Iran

• May 05, 2026

  Hegseth Says Cease-Fire Holding, After Iran Launches Missiles, US Sinks Boats

  The US cease-fire with Iran remains in place, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, a day after Iran launched missiles at the United Arab Emirates, and the US military sank six Iranian small boats.

• May 05, 2026

  UAE Accuses Iran Of Hitting Oil Sector, World Leaders Condemn Dangerous Escalation

  Several countries have condemned Iran and called an attack on oil facilities in the United Arab Emirates a dangerous escalation. The UAE claimed IT was hit by an Iranian drone on May 4. This comes as both the US and Iran fired shots in the Strait of Hormuz amid a fragile cease-fire.

• May 05, 2026

  Robert Murrett: A US Vice-Admiral On The 'Very Tough Challenge' Of Hormuz

  With tensions high in the Strait of Hormuz, retired US Navy Vice Admiral Robert Murrett spoke to RFE/RL about the challenges, concerns, and potential solutions. The US military posture “is important in creating leverage for a diplomatic solution that would allow free and open navigation,” he said.

• May 05, 2026

  UAE Says Attacked Again By Iranian Missiles And Drones

  As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL deliver ongoing updates and analysis.

• May 05, 2026

  'Forced Confessions': Iranian Prisoners Speak Amid Wave Of Executions

  Iran announced the hanging of three more men on May 4 as a wave of executions continued amid the backdrop of Tehran's war with the United States and Israel. Before being hanged on the weekend, another two members of Iran's Kurdish minority issued audio statements from prison.

• May 04, 2026

  Rubio Heads To Rome, Vatican As Iran War Strains US Ties With Europe

  As the Iran war strains ties between Washington and its European allies, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Rome and the Vatican in a trip analysts say is as much about damage control as diplomacy.

• May 04, 2026

  War And Internet Blackout Push Iran's Economy Even Further Toward The Brink

  More than a million jobs have been lost since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in late February. With the US blockade showing no signs of abating and little headway made in peace talks, ordinary Iranians are paying the price.

• May 04, 2026

  US Says 6 Iranian Boats Destroyed Amid Effort To Restart Ship Traffic; Iran Fires Missiles At UAE

  Iran claimed its missiles hit a US warship trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a claim rejected by Washington as a new American effort got underway to get commercial shipping traffic flowing through the critical waterway.

• May 03, 2026

  How Is The World Coping With The Closure Of The Strait Of Hormuz?

  It has been over two months since one of the world’s key oil chokepoints was shut down. And it has meant a seismic global readjustment and a number of creative workarounds.

• May 02, 2026

  Mark Katz: With Iran, Russia's Balancing Act Is Wobbling 

  Mark Katz, professor emeritus at George Mason University and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, tells RFE/RL in an interview that Moscow is walking a narrowing tightrope -- one that could reshape its influence both in Tehran and far beyond.

• May 02, 2026

  Iranian Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi 'On Brink Of Death'

  Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to intensive care and is "on the brink of death," her brother Hamidreza Mohammadi told RFE/RL's Radio Farda.

• May 01, 2026

  Iran's Internet Shutdown Means A Boon For Saffron Business In Afghanistan

  Iran supplies about 90 percent of the world's saffron. But since Iranian authorities shut down Internet access at the start of the war two months ago, growers have been cut off from their usual clients in Europe and China. That has meant a windfall for Afghan saffron dealers.

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