U.S. Is Negotiating an Iran Deal That Would Buy Time, Again

By: David E. Sanger， Tyler Pager and Farnaz Fassihi — 14 April 2026 at 14:05

The United States proposed a 20-year “suspension” of all nuclear activity, even as President Trump demands assurances that Iran can never build a nuclear weapon.

Vice President JD Vance arriving at Joint Base Andrews from Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday. Mr. Vance there were “some good conversations” with Iran in Pakistan, and the ball is now in Tehran’s court.

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Iran Convulsed in Second Night of Nationwide Protests

By: Farnaz Fassihi — 10 January 2026 at 07:24

Large marches against the government occurred despite an internet blackout and threats of a severe crackdown.

Demonstrators marched in Tehran in an image taken from a social media post that was shared on Thursday.

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Khamenei Appears in Public for First Time Since Israel War Began

By: Farnaz Fassihi — 5 July 2025 at 22:36

The long absence of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, from public life had fueled speculation about his health and threats to his life.

A photograph released by Iran’s state media on Saturday showing Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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Where Is Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

By: Farnaz Fassihi — 26 June 2025 at 01:09

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not been seen publicly or heard from in nearly a week. That absence has surprised and unnerved everyone from political insiders to the general public.

Officials have said Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been sheltering at a bunker and refraining from electronic communication to prevent assassination attempts against him.

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Israel attacks Iran’s state television, live on the air.

By: Aaron Boxerman， Farnaz Fassihi， Aric Toler and Sanjana Varghese — 16 June 2025 at 18:52

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Iran Begins to Evacuate Military Officials and Personnel From Syria

By: Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman — 7 December 2024 at 04:02

The withdrawals by one of President Bashar al-Assad’s key backers come amid a resurgent rebel offensive.

An antigovernment fighter covers his ears as a multi-barrel rocket launcher fires against government forces, in the northern outskirts of Syria’s west-central city of Hama on Wednesday.

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Terrorism in Iran Exposes a Vulnerability It Doesn’t Want to Admit

By: Farnaz Fassihi — 5 January 2024 at 21:08

Even after the Islamic State took responsibility for deadly bombings, Iran’s government, facing public anger, blamed Israel.

The funeral of a victim of Wednesday’s terrorist bombing in Kerman, on Friday in Tehran.

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Imprisoned Nobel Winner and Iranian Rights Activist Begins a Hunger Strike

By: Farnaz Fassihi and Cassandra Vinograd — 6 November 2023 at 20:48

Narges Mohammadi is protesting the prison’s denial of hospital treatment for her heart condition, her family said.

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is serving a 10-year sentence in Iran’s Evin prison. “We are extremely worried,” her husband, Taghi Rahmani, said. “Her life is in danger.”