For Washington and Tehran, negotiations are still part of the war
Iran and the United States may prefer an end to the war, but the gap between the minimum terms each side could accept is so wide that a deal remains unlikely for now.
Source: Iran International ▾
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Iran’s wartime messaging targets its own citizens
Iran’s state broadcaster has adopted a noticeably harsher tone toward dissent, increasingly framing domestic protests as part of a war waged by “enemies.
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‘War must end—but so must the regime’: civilians speak from under fire
Relentless airstrikes by Israel and the United States have transformed life across Iran, reshaping cities and daily routines while leaving millions caught between fear, resilience, and deeply divided views on the war.
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‘War must end—but so must the regime’: civilians speak from under fire
Relentless airstrikes by Israel and the United States have transformed life across Iran, reshaping cities and daily routines while leaving millions caught between fear, resilience, and deeply divided views on the war.
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When Iran’s war images become a battle of belief
A heated online dispute over photographs showing civilian victims of strikes in Iranian cities has exposed both the deep mistrust many Iranians feel toward official information and a widening rift among the public itself over how to interpret images emerging from the war.
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Leaked IRGC manual shows systematic use of civilian sites as missile cover
A leaked internal directive from the IRGC’s missile command appears to show that the use of civilian locations to conceal, support and in some cases facilitate missile launch operations is not ad hoc, but structured, documented and built into operational planning.
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Ghalibaf and Trump escalate rhetoric as prospects for talks remain vague
As the war enters its fifth week, tensions between Tehran and Washington are rising, with both sides sending mixed signals over diplomacy and the risk of further escalation.
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Iran’s military uses schools and civilian sites during US-Israeli war
Iran’s security and military forces moved personnel, weapons and equipment into at least 70 civilian sites during the US-Israeli airstrikes, an Iran International investigation found, exposing what appears to be a nationwide pattern of using public spaces for military purposes.
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The day the Iran war reached a school in Minab
Newly released surveillance footage appears to show repeated strikes hitting a primary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab on the first day of the war, an attack Iranian authorities say killed more than 100 children and teachers.
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'Iran’s threat is global': Experts call Diego Garcia strike a wake-up call
Iran’s recent attempted strike on a joint UK–US military base in the Indian Ocean, some 4,000 km from its territory, marks more than an escalation — it is a wake-up call for the West, experts told Iran International.
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Why Iran war may not follow the region’s familiar script
It may be too early to issue verdicts on the war unfolding around Iran since conflicts of this scale rarely follow the scripts imagined in their first weeks and early judgments often prove premature.
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Iran’s former diplomats warn of prolonged regional war
Former Iranian diplomats are warning that the war between Iran, the United States and Israel could fundamentally reshape the Middle East’s security order, with some predicting a prolonged conflict and deeper regional instability.
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Children as young as 12 can join war support, IRGC says
An official from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the minimum age for participation in war-related support roles has been lowered to 12, according to remarks aired on state media.
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IRGC rhetoric frames US island assault as chance to capture troops
Some Tehran commentators say any US attempt to seize Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf could play directly into the IRGC’s long-standing strategy of capturing American troops for leverage.
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North Koreans fear possible deployment as Iran war intensifies - report
North Koreans are increasingly worried about the possibility of overseas troop deployments as the Iran war intensifies, with rumors of involvement spreading in border regions and among families of military-age men, according to reports from North Korea.
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Iran missile hits Lebanon after Tehran envoy expelled from Beirut
A missile fired from Iran struck Lebanon’s coast hours after Beirut expelled Tehran’s ambassador, sources told Iran International, contradicting earlier reports that it had been intercepted.
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Tehran keeps up war rhetoric after Trump signals possible talks
Iranian state media continued issuing warnings against the United States even after President Donald Trump said Monday that the two countries had held “constructive” talks—and that he was therefore postponing planned strikes on Iran’s power grid.
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Iran-linked group claims London ambulance arson, monitoring group says
An Iran-aligned militant network has claimed responsibility for the arson attack on Jewish ambulances in north London early Monday, a monitoring organisation said, linking the incident to a string of similar fires across Europe.
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Rights group says over 1,400 civilians killed in Iran in three weeks of war
More than 1,400 civilians have been killed in Iran during the first three weeks of the war with the United States and Israel, according to figures compiled by the rights group HRANA.
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US CENTCOM chief says Iran targeting civilians out of ‘desperation’
The commander of US Central Command said Iran has increasingly targeted civilian sites across the Middle East out of "desperation" as its military capabilities deteriorate in the third week of the war.
