Iranian news

Behind Tehran’s calm, Iran faces deepening economic collapse

While the streets are full of people, their pockets are empty. The Iranian rial has become a liability that citizens are desperate to offload.

A woman walks past a billboard featuring an image of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a building, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27, 2026
Iranians protest on a main street in Tehran, December 30, 2025

An identity forged in fire: A Zionist answer to Iran's unity question - opinion

Flags of Israel and Iran painted on a cracked concrete wall with soldier shadow.

Iranian officers abandon posts, conscripted troops amid US and Israeli strikes - report

Kurdish internal security forces stand guard, as Syrian Kurds demonstrate to demand the release of Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been held in prison by Turkey since his capture in 1999, in Qamishli, Syria February 15, 2026.

Will the Kurds open a new front against Iran's Ayatollahs? - analysis


Tested on all fronts, Iran's Rouhani may struggle on reforms

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 22, 2016

WATCH: Iran's defense minister blasts Saudis for cozying up to Netanyahu

Senior official talks about the growing rift between the two largest Muslim powers and places the Jewish state at the middle of it.

Hossein Dehghan.

Former Iranian president Rafsanjani dies of heart attack

Rafsanjani, 82, died from a heart attack despite efforts by doctors to save him.

Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (R) shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Tehran

Arab separatists in Iran claim to have blown up oil pipelines

Iranian Interior Ministry denies claims.

A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Persian Gulf, Iran, July 25, 2005.

Comment: America's foreign policy is turning Iran into a world power

The Obama administration is continuing its foolish path by agreeing to allow Shi'ite militias supported by Iran to take part in the battle for Mosul.

US President Barack Obama (R) and Defense Secretary Ash Carter meet at the Pentagon

Iran claims to have intel on Israeli-Saudi plot to stir unrest in country

"Saudi Arabia, the Zionists and the world arrogant powers are spending huge amounts of money to stir insecurity in our country," Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari charges.

Mohammad Ali Jafari

Iran’s media considers German female minister a man, sparking outrage over handshake

German minister welcomes anti-Israel and anti-US Iranian minister.

Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar

Iran has missiles that can hit Israel, Revolutionary Guards official says

The commander warned that “the Zionist regime is our biggest target.”

Iran launches missile from undisclosed location

Senior arms expert: Report on secret Iran deal document underlines 'very serious' problem

Emily Landau, head of the Arms Control Program at the INSS: Fact that Iran can research, develop advanced centrifuges is a major source of concern.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Hardliner elected as head of Iran's top clerical body due to tap Khamenei successor

The 88-member assembly, consisting mostly of elderly clerics, is expected to choose the eventual successor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei