Iran

Internet is cut and air travel restricted as unrest escalates into most serious challenge to regime in years

Focus of protests shifts from economic grievances to demands for political change

Demonstrations that began last month over slide in currency now reflect broader disaffection with Iran’s religious rulers

Many business owners have closed their shops and called for measures to rescue to economy

Name-changing Marinera ship has long been part of shadow fleet used to dodge western sanctions

Protests are shaking the regime but might not directly topple it. But change could soon come regardless

Demonstrations expanded from economic focus to broader frustrations, with some chanting against country’s rulers

Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reportedly plans to flee to Moscow if unrest intensifies

Threat follows days of demonstrations over living standards

More than one in five of all consular cases last year concerned Irish citizens dying abroad

Amid mounting street protests, many businesses, universities and government offices stayed closed yesterday under government orders

Footage showed Iranian police in riot gear shooting teargas at largest demonstrations in three years

Move is part of Tel Aviv’s struggle for regional influence against Iran and Turkey

US could support another strike on Iran if it resumed nuclear weapons programme, Trump warns

Irish Times writers recount some of the biggest world news stories they covered this year and why they were significant

Israeli prime minister likely to seek further Iran attacks but US president focused on next phase of Gaza ceasefire

Female voices triumph in vignettes accompanied by recipes

Iranian again flouts his movie-making ban in the most imaginative manner with darkly humorous political satire

Decades of mismanagement, climate extremes and vanishing rainfall have pushed the capital to the brink

November 23rd-28th highlights: including DJ Carey: The Dodger, The Beatles Anthology, and Stranger Things 5

Attacks on villages kill 14 people in past 24 hours, including 13 in Palestinian refugee camp

Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is suspected of approving 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Lebanese government must honour commitment to disarm Iran-backed group, says Tel Aviv

A deep sense of unease has gripped Iran since US and Israeli airstrikes in June - but many citizens are just trying to get by

My English Persian Kitchen, by the Palestinian-Irish playwright Hannah Khalil, tells the story of the Belfast-based food writer Atoosa Sepehr

Ceasefire due to start day after Israeli ratification and hostages could be released 72 hours later

Compelled to tell her grandmother’s true story, the academic realised she’d have to confront the records of the old state security and secret police force

France, Germany and UK triggered ‘snapback’ mechanism after Tehran further restricted monitoring of nuclear programme

UN Security Council voting to reimpose broad measures on Islamic Republic after bid to extend deadline rejected

Rosita Boland travelled in Afghanistan under the Taliban with Unicef, visiting schools and reception centres

Notoriously stingy Trump seems content to continue to bankroll Israel’s monstrous war machine, even as it is ethnically cleansing the West Bank and perpetrating genocide in Gaza

The emerging alternative order is neither an axis, nor is it interested in upheaval

Despite an initial mood of wartime solidarity, Iranians across the political spectrum believe the conflict has exposed the vulnerabilities of the system

Houthis say they launched missile towards Israeli-owned tanker in Red Sea

Leaders of world’s most populous countries bid to reassure one another of relationship as ‘partners not rivals’

Television: Dark Wolf is loud and noisy and not for everyone, but packs undeniable punch

Homes, schools, synagogues and vehicles have been targets by antisemitic vandalism and arson since Israel began its war in Gaza in late 2023

Islamist group vows ‘no life’ in country if government seeks to remove Iran-backed militia

Three countries say Iran must resume negotiations with US over nuclear programme

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