Iran said it attacked vessels near the Strait of Hormuz on September 9 after the United States destroyed several Iranian oil tankers overnight, in a sharp escalation in the six-month war.
Iran launched fresh missile attacks on Jordan, saying it was targeting a US military base in retaliation for strikes on Iranian oil tankers.
As the conflict in the Persian Gulf continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL's Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver ongoing updates and analysis.
The family of 20-year-old Iranian twins Taraneh and Romina Rahimi says they have been tortured in prison and forced to confess to charges they deny. Relatives say Taraneh was sentenced to death and Romina to 25 years in prison in Isfahan, where they were jailed in connection with mass protests.
The United States has imposed sanctions on all of Iran's remaining active airlines, sharply escalating pressure on Tehran's aviation sector as part of a broader campaign aimed at cutting the Islamic republic off from international trade and finance.
Iranian twin sisters Taraneh and Romina Rahimi turned 20 behind bars this year, awaiting the outcome of a case that has drawn scrutiny over allegations of torture, forced confessions, and severe mistreatment of the defendants.
The 9/11 attacks were a global plot orchestrated by a Saudi millionaire whose Al-Qaeda network was later crippled by US-led military action. But experts warn today’s terrorists can be lone actors inspired online and harder to track, while Al-Qaeda is adapting to new technologies.
An Iranian-American citizen, Kamran Hekmati, has been released from Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, sources have told RFE/RL's Radio Farda, but he is unable to leave the country due to a travel ban.
The United States has imposed sanctions on a Turkish investment bank and two subsidiaries, accusing them of helping Iran move oil revenue and providing access to the international financial system as Washington intensifies its campaign to squeeze Tehran.
An Iranian man was blinded by security forces during the mass nationwide Women, Life, Freedom protests in 2022. He fled the country but then returned and has now been sentenced to death by hanging.
An Iranian court has sentenced a partially blinded protester to death after he returned to Iran. Ali Zarei was blinded in one eye when he was shot by security forces during the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests.
Ukraine’s top sanctions official says he remains optimistic about prospects for a sweeping Russia sanctions bill in the US Congress despite growing uncertainty over when the House will take it up, as lawmakers face a sharply shortened legislative calendar ahead of the November elections.
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