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  • People walk near a mural featuring images of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on a street in Tehran, Iran, February 17, 2026.
    Majid Asgaripour/Wana News Agency/Reuters
    Fresh protests erupt in Tehran as Witkoff says Trump curious why Iran has not yet ‘capitulated’
  • Israeli flags are seen near Nablus, West Bank on February 15, 2026.
    Nedal Eshtayah/Anadolu/Getty Images
    Middle East states condemn US ambassador’s comments appearing to support ‘expansionist’ Israel
  • Ballistic missiles, air defense systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles are displayed at Baharestan Square in Tehran as part of Iran's "Sacred Defense Week" and to mark the 45th anniversary of the Iran-Iraq War, which began in 1980 and lasted eight years, on September 27, 2025.
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    Wounded but still dangerous: How Iran could strike back if Trump attacks
  • British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks as she chairs a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York, on February 18, 2026.
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    UK condemns 10-year sentence for British couple in Iran
  • Creator and Executive Producer Dana Eden poses on the red carpet at the 49th International Emmy Awards in New York City, New York, on November 22, 2021.
    Caitlin Ochs/Reuters
    Israeli TV producer of award-winning show ‘Tehran’ found dead in Athens hotel room
  • Narges Mohammadi sits in her apartment in Tehran on January 23, 2025.
    Nooshin Jafari/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images
    Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his accompanying delegation depart for the site of the talks in Muscat, Oman on Friday.
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    Trump confirms more talks with Iran as Tehran stands firm on nuclear enrichment. Here’s what to know
  • TOPSHOT - Ambulances wait on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on February 4, 2026, days after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Palestinian territory's border post. The crossing, which is Gaza's only gateway to the outside world that does not lead to Israel, had been largely closed since Israeli forces seized control of it in May 2024 during the war with Hamas. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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    Confusion at reopening of Rafah crossing leaves Palestinians stranded
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  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a visit to the shrine of the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in southern Tehran, Iran, on January 31, 2026.
    Aboutaleb Nadri/Reuters
    Iran conditionally agrees to nuclear talks with US, first since Trump’s military strikes last summer
  • Iranians visit graves in the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran on January 29, 2026.
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    Grieving Iranians cowed into silence beside the graves of protesters
  • US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leave the State Dining Room of the White House after a news conference on September 29, 2025.
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    Israel tightens grip on West Bank ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to US
  • Palestinians gather around street vendors to buy food and basic supplies amid the ruins of destroyed buildings in Gaza City in October.
    Saeed M. M. T. Jaras/Anadolu/Getty Images/File
    Bezalel Zini, brother of Israel’s security chief, arrested in bust of alleged Gaza smuggling ring
  • <p>In a rare interview from inside Iran, a doctor tells CNN about co-ordinating an underground network of medics to treat protesters during the regime's brutal crackdown against protesters. He describes how the regime took over hospitals and arrested medical workers for treating them. The doctor is now himself fearing arrest but bravely speaking out to share his story.</p>
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    Video Doctors in Iran go underground to treat protesters as brutal crackdown reaches hospitals 3:29
  • Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Monday.
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    Gaza-Egypt border reopens nearly two years after Israel closed it, official says
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  • Sailors fuel an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on January 21, 2026, in this photo provided by the U.S. Navy.
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    US conducts military drills in Middle East as tension with Iran builds amid Trump’s demands
  • Iran’s top diplomat hopeful for negotiations even amid US military buildup
  • Video ‘Fair and equitable deal:’ Iranian FM on US negotiations 4:55
  • Gaza’s Rafah crossing partially reopens after nearly 2 years of closure
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday.
    Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu/Getty Images
    Iran is open to US talks but won’t be dictated to and won’t negotiate on missiles, foreign minister says
  • Iran warns of ‘hazardous consequences’ after EU designates Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization
  • The future of Iran’s internet connectivity is still bleak, even as weeks-long blackout begins to lift
  • ‘We are reliving the Nakba’: A Palestinian community says it’s being erased as Israeli settler violence intensifies
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