Israel and the United States have set no timeline for their joint military campaign against Iran, Israel’s foreign minister said on Sunday, describing the strikes that began on Saturday as an effort to weaken the country’s leadership.
Videos emerging from Iran despite a near-total internet shutdown reflect a rare mix of jubilation, fear and expectation as US and Israeli strikes leave the country’s future suddenly bound to the outcome of the war.
The body of a protester who disappeared during the demonstrations in Tehran last month has been returned to his family nearly fifty days later, according to information collected by Iran International from relatives and witnesses.
A series of Iranian social media accounts fell silent after their owners were shot during January protests, leaving behind final posts that now read like unfinished testimonies and have turned into digital memorials where protesters mourn, vent anger and hail the fallen.
The anxiety splashed across the front pages of Tehran outlets on Thursday did little to quiet the bluffs, threats and illusions that have defined a week of anticipation over possible Israeli or US strikes on Iran.
Davoud Sohrabi, a 30-year-old bodybuilding champion who was shot in the eye with live ammunition on January 8 during protests in Shahr-e Rey, south of Tehran, died on Monday after more than 50 days in a coma, according to information received by Iran International.
A 53-year-old Iranian man was shot dead with what live ammunition while taking out his household trash, as videos and witness accounts point to a pattern of security forces firing on bystanders during unrest last month.
Tehran’s political commentariat continues to issue warnings about social fragmentation, economic collapse and recurring unrest, despite little sign that such appeals are influencing decision-makers at the top.
The new academic term in Iran has begun under heavy tension, with students at several major universities staging anti-government protests and forcing authorities to confront a familiar dilemma: suppress dissent or risk wider unrest.
A 50-year-old fitness trainer who joined a protest in Esfahan with her two children last month was shot in the head and later died after a hospital refused to admit her and security forces stopped the car carrying her, sources told Iran International.
A sense of fatalistic anticipation is spreading in Iran as the threat of a US strike grows, with many expressing fear of war but also resignation that it may be unavoidable—or even transformative.
President Donald Trump will step into the House chamber on Tuesday night for a State of the Union address shadowed by the prospect of new US military action on Iran, as his administration sends envoys back to nuclear talks in Geneva and builds up forces in the region.
As Iran’s security forces crushed protests, a parallel operation unfolded online, blaming a domestic uprising on a global conspiracy.
A wave of Iranian student activism adopting the pre-1979 Lion and Sun emblem has gathered pace in recent days, as protests entered a third consecutive day on Monday and spread across universities in Tehran, Isfahan and Mashhad.
A 35-year-old protester arrested after January demonstrations in Mashhad died in hospital after weeks in a coma caused by severe torture in Revolutionary Guards intelligence detention, according to information received by Iran International.
Iran’s January massacre of protesters has left scars far beyond the streets. In cemeteries and hometowns, families are transforming centuries-old mourning rites into defiant celebrations of lives cut short.
Students at several major Iranian universities held rallies on Sunday to commemorate those killed in recent protests and to voice opposition to the Islamic Republic, according to student groups and local media.
A Revolutionary Court in Tehran has sentenced seven protesters, including a 19-year-old, to death after accusing them of setting fire to a Basij base during nationwide protests in January, according to documents reviewed by Iran International.
Craig and Lindsay Foreman, a British couple sentenced to 10 years in prison on espionage charges in Iran, said they would begin a hunger strike on March 4, accusing authorities of violating the country’s constitution.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Iran it must reach a meaningful nuclear agreement with the United States within two weeks or face consequences, as reports indicate Washington is considering limited strikes to force a deal.