The Latest Breaking News from Tehran

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard steps up efforts to crush nationwide hijab protests

Powerful branch of armed forces menaces protesters with threats of violence and jail

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022

Protests persist as Iran holds first court sessions for ‘rioters’

Iranian officials criticise UN rapporteur while large number of journalists calls for freeing of arrested colleagues.

Al Jazeera · Oct 31, 2022

Iran Charges 1,000 Over Unrest in Tehran

Iran's hardline judiciary will hold public trials of about 1,000 people indicted over unrest in Tehran, a semi-official news agency said on Monday, intensifying efforts to crush weeks of protests ignited by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody. One of the boldest challenges to Iran's clerical leaders since the 1979…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 31, 2022

Iran Is an Ever More ‘Relevant’ Problem, Nuclear Watchdog Chief Says

Iran is a problem that is ever more "relevant", the UN nuclear watchdog's chief, Rafael Grossi, said on Friday, in an apparent reference to the growing number of advanced centrifuges Tehran is using to enrich uranium. The International Atomic Energy Agency has said in recent confidential reports to member states…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 28, 2022

Ukraine Foreign Minister Tells Iran Counterpart: Stop Sending Arms to Russia

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he had received a phone call from his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on Friday and that he had demanded that Tehran stop sending weapons to Russia. Ukraine and its Western allies have accused Iran of sending “kamikaze” drones to Russia which have then been…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 28, 2022

Ukraine foreign minister tells Iran counterpart: Stop sending arms to Russia

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he received a phone call from his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on Friday and that he demanded Tehran stop sending weapons to Russia.

Reuters · Oct 28, 2022

Zelensky stands next to downed drone as he says Russia has deployed dozens in two days

Moscow and Tehran have continued to deny claims that Iran has supplied a number of kamikaze Shahed-136 drones to Russia to help them "kill Ukrainian civilians" and destroy infrastructure

Daily Mirror · Oct 28, 2022

Dead body found in undercarriage of flight from Tehran

Airline and police yet to comment on incident

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022

Iran: protesters call for move to a non-religious state. What changes would that bring?

My friend was in Tehran during protests after the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police (Gasht-e Ershad). My friend went into a grocery shop intending to buy milk. The seller refused to sell anything to her. “Why are you refusing?” she asked. “I can…

The Conversation · Oct 28, 2022

IRGC Says Bomb Attack Foiled in Shiraz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday that its intelligence unit had foiled a bomb attack in the southern city of Shiraz, two days after a deadly shooting at a shrine there, the guards' news agency Sepah News said. "A bombing in Mo'ali Abad Street in Shiraz was detected and foiled…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 28, 2022