3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1725+ words) Journalist and Iran analyst A young Iranian woman's account of temporarily caring for an infant under a state welfare program sparked debate across Persian-language social media this week over child privacy, foster care and the use of vulnerable children in…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1675+ words) Iranian officials" recent comments about Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei are aimed at showing he remains in charge and will ultimately decide whether Tehran accepts a deal with the United States to end the war, the Financial Times reported on Thursday....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1679+ words) Iran International's documentary A Friendship: From Mashhad's Vakilabad Prison to San Diego, directed by Ardavan Roozbeh, has won a Silver Telly Award in the General Political & Commentary category for television productions. The annual Telly Awards, established in 1979, recognize excellence in…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1711+ words) Shida Bazyar's "The Nights Are Quiet In Tehran," a novel tracing one Iranian family across four decades of revolution, exile and resistance, is among six books shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize. The novel, translated from German by Ruth Martin,…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1690+ words) The competing narratives surrounding the latest US-Iran standoff have become so stark that even basic questions'who is deterring whom, who wants talks and who fears escalation'now produce entirely different answers depending on which capital is speaking. On Monday, President Donald…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1692+ words) After an 80-day shutdown, the Tehran Stock Exchange reopened on Tuesday under heavy state controls, with 42 major firms still suspended and reported curbs on large-scale selling amid uncertainty over war damage and corporate losses. Trading resumed on the Tehran Stock…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1582+ words) Iran's state broadcaster is facing criticism after airing programs in which presenters and government supporters handled rifles and other weapons on camera, with critics saying the displays blurred wartime messaging with intimidation at home. Iranian state television channels have in…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1742+ words) Millions of Iranian students saw remote schooling disrupted by internet outages and failures on the state-run online education platform during more than two months of school closures, renewing criticism of Iran's virtual education system. An opinion piece published by Etemad…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1661+ words) The trial of two Romanian nationals accused of carrying out a 2024 knife attack on Iran International TV presenter Pouria Zeraati began in London on Monday. Nandito Badea and George Stana are charged with allegedly "wounding with intent to cause grievous…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1628+ words) Amnesty International said on Monday that executions worldwide rose to their highest recorded level in more than four decades in 2025, with the Islamic Republic responsible for the vast majority of the increase. At least 2, 707 people were executed across 17 countries in…...