Amid deteriorating ties with Europe and the looming threat of another war with Israel, Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian is under mounting attack from Tehran’s hardliners, who question both his competence and his political judgment.
With the supreme leader’s retreat from view since the 12-Day War with Israel, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) appear to have taken on his role as political disciplinarian, nudging senior figures to keep their feuds out of public view.
Pressure is building inside Iran’s political establishment for a fundamental change of course, with former president Hassan Rouhani joining a growing chorus warning that continued rigidity could lead to paralysis or trigger renewed unrest.
Iran’s judiciary dismissed or convicted 138 employees for corruption in the past year, the head of its Protection and Intelligence Center, Ali Abdollahi, said on Wednesday.
A rare invitation from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for talks on removing Iran from its global money-laundering blacklist has reignited a years-long political battle in Tehran.
Tehran moderates are openly signaling readiness for a return to nuclear talks, hinting at accepting some restrictions on its activities but Washington appears unmoved.
Iran’s president is facing a storm of backlash after twice straying into politically fraught territory on live television, first by suggesting talks with Washington were preferable to war, then by downplaying the stakes of the Zangezur Corridor dispute.
Iran’s hardliners have vowed retaliation against a US-brokered deal last week which would link two parts of Azerbaijan via a corridor through Armenia, while President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government has so far offered only a muted response.
The Islamic Republic’s massive investment in this year’s Arbaeen pilgrimage to Iraqi holy cities is stirring fresh outrage at home, where Iranians face spiraling inflation, unpaid wages and hours-long power and water outages.
Ali Larijani’s return to the heart of Iran’s security establishment has triggered renewed scrutiny of the country’s opaque power structures and sharp questions about the consistency of its political vetting.
A controversial post by hardline figure Saeed Jalili denigrating nuclear talks has triggered a rare public rebuke from within Iran’s security establishment—one that may signal his waning influence in Tehran’s evolving postwar leadership.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Thursday appointed Ali Larijani as his personal representative to the Supreme National Security Council, two days after President Masoud Pezeshkian named Larijani as the council’s secretary.
Two senior Iranian lawmakers have welcomed the creation of a new Defense Council under the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), calling it a timely move to streamline military decision-making in what they described as wartime conditions.
Iran has established a new Defense Council under the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), aiming to centralize military decision-making and prepare for crises ranging from war to potential leadership transition.
Veteran powerbroker Ali Larijani has been reappointed as Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SCNS), returning to a role from which he resigned two decades ago after clashes with ultra-hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
A son of a former Iranian intelligence chief has been charged with supporting Israel and was banned from using social media for three months, Hassan Younesi announced on his X account, amid a sweeping postwar crackdown by Iranian authorities.
Iran has arrested 20 people in a crackdown on a suspected bribery and influence network operating within Tehran’s judiciary system, a top official said on Monday.
A senior Iranian cleric whose family is at the center of a high-profile corruption investigation has stepped down from his role as Tehran’s interim Friday prayer leader, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.
Calls for systemic reform and restructuring of Iran’s political and security institutions have intensified after a 12-day war with Israel in June, accompanied by some signs of change but also many signs of continuity.
Iranian officials say Tehran could run out of water within weeks, but climatologist Dr. Nasser Karami tells Eye for Iran the crisis transcends drought and is a product of government mismanagement, militarized agriculture and deliberate manipulation.
Iran will reorganize its Supreme National Security Council under a conservative stalwart, state media reported on Friday, as Tehran grapples with fallout from a June war with Israel.
Allegations of a “shadow government” meddling in Iran’s foreign policy have reignited concerns about the country’s diplomatic direction, just as high-stakes nuclear talks with the West hang in the balance.