The army says it has met its goal ... but Israel calls the move "insufficient". ... Iranian authorities appear to be unusually restrained in reacting to mass protests, a possible result of Donald Trump's threat to intervene. ... People inside Iran tell the BBC why demonstrators are turning out in massive numbers.

8 hours ago - The disastrous 12-day war with Israel in June revealed a security apparatus rotten with Israeli infiltration and exposed the regime as a paper lion unable to defend its airspace. Its nuclear program is in shambles after U.S.

3 weeks ago - Ali Mohammad Naini, spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said Israel and its allies had pursued a dual strategy during the conflict: direct military confrontation alongside efforts to destabilize Iran from within. “The enemy’s defeat in the 12-day war was precisely here,” Naini said.

11 hours ago - Report: Israel’s military intelligence now believes the Tehran government could fall, a change in its assessment as Iranian protests spread. (@NDvori ⁦@N12News⁩) pic.twitter.com/8VpaVbTPF0— Dan Williams (@DanWilliams) January 9, 2026 ... Women are now lighting cigarettes during images of the ayatollah—that has to be the image that should the Khamenei regime fall. You will never be as cool as this Iranian girl , but if you start smoking cigs you’ll be closer to being as cool as she is pic.twitter.com/jDR3Cxs4A1— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) January 9, 2026

3 weeks ago - Iranian officials are emphasizing deterrence and diplomacy amid reports of Israeli concern over Tehran’s missile program and the risk of renewed escalation.

1 week ago - The Israel Defense Forces is expediting preparations for a multi-front war with Iran in light of the internal unrest in the Islamic Republic, Hebrew media reported on Wednesday. The preparations, which are part of the military’s multi-year ...

2 weeks ago - A drone photo of rescue forces at the impact site of residential homes, following a missile attack from Iran on Israel, in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 14, 2025 · Israel lacks the capacity to fight a prolonged war with Iran, an Iranian daily affiliated ...

2 days ago - Israel issued evacuation orders to residents of some areas of Tehran and hit Iranian missile launchers in western Iran. The IDF said one of its drones destroyed two Iranian F-14s.

2 weeks ago - Iran fired some 550 missiles and 1,000 drones, 90 percent of which were intercepted by Israel and its allies, according to the Israeli army. Some 36 direct hits on populated areas killed at least 28 civilians and injured 3,000, according to ACLED.

3 weeks ago - The long-standing proxy conflict between Israel and Iran dramatically escalated into direct confrontations on June 13, 2025. Israel launched a surprise aerial campaign targeting sites across Iran, stating its aim was to prevent Iran from acquiring ...

3 weeks ago - At present, Iran’s threat assessments reportedly rely heavily on Israeli media reports, as Iranian intelligence operatives face increasing difficulty operating on the ground in Israel. Since the start of the war, 34 Iranian espionage attempts inside Israel have been foiled and cleared for publication.

5 days ago - Referring to the 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel, Alaei said the fighting exposed structural weaknesses in Iran’s intelligence setup and showed that it had not been organized in proportion to Israel’s intelligence and security efforts against Iran. “The experience of the 12-day war showed that we have not structured our intelligence organization in line with the level of Israeli intelligence and security activity directed at Iran,” he said.

3 weeks ago - While neither side wants war, both Jerusalem and Tehran suspect each other of being ready to suddenly launch a surprise attack.

5 days ago - US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Iran appears not to have fully absorbed the message of Washington’s strike on the Fordow nuclear facility during the Israel–Iran war in June.

2 weeks ago - Israel has reportedly warned the Trump administration that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps may be using an ongoing military exercise focusing on missiles as cover to launch an attack on Israel, amid fears that Jerusalem and Tehran are readying for another confrontation. Citing Israeli and US sources, the Axios news site reported Sunday that Israel has a much lower risk tolerance after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, and noted that Jerusalem issued similar warnings six weeks ago when it identified similar movements of Iranian missiles, though nothing came of it.

2 weeks ago - Iran has begun rebuilding the Parchin and Shahroud missile production facilities, which Israel damaged during the Israel-Iran War, and reconstructing buildings at these sites that previously housed planetary mixers.[2] Planetary mixers are essential for turning a chemical precursor of solid fuel, sodium percolate, into ballistic missile fuel.[3] Israel destroyed Iran’s planetary mixers in October 2024, and Western media assessed in September 2025 that Iran still did not have the necessary planetary mixers to produce solid missile fuel.[4] Western diplomats also told Israeli media on December 8 that Iran is using older manufacturing methods to continue producing ballistic missiles, which may refer to the less efficient “trough-type mixers” that can also produce solid fuel.[5]

1 month ago - An Israeli journalist reported that Iran has reconstituted its “heavy” missile stockpile to around 2,000 missiles, which is consistent with other Israeli reports that Iran has prioritized rebuilding its missile program and stockpile after the Israel-Iran War.[10] “Heavy” ballistic missiles presumably refer to medium-range ballistic missiles that can reach Israel.

1 month ago - The Israeli Air Force essentially dominated Iranian airspace throughout the 12-day war in June. Israel’s superior airpower wasn’t the only factor in enabling it to pull off this feat. Israel had earlier destroyed some of Iran’s most advanced air defenses.