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مراسل في طهران

In Tehran, reporting on politics

A woman walks past a currency exchange office in Tehran on Sept. 28, 2025, as Iranians feel economic strain deepen, with prices soaring and the rial sinking to new lows.

Analysis

إيران تشهد موجة جديدة من الاحتجاجات مع تصاعد الغضب الاقتصادي في مواجهة الضغوط الخارجية المتزايدة.

A correspondent in Tehran

A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

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Analysis

من حرب وشيكة إلى انهيار العملة: إيران تنهي عام 2025 على حافة الهاوية

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A correspondent in Tehran

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Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran Iranian 100 rial banknotes.

Analysis

تراجعت العملة الإيرانية إلى أدنى مستوى تاريخي لها وسط تبادل الاتهامات بين الفصائل.

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Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, permanent representative of Iran to the UN, gives a statement after a UN Security Council meeting on June 13, 2025, in New York City.

Analysis

إيران تحذر من مؤامرات إسرائيلية في سوريا وسط مخاوفها الخاصة بشأن فقدان نفوذها.

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TATYANA MAKEYEVA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

وزير الخارجية الإيراني عراقجي يزور موسكو في ظلّ العقوبات القاسية التي تدفع العلاقات الروسية نحو مزيد من التقارب

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Iranian soldiers keep watch at a patrol post in Zabol, southeastern Iran, near the Afghan border, on Oct. 10, 2012.

Analysis

اندماج الجماعات المسلحة في بلوشستان الإيرانية ينذر بتهديد جديد لطهران

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Waleed Al-Khuraiji, Saudi Arabia’s vice foreign minister, and Miao Deyu, China’s vice foreign minister, conclude the third Iran–China–Saudi trilateral meeting with talks alongside Iran’s foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, Dec. 9, 2025.

Analysis

تعميق التحول الإيراني نحو الصين مع تزايد احتمالات ذوبان الجليد في العلاقات بين طهران والمملكة العربية السعودية

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People walk and drive past a billboard covering the facade of a building on Vali-Asr square, depicting as postage stamps the disputed Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb islands that were seized by Iran in 1971, in Tehran on October 26, 2024. Residents of Tehran awoke and went about their business as planned on October 26 after their sleep was troubled by Israeli strikes that triggered blasts that echoed across the city. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

مناورات عسكرية إيرانية جديدة قرب جزر متنازع عليها تزيد التوترات مع الإمارات

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A S-200 surface-to-air missile system is on display in Terhran.

Analysis

إيران تستخدم أول تدريبات ميدانية مشتركة لمنظمة شنغهاي للتعاون لاستعراض قوة الطائرات بدون طيار وتأكيد قدرتها على الصمود بعد الحرب

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A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

People hold flags near posters displaying assassinated IRGC military leaders during a state funeral service in Enqelab Square on June 28, 2025, in Tehran, Iran.

Analysis

أستراليا تخاطر بعواقب وخيمة إذا صنّفت الحرس الثوري الإيراني كدولة راعية للإرهاب

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This picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency shows a view of the fire in the forests of Chalus on Nov. 21, 2025.

Analysis

سوء الإدارة في إيران محط الأنظار مع اشتعال الحرائق في غابات عمرها 25 مليون عام

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) makes a speech as he attends the National Army Day ceremony on April 18, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. The country held its annual 'Army Day' parade in Tehran, which included an address by current President Masoud Pezeshkian. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Analysis

انتقادات إيران لروسيا والصين تكشف عن ثغرات في استراتيجيتها "التوجه شرقاً"

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