Stay updated on the latest Iranian events involving journalist detentions, diplomatic deaths, currency crisis, and cyberattacks.
Iran has been making headlines with journalist Nasrin Hassani starting a 7-month prison sentence related to protests following Mahsa Amini's death. The country also faced a tragic incident where an Iranian diplomat passed away in a Moscow fitness club. To combat the currency crisis, Iran issued 30% interest rate bonds to stabilize its national currency. Iranian journalists have been detained multiple times, with security forces raiding media outlets and families gathering in protest.
In recent updates, the cyber world discovered the cost of Iranian drones, cybersecurity operations against Israel, and increased pressure on students and professors. Meanwhile, the Prana Network hack revealed data on Iranian drone sales and cyberattacks on Israel. The Defense Intelligence Agency report confirmed Iranian arms' use by Houthi forces and Iran's complex network of armed groups in the region.
Interesting facts: Amal Saad, a scholar specializing in Hezbollah and the Resistance Axis, sheds light on Iran's proxies. The U.S. has demanded Iran to control its proxy groups, triggering airstrikes across Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Iran's envoy to Kabul sees Afghanistan as part of Tehran's 'axis of resistance,' representing its strategic influence.
โAll of the journalists arrested for reporting on the unprecedented nationwide protests that followed Mahsa Amini's death should be released and charges against ...
An Iranian diplomat at the embassy in Moscow allegedly died in a fitness club on February 4, according to the Russian newspaper Izvestia.The ...
With Iran's national currency on a rollercoaster, the government has given the green light to state banks for a whopping 30-percent interest rate for ...
Iranian security forces raided a building housing the editorial office of the Fardaye Eghtesad media outlet, detaining an unknown number of its journalists ...
Family members of journalists and other staff from the Iranian financial news website Farda-e-Eghtesad gathered outside the outlet's off ...
Iranian security forces raided a building housing the editorial office of the Fardaye Eghtesad media outlet, detaining an unknown number of its journalists ...
Note: CTP and ISW have refocused the update to cover the Israel-Hamas war. The new sections address developments in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon, and ...
PEN America's strongly condemns the arbitrary detention of Iranian rapper Vafa Ahmadpour and calls for his immediate release.
A hacker group called the Prana Network broke into the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) email servers and grabbed data on the sale of Shahed drones ...
A group of hackers from the Prana Network were able to gain access to the mail servers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which contained ...
The Prana Network hacking group has exposed critical data about the production and pricing of Shahed-136 drones intended for Russia.
Iran's security and intelligence authorities have mounted pressure on dissenting students and professors as the second semester of the academic year ...
After suspending their strike and then going back on it due to failed promises, Iranian steel workers have again suspended the strike after employers have ...
The attacks and "influence operations" have grown in number, sophistication and geographic scope since the start of the war, according to Microsoft's Threat ...
Amid the rising potential of a widening war, we expect Iranian influence operations and cyberattacks will continue to be more targeted, more collaborative ...
Objective: Undermine Israel and its supporters in an attempt to create general confusion and mistrust - that's how the system worked.
Since Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, Iranian government-aligned actors have launched a series of cyberattacks and influence operations (IO) intended ...
Stepped up coordination among Iranian cyber actors may improve their ability to hit U.S. critical infrastructure, Microsoft researchers say.
Iran activities include operations to influence public opinion through manipulation or intimidation, particularly targeting 'political and social rifts' ...
JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING โ Analysis confirms that Houthi forces have employed various Iranian-origin missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles against military ...
Microsoft has shared new intelligence on how Iranian government-aligned threat actors have turned their fire on Israel over the past four months.
The following is Feb. 6, 2024, the Defense Intelligence Agency report, Iran: Enabling Houthi Attacks Across the Middle East.
Amal Saad is a lecturer in politics and international relations at Cardiff University. She specializes in Hezbollah and the Resistance Axis. U.S. airstrikes ...
When the U.S. launched airstrikes over the past week in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the idea was to send a message to another country: Iran.
But when it did, it hit at least 85 targets across Iraq and Syria. The Pentagon was careful not to directly attack Iran itself, but it targeted Iranian-backed ...
Iran's special envoy to Afghanistan and the head of its embassy in Kabul says Tehran includes the war-torn country as part of is "axis of resistance" -- a ...
In the four decades since its Islamic Revolution, Iran has formed and supported an expanding number of allied fighting forces throughout the Middle East.