Iran threatens protesters with death penalty as crackdown grows
Internet is cut and air travel restricted as unrest escalates into most serious challenge to regime in years
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‘I want to live a peaceful, normal life’: Iran’s younger generation is defying the regime
Focus of protests shifts from economic grievances to demands for political change
Iran’s younger generation ‘no longer believes in revolutionary slogans’ as unrest spreads
Demonstrations that began last month over slide in currency now reflect broader disaffection with Iran’s religious rulers
Protests spread in Iran over rising prices and plunging currency
Many business owners have closed their shops and called for measures to rescue to economy
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At least 25 dead and more than 1,000 arrested after Iran protests, say rights groups
Demonstrations expanded from economic focus to broader frustrations, with some chanting against country’s rulers
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Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reportedly plans to flee to Moscow if unrest intensifies
Donald Trump warns Iran that US will ‘rescue’ protesters
Threat follows days of demonstrations over living standards
Record number of overseas deaths reported to Department of Foreign Affairs
More than one in five of all consular cases last year concerned Irish citizens dying abroad
Two people confirmed dead as Iran’s largest protests in years turn into ‘battlefield’
Amid mounting street protests, many businesses, universities and government offices stayed closed yesterday under government orders
Iran to listen to protesters’ ‘legitimate demands’ after widespread dissent
Footage showed Iranian police in riot gear shooting teargas at largest demonstrations in three years
Why Israel’s recognition of breakaway Somaliland is controversial
Move is part of Tel Aviv’s struggle for regional influence against Iran and Turkey
Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump says after Netanyahu meeting
US could support another strike on Iran if it resumed nuclear weapons programme, Trump warns
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Trump and Netanyahu not aligned on priorities ahead of Florida talks
Israeli prime minister likely to seek further Iran attacks but US president focused on next phase of Gaza ceasefire
This Is Not a Cookbook by Roxana Manouchehri: An elegant book from our Persian-Irish host
Female voices triumph in vignettes accompanied by recipes
It Was Just an Accident review: Jafar Panahi has made one of the very best films of 2025
Iranian again flouts his movie-making ban in the most imaginative manner with darkly humorous political satire
As taps run dry, Iran’s president raises the unthinkable: abandoning the capital
Decades of mismanagement, climate extremes and vanishing rainfall have pushed the capital to the brink
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Israel steps up strikes on southern Lebanon aimed at blocking Hizbullah revival
Attacks on villages kill 14 people in past 24 hours, including 13 in Palestinian refugee camp
Trump contradicts US intelligence, insists Saudi ruler had no role in journalist’s murder
Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is suspected of approving 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi
Israel accuses Beirut of ‘dragging feet’ on Hizbullah, threatens to ‘intensify’ response
Lebanese government must honour commitment to disarm Iran-backed group, says Tel Aviv
Tehran after the 12-day war: past traumas and future fears collide
A deep sense of unease has gripped Iran since US and Israeli airstrikes in June - but many citizens are just trying to get by
Tales from an Irish Persian kitchen: ‘Food is always about community, as is theatre. You’re sharing something really personal’
My English Persian Kitchen, by the Palestinian-Irish playwright Hannah Khalil, tells the story of the Belfast-based food writer Atoosa Sepehr
Israeli cabinet ratifies ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas
Ceasefire due to start day after Israeli ratification and hostages could be released 72 hours later
Lea Ypi on Albania’s archives: ‘You might find something horrible on a person you’re extremely attached to’
Compelled to tell her grandmother’s true story, the academic realised she’d have to confront the records of the old state security and secret police force
Sweeping UN sanctions reimposed on Iran over its atomic programme
France, Germany and UK triggered ‘snapback’ mechanism after Tehran further restricted monitoring of nuclear programme
Iran to remain part of nuclear treaty despite threat of renewed UN sanctions
UN Security Council voting to reimpose broad measures on Islamic Republic after bid to extend deadline rejected
My week in Afghanistan: A little girl tells me she wants to be a dentist. But she won’t be going to school next year
Rosita Boland travelled in Afghanistan under the Taliban with Unicef, visiting schools and reception centres
Avi Shlaim: Trump has failed to grasp something fundamental about Netanyahu
Notoriously stingy Trump seems content to continue to bankroll Israel’s monstrous war machine, even as it is ethnically cleansing the West Bank and perpetrating genocide in Gaza
Why the West misreads the room with its ‘Axis of Upheaval’ narrative
The emerging alternative order is neither an axis, nor is it interested in upheaval
After the shock of war, Iranians yearn for change
Despite an initial mood of wartime solidarity, Iranians across the political spectrum believe the conflict has exposed the vulnerabilities of the system
Thousands attend funeral of Houthi leaders killed by Israeli strike, vow revenge
Houthis say they launched missile towards Israeli-owned tanker in Red Sea
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