LIVE
Summary
Yahya Rahim Safavi, a military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, warned that any new US war could widen to the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb, saying Iran and Yemen face shared threats and interests.
Summary
Yahya Rahim Safavi, a military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, warned that any new US war could widen to the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb, saying Iran and Yemen face shared threats and interests.
Pezeshkian gets the generals' applause, and no word from the man above them
Iran's generals and hardliners spent the week warning Masoud Pezeshkian not to smile in New York. After his UN speech they lined up to praise him. He had not changed their minds about talking to Washington. He had given a speech that did not require them to.
'Bully at home, victim abroad': Iranians on Pezeshkian's UN speech
Masoud Pezeshkian told the UN that Iran would not accept the language of force. Iranians writing to Iran International had one reply: that is the only language his government uses at home. Their messages picked apart what he said, what he left out, and how he said it.
'Killers in suits': Iranians ask New York's mayor why Pezeshkian walks free
Iranians writing to Iran International this week did not see a diplomatic visit. They saw the men they hold responsible for January's massacre walking free in New York, and they asked the city's mayor, who once promised to arrest Netanyahu, why.
Operation Economic Outcast
China shipments help sustain Iran’s weapons programs despite US pressure - WSJ
Chinese suppliers sent around 1,300 shipments of dual-use components to Iran’s defense ministry in the first half of 2026, helping sustain its weapons programs, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Iran, US end UN talks still divided as Hormuz blockade continues
Iran and the United States ended Wednesday divided over how to end their war despite renewed UN talks, as Tehran rejected US pressure and Washington maintained its blockade of Iranian ports while oil shipments continued through Hormuz.
New US-Iran talks run into old question of who speaks for Tehran
Any effort to end the Iran war faces a fundamental obstacle even after the resumption of US-Iran diplomacy in New York: apparent divisions within Tehran over who has the authority to negotiate and how far those negotiations can go.
Khamenei adviser says Tehran can negotiate, hardliners say it must not
A military adviser to Iran's supreme leader said the government has room to deal with Washington, and within hours a lawmaker and Guards-affiliated outlets condemned reported contact with it. The split surfaced as the Guards were reported to be directly engaged in Yemen.
ANALYSIS
War deepens Iran’s energy crunch ahead of winter
Iran’s economy contracted sharply in the spring as war hit its oil and gas sectors, with new data pointing to an energy crunch that could force Tehran to balance gas exports against rising domestic demand as winter approaches.
Iran judiciary charges six officers over teen abuse but omits sexual assault allegation
Iran's judiciary said six officers had been indicted over the abuse of a teenager in Tabriz, but did not include sexual assault among the charges despite video that showed the boy being sexually humiliated by police.
Threats and counter-threats complicate new US-Iran diplomacy
Iran warned Wednesday that any renewed US attack would draw a stronger military response, even as officials from the two countries pursued a new diplomatic opening in New York that has triggered a backlash among hardliners in Tehran.
Iran publishes purported handwritten Mojtaba Khamenei letter to IRGC general
Iranian state media on Tuesday published what they said was a handwritten letter from Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei to a military commander, potentially offering the first physical indication that he survived the February attack on his father’s office.
Journalist ties tanker attacks to oil middlemen, drawing treason accusations
Iranian investigative journalist Yashar Soltani says the middlemen who move Iran's sanctioned oil revenues had a financial motive to wreck the June deal with Washington, and that the tanker attacks weeks later served it. Hardline outlets have answered with accusations of treason.
Iran’s new school year begins in the shadow of protest and war
Iranian children returned to classrooms Wednesday for an unusually somber start to the school year, the first since young people were killed in a government crackdown on January protests and in the war with the United States.
Crackdown on Dissent
TEHRAN INSIDER
They can erase you without arresting you
One morning your phone simply stops working. There is no warning, no explanation and often no piece of paper telling you what you have done. Welcome to the Islamic Republic of Iran v.3.1.
Canada sanctions Iranian officials, entities over censorship and rights violations
Canada imposed sanctions on five Iranian individuals and five entities over what it described as Tehran’s continued human rights violations and restrictions on freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, Global Affairs Canada said.
ANALYSIS
Freeway sign hack aims to frighten Iranians in Los Angeles, experts say
A hacked freeway sign in the heart of Los Angeles’ Iranian community directed drivers to a website threatening opponents of the Islamic Republic, in what cyber and security experts describe as a psychological operation designed to spread fear.
January Massacre
EXCLUSIVE
Iran executed IT expert after months in isolation and forced confession
Iranian authorities executed IT expert Hossein Pedaran after what sources familiar with his case described as months of solitary confinement, severe physical and psychological pressure and a forced confession.
Iran warns oil pollution spreading along southern coast could last years
Oil pollution has spread along parts of Iran’s Hormozgan coast and reached the entrances of shrimp farming channels in Sirik, with environmental officials warning that some of the contamination could remain in the marine environment for years.
In Case You Missed It
Eye for Iran Podcast
