A pause with opposing terms: What Washington wanted, what Tehran demanded
The details are still incomplete, but the positions Tehran and Washington have publicly tied to the ceasefire suggest not a shared settlement so much as a temporary halt layered over unresolved hostilities.
France gets two citizens back from Iran as questions linger over swap terms
Iran has released French nationals Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris after more than three and a half years in detention, closing one chapter of a case Paris has long held up as emblematic of what it calls Iran’s practice of detaining foreign nationals on politicized grounds.
Iranians voice anxiety, mixed views as fears of infrastructure attacks rise
Donald Trump's threats to target Iran’s power plants and bridges in case of Tehran's failure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday night have triggered anxiety among many Iranians, even as some say the regime's survival poses a greater threat.
Can Iran’s environment be saved?
Much of the global conversation about Iran revolves around security, conflict, and nuclear risk. What is less discussed is an environmental collapse already unfolding, with consequences that extend well beyond its borders.
Iran’s president says Guards commanders are wrecking ceasefire chances
A deepening rift at the top of the Islamic Republic has spilled into an unusually sharp confrontation, with President Masoud Pezeshkian accusing senior Guards commanders of unilateral actions that have wrecked ceasefire prospects and pushed Iran toward disaster.
How the war struck Iran’s architecture of repression
Israel’s campaign in Iran has reached far beyond missile depots and military command. Over roughly a month, it has also hit the architecture of domestic repression: intelligence compounds, police stations, Basij bases, judicial buildings, and senior officials tied to crackdowns.

War reaches Iran’s petrochemical heartland
Iran’s petrochemical sector is now openly under threat, marking a significant escalation in the conflict and raising the prospect of far-reaching economic consequences for the country and potentially the wider region.

US rescue inside Iran opens debate over war's next phase
The mission to rescue an American pilot downed in Iran showed how a tactical success can open wider strategic possibilities, sharpening debate over how far the United States may expand its footprint inside Iran.

Striking the veil: dual-use targets and the calculus of Iranian support
In these fateful weeks, strikes thunder against steel plants at Mobarakeh and Khuzestan, sites tied to the Pasteur Institute, vital transport arteries, and facilities of Shahid Beheshti University—formerly Melli University.
Iran Protests

Iran refuses to return body of executed teen protester to family
Iranian security forces have still not returned the body of 18-year-old protester Amirhossein Hatami to his family, four days after his execution, in what informed sources described as further pressure on relatives already reeling from his death.

Iran executes fourth protester in Basij base fire case
Iran has executed a fourth protester convicted in a case related to a fire at a Basij base in east Tehran during the January protests, Mizan news agency reported on Saturday.

Iran executes at least five in week of wartime crackdown
Iran has executed at least five men over the past week in cases linked to anti-government protests and security-related charges, as human rights groups warn of an escalating use of capital punishment against political detainees.































