Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian says Tehran is in a “total war” with the US, Israel and Europe amid airstrikes, nuclear tensions, sanctions and stalled talks. With Trump-Netanyahu talks ahead, fears ...

As Netanyahu prepares to meet Trump, Israel is pushing to shift U.S. attention from Iran’s damaged nuclear program to what it ...

In the escalating confrontation between Israel and Iran, Israel's defense minister called on Syria's President Bashar Assad on Friday to rid his country of Iranian forces based there — warning their ...

As Israeli and US officials trade signals about next steps on Iran in late December 2025—including discussion of a possible ...

The Central Asian states have stakes in any war involving Iran. In June, these former Soviet republics responded to the Iran-Israel war, which included US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, with ...

CNN — (CNN) — Iran and Israel have been trading strikes since Friday, when Israel first struck Iranian military and nuclear targets. When tensions escalate in the Middle East, Israel turns once again ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I'm looking at the ...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei attends an event in Tehran, Iran, on May 10, 2025. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei attends an event in Tehran, Iran, on May 10, 2025.

Iran doesn’t negotiate peace. It prepares for war. President Donald Trump always understood this, and the regime’s latest admissions prove him right. Iran doesn’t negotiate peace. It prepares for war.