The Latest Breaking News from Tehran

The decapitation of Hezbollah leaves Iran weighing its options

Masoud Pezeshkian is under domestic pressure but analysts point to the high risk of a direct attack on Israel

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

The killing of Hassan Nasrallah leaves Iran with a fateful choice and the US humiliated

Israel’s airstrike on Hezbollah’s leadership in Lebanon has far-reaching implications for Tehran and Washington

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2024

Nasrallah's death was necessary to achieve Israel's war aims, says Netanyahu

The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it had “eliminated” Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah in an air strike on Friday in Beirut. Hezbollah confirmed his death, vowing to continue its fight against Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Nasrallah’s killing "was a necessary step toward achieving the goals we…

France 24 · Sep 28, 2024

Surreal Canadian comedy shifts between Farsi and French to defy borders

Set "somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg", Canadian director Matthew Rankin’s second feature Universal Language is a homage to family and community. Filmed in Farsi and French, its quaint, absurdist humour has enchanted festival audiences from Cannes to Toronto, and earned it Canada's nomination for Best International Feature at the Oscars.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 22, 2024

Hezbollah pagers explode: Has Israel carried out such attacks before?

The method and scale of the latest Israeli killings may be new, but their idea of assassinating opponents goes far back.

Al Jazeera · Sep 18, 2024

Can Iran restore deterrence against Israel while avoiding an all-out war?

The much-awaited Iranian response to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran has yet to materialise, but why?

Al Jazeera · Sep 17, 2024

After seven weeks in office, how is Iran’s President Pezeshkian faring?

Pezeshkian has promised to closely follow the supreme leader while trying to unite the public and political factions.

Al Jazeera · Sep 16, 2024

Growing fears in UK and US of a secret nuclear deal between Iran and Russia

Intelligence suggesting new nuclear cooperation between Iran and Russia adds to concerns over Tehran’s rising uranium stockpile

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2024

Ukraine war briefing: more than 100 Ukrainians released in prisoner swap with Russia

Zelenskiy praises 103 ‘warriors’ set free; Russian shelling kills seven in southern and eastern Ukraine. What we know on day 935

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2024

Alarm in UK and US over possible Iran-Russia nuclear deal

US president Joe Biden and British PM Keir Starmer fear secret arms link-up amid talks in Washington over Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2024