Protests driven by Iran’s collapsing currency and rising living costs intensified nationwide, leaving several dead as demonstrators clashed with security forces and voiced rare calls for sweeping political change

Verified figures show Iran carried out at least 1,500 executions in 2025, more than double the previous year. Activists warn the surge reflects growing political pressure and efforts to intimidate dissent at home

An Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate says she was beaten and hospitalised after her arrest at a memorial ceremony, with family accounts contradicting official claims and drawing swift condemnation from the Nobel Committee, filmmakers, and international human rights organisations worldwide

Iranian security forces have violently arrested Nobel laureate and women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi, alarming supporters worldwide and prompting urgent calls for her safety, transparency over her whereabouts, and an end to Iran’s widening crackdown on dissent and peaceful activism

Iran will now attend the World Cup draw in Washington after resolving a visa row with the United States. The reversal follows days of political tension, with coach Amir Ghalenoei and select officials receiving clearance to travel

Tehran has refused IAEA inspections at bombed nuclear facilities, insisting on a new agreement before granting access. The move follows the Iran-Israel conflict, snapback sanctions, and stalled nuclear negotiations with both Washington and Europe

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Western powers that Tehran would not yield to pressure over its nuclear program as the UN sanctions snapback deadline approaches, with diplomacy hanging in the balance amid mounting threats and diplomatic rift

Deputy foreign ministers from Iran, Britain, France, Germany, and the European Union will convene in Geneva on Tuesday, seeking progress in reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement amid growing regional tensions and Western concerns over uranium enrichment

Hackers claiming to be from the group ‘Lip-Dochtjan’ targeted the Iranian oil and shipping sectors, crippling communications on dozens of tankers and cargo vessels by breaching satellite-linked Linux systems

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly injured while escaping through an emergency shaft after Israeli bombs targeted a secret underground facility in Tehran last month

Speaking to a state broadcaster on Thursday evening, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) is currently assessing the full extent of the damage caused to the nuclear sites

Speaking to Israel’s public broadcaster Kan on Thursday evening, Katz stated, “If he had been in our sights, we would have taken him out,” adding that Israeli forces actively searched for the Iranian leader during the conflict but failed to locate him