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Policemen walk in front of a huge banner showing Iranian flag at the Islamic Revolution square in Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 15, 2026, 11:52 pm
As war ends, Iran’s regime now has to face its own angry, embittered people
‘The moment the war ends, the actual problems for Iran’s clerical establishment will start,’ says expert, as Iranians emerge from months of war with economy in tatters
By Parisa Hafezi and ANGUS MCDOWALL
A man walks past a banner installed along the roadside of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran on April 29, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
April 30, 2026, 7:08 pm
Iran’s economy under palpable stress, but prepared to hold out amid US blockade
Islamic Republic’s stockpiling of imports ahead of war hasn’t yet curbed bank withdrawals or rationed necessities; still, spiraling joblessness may fuel regime’s fear of protests
By Parisa Hafezi and ANGUS MCDOWALL
Iranians shop at a street market in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2026. (AFP)
April 19, 2026, 8:28 pm
Weary Iranians expect no postwar respite under entrenched regime
Citizens fear that an agreement with the US will embolden the Islamist rulers, further eroding their rights, while the effects of war on the economy, infrastructure linger
By Parisa Hafezi and ANGUS MCDOWALL
A banner is displayed at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on March 10, 2026, depicting Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left) watching as his successor the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (center) hands over an Islamic Republic of Iran flag to his son and new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (right). (AFP)
March 11, 2026, 2:59 am
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards orchestrated selection of new supreme leader — sources
Senior source in Iran says the IRGC is now running the country after forcing through its choice of Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been silent since he was elevated to leadership post
By Parisa Hafezi and ANGUS MCDOWALL
File: Then-Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, accompanied by the armed forces commanders, visits an exhibition of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' aerospace achievements, in Iran, November 19, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
March 8, 2026, 3:19 am
Cracks emerge in Iran’s leadership as it reels under a war seen as existential
IRGC seen taking bigger role in strategy amid US-Israeli airstrikes that have killed top commanders; succession process being sped up; frontrunner Mojtaba Khamenei is untested
By Parisa Hafezi and ANGUS MCDOWALL
Anti-Iranian regime protesters hold up a portrait the last shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, as they take part in a demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy in central London on January 10, 2026. (CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
January 15, 2026, 3:47 pm
Iran protests show bitter schism among exiled opposition factions
The two main factions abroad are led by Reza Pahlavi, son of the former shah, and the Mujahedin-e Khalq, a leftist-Islamist group. It’s unclear that either has broad support
By John Irish, Vitalii Yalahuzian and ANGUS MCDOWALL
Newly appointed Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir (right) shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry during a joint press conference at the Riyadh Air Base in the Saudi capital, May 7, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
From the WebJuly 15, 2015, 4:23 am
Iran’s nuclear deal puts Saudis on edge
Saudi official says Middle East a ‘more dangerous part of the world’ after western compromise with Iran, Reuters reports
By ANGUS MCDOWALL and HADEEL AL SAYEGH
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