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In response to the June 2025 war between Israel and Iran, mainstream media outlets - both Persian-language and international - largely fell into predictable camps, either backing their preferred state actor or maintaining strategic silence about favored governments' actions. Yet this binary framing has systematically erased the perspectives of Iranian leftist feminists who, even while facing brutal repression from their own government, refuse to be co-opted into supporting external military intervention.

He's been weak on Russia. I think he's been good on Iran, I want to give kudos where they're earned. I think he's been great on Iran, but he has been terrible on Russia, said Bacon a retired Air Force general. We've tried to be-, hoping the president would get to the right spot on Russia and Ukraine, and he's not. And, you know, Biden was weak. Biden's actions in Afghanistan helped fuel this thing with Ukraine. But what I see with this president is even worse, he added.

A protester carrying a dog scaled the clock tower at King's Cross station in London to unfurl a banner calling for freedom in Iran. Footage taken on Tuesday (2 August) shows the demonstrator, who wore a black t-shirt displaying no to war, standing on the edge of the building as a poster which reads Iran belongs to its people hangs below him.

Iran's currency has been sharply depreciating again as European powers push to reinstate United Nations sanctions against the country amid stalled diplomacy and fears of war with Israel and the United States. The US dollar hit a price of more than 1.06 million rials in Tehran's open currency market on Monday, slightly higher than before Tehran and Washington started mediated negotiations in April.

The bus was carrying Afghans who had been deported from Iran and had been heading to Kabul. Police said the bus first collided with a motorcycle.

Israeli airstrikes on Tehran's Evin prison on June 23 killed at least 80 detainees, visitors, and staff amid allegations of targeting non-military facilities during visiting hours.

Today marks 80 years since the first use of a nuclear weapon during wartime - the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.

"All rivers and water sources within a 100-kilometer radius of Tehran have been depleted," according to Nasser Karami, who researches sustainable development, climate change and water management.

Iranian state-backed hackers and proxy groups launched phishing campaigns, defaced websites and claimed to have leaked troves of stolen data tied to the conflict.

The proposed redenomination had been delayed since 2019, where one rial will become equivalent to 10,000 existing rials and will be subdivided into 100 gherans.

Iran's decision to explore adopting China's navigation satellite system may appear at first glance to be merely a tactical manoeuvre. Yet, its implications are far more profound.

Three gunmen were killed in clashes with security forces who responded to the attack, according to Iran's state news agency.

The Balochistan Studies Project (BSP) launched by MEMRI identifies Balochistan as an outpost to counter Iranian influence and manages its nuclear ambitions.

A top Iranian official warned Wednesday that European threats to reimpose sanctions could lead Iran to withdraw from an international pact that limits the spread of nuclear weapons, one of the last remaining safeguards against the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.

Iran is experiencing its hottest week of the year, with temperatures exceeding 50C in some areas, alongside a severe water crisis due to five years of drought and lower rainfall.

Iran, France, Germany and the United Kingdom will hold nuclear talks in Istanbul following warnings by the three European countries that failure to resume negotiations would lead to international sanctions on Tehran.

Iranian authorities intercepted a foreign tanker in the Gulf of Oman for smuggling 2 million liters of fuel, citing incomplete legal documents related to its cargo.

The EU will initiate the reinstatement of UN sanctions on Iran if no progress on its nuclear programme is made by 29 August. France and partners aim to reapply embargos on arms, banks, and nuclear equipment, indicating the need for a tangible commitment from Iran.

In accepting the award Beiraghi thanked Iranian women for inspiring the film saying "the girls and women of Iran don't need anyone's pity. They deserve appreciation, respect, and a standing ovation."