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Months after the regime crackdown, Iranians search for missing protesters

The deadly crackdown on the December 2025-January 2026 anti-regime protests saw many Iranians killed, tracked or detained. The US-Israel war on Iran has intensified the repression, but it has not stopped families from trying to trace their missing loved ones or from seeking justice for people who have disappeared into…

France 24

Where is Mojtaba Khamenei? Marco Rubio says Iran Supreme Leader 'increasingly engaging'

In a surprising announcement, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is not only alive but also taking a more hands-on approach in governance. This update comes after the February 28, 2026, attack in Tehran, which claimed the life of his father, former…

The Times of India

Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ is nowhere to be seen with Iran

The self-proclaimed master dealmaker can’t seem to stop sabotaging his own negotiations

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Iran preparing 'grand' funeral for slain supreme leader: state TV

Iran is planning a grand funeral for its former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The ceremony was delayed due to the ongoing war with the United States and Israel. A special committee is now making arrangements for the event. Widespread attendance is anticipated.

The Economic Times

Iran-US deal nears finish line — but Trump and Khamenei must say yes

The draft memorandum includes unrestricted Hormuz shipping, Iran removing mines within 30 days and US sanctions waivers on Iranian oil, with nuclear talks to follow.

Euronews

Khamenei sidelined? Iran's Supreme leader not involved in US peace talks: Report

Questions are mounting over Supreme Leader Khamenei's direct involvement in Iran's ongoing US negotiations, with reports citing "serious ambiguities" about coordination. This uncertainty follows trips by Iranian officials and a reluctance to hold talks in Tehran or Pakistan, fueling speculation about who is directing the diplomatic process amid heightened Gulf…

The Times of India

Israel has killed 2 Hamas military leaders this month. But will it change the underlying conflict?

Over the past two weeks, Israel’s military has killed both the leader of Hamas’ military wing and his replacement — the latest in a long string of targeted killings aimed at senior militants

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'Clock can’t be turned back': Iran’s 'friendship' call to Islamic nations, 'no safe haven' warning to US

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has made a statement stating that the Gulf powers will no longer "be a shield" for American military bases and the US will no longer have "a safe haven" in the region.

The Times of India

The curious case of nuclear weapons in Iran

Tulsi Gabbard, the recently resigned/retired/fired US Director of National Intelligence, told Congress just two months ago that US intelligence agencies had concluded Iran was not building nuclear weapons. Indeed, she added, experts also determined Iran had not resumed its suspended 2003 nuclear weapons programme.

Bangkok Post

Where Is Mojtaba Khamenei Now? US Intelligence Reports on Injured Iran Supreme Leader

Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is reportedly injured and in hiding, complicating sensitive negotiations with the US due to a complex courier system delaying communication.

International Business Times UK

Tulsi Gabbard’s resistance to foreign wars amid Trump’s aggression was her undoing

The director of national intelligence was sidelined as the president abandoned his pose as the ‘candidate of peace’

The Guardian - US

President Trump Doesn't Need Congressional Approval for His Actions as to Iran

Congress can only stop Trump’s actions in Iran by passing a concurrent resolution of both Houses over Trump’s veto, or by declining to fund the war in next year’s budget.

Reason

The war in Iran – again – points to the strategic shortcomings of assassination as policy of foreign affairs

The coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes at the outset of the war in Iran killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with other key regime figures. In doing so, the United States and Israel crossed what The New York Times and others described as “a new Rubicon”: the deliberate, overt killing of a…

The Conversation

Ahmad Vahidi: The hard-line Iran general becoming a major player in US peace talks

A hard-line Iranian general linked to notorious attacks at home and abroad is believed to have seized a place near the center of power

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Euronews

Europol disrupts thousands of IRGC online accounts across 19 countries

Europol announced a major digital crackdown that led to the removal of thousands of online accounts linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the suspension of the group's primary X account in the EU.

The Economic Times

Iran forms agency to control Hormuz shipping

Iran has formed a new government agency to control passage through the Strait of Hormuz. This move raises concerns for international shipping. Meanwhile, peace talks continue between Iran and the U.S. mediated by Pakistan. Both sides are reviewing proposals. Hopes for an end to the conflict are growing, impacting global…

The Independent UK

Iran creates new agency to control shipping in Strait of Hormuz while reviewing peace deal with US

Iran has created a government agency to control and tax vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz

Euronews

Iran could strangle Strait in future crisis, ex-Trump envoy warns

After more than two months of war between the US and Iran, a deal appears in sight to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's vital shipping routes. However, former Trump official Kurt Volker says the conflict has effectively handed control of the Strait to…

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The Guardian - UK

Gianni Infantino tells Fifa congress that Iran will play at World Cup in US as planned

Iran’s participation had been in doubt following US and Israeli attacks on the country that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The Independent UK

Iran's supreme leader says it will protect its 'nuclear and missile capabilities'

Iran’s supreme leader says the country will protect its nuclear and missile capabilities as national assets

The Guardian - UK

‘I should not have wished for war’: six ordinary Iranians on how the US-Israel conflict has changed them

In Tehran, the Guardian spoke to people about how war is transforming their feelings toward the regime and their country’s future

International Business Times

Brent Crude Tops $105 As Strait Of Hormuz Remains Closed, Negotiations At a Standstill

The price of Brent crude oil continued to rise on Thursday as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and negotiations between the U.S. and Iran is still deadlocked.

International Business Times

Trump Says He Has 'All The Time In The World' To Make a Deal With Iran, Which Doesn't

President Donald Trump said he has "all the time in the world" to make a deal with Iran and end the war, but Tehran is not in that same position because the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is choking its finances.

International Business Times

Some Israeli, U.S. Officials Reportedly Believe Mojtaba Khamenei Is Not Ruling Iran

Some officials in Israel and the U.S. believe that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is not ruling Iran, with control being exerted by the revolutionary guard, according to a new report.

Euronews

Israel awaiting US green light to 'return Iran to Stone Age,' defence minister says

The war has spilled out of Iran and engulfed the region, leaving several thousand people dead, mainly in Iran and Lebanon, and continues to destabilise the global economy.

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