https://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:16:16 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Documentary filmmaker and activist Mojgan Ilanlou says Iran is like “a patient in the throes of death,” warning that the country’s social and economic crises have spread beyond traditional fault lines. https://www.rferl.org/a/filmmaker-ilanlou-iran-crisis-protests/33688098.html https://www.rferl.org/a/filmmaker-ilanlou-iran-crisis-protests/33688098.html Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:20:25 +0100 IranFeaturesThe Rundown Stories White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Iran's FM Abbas Araqchi are set to meet on February 6 in a last-ditch bid to avert war. As a US naval armada nears, Tehran is facing a tough choice: Make a slew of concessions for an end to Washington's "maximum pressure" policy, or risk war. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-nuclear-talks-oman-war/33669565.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-nuclear-talks-oman-war/33669565.html Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:46:05 +0100 IranFeaturesNuclear TalksThe Rundown Headline EU foreign ministers have agreed to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, after years of pressure from within and outside the bloc to blacklist the elite force. https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-designate-irgc-iran-terrorist-organization/33663894.html https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-designate-irgc-iran-terrorist-organization/33663894.html Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:03:14 +0100 IranNewsThe Rundown Stories Hannah Kaviani of RFE/RL’s Radio Farda spoke with Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, on January 13 about what Trump’s next move might be in Iran. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-trump-richard-goldberg-fdd/33647244.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-trump-richard-goldberg-fdd/33647244.html Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:15:37 +0100 IranFeaturesThe Rundown Stories In an interview with RFE/RL's Radio Farda, Maedeh Soltani, who lives in Germany, confirmed the killing of her uncle, Ali Dehghan Joghan. She said there were so many bodies in Tehran that it took her relatives four to five days to find her 55-year-old uncle. https://www.rferl.org/a/33646957.html https://www.rferl.org/a/33646957.html Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:32:27 +0100 IranFeaturesThe Rundown Stories RFE/RL’s Radio Farda has interviewed Jack Goldstone, one of the world's leading scholars of revolutions and social change, about the antiestablishment protests in Iran. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-revolution-khamenei/33643997.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-revolution-khamenei/33643997.html Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:14:51 +0100 IranFeaturesThe Rundown Stories RFE/RL’s Radio Farda talked to Michael Rubin, a former Pentagon official who is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, about the significance of the ongoing antiestablishment protests in Iran. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-venezuela-trump/33642292.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-venezuela-trump/33642292.html Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:25:27 +0100 IranFeaturesThe Rundown Stories US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites in June paused enrichment and buried its uranium stockpile. Now satellite images show Tehran is accelerating construction of an underground facility at Pickaxe Mountain, and an expert tells RFE/RL it could be more than just a centrifuge assembly site. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-pickaxe-mountain-nuclear-uranium-enrichment/33587304.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-pickaxe-mountain-nuclear-uranium-enrichment/33587304.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:59:36 +0100 IranFeaturesNuclear Talks In an interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Farda, Ilan Berman, a senior vice president at the American Foreign Policy Council and a veteran US national-security adviser, discusses President Donald Trump’s Iran strategy, recent military strikes, and why regime change probably isn't yet on the table. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-strategy-trump-ilan-berman-analysis/33447546.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-strategy-trump-ilan-berman-analysis/33447546.html Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:33:37 +0200 IranFeaturesThe Rundown StoriesMiddle East When Israel issued a warning to residents of one of Tehran's most upscale and densely populated areas, District 3, to evacuate saying it intended to carry out air strikes in the area, already heightened anxiety rose even further. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-people-experience-war-israel-tehran/33444581.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-people-experience-war-israel-tehran/33444581.html Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:23:36 +0200 IranFeaturesThe Rundown Stories Iran and the United States are set to resume nuclear talks in Rome amid rising tensions, hard-line demands, and Israeli threats of military action. With uranium enrichment at the core of the standoff, the window for diplomacy is narrowing -- and the stakes couldn’t be higher. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-nuclear-talks-enrichment-demand-trump-khamenei/33421388.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-nuclear-talks-enrichment-demand-trump-khamenei/33421388.html Fri, 23 May 2025 00:04:19 +0200 IranFeaturesNuclear TalksThe Rundown Stories