed back on President Masoud Pezeshkian’s comments about fuel costs, warning officials against providing inaccurate data and saying gasoline imports this year were far lower than figures cited publicly.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is developing biological and chemical warheads for the country's long-range ballistic missiles, informed military sources told Iran International on Sunday.
Protests broke out among shopkeepers in central Tehran on Sunday after a sharp slide in the rial, with videos sent to Iran International showing crowds chanting antigovernment slogans.
Iran on Sunday launched three domestically built satellites into low Earth orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, deepening space cooperation between Tehran and Moscow in a program Western governments say draws on technologies applicable to long-range missiles.
Iran is losing soil faster than any other country, and restoring fertility in its vast Zagros mountain range would require diverting roughly half of annual oil revenues each year, a senior forestry expert said.