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Will Iranian-backed militias in Iraq march to Syria? Orders awaited - analysis

Moving Iraqi militias into Syria would be Iran’s way of both preventing spillover and adding fuel to the fire.

 A member of Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah attends the funeral of a commander who was killed in a strike in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday, September 22, 2024.
Patriot missile defense system is seen at Sliac Airport, in Sliac, near Zvolen, Slovakia, May 6, 2022.

Is Iran focused on Russia’s war on Ukrainian air-defense? - analysis

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Iran's atomic energy organization says e-mail was hacked, state media says

 A demonstrator displays an image of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, at a protest following her death, outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, US, September 22, 2022

Iran rights group says security forces fire at protesters in Kurdish cities


From refuge in Iraq, Kurdish exiles hope Iran's 'revolution' prevails

After a forceful flee from Iran, Kurdish refugees in Iraq hope to see Iran's current revolution prevail.

Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters gather during an intensive security deployment after Islamic State militants took it over the previous day in Luhaiban village in Kirkuk, Iraq, December 6, 2021.

Can the West act in time to help Iran get online? - analysis

Iran’s regime has restricted internet and phone access and gone after social media sites.

 A man gestures during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police"

Iran’s officials fear disturbances in Caucasus and Gulf - analysis

Iran feels pressure intensifying as countries they once felt they could lean on are formalizing diplomatic ties with Israel, as well as ties teetering with their closest neighbors.

 Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi attends a news conference in Tehran, Iran August 29, 2022

Iranian media claims cyberattack on planned Tel Aviv metro

The rail system is under construction and is the subject of a political debate in Israel.

Tel Aviv light rail train car

Iran counts votes after big turnout in presidential election

For Iranians, the election presents a stark choice between competing visions of the country.

Electoral employees sits next to ballot boxes before closing vote for the presidential election in a polling station in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2017.

Iran destroys 100,000 satellite dishes in morality-driven crackdown

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Iranian vice president under Ahmadinejad jailed for five years

Mohammad Reza Rahimi, who was appointed in 2009 after Ahmadinejad's re-election, was indicted in March in connection with a billion-dollar money laundering and embezzlement scheme.

Mohammad Reza Rahimi makes a "V" sign as he arrives at the Iranian garden in Maroun al-Ras village.

Iranian police arrested 50 women for 'un-Islamic' dress

Morality police detain women in boots and leggings.

Iranian women wearing Western-style clothing‏