CORRECTED-Iranian musician faces jail over women dancers and singers

Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian is awaiting trial for working with female dancers and singers after being arrested earlier ...
Al-Monitor

Musician Arash Sobhani brings protest-infused Iranian rock to New York

The founder of the famed Tehran band Kiosk says the album addresses the failures of uprisings in Iran while incorporating ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Did A Promo Video Expose An Underground Iranian Base?

This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at how a promotional video by a private contractor in Iran may have inadvertently ...

Iran's dual reality: As veil restrictions ease, political crackdown deepens

On Tehran's bustling streets, women walk unveiled in jeans and sneakers and couples stroll hand-in-hand. But beneath the surface, a darker reality is unfolding.

Women riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran’s societal change

Women are increasingly seen riding motorbikes in Iran's capital, where laws and religious mores once barred women from ...
The Hill

Iran supreme leader on Trump nuclear destruction claim: ‘Keep dreaming’

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday countered President Trump’s claims that a U.S. strike in June destroyed Iranian nuclear facilities. “The US President boasts that they’ve bombed ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Iran Warns Sanctions Would Derail Ties With UN Atomic Watchdog

Iran’s top security body warned that European threats to reinstate UN sanctions on the country could hinder efforts to restore international inspections at Iranian nuclear facilities. In a statement ...
AOL

Is HUNTR/X A Real Band? All About the Members Behind the “KPop Demon Hunters ”Musical Trio

Released in June 2025, the Netflix film has become the streamer's most popular movie of all time The animated movie includes a record-breaking soundtrack, some of which has been submitted for award ...
SpaceNews

XTAR eyes U.S. defense market expansion with next-gen satellites

Illustration of Spainsat's next-generation communications satellites that will offer military satcom services via U.S. satellite operator XTAR. Credit: Airbus WASHINGTON — XTAR, a satellite operator ...
The National Interest

Iran’s Taliban Tightrope

For the short term, Tehran will prefer quiet security and intelligence cooperation with the Taliban rather than overt recognition. Russia’s formal recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in ...
Newsweek

Iran Gives Update on Nuclear Talks With US

Senior Iranian official Abbas Araghchi issued a stark message regarding the future of nuclear negotiations with Washington, telling the media that Tehran had no intention of returning to talks with ...
Foreign Policy

There’s More Than One Way to Build a Bomb

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