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FO° Talks: Israel Strikes Iran. Tehran Hits Back. What Now?
In this episode of FO° Talks, Fair Observer Founder Atul Singh and former Israeli Government Official Josef Olmert unpack the June 13 Israeli strike on Iran. The operation had been in the works for years and showcased what Olmert called an...

Iran criticised for harsh mass deportations of Afghans
Iran has faced criticism for the “undignified” large-scale expulsions of hundreds of thousands of Afghans during the height of summer, in a policy that has accelerated since the 12-day war with Israel. More than half a million Afghans have been...

Iranian Group Places $40 Million Bounty on Trump’s Head, Urges ‘Every Cell of the Resistance in the West’ to Carry Out Death Sentence
L: Donald Trump (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) R: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) An Iranian movement has reportedly raised more than $40 million for the assassination of President Donald Trump, as the country’s senior religious...

Iran Update, July 10, 2025
Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...

Iran attack on Qatar air base hit geodesic dome used for US communications
An Iranian attack on an air base in Qatar key to the U.S. military likely hit a geodesic dome housing equipment used by the Americans for secure communications, satellite images analyzed Friday by The Associated Press show. The U.S. military and...

Iran strike on Al Udeid hit US radar, Satellite images show
An Iranian attack on an air base in Qatar key to the U.S. military likely hit a geodesic dome housing equipment used by the Americans for secure communications, satellite images analyzed Friday by The Associated Press show. The U.S. military and...

Iran’s Leader Bets On National Pride
Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I'm looking at how Iran’s leadership is embracing patriotic themes...

Irans Leader Bets On National Pride
Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I'm looking at how Irans leadership is embracing patriotic themes and...

Iran missile strike on US air base in Qatar 'hit geodesic dome' as WW3 fears escalate
13:14, 11 Jul 2025Updated 13:14, 11 Jul 2025 An Iranian assault on a Qatar air base crucial to the US military likely targeted a geodesic dome housing American secure communications equipment, according to satellite images analysed by The...

Iranian activist says country threatening her with 'physical elimination'
Human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been threatened with "physical elimination" by Iran, according to a statement from the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Ms Mohammadi, an Iranian, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for work including...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iran threatens her life after its war with Israel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's security services have threatened the life of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi after her native country's war with Israel, the Norwegian Nobel Committee and activists said Friday. Mohammadi said...

Army chief vows to defend every inch of Iran's soil
Iran’s Army Chief, Major General Amir Hatami, has asserted that the country’s armed forces will never permit even a single inch of Iranian territory to be relinquished. On Friday, Hatami visited the Shahid Lashkari Airbase in Tehran. Rear Admiral...

Iran Sets New Terms for Nuclear Talks With U.S.
Iran is prepared to resume talks with the United States but only if it meets certain conditions, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. Iran's suggestion that talks can be resumed comes nearly three weeks after President Donald Trump...

Satellite photos suggest Iranian attack hit US base in Qatar
An Iranian attack on an air base in Qatar key to the US military likely hit a geodesic dome housing equipment used by the Americans for secure communications, satellite images analyzed Friday by The Associated Press show. The US military and Qatar...

Top Iranian official acknowledges French-German cyclist being detained
Paris — Iran's foreign minister has confirmed that his country is detaining a teenage French-German cyclist who disappeared last month, French newspaper Le Monde reported Friday. The cyclist, Lennart Monterlos, "was detained for having committed...
Top Iranian official acknowledges French-German cyclist being detained
Paris — Iran's foreign minister has confirmed that his country is detaining a teenage French-German cyclist who disappeared last month, French newspaper Le Monde reported Friday. The cyclist, Lennart Monterlos, "was detained for having committed...

Why over 500,000 Afghans were forced out of Iran in just 16 days and what’s next?
The dusty border town of Islam Qala in western Afghanistan has become a holding pen for the displaced, families huddled under tarpaulins, children too young to understand why their lives have been upended, and elderly men with sunburnt faces...

Why has Iran expelled half a million Afghans in 15 days?
Iran has expelled over half a million Afghans since the war with Israel ended. The United Nations and other international organisations have called the development one of the biggest forced movement of population in decades. Millions from...

Iranian Nobel laureate says regime issuing death threats
Activist Narges Mohammadi says she has been threatened with ‘physical elimination’ PUBLISHED : 11 Jul 2025 at 17:45 OSLO - Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for women’s and human rights in Iran,...

'All Crew Muslim': ships look to dodge Red Sea attacks with messages
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - Commercial ships still sailing through the Red Sea are broadcasting messages about their nationality and even religion on their public tracking systems to avoid being targeted by Yemen's Houthis after deadly...