Tehran is embracing the very nationalism it suppressed for much of its existence in the wake of a punishing 12-day war with Israel and the United States, signaling authorities' keenness to drum up unity among a weary populace.
Moderate voices in Tehran are warning that the public’s quiet endurance of Israeli strikes should not be mistaken for support for the Islamic Republic, and that reconciliation—if still possible—will require drastic change.
A month after Israeli strikes exposed deep infiltration of Iran’s security apparatus, the debate dominates headlines almost daily—yet no meaningful investigation has been launched, and no serious action appears underway.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was forced to complete part of a recent trip to Tabriz by taxi after the fuel in three official vehicles was found to be contaminated with water, leading to a mechanical failure, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
Tehran’s commentariat is sounding the alarm over the economic toll of renewed United Nations sanctions that European powers say they could trigger against Iran by the end of August.
Iran is negotiating with four neighboring countries to import water, Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said Tuesday, warning that critical reservoirs could run dry within weeks.
Tehran has renamed a street honoring the assassin of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat after slain Hezbollah leader, a move that both commemorates Hassan Nasrallah and eliminates a long-standing obstacle to improved ties with Egypt.
Iran’s political fault lines are widening in the aftermath of the 12-day war with Israel, with President Masoud Pezeshkian facing accusations of attempting a coup against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Ali Khamenei’s office has responded to an open letter sent by former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant to Iran's Supreme Leader, calling it propaganda and a “full-scale psychological operation.”
The fallout from Israeli strikes on Iran is still fueling political infighting in Tehran—this time over allegations Azerbaijan allowed Israel to use its territory for attacks, with President Masoud Pezeshkian caught in the crossfire.
More than 400 senior clerics in Iran’s holy city of Qom have backed a religious decree labeling threats against Supreme Leader as “moharebeh” or “waging war against God,” a crime in Islamic law that can carry the death penalty.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sustained a leg injury following an Israeli airstrike on a meeting of Iran's Supreme National Security Council in the lower floors of a building in western Tehran on June 16, an IRGC-affiliated outlet reported.
For Iran’s rulers, wishing death upon enemies is mostly rhetoric—rarely acted on, but often carrying real consequences.
Ali Taeb, a former representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader in the command center responsible for suppressing protests, has died, Iranian state media reported without providing any further explanation.
The leader of Iran's Green Movement Mir-Hossein Mousavi who has been under house arrest since 2011 called for a referendum on a constitutional assembly, arguing that the current political system ruling Iran does not represent all Iranian people.
A senior Tehran official has alleged Israel deployed the occult and supernatural spirits in its war with Iran, prompting widespread mockery and a renewed debate over the role of jinn in Iranian political discourse.
Since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s return to public view after a few weeks of silence, speculation has been swirling on Persian social media that he and his inner circle may punish those seen as prematurely positioning themselves for his succession.
Masoud Pezeshkian’s attempt to reach American audiences via Tucker Carlson sparked fierce backlash from Iranian hardliners, who accused him of flattering Donald Trump and downplaying religious fatwas calling for the US president’s execution.
When Masoud Pezeshkian was elected Iran’s president last July, jokes circulated that he wouldn’t last six months. He did, but the road ahead looks even more rocky now than it did then.
A proposed Iranian law expanding espionage and national security charges and criminalizing ties with foreign entities has been halted for revision following a review by the country’s top oversight body.
Tehran’s patriotic messaging in the wake of the war with Israel reached new heights when Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in his first public appearance since the ceasefire, requested that a patriotic song be sung at the year’s flagship religious ceremony.
A media outlet affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has openly called for the mass execution of perceived enemies of the state, invoking the precedent of mass killings carried out in 1988 following a decree by then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini.