Category: 1. Iran

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter.

I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking at how Iran is seeking to reassure China that, even with…

“Yesterday, in Baku, we reached an understanding and signed documents with my dear brother, Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan,”  President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on his X account on…

Why it matters:

The statement signals that if the Israeli regime miscalculates and attacks Iran, it will be a trigger for a much wider conflict—one that could directly involve U.S. assets and regional…

Iran’s parliament convened a closed-door session on Tuesday to review the ongoing indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington, with lawmakers expressing firm red lines on domestic nuclear enrichment, lifting of sanctions and foreign…

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier-General Aziz Nasirzadeh condemned Tel Aviv’s brutal killings of Palestinians and Lebanese people amid the silence of international organizations, stating Israel has become a symbol of state terrorism.

Any potential agreement between the US and Iran would not come at the expense of other regional actors,  Fuad Hussein said an interview with Asharq News.

Hussein also highlighted the impact of US sanctions on Iran, which have forced Iraq to…