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Iranians participate in an Eid al-Ghadir ceremony and a protest march on Saturday against the Israeli attacks.

Celebration, trepidation and anger: Iranians have conflicting emotions over Israeli airstrikes

While some Iranians view the attacks as a means to salvation, others are terrified of the unpredictable consequences of war.

  • Yeganeh Torbati

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Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was detained on December 19 as she was reporting in Iran, Italy’s foreign ministry said.

Iran arrests Italian journalist in case of apparent hostage diplomacy

Italian media said Cecilia Sala’s detention was believed to be aimed at securing the release of an Iranian-Swiss drone expert who was detained in Italy.

Newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian.

A new leader, an assassination and the nuclear option: Why world is sweating on Iran

The new Iranian president had been in power for just 10 hours when a senior Hamas leader was killed on the country’s soil. The world has held its breath for retaliation since.

  • David E. Sanger and Farnaz Fassihi
Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s memoir of her time in jail in Iran is on the shortlist for the non-fiction award.

I won’t mourn the sudden death of the man who oversaw my sham trial

Iranians are celebrating the death of their president by dancing in the streets, setting off fireworks and posting an endless stream of helicopter-themed memes. Meanwhile the Australian government has sent its condolences.

  • Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Influential but also more desperate: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The West is about to make a major error in its economic war against Putin

Lack of attention to the “Global South” has come back to haunt now that Western interests are threatened by an axis of Russian, Chinese and Iranian authoritarianism.

  • Jeremy Warner
Kylie Moore-Gilbert spent years imprisoned in Iran on trumped-up espionage charges.

The exclusive – but growing – group no one wants to be part of

Three years after being jailed in Iran, I am calm and unflappable. But the anger is still there. I know because my relationship to anger has changed so dramatically.

  • Kylie Moore-Gilbert
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‘Arrogant powers’: How Iran takes aim at its sworn enemies

How did Iran get here – and can the era of the ayatollahs last?

  • Angus Holland
Portraits of actor Nazanin Boniadi, Thursday 2nd of November 2023. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos / The Sydney Morning Herald

Homeland actor lands in Sydney with a plea to the West

Nazanin Boniadi, recipient of the 2023 Sydney Peace Prize, says Iran is playing word games when it comes to Gaza to win over progressives in the West.

  • Harriet Alexander
From left, Emad Sharghi, Morad Tahbaz and Siamak Namazi, former prisoners in Iran, walk out of a Qatar Airways flight in Qatar.

Five Americans freed by Iran in prisoner swap

It was unclear whether the exchange might bring progress on the many issues that divide the two nations, including Iran’s nuclear program.

  • Andrew Mills, Humeyra Pamuk and Parisa Hafezi
Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

US makes deal with Iran to swap prisoners for releasing billions in frozen Iranian funds

Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed off on the deal late last week, but Congress was not notified of the decision until Monday.

  • Matthew Lee

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