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Farnoush Amiri

A man rides his motorcycle past a deactivated Kheibar Shekan ballistic missile in front of a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran's Bahrestan Square on September 27, 2025, as part of an exhibit to mark the 'Sacred Defense Week' commemorating the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
October 29, 2025, 9:21 pm
IAEA: Iran isn’t actively enriching uranium but there’s movement near nuclear sites
Rafael Grossi, head of UN watchdog, says regime’s stockpile of 60% enriched uranium survived the June war; warns IAEA has no access to sites and can learn only so much from satellite imagery
By Farnoush Amiri
A billboard bearing a painting of a missile falling on Israel with a Farsi slogan reading 'The missile has fallen amidst the demons,' July 16, 2025. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
July 23, 2025, 11:02 pm
Iran says it may leave Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if sanctions reimposed
Tehran’s deputy FM warns that if Europe triggers ‘snapback’ measures, Iran will not show further restraint, urging the US to ‘come with honesty to the table’ and resume talks
By Farnoush Amiri
US State Department employees applaud as their colleagues walk outside of the State Department headquarters in the Harry S Truman Building, July 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
July 12, 2025, 5:44 am
US State Department fires over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan
Dismissals are part of major reorganization of department, which proponents have touted as a streamlining measure and critics say will weaken America’s global leadership
By Matthew Lee, Farnoush Amiri and MANUEL BALCE CENETA
A member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stands guard at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 26, 2025, 5:30 am
‘Don’t know what will happen’: Iranians fear further repression after war with Israel
Still, some are optimistic the regime will be more lenient in enforcing mandatory headscarf for women; others note issues such as power shortages will be just as they were ‘before the war’
By Farnoush Amiri
Illustrative: An Iranian man looks at newspapers displayed outside a kiosk in Tehran on November 6, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
June 22, 2025, 10:47 pm
Iran accused of abducting opposition journalist’s family over war coverage
Iran International says IRGC took presenter’s parents and brother to an undisclosed location, forced her father to phone her and demand that she resign from her job
By Farnoush Amiri
A man walks in the damaged headquarters of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iranian state television, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 20, 2025, 5:34 pm
Iran’s internet blackout leaves public in dark, creates uneven picture of war with Israel
Iranians seeing only images of missiles hitting Israel amid fears from the regime that the people could rise up when they see how the leadership has been weakened
By Farnoush Amiri
Then-nominee for US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth flashes a thumbs-up as he leaves a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington, January 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
January 25, 2025, 8:18 am
US Senate confirms Trump’s defense secretary nominee Hegseth after tie-breaking vote
Vance casts deciding vote after three Republicans oppose the US Army veteran and former Fox News host accused of heavy drinking and abusing his ex-wife
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and Farnoush Amiri
Sen. Marco Rubio attends the 60th US Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)
January 24, 2025, 11:38 pm
US freezes new funding for most foreign aid programs, Israel military aid unaffected
State Department to conduct review to ensure funding aligns with Trump’s ‘foreign policy agenda’; humanitarian food programs and military assistance to Egypt also won’t be impacted
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Farnoush Amiri
Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson after a joint session of Congress confirmed the Electoral College votes, affirming President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
January 7, 2025, 1:53 am
Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 win, in sharp contrast to mob violence of 4 years ago
Vice President Kamala Harris oversees orderly process after losing November election; ‘Today, America’s democracy stood,’ she says
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, Farnoush Amiri and Matt Brown
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks to reporters after passing the funding bill to avert the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
December 21, 2024, 11:31 am
US House of Representatives passes government funding bill, preventing shutdowns
Plan approved with overwhelming majority despite president-elect Trump’s demand that any deal include debt ceiling increase; questions raised over role of Musk
By LISA MASCARO, Farnoush Amiri and Matt Brown
The US Capitol, including the House of Representatives, left, is seen on November 14, 2024, in Washington. (AP/Mariam Zuhaib)
November 22, 2024, 11:13 am
US House passes bill allowing Treasury to target nonprofits it deems terror backers
Bipartisan legislation narrowly passes after many Democrats withdraw support; groups, including dozens of Jewish organizations, have said bill is too broad and can be abused
By THALIA BEATY and Farnoush Amiri
Robert Malley, the Biden's administration special envoy for Iran, waits to testify about the Iran nuclear deal during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 25, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/File)
September 19, 2024, 7:45 am
US suspension of security clearance for Iran envoy didn’t follow protocol – watchdog
Confusion over rules led to officials being unaware of what material Robert Malley was still permitted to access, internal report said to find
By Matthew Lee and Farnoush Amiri
Republican US presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, after an assassination attempt, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
July 22, 2024, 6:26 pm
Secret Service director says Trump shooting was agency’s biggest failure in decades
As calls mount for her to resign, agency chief Kimberly Cheatle tells congressional hearing she will ‘take corrective action to ensure that it never happens again’
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and Farnoush Amiri
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, returns to the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
October 6, 2023, 8:32 pm
Trump backs Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as US House speaker
Former president gives ‘total endorsement’ to combative Ohio congressman, after saying he would be open to serving as interim leader himself if GOP cannot settle on successor
By Jill Colvin and Farnoush Amiri
Former US president Donald Trump, right, sits in the courtroom at New York Supreme Court, October 2, 2023, in New York. (AP/Seth Wenig, Pool)
October 6, 2023, 12:17 am
Trump weighing visit to US Capitol as Republicans debate new House speaker
Some GOP members support unprecedented idea of ex-president taking on role despite not being member of Congress; Trump says ‘a lot of people’ have called him about job
By Farnoush Amiri and Jill Colvin
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