1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (1611+ words) Anthropic said Iranian paramilitary and security units used Claude to surveil thousands of Iranians and identify opposition and diaspora accounts, while a separate MEK-linked operation used the AI to impersonate an activist and profile people inside Iran. Anthropic said it…...

16+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1662+ words) US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Iran was probably responsible for the aerial attack that shut Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline, while predicting that the war with Tehran would end “very soon.” “I think they are, probably they…...

21+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1675+ words) Heavy fighting between Iranian security forces and unidentified gunmen spread across parts of Saravan in southeastern Iran on Saturday, with reports of attacks on military vehicles and dozens of security personnel killed or wounded, the rights group Haalvsh reported. The…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1678+ words) Construction activity has surged at a deeply buried complex near Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, but satellite evidence suggests the site may not yet be capable of uranium enrichment, according to a new analysis by the Center for Strategic and International…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1605+ words) The editor-in-chief of Iran’s hardline Kayhan newspaper called on Iran’s judicial and security authorities to investigate former presidents Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Khatami over their recent remarks about ending the war. Hossein Shariatmadari accused them of substituting war for what…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1669+ words) The United States conducted a covert four-month operation to clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz, deploying Navy SEAL divers, robotic boats and specialized underwater craft mostly at night, the Financial Times reported. Citing people familiar with the operation, the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1744+ words) The Strait of Hormuz has become one of the most dangerous points of leverage in the US-Iran war, but it may also offer Tehran and Washington their clearest route back to negotiations. Reports on Friday, including by the Financial Times,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1632+ words) A fleeting encounter between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and China’s Xi Jinping in Bishkek has reignited an uncomfortable debate in Tehran: just how strategic is Iran’s much-vaunted partnership with Beijing? The two presidents exchanged only briefly on the sidelines of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1614+ words) The United States is investigating whether its forces were responsible for a deadly strike on a wedding in southern Iran, Vice President JD Vance said Thursday, as evidence emerged suggesting the building may have been directly hit by a US…...