Tehran

Trump admin. 'ready to do business with Iran,' senior US official says

"We are open for business. They know our number if they want to get in touch with us," the official said, regarding the Islamic Republic's regime and negotiations over a potential deal.

  IRAN’S SUPREME leader Ali Khamenei and United States President Donald Trump.
A woman holds a placard during a demonstration in solidarity with protestors living in Iran, in Israel's central city of Holon on January 24, 2026.

UN Iranian expert says security forces removed wounded protesters from hospitals

Hezbollah supporters carry banners of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (L) and his predecessor Ruhollah Khomenei (R) during a funeral march in Beirut, Lebanon, November 24, 2025; illustrative.

Hezbollah's leader warns terror group won't 'stand idly by' in face of attack on Iran

Blue barrels of oil.

US-Iran flare-up, cold stint push oil prices to multi-month peak


Moscow and Tehran’s new partnership is bad news for the West - opinion

New Russia-Iran treaty deepens cooperation, challenging Israel's influence in the Middle East.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attend a documents signing ceremony in Moscow, Russia January 17, 2025.

Listen to locals: Silence on Iran, Venezuela risks worse regimes after protests subside - editorial

Maduro’s arrest and Iran’s protests offer hope, but celebrating too early risks dangerous power vacuums.

A woman waves an Iranian flag during a rally denouncing Israeli airstrikes on Iran, Caracas, Venezuela, June 19, 2025.

'Watch out for your soldiers': New banner in Tehran's Palestine Square threatens Israeli, US troops

Last week, US President Donald Trump declared that the United States was "locked and loaded and ready to go" if Iran killed any more protestors, in a post on Truth Social.

Billboard displayed in Tehran's Palestine Square threatening Israeli and US soldiersa, January 4, 2026.

Collapse of narco-terror hub: Maduro's fall weakening Iran, Hezbollah's drug network - analysis

Maduro’s removal and US oversight in Venezuela are already weakening Iran and Hezbollah’s South American foothold.

A Venezuelan government supporter holds the flags of Iran and Venezuela while participating in a march in support of Iran, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 19, 2025.

When Khamenei speaks, Iran’s crackdown on protests hardens - analysis

Now that Khamenei has spoken, the crackdown will harden. Across three defining protest waves - in 2009, 2019, 2022 - the public record shows that when he speaks, the cost of dissent rises sharply.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with the families of Iranians who died during the 12-Day War between Israel and Iran, January 3, 2026.

Iran’s regime is facing collapse as its core ideological lie is finally exposed - opinion

Iran’s regime has lost its ideological anchor, its popular base, and possibly its military, this time, the collapse could well be real.

Iranians protest on a main street in Tehran, December 30, 2025

Iran's Jewish community maintains low profile amid nationwide protests - KAN

Members of Iran’s roughly 8,000-strong Jewish community are avoiding protest flashpoints as unrest spreads nationwide, according to a report by Israel’s public broadcaster KAN News.

Iranian Jews, including Rabbi Younes Hamami Lahlezar (R), hold an anti-Israel meeting in a Tehran synagogue in solidarity with Hamas terrorists and Gaza amid the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War, October 30, 2023; illustrative.

Drought, protests, and destiny: Iran in the spotlight - opinion

As Iran faces drought, protests, and economic collapse, Jerusalem rises. Politics and new alliances hint that a historic shift is underway.

IRANIANS RIDE their motorbike past a huge banner of former Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, last Wednesday. Will the winds of freedom finally blow across Iran?

Pahlavi thanks Trump for support of Iranian protesters, shares ideas to topple regime

Pahlavi added that he has a plan for a "stable transition" in a scenario where the Islamic Republic regime would be toppled, where the country's citizens would take to the streets in millions.

REZA PAHLAVI, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, poses after an interview with Reuters about the situation in Iran and the need to support Iranians, in Paris, France, June 23, 2025.

Middle Israel: Sleeping with Somaliland is good, waltzing with it is bad - opinion

Israel’s recognition this week of Somaliland – a self-declared country in northeast Africa – is part of a time-honored legacy with its fair share of foresight and risk.

THE KIND OF of strategic alliance that Israel is nurturing in Somaliland already emerged last year, when Somaliland signed a deal with Ethiopia, leasing to its landlocked neighbor a 20-km. coastal strip for a naval base.