iranintl – Iranian water industry officials warned on Saturday that Tehran’s water situation is deteriorating rapidly, saying rationing should have begun much earlier as the capital faces one of its driest periods in half a century. The city’s water resources are in exponential decline, Reza Haji-Karim, head of Iran’s Water Industry Federation, told the website Didban Iran. “Water rationing should …

iranintl -A state-run ceremony unveiling a new statue in Tehran’s Enghelab Square on Friday took place without the presence of morality patrols or enforcement of the compulsory hijab, even as reports of renewed hijab policing have surged across Iranian cities in recent weeks. The event, titled “You Will Kneel Before Iranians Again,” was attended by government officials and supporters, many …

iranintl – Water rationing has quietly begun in Tehran, with several neighborhoods facing nightly supply cuts without official announcement or public warning, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Residents say water has been shut off from midnight until around 5 a.m. in recent nights. “Despite repeated denials by officials, it appears the process of rationing has started” and citizens in parts …

iranintl – Iran-backed militias in Iraq are looking to consolidate the grip they won by force of arms on the fragile country’s politics with gains in parliamentary elections next month, experts told Eye for Iran podcast. After a series of military and diplomatic setbacks, Tehran may hope their allies next door can preserve its influence via the ballotbox and protect …

iranintl – Two former senior US Mideast policy officials said a renewed conflict between Israel and Iran appeared remote after the arch-foes clashed in June, but described Tehran in a roundtable discussion hosted by Iran International TV as a lingering threat. Iran envoy for President Donald Trump from 2020 to 2021 Elliott Abrams and Ambassador Dennis Ross, a former Middle …

iranintl – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sought to kill the Israeli ambassador to Mexico but the plot was thwarted over the summer by Mexican security forces according to US and Israeli officials cited by Axios on Friday. The plot to assassinate ambassador Einat Kranz-Neiger began at the end of 2024, Axios cited a source with knowledge of the matter …

Iranwire – A large majority of Iranians believe their government should abandon calls for Israel’s destruction and pursue direct negotiations with the United States, according to a new poll. The survey by Gamaan, or the Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran, found 69 per cent of respondents said Iran’s government should drop the slogan calling for Israel’s destruction, …

Iranwire -A prisoner sentenced to death has died by suicide in Ghezelhesar Prison, a human rights organization said. Hadi Rezaei, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, died on Thursday, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights. Rezaei attempted suicide on Wednesday in Ward 3 of the prison and was transferred to a medical facility but later died, the group said. …

iranwire – Iranian security forces raided the home of an activist after he posted a video burning a picture of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, forcing him into hiding, a former political prisoner said. Fouad Chobin said security forces stormed Samad Poursheh’s home in Yasuj hours after he posted the November 5 video on Instagram. Agents seized his phone but failed …

Iranwire – A new wave of repression has swept across Iran, targeting members of the Baha’i community with arrests and home raids in multiple provinces. The raids follow a familiar pattern of discrimination — exclusion from education, confiscation of property and arbitrary detention solely for religious belief. In the northern city of Sari, 25-year-old Baha’i Adib Rahmani was arrested by …